Early Life and Education of Kevin Love: A Complete Timeline
An overview of the childhood and early education of Kevin Love, highlighting the experiences that shaped the journey.
Kevin Love is a professional basketball player currently with the Miami Heat. A five-time All-Star and two-time All-NBA Second Team selection, he won an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016. Love has also achieved international success, winning gold medals with the United States national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2011, he was named the NBA Most Improved Player and led the league in rebounding, highlighting his individual accomplishments.
September 7, 1988: Kevin Love's Birth
On September 7, 1988, Kevin Wesley Love was born. He would grow up to be a professional basketball player.
July 2006: Verbal Commitment to UCLA
In July 2006, Kevin Love verbally committed to play college basketball at UCLA, choosing them over North Carolina.
2007: All-American Honors
At the end of the 2007-08 regular season, Kevin Love was named consensus first-team All-American, Pac-10 Player of the Year, All-Pac-10, and Pac-10 Freshman of the Year.
2007: Number 42 at UCLA
Before the 2007–08 season, Kevin Love received permission to wear number 42 at UCLA, a number retired for Walt Hazzard.
April 17, 2008: NBA Draft Declaration
On April 17, 2008, Kevin Love announced his intention to leave UCLA and enter the 2008 NBA draft.
2008: Pac-10 Championship and Final Four
In 2008, Kevin Love helped UCLA win the Pac-10 regular season and tournament championships, earning a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and reaching the Final Four.
2008: Final Four Appearance and NBA Draft
In 2008, Kevin Love led the UCLA Bruins to a Final Four appearance in the NCAA Tournament. He was named a consensus First Team All-American and Pac-12 player of the year. He entered the 2008 NBA draft, where he was drafted fifth overall by the Memphis Grizzlies and then traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
2009: Love joined the Hoops for St. Jude charity program
In 2009, Kevin Love became the first among NBA players to join the Hoops for St. Jude charity program, benefitting the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
September 2016: Love donated to UCLA Athletics
In September 2016, Kevin Love donated $1 million to UCLA Athletics, matching a gift by Russell Westbrook, to fund the construction of the Mo Ostin Basketball Center.
November 2017: Love had panic attack during game
In November 2017, Kevin Love had a panic attack during an NBA game, which led to him seeking therapy.
March 2018: Love revealed he was seeing a therapist and wrote "Everyone Is Going Through Something"
In March 2018, Kevin Love revealed that he had been seeing a therapist for several months following a panic attack, and he wrote an article in The Players' Tribune entitled, "Everyone Is Going Through Something," discussing mental health.
August 2018: Love continued his advocacy for mental health awareness
In August 2018, Kevin Love continued his advocacy for mental health awareness, discussing his family's history of depression and his own struggles, and committed to forming a foundation focusing on mental health.
2018: Love established the Kevin Love Fund
In 2018, Kevin Love established the Kevin Love Fund to improve physical and emotional well-being, aiming to assist more than 1 billion people over the next five years.
March 12, 2020: Kevin Love Fund donated to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse support staff
On March 12, 2020, The Kevin Love Fund donated $100,000 to the support staff of Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse who were unable to work during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
April 26, 2020: The Kevin Love Fund sent lunches to Cleveland Clinic staff
On April 26, 2020, The Kevin Love Fund sent a truckload of lunches to the staff of the Cleveland Clinic's Medical Intensive Care Unit and its COVID-19 testing sites.
June 22, 2020: Love pledged $500,000 to establish Kevin Love Fund Chair in UCLA's psychology department
On June 22, 2020, Kevin Love announced that his fund was pledging $500,000 to establish the Kevin Love Fund Chair in UCLA's psychology department, supporting research on anxiety and depression.
January 31, 2021: Love got engaged to Kate Bock
On January 31, 2021, Kevin Love got engaged to his girlfriend of nearly five years, Canadian model Kate Bock.
June 25, 2022: Love married Kate Bock
On June 25, 2022, Kevin Love married Kate Bock at the New York Public Library in New York City.
June 2023: Bock gave birth to couple's first child
In June 2023, during the NBA Finals, Kate Bock gave birth to her and Kevin Love's first child.
