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Acrodunk is a basketball performance squad founded by Jerry L. Burrell in 1994. Acrodunk started out as The High "Impact" Squad with members of Acrodunk still performing for The High "Impact" Squad. Acrodunk is also formerly known as Team Acrodunk. Acrodunk's primary mission is to inspire and impress audiences with variations of the slam dunk. The group performs shows for college and professional basketball games, corporate meetings, festivals, fairs, theme parks, TV shows and schools. The squad made an appearance twice on the television show America's Got Talent. Members of Acrodunk have set numerous Guinness World Records individually and as a team and the team performs worldwide.

Team members

Each player has a nickname that they are known by during shows:

  • Jerry L. Burrell (JB)
  • Gregory L. Mueller (G-Man)
  • Gregory T. Jerralds (GT)
  • Jason Skillern (J-Skillz)
  • Mattew Marzo (M&M)
  • Anthony J. Grant (Ninja)
  • Eddie Ray Johnson III (Easy Eddie)
  • Jesus El (Zeus)
  • Elijah S. Price (Showtime)
  • Joshua Tomas Rasile (3D)
  • Devin Alexander (Spidey)
  • Timothy Muscarella (Jerzee)

Performances and results

Acrodunk has performed in the television show America's Got Talent.

America's Got Talent, season 4

Week Theme Song choice Original artist Performance order Result
Audition N/A "Boom Boom Pow" Black Eyed Peas N/A Safe
Vegas Verdicts N/A N/A N/A N/A Safe
Top 48 Street "Jump" Flo Rida 8 Safe
Top 20 Fire "Let It Rock" Kevin Rudolf 1 Eliminated

See also

References

  1. "Where old mascots go to thrive: The Houston Rockets' ex Turbo is still flipping elsewhere".
  2. Burton, Austin (September 3, 2009). "Acrodunk loses its $1 million shot". Dime Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "Welcome to Acrodunk.com". Acrodunk.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
  4. "Halftime Movie". NBA.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
  5. Acrodunk Extreme Dunkers (24 March 2012). "Corporate Entertainment - Acrodunk / Basketball" – via YouTube.
  6. "Bianca Ryan Wins America's Got Talent: Quick Change Succeeds Despite One Judge's Critiques". Archived from the original on August 20, 2006.
  7. "America's Got Talent: First Live Show Photo: 353781 - NBC.com". NBC.
  8. "Home".
  9. "Highest slam dunk with a backflip".
  10. "Home of Acrodunk - America's Favorite Dunk Team & The High "Impact" Squad". Archived from the original on 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  11. "America's Got Talent: Acrodunk". Nbc.com. Retrieved February 8, 2012.

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