Today we’d like to introduce you to Tor’i Brooks.
Tor’i Brooks is a television personality born and raised in Saginaw, Michigan. Brooks mother decided to move Brooks and his siblings to Grand Rapids, Michigan at the age of seven due to increasing crime rates in his hometown. Brooks took advantage of his new surroundings; gaining accolades as a nation-wide athlete. Throughout his athletic career; Brooks has obtained many titles including a NIKE and New Balance championship while gaining three national titles in the high jump as well as obtaining his high school record that still stands for the high jump to this day at 6’8.
Competing at NCAA D1, D2 and NAIA levels; Brooks decided to take his talents outside his college career. After graduating from Davenport University, Brooks decided to compete nationwide as a track and field athlete. Competing amongst other athletes; Brooks earned the opportunity to compete in the 2015 USA Track and Field Championships alongside his sister; Olympic shot putter Tia Brooks, becoming the first siblings to compete in over five years.
After the 2015 USA Championships; Tor’i decided to move to Los Angeles, CA to pursue his dreams as a media personality. While establishing his brand, Brooks obtain his life-changing opportunity to become a contestant on MTV’s hit show “ Ex on the Beach”. Along with his television debut; Brooks has starred in campaign shoots for Nike, NBA, Jordan, Adidas, PUMA, Galore, True Religion and more as a model and an actor. Brooks athletic skills followed him to Los Angeles; creating more opportunities to showcase his skills. His array of dunk competitions landed Brooks his nickname “Bionic” as well as an official roster headline for the world famous Harlem Globetrotters.
While competing throughout the various pro league and as teams from the USA, Canada and Mexico; Brooks snagged his first world championship in 2019. Competing against numerous teams from all over the world, Brooks beat out his competitors that were presented from the Euroleague, NBL (National Basketball League), NBLC (National Basketball League Canada), CBA (Chinese Basketball Association) and the NBA G League.
Brooks decided in 2018 to combine his love for sports and philanthropy; establishing his non-profit organization “ Beyond an Athlete”. The mission of Brooks organization is to uplift and educate student athletes when it handling the pressure that is instilled within athletes to succeed while exploring life options outside of being a professional athlete.
His marketing brand Bionic has also reached career pinnacles such as consulting for numerous NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Competitions as well as events in Canada and Mexico. Along with consulting; Brooks has gained video credentials for athletes such as Brandon Bdot Armstrong, Max is Nice, Famous Los, Page Kennedy and more while landing a partnership with the infamous Bleacher Reports with many projects to come soon.
Brooks versatile talents and skills had catapulted this media personality into an International Sensation. Along with his high school and university career as well as his acting and media opportunities, Brooks is an upcoming class act that is not to be missed in the entertainment industry. Rather Brooks is playing basketball, empowering the next generation and/or obtaining many roles for acting and working in the marketing realm, Brooks is ready to take his brand to the next level, achieving all goals and opportunities that come his way.
Has it been a smooth road?
I was raised by a single mother who had four children so things have not always been easy. The area I grew up in there were a lot of prejudices about African American men and people in general so I was very different than the people in my community on a social economic level. As a high school player, I had to fight a cultural barrier to even find playing time. This stemmed from my culture’s differences in style, haircuts, and expression. There were multiple times where I was sat in high school because of things that had nothing to do with being a good basketball player, a good student, or even a good person. Socially I’ve persevered through some challenging injustices that have never broken my spirit. Obstacles have been injuries early on in my college athletic career. Started as a Division One athlete at Michigan State University a knee injury forced me to transfer to Davenport University a now Division 2 university where I played basketball and ran track and field.
Recovering from knee surgery caused me to miss a full year but came back as an all American athlete my first year back post surgery. To being in the public eye and having an ex girlfriend fabricate lies about me to ruin things I have worked so hard for in life. There have been very many challenges or obstacles along my road to success but it is all about your mindset when you are faced with adversity. You can either give up or you can go harder. I believe that winning is an attitude and these obstacles all fuel my winning attitude and energy at the end of the day. I use every challenge as motivation to become a better version of myself.
Please tell s about your work.
“Bionic has reached career pinnacles such as consulting for numerous NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Competitions as well as events in Canada and Mexico. Along with consulting; Brooks has gained video credentials for athletes such as Brandon Bdot Armstrong, Max is Nice, Famous Los, Page Kennedy and more while landing a partnership with the infamous Bleacher Reports with many projects to come soon.”
Bionicbrooks is known for collaborating with the largest sports entertainment brands and companies to create marketing campaigns and content Create and execute the company’s marketing plan. Create content for social media platforms and maintain and expand follower base. Establish brand guidelines and develop brand image and strategy to build a strong following post ads on social media platforms, comfortable working within a budget and able to track and analyze the analytics. Be able to drive views and traffic on social media platforms and websites.Building and maintaining existing relationships with influencers, press, media, and foster existing relationships create sponsorship packages and working with 3rd party companies on creating custom sponsorship deals for different events.
Let’s touch on your thoughts about our city – what do you like the most and least?
Likes about the city Are all of the opportunities that there are to network and accomplish any specific task. There is a large number of resources to take advantage of in such a great place like LA.
What I like least about the city is how busy it can be some times I come from a smaller area so I am used to being able to do things without as much noise or commotion around me in regards to how busy businesses get or traffic times to travel from meeting to meeting, event to event, place to place.
Contact Info:
- Website: Bionicbrooks.com
- Instagram: Instagram.com/bionicbrooks
- Facebook: Facebook.com/bionicbrooks
- Twitter: Twitter.com/bionicbrooks
- Other: YouTube.com/bionicbrooks
Image Credit:
Jeremey Renault
Chris Castello
Bleacher Report
Cassy Athena
Veniceball
Harlemglobetrotters
Jordan
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