Canyon Barry is a part-time basketball player. His full-time job is system engineer for a defense and space contractor. Barry has an undergraduate degree in physics and a master’s degree in nuclear engineering. So, is he a rocket scientist? A nuclear physicist? Those questions elicit a slight chuckle and a wink from Barry.
Team USA basketball athlete, Canyon Barry, talks with people before departing from the airport on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Atlanta. Barry, who will take the courts at the Paris Games searching for a 3x3 gold medal for the U.S. men’s team, has an undergraduate degree in physics and a master’s degree in nuclear engineering. So, is he a rocket scientist? A nuclear physicist?As for what his work entails with the aerospace and defense company L3Harris Technologies, Barry is tightlipped.
Because of the team’s international travel in the run up to the Paris Games, Barry would be taking zoom calls and doing his day job in the middle of the night while the rest of the team was sleeping. “She would always say: ‘You never know what’s going to happen with sports in terms of injuries or when might be your last game,’” he said. “So having … a career that you’re passionate about and can kind of have an identity outside of sports means a lot to me. Because now, when the ball does stop bouncing, I know that I have a passion and a job that I can go back to that I find fulfillment in and can really enjoy that for the rest of my life.
Though his scientific brain is most often used for that top secret government work, he’s also used physics to justify an unconventional part of his game. His father famously shot underhand free throws or “granny shots” and he’s done the same throughout his career.
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