Mixed Race Celebrity Mondays: Derek Jeter

Derek Sanderson Jeter, born June 26, 1974, is a professional baseball player, since 1995, who has played his entire career with the New York Yankees. He is MLB shortstop and won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1996. In 2000, he became the only player in history to win both the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award and the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. In 2009, he was named Sports Illustrated Magazines Sportsman of the Year recipient.

Mr. Jeter was born in Pequannock, NJ, to an African-American father (Dr. Sanderson Charles Jeter) and his wife, Dorothy, a Caucasian of Irish/German descent.