Max "Hops" Pearce joins the Globetrotters' roster after winning the 2018 Dark Horse Dunk Competition, adding to the Globetrotters growing list of the best dunkers on the planet. In 2018, Pearce also participated in the NCAA College Slam Dunk Competition representing Purchase College, throwing down some of the most prolific dunks – one of which included a one-handed self-alley-oop slam dunk while filming himself with a cell phone camera. Pearce came shy of winning the competition by mere decimal points, but his unique showmanship and style made him one of the most notable athletes of the entire competition. Pearce was a standout student-athlete at Purchase College where he captained the men's basketball team his senior year, studied Economics and was named to the dean's list on numerous occasions. The Globetrotters rookie hails out of Tuckahoe, N.Y.
