Savannah James: Meet LeBron’s Wife, His High School Heartthrob

Savannah James: Meet LeBron’s Wife, His High School Heartthrob

Edwin Kiplagat
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:23 PM
  • LeBron James and his wife Savannah met when they were teenagers in high school.
  • Savannah was born and raised in Akron Ohio, just like NBA star LeBron.
  • She married LeBron in 2013 and have been together for two decades.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron and Savannah James have been together since high school, and their love story has been visibly amazing ever since.

Savannah has witnessed LeBron get to the very top of the basketball pyramid and as he competes in his 20th season, he will certainly go down as one of the best NBA players of all time.

LeBron James, Savannah James, LA Lakers
LeBron James is still going strong in the NBA. Photos by Christian Petersen and Slaven Vlasic.
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The couple met in 2002 in high school. LeBron James attended St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio whilst his future wife attended a rival high school, where she was a softball player and a cheerleader.

The former Cleveland Cavaliers star then invited her to a basketball game, and she agreed. And as they say, the rest is history. The two went on to start a family together after tying the knot, per People.

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Who is Savannah James?

Savannah grew up in Akron, Ohio, just like LeBron. She was the youngest of five siblings and attended Buchtel High School. She was 16 when she met a 17-year-old LeBron.

Savannah then took LeBron's number, and that's when their romance began. From one hangout to another, then to different dates then to a two-decade companionship, per Cleveland Magazine.

In 2004 when LeBron was an NBA rookie, the couple had an unplanned pregnancy with their first child, LeBron "Bronny" James Jr., who was born on October 6, 2004.

Bronny's brother Bryce Maximus was born in 2007. The couple then exchanged vows in 2013. Their youngest child, Zhuri Nova was born on October 22, 2014.

Savannah launched an empowerment program Women of Our Future in 2017 which provides targeted counseling to young girls in Akron. The 36-year-old has also done volunteer work with the LeBron James Family Foundation for nearly two decades.

Savannah's reaction to LeBron's play

Sports Brief earlier reported on Savannah and LeBron's mother Gloria's reaction to his dunk versus the Atlanta Hawks on his 38th birthday.

With two and a half minutes left in the third quarter, James received a pass from Russell Westbrook before going past two Hawks defenders for a superb dunk.

Savannah was left speechless, while Gloria couldn't help but clap for his son on his 38th birthday.

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Edwin Kiplagat has five years of experience in journalism working as a Sports Editor at Africa Insight Communications and ESPN. Edwin Kiplagat is a Bachelor's Degree holder in journalism from the Multimedia University of Kenya.