Dwyane Wade is about to be inducted into the basketball hall of fame. Here's how the former Marquette star got there.

Dwyane Wade is about to make history for Marquette basketball again.

The Golden Eagles legend will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first former player in program history to earn that honor. Former MU coaches Ed Hickey, Al McGuire and Tex Winter are in the Hall of Fame.

Wade didn't always have a clear-cut path to basketball immortality. Here's how he got there.

It took the right circumstances for Dwyane Wade to end up at Marquette

Wade wasn't highly recruited, but some fortuitous connections were made between then-MU head coach Tom Crean and his assistants and Wade's coach at Oak Lawn High School, Jack Fitzgerald, and Larry Butler, Wade's AAU coach with the Illinois Wolves. MU's early inroads helped Crean hold off a late push from DePaul and Illinois State.

Dwyane Wade had to sit out his first year in college due to an NCAA rule, but that ended up being good for him

Wade was only a partial qualifier out of high school, so according to the NCAA Proposition 48 rule at the time, he could only practice and not play in games or travel with the team. Crean fought for Wade's admission to MU, and it paid off.

People at Marquette knew Dwyane Wade was a future NBA player, but he built himself into a lottery pick in 2003

Wade dominated practices during his sit-out season, and most people at MU assumed he was a future NBA player. Once he started playing, Wade had a coming-out party at the Great Alaska Shootout. By the time he was a junior, Wade was an All-American and, once he led MU to the Final Four in 2003, it was clear he was a lottery pick.

Dwyane Wade was drafted by the perfect team in the Miami Heat and it led to three NBA titles

Wade was picked fifth by the Miami Heat in the 2003 draft. It was a good fit with team president Pat Riley building a culture around chip-on-the-shoulder players. Wade made the all-rookie first team and it was clear he was a future star. Wade won NBA Finals MVP when the Heat beat the Dallas Mavericks for the 2006 title. Wade also won NBA championships with the Heat in 2012 and 2013 alongside LeBron James and Chris Bosh. During his 16-year career in the NBA, Wade was a 16-time all-star and a league scoring champion in 2009.

Dwyane Wade's success led to a #relationshipgoals marriage with Gabrielle Union as well as a winery and other ventures

Wade and his wife, actress Gabrielle Union, are known for their interest in high fashion. Wade also was named to People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful people in the world in 2005. He has his own line of wines. Closer to Milwaukee, Wade has teamed up with former MU teammate Travis Diener to help boost literacy. People who knew Wade at MU said that he remains a humble superstar.

Read the entire oral history of Dwyane Wade's three years at Marquette

Part 1: Wade was an overlooked gem in high school

Part 2: The untold stories of Wade's dominant sit-out season

Part 3: Once on the court, Wade becomes a star

Part 4: MU teammates always saw Wade as a humble superstar.

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