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Kyle Rudolph, Everson Griffin, Trae Waynes to serve as judges at American Family Insurance High School Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships

Summary

American Family Insurance CEO Jack Salzwedel will join Minnesota Vikings stars to judge Slam Dunk Championship at all-star showcase on April 5 at East Ridge High School in Woodbury, Minnesota.

Intersport today announced that current Minnesota Vikings Kyle Rudolph, Everson Griffin and Trae Waynes, and American Family Insurance CEO Jack Salzwedel will judge the American Family Insurance Slam Dunk Championship at the 2019 American Family Insurance High School Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships at East Ridge High School in Woodbury, Minn.

The ninth annual American Family Insurance High School Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships, which will showcase the dunking and long-range shooting talents of 24 of the country’s elite high school basketball players, will be taped in front of a packed gym of East Ridge High School students in suburban Minneapolis on Friday, April 5 at 2 p.m. CT. The event will air on Sunday, April 7 at 2:30 p.m. CT on CBS.

The event includes the American Family Insurance Slam Dunk Championship, the Men’s 3-Point Championship, American Family Insurance Women’s 3-Point Championship, and the Team Shootout. The winners of the Men’s and Women’s 3-Point Championships will compete in the Rocket Mortgage Battle of the Champions. See a complete roster of participants.

Alumni of the event include the Sacramento Kings’ Buddy Hield (2012 3-Point), the New York Knicks’ Emmanuel Mudiay (2014 3-Point), the Washington Mystics’ Ariel Atkins (2014 3-Point), the Denver Nuggets’ Grayson Allen (2014 Slam Dunk), the Seattle Storm’s Jordin Canada (2014 3-Point), the Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell (2015 Slam Dunk), the Orlando Magic’s Markelle Fultz (2016 Slam Dunk), the Atlanta Hawks’ Trae Young (2017 3-Point) and the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Collin Sexton (2017 3-Point).

Please contact Dan Reiner at dreiner@intersportnet.com for media credentials.

For more information about the American Family Insurance High School Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships, visit www.amfam.com/highschoolslam, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter (@HighSchoolSlam).

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About American Family Insurance
Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance group is the nation's 13th-largest property/casualty insurance group and ranks No. 311 on the Fortune 500 list. The company sells American Family-brand products, including auto, homeowners, life, business and farm/ranch insurance, primarily through its exclusive independent contractor agents in 19 states. American Family affiliates (The General and Homesite) also provide options for consumers who want to manage their insurance matters directly over the internet or by phone. Affiliate Main Street America sells insurance products through independent agents. Web www.amfam.com; Facebook www.facebook.com/amfam; Twitter www.twitter.com/amfam.

Intersport contacts:
Dan Reiner, Intersport, dreiner@intersportnet.com, 312-661-0616 (O)
Dan Mihalik, Intersport, dmihalik@intersportnet.com, 312-883-3998 (O)