Joakim Noah Defensive Player of the Year. Noah was born in New York City, to French singer and former world No. 3 tennis player Yannick Noah, winner of the French Open in 1983, and Cécilia Rodhe, Miss Sweden and fourth runner-up at Miss Universe 1978. His grandfather Zacharie Noah was a Cameroonian professional football player, winner of the Coupe de France in 1961. Noah lived in Paris, France from 1988 to 1998 and returned to New York City at age 13. He played high school basketball for the United Nations International School, Poly Prep Country Day School and Lawrenceville School. Considered a
Yannick Tremblay (ice hockey, born 1977) the time with QSPHL franchise Saint-François de Sherbrooke, Tremblay also played five games with Mississippi Sea Wolves in the ECHL, recording an assist. Yannick Tremblay (ice hockey, born 1977) Yannick Tremblay (born August 25, 1977) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. He played nine seasons in the NHL with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Atlanta Thrashers, and the Vancouver Canucks, tallying 107 points in 300 games played. Tremblay played major junior hockey with Chicoutimi Saguenéens in 1992–93, three and a half seasons with the Sherbrooke Faucons, and a final half a season with Rimouski Océanic. After four seasons of