UNLV‘s Stephen Zimmerman Jr. (33) goes up for a dunk during a team practice inside Mendenhall Center at UNLV in Las Vegas Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @Erik_Verduzco
At age 4, he was 4 feet tall. Stephen Zimmerman Jr. never was the kind of kid to look down on others, though. He was raised to be grounded.
He had a humble father and grew up with three older sisters. He was not always the most popular in school. Long before he was a 7-foot phenom, a McDonald's All-American and the big man on campus, he was like everyone else, although much taller than his classmates.