Acrodunk Explained
Acrodunk is a basketball performance squad founded by Jerry L. Burrell in 1994.[1] Acrodunk started out as The High "Impact" Squad with members of Acrodunk still performing for The High "Impact" Squad. Acrodunk is also formerly known as Team Acrodunk. Acrodunk's primary mission is to inspire and impress audiences with variations of the slam dunk.[2] [3] The group performs shows for college and professional basketball games, corporate meetings, festivals, fairs, theme parks, TV shows and schools.[4] [5] The squad made an appearance twice on the television show America's Got Talent.[6] [7] Members of Acrodunk have set numerous Guinness World Records individually and as a team[8] [9] and the team performs worldwide.
Team members
Each player has a nickname that they are known by during shows:[10]
- Jerry L. Burrell (JB)
- Gregory L. Mueller (G-Man)
- Gregory T. Jerralds (GT)
- Jason Skillern (J-Skillz)
- Mattew Marzo (M&M)
- Anthony J. Grant (Ninja)
- Eddie Ray Johnson III (Easy Eddie)
- Jesus El (Zeus)
- Elijah S. Price (Showtime)
- Joshua Tomas Rasile (3D)
- Devin Alexander (Spidey)
- Timothy Muscarella (Jerzee)
Performances and results
Acrodunk has performed in the television show America's Got Talent.[11]
America's Got Talent, season 4
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Notes and References
- Web site: Where old mascots go to thrive: The Houston Rockets' ex Turbo is still flipping elsewhere.
- Burton. Austin. September 3, 2009. Acrodunk loses its $1 million shot.. Dime Magazine. 1 January 2018.
- Web site: Welcome to Acrodunk.com . Acrodunk.com . February 8, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120106111037/http://www.acrodunk.com/index.html . January 6, 2012 . dead .
- Web site: Halftime Movie . NBA.com. February 8, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151019133224/http://www.nba.com/video/teams/thunder/2011/01/30/halftimemov-1538915/index.html . October 19, 2015 .
- Web site: Corporate Entertainment - Acrodunk / Basketball. Acrodunk Extreme Dunkers. 24 March 2012. YouTube.
- Web site: Bianca Ryan Wins America's Got Talent: Quick Change Succeeds Despite One Judge's Critiques. https://web.archive.org/web/20060820212256/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/08/prweb426311.htm. dead. August 20, 2006.
- Web site: America's Got Talent: First Live Show Photo: 353781 - NBC.com. NBC.
- Web site: Home.
- Web site: Highest slam dunk with a backflip.
- Web site: Home of Acrodunk - America's Favorite Dunk Team & The High "Impact" Squad. 2012-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20120106111123/http://www.acrodunk.com/meet.html. 2012-01-06. dead.
- Web site: America's Got Talent: Acrodunk . Nbc.com. February 8, 2012.