Thomas Brady was born the son of Tom and Galynn Brady on Aug. 3, 1977 in San Mateo, Calif. ... Blue Chip Illustrated and Prep Football Report All-American selection at Junipero Serra High in San Mateo, Calif. ... Added all-state and All- Far West honors as the team's Most Valuable Player ... Earned two letters in both football and baseball ... Was the starting varsity quarterback for two seasons (1993-94) and completed 236 of 447 passes (52.8 percent) for 3,702 yards and 31 touchdowns during his high school career ... Drafted in the 18th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft as a catcher by the Montreal Expos ... Inducted into the Junipero Serra High School Hall of Fame in 2003, joining fellow Serra High graduates Barry Bonds, Lynn Swann, Gregg Jeffries, Jim Fregosi, and his older sister Maureen, among many others ... During 2003 training camp, worked with the Starlight Children's foundation of New England, a non-profit group dedicated to enriching the quality of life for seriously ill children ... Visited Walter Reed Medical Center in 2004 to raise the spirits of soldiers injured in Operation Iraqi Freedom ... During the 2004 season, surprised students at North Elementary School in Seekonk, Mass. as part of the NFL's Take a Player to School Day ... Hosted Saturday Night Live in April, 2005 ... Made an eight-day visit to Africa in the Spring of 2007 as part of a listening and learning trip sponsored by DATA, an African advocacy organization founded by Bono from the rock group U2 ... In 2008, welcomed four children from the Make-AWish Foundation of Massachusetts to Gillette Stadium ... In 2008, served as the honorary chairman of the Hyannis Port Challenge, a cycling event that served as a fundraiser for Best Buddies, a group dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities ... Participated in the 2008 Salvation Army Holiday Party at Gillette Stadium with nearly 250 children from the Boston and Providence Salvation Army centers ... Donated 1,500 laptops to One Laptop Per Child, a non-profit organization that provides rugged, low-cost, low-power laptops to schoolchildren across the globe ... In February 2009, visited the West End House Boys & Girls Club in Allston, Mass. ... Majored in organizational studies at Michigan.
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