So what else do we know about the younger Ms. Rodman? Let’s take a closer look.

Trinity Rodman was raised by her mum

Trinity Rodman was born in Newport Beach, California, in May 2002. Her parents are former NBA star Dennis Rodman, 61, and Michelle Moyer, 55, who married on Rodman’s 42nd birthday in 2003, per LA Times. Although they had made several attempts over the years to reconcile, by 2012, the marriage was officially over.

10 richest football stars of 2022: net worths, ranked – from Neymar to Messi

In an interview with The Guardian, the 20-year-old described how she and her brother DJ (Dennis Jr) were essentially raised by their mum in a single-parent household. It’s also clear that Trinity and her mother share a very close relationship.

She doesn’t have the best relationship with her famous father

Presumably at least partly due to Dennis’ highly publicised struggles and scandals, like substance abuse issues and legal woes, the NBA star was not an active figure in Trinity’s upbringing.

In an ESPN interview, an emotional Dennis opened up about this, saying, “All these years I’ve been giving and supplying on demand and stuff like that, I really haven’t had any time to be a father or even try and be a dad or try to be anything that’s significant to something that’s important.”

52 trips in 3 months: should Lionel Messi cut down his private jet travel?

Trinity herself has also spoken publicly on her Instagram profile about their relationship. When the former professional basketballer surprised his daughter at one of her NWSL (National Women’s Soccer League) games, the rising football star posted a snapshot of her with her dad and a caption that in part reads, “My dad doesn’t play a big role in my life at all and most people don’t know that, we don’t see eye to eye on many things.”

She continued, “We don’t have the best relationship, but at the end of the day he’s human, I’m human … He’s my dad, and I’m his little girl, that will never change.”

Sports clearly runs in the family

It’s evident that there is a strong athletic current flowing through the Rodman gene pool. Besides the obvious connection to her award-winning NBA dad, Trinity’s brother, Dennis Jr or DJ is also a notable sportsman.

Unlike his sister though, who never took to her dad’s sport, DJ is firmly following in his dad’s famed footsteps. Per The Guardian, DJ, 21, is currently playing basketball at the collegiate level for Washington State.

She’s the youngest football player to be drafted by the NWSL

As reported by The Orange County Register, Trinity’s interest in football began as young as four years old. While she did try basketball, it was football that ultimately felt right to her. Talking to The Guardian, Trinity recounted how her brother had inspired her to get into football. He had tried the game himself but apparently didn’t like it as much.

How Eileen Gu made over US$30 million in luxury endorsements

Fast forward more than a decade later and Trinity has become the youngest football player in NWSL history to be drafted at age 18, bypassing the traditional route of first playing at a collegiate level before going professional.

She was drafted in January 2021 and has gone on to play for the Washington Spirit professional football club. At the time, the up-and-coming athlete commented on her father’s legacy in a chat with ESPN, “He was an amazing athlete, and I got those genes from him, but I’m excited to be known as Trinity Rodman and not just as Rodman‘s daughter. I’m excited to pave my own path and get better throughout this journey.”

She’s the highest-paid NWSL female football player

Per Sportico, earlier this year, Trinity signed a record-breaking US$1.1 million deal with her club, Washington Spirit. The deal extended her contract by four years and upped her salary to an estimated US$281,000 annually. Considering that her starting salary in 2021 was US$42,000, according to Vibe, that’s a whopping 669 per cent increase in the athlete’s earnings.

The young football star additionally received notable honours from both NWSL and US Soccer, being awarded by the two sporting organisations as rookie of the year and young player of the year, respectively.