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Anthony Avent
Anthony Avent a native of Newark, NJ and graduate of Seton Hall University with a BA in Liberal Arts and Communications, as a member of the Seton Hall University 1989 final four team and runner up in the NCAA championship, Avent was selected as the 15th pick in the 1st round in the NBA draft, playing for several professional teams over a 11 year span including stops in Italy, Greece and Israel, in 1995 Avent earned a trip to the NBA finals with the Orlando Magic .
During his post basketball career Avent founded AA Pro Sports enterprise to work with youth in sports, education and event production. A true believer the children are the future, he founded Career in Sports to teach youth about career opportunities in the field of sports, the sports event production company puts on national and international sporting events with Legends of the game. As a supporter and champion of social causes Mr. Avent founded Party for Causes to assist foundations and grass root nonprofit organizations.