Recount

ASSIGNMENT Write a formal recount using the timeline below. * Make sure you include: information about their life (past, present and future) * Do NOT include * All information from Timeline * Additional information * Your opinions. The recount should be approximately 250 words in length. TIMELINE – MATTHEW WATSON 1972 Born in Sydney, Australia Both parents doctors 2 brothers, 1 sister Excelled in sport at high school (football, basketball) Achieved academic success 1989 Joined the Sydney Supersonics Under 18s Basketball Team Winner – Player of the Season Award 1990 Scholarship to Australian National University to study Medicine 1992 Basketball scholarship to the University of Virginia, USA 1993 Left college to play with the Atlanta Hawks Basketball Team 1996 Returned to Australia to play for the Perth Wildcats Basketball Team 1997 Marries childhood sweetheart Maxine Brown Daughter Amelia born following year 1999 Winner – Most Valuable Player Award 2000 Captained the Australian Basketball Team in the Sydney Olympics 2003 Inducted into the NBL Hall of Fame 2006 Retired from professional basketball due to injury Nike advertising campaign 2007 Autobiography Slam Dunk Now and Is currently coach of the Australian National Basketball Team, and in the future trainer at the National Institute for Sport, Canberra; plans to reduce his professional commitments to spend more time with his family. MATTHEW WATSON Matthew Watson was a famous Australian basketball player. He was born in 1972 in Sydney, Australia. Although his parents were both doctors, he was good at sport. He contributed his talent to Australian sport, especially basketball. In his early life, he expressed his ability at sport. When studying at high school, he excelled in football and basketball. He also achieved academic success early. In 1989, he joined the Sydney Supersonics Under 18s Basketball Team and won the Player of the Season Award at his young age. However, in the following year, his sporting career was interrupted because he won a scholarship to the Australian National University to study Medicine. In 1992, he won a basketball scholarship to the University of Virginia, USA. Later, he also stopped his study at the college to play with the Atlanta Hawks Basketball Team, becoming a professional basketball player. In 1996, he went back to Australia to play for the Perth Wildcats Basketball Team. After that, he wedded Maxine Brown, his childhood sweetheart. 1999 was a remarkable year for his career, he won the Most Valuable Player Award. One year later, he led the Australian Basketball Team in the Sydney Olympics. In 2003, he was inducted into the National Basketball League Hall of Fame. However, he retired from professional basketball because of injury. Then, he wrote an autobiography named Slam Dunk in the following year to tell about his life and career. Now, he works at the Australia National Basketball Team as a coach and the National Institute for Sport, Canberra as a trainer. In the future, he will decrease his profession commissions to take care of his family more.