Harlem Globetrotters' Briana "Hoops" Green visits with patients of Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.
Harlem Globetrotters' Briana "Hoops" Green visits with 9-month-old Harper Cole at Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
Green is the 15th woman to join the Harlem Globetrotters' basketball team. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
The Lewinski family watches in awe as Green spins a basketball on her finger. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
Avery Fowle, 7, watches Green spin a basketball on her finger before attempting her turn. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
Green watches 3-year-old Olive Schmidtz play an arcade game in the 11th floor playroom. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
Child Life specialist Rhys VanDemark asks Green how long she has been playing basketball. "Ever since I can remember," Green said. "I've played my entire life." (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
Preston Ricker, 13, poses for a photo with Harlem Globetrotter's Briana "Hoops" Green. Ricker is being treated for thyroid cancer. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
Avery Fowle shoots hoops in the 11th floor playroom with Green. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
Green attempts to transfer a spinning basketball onto 14-year-old Johannes Moore's finger. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
Zoey Basel, 1, watches Green dribble a basketball. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
Green autographs a photo of herself for 4-year-old Samuel Lewinski and his brothers. Samuel is being treated for Wilms tumor. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
Johannes Moore smiles as he hangs out with Harlem Globetrotter's Briana "Hoops" Green. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
Green poses for a photo with 17-year-old Janie Seaman. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
Brison Ricker, 16, chats with Green about their favorite professional basketball players. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
Avery Fowle shoots hoops with Green. (Taylor Ballek | Spectrum Health Beat)
Green, a Kentucky native, is the 15th woman to join the Harlem Globetrotters’ basketball team. As the team enters its 91st season of entertaining fans, Green enters her very first season with the Globetrotters.
Colors of red, white and blue blur as a basketball spins on the very tip of her index finger as she enters the hospital room of 17-year-old Janie Seaman, who is being treated for leukemia.
“Hi Janie! How are you doin’?” asks Green as she greets Janie with a warm smile and a hop in her step. “I’m ‘Hoops’, it’s nice to meet you!”
Janie’s mother, Dawn, was overjoyed by the visit.
“Thank you for visiting my daughter,” Dawn said. “She was diagnosed with leukemia the second day of school and things have been rough ever since. We always enjoy whenever somebody stops by.”