This book is part of a book series called Role Model Athletes .

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Mason Crest Publishers .

Hal Marcovitz is a journalist who lives in Pennsylvania. He is the author of the novel Painting the White House as well as more than 60 nonfiction books for young readers. His other titles in Chelsea House's Who Wrote That? series include biographies of Will Hobbs, R. L. Stine, and Bruce Coville.