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Lettered 3 times in football and basketball at Mountain View (Mesa, AZ) HS
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Helped the team become the 1st school to win back-to-back state championships in 1996 and 1997
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Earned Arizona All-Star honors, All-Arizona, Super All-State, Arizona 5A Player of the Year, Ed Doherty Player of the Year Award and All East Valley 2-Way Player of the Year as a senior Super Prep All-America pick
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Broke several school records, including career receiving yards (1,377), career receptions (87), career TD receptions, and TD catches in 1 game (3)
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Pre-Business major ASU
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One of 6 children (sisters, Alyssa and Carli, and brothers, John, Greg and Brad)
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Grandfather, Theo, and great uncle, Verl, played basketball at Arizona State
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Mother’s cousin is Arizona State Hall of Fame QB and former Dallas Cowboy Danny White, who was the head coach and general manager of the Arena League’s Utah Blaze
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In April 2003, Todd traveled to the Bethesda Naval Medical center and Walter Reed Hospitals to visit U.S. soldiers wounded in Operation Iraqi Freedom
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Todd joined Baltimore-area military families to connect with troops overseas on 12/9/03 as part of Operation: Live Connections
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Adam Vaughn, from Hanover, MD, met Heap at the USO Center of BWI Airport.
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Vaughn, whose cousin, Airman 1st class Michael Martinson, was serving duty abroad, was coached by Heap as they connected with Martinson in Germany
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Todd, along with former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, Keith Brooking and Warrick Dunn of the Atlanta Falcons traveled to Germany in the spring of 2004 to visit troops heading to and returning from Iraq and Afghanistan
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They also visited several hospitals to spend time with wounded soldiers
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Todd had visited different Baltimore schools as part of the NFL’s “Take A Player to School” event in Dec. 2006-2008
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Todd co-hosts the annual Goodwill Industries Gridiron Halloween Party in Oct. each year
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Event benefits Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, which provides support and employment for those with disabilities or other disadvantaged conditions
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Over $100,000 is raised annually to support the many Goodwill programs
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In Dec. 2007, Todd participated in former teammate Steve McNair’s holiday party for Baltimore youth and their families which included appearances by Mayor Sheila Dixon, teammates Haloti Ngata and Troy Smith, a holiday meal and a gift distribution to more than 400 people
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Heap also annually attends the ACT Auction Party to benefit the Ravens All Community Team Foundation
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Proceeds go to the RACTF and the players’ charitable foundations
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Has attended Dick’s Sporting Goods “Shop with a Raven,” an annual event at which players and cheerleaders are paired with youth from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for an evening of holiday shopping
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Todd established the Todd Heap Foundation in 2007
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In conjunction with his foundation, Heap pledged to raise $1 million for a pediatric wing at Baltimore’s Franklin Square Hospital in 2008
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Heap and his wife, Ashley, have a daughter, Brooklyn (born 7/21/02) and twin boys, Preston and Kyle, (born 1/25/06)
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Full name: Todd Benjamin Heap.