#thegrove students are set to experience motivational speaker, Jerrickson Hosteen, speak and perform on Monday, 3/9/2026 at 1 PM. Jerrickson Hosteen, a Diné (Navajo) originally from Sawmill, Ariz., has been dubbed the first Native American basketball entertainer in the world! He is a 2008 graduate from Window Rock High, where Jerrickson's interest in entertaining with a basketball began. After discovering a unique talent of juggling basketballs, Jerrickson decided he would pursue a career entertaining people with the basketball (or basketballs).
To date, Jerrickson has traveled all over the Navajo Nation, to countless Native American reservations, and to mainstream institutions such as universities sharing his unique talent to hundreds of spectators. Today, he is a professional basketball entertainer continuing to travel the nation showing the world his talent. He has recently performed at places such as tribally owned and national casinos, half-time basketball games, high schools and colleges, among others, for diverse groups of people.