Since joining the Milwaukee Bucks in 2013, Giannis Antetokounmpo has not only become a basketball phenomenon, but he has also established his family in the city.

Milwaukee has become more than just a job for the NBA star; it’s a location the Antetokounmpo family considers “home.”

With three young children, the family has knitted themselves into the fabric of the neighbourhood, forming a special link with the city that extends beyond the basketball court.

While Giannis Antetokounmpo’s career has taken off in Milwaukee, his fiancée, Mariah Riddlesprigger, has struggled to define herself.

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In an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE, Riddlesprigger, 31, discussed the personal hardships she had as an NBA superstar’s companion.

“For the longest time, I struggled personally. What do I want to do?

 “It’s hard to find your own identity sometimes because your life is so much them, your significant other, and what they do.”

Mariah Riddlesprigger | Credit: Instagram

Last year, the NBA star’s family launched the Charles Antetokounmpo Family Foundation (CAFF), “a social impact organization” that aims to “unlock the potential inside every person—no matter where they start out or what difficulties they face.”

Riddlesprigger revealed that when she was preparing for the birth of her first son that it really opened her eyes to the community’s needs, especially considering the cost of diapers. 

“We didn’t realize how expensive diapers are until we were like, ‘Whoa, diapers are expensive,’ ” she said.

In 2021, the couple hosted their first BIG Give Back diaper and fund drive in Milwaukee, aptly named Maverick’s Diaper Mission. And Riddlesprigger believes it was “a no-brainer” for CAFF to join her in this year’s campaign.

Last month, Riddlesprigger and Antetokounmpo, with the support of the CAFF, distributed over 30,000 diapers to 195 families in under two hours. Additionally, the event raised $188,000 for Milwaukee families.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Mariah Riddlesprigger are engaged | Credit: Instagram

Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Milwaukee Bucks’ superstar, is currently engaged to his longtime girlfriend Mariah Riddlesprigger.

After announcing the gender of their third child in September 2023, the pair hinted that they are engaged.

“Soon [I’m going] to be married to this beautiful woman next to me,” he said after referring to Riddlespringer as his fiancée.

Riddlesprigger was born in Fresno, California on September 17, 1992.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Mariah Riddlesprigger | Photo: Instagram
She is one year older than Giannis Antetokounmpo. During the NBA offseason, the couple and their children frequently travel to Greece for vacation.

In February 2020, his girlfriend, Mariah Riddlesperger, gave birth to their first baby, Liam.

She gave birth to her second son, Maverick, in August 2021 and announced a third pregnancy in May 2023.