Taurian Fontenette
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Taurian Fontenette, a.k.a. The Air Up There, is a streetball player from Hitchcock, Texas who plays on the AND1 Mixtape Tour. He is 6'2" tall and weighs 185 pounds. He was awarded a contract on the tour's visit to Philadelphia in 2005. He has attended Hitchcock High School in 2000, and can jump so high, that most reasonable intellectuals cannot comprehend such a feat. He has also attended three different colleges, such as: UTEP in 2000-2001, Richland Junior College in 2001-2004, and Paul Quinn College in Dallas in 2004-2005.
As his nickname implies, Fontenette is best known for his leaping and dunking ability. During an AND1 promotional event in Houston, Texas in 2006, The Air Up There stunned fans by performing the first ever widely-documented 720-degree dunk. Video clips of the feat have been shown on ESPN's SportsCenter and also have been widely distributed over the internet.[1] He's also well-known for his signature dunk, the axle-rider (AKA the 360 between-the-legs), which he says he did before everyone had, back in his high school days. He's a very efficient dunker, and can catch alley-oops easily, and develop them quickly into showtime, spectacular dunks.
