Zach Edey has been a driving force for the top-ranked Purdue Boilermakers, but it’s been his mother’s presence that has helped carve out his journey to NCAA basketball stardom. The seven-foot-four, 305-pound centre is having a breakout junior season as the fourth-leading s...
The parents of Julia Edey, Edey’s mother, are from Guangdong, known as Canton when they lived there. She said her parents left China for Canada before the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Julia Edey and her siblings were all born in Canada and her parents di...
Edey was born in Toronto, Canada. His diverse cultural heritage adds an interesting layer to his identity, as his mother was born into a family of Chinese immigrants. However, his father, Glen Edey is Caucasian by ethnicity. This unique blend of backgrounds gives ...
But his mother, Julia, remembers how that youngster at the Boilermakers' scrimmage game made them feel welcomed. Edey explained he wasn't even on the team, but the kid didn't care. He just wanted the autograph. "Zach and I were standing in the tunnel and we said, 'That kid just got...