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Meet Small Town Sneakerhead Adria Green of Glenn Heights, TX

Nov 2, 2023

In this episode of Hibbett x Nike's Small Town Sneakerhead series, meet Glenn Heights, Texas native and sneakerhead, Adria Green.

“I used to only draw or paint shoes that I want, that I wish I had,” starts Glenn Heights, Texas’ Adria Green. “It’s like me manifesting the shoe that I want; if I can draw it, it becomes real, and then I end up getting it some kind of way.”
Small Town Sneakerhead Adria Green in front of Hibbett store

Adria, a Youth Pastor and small town sneakerhead got her first “big girl job” (as she calls it) in her junior year of college. It was then when she started making “big girl money”, that Adria jumpstarted her kicks collecting. She quickly went from having a single pair of sneakers to more than 80.

Nike STSH Adria Green's Air Force Ones

Her first pair was the Certified Lover Boy Air Force Ones, a collab between Drake and Nike that featured “love you forever” wording on the midsole and a raised hearts traction pattern. “Details matter,” Adria says. “I’m real big on coming as you are and being comfortable expressing yourself however you choose to express yourself.”

Nike STSH Adria Green at festival park

Adria’s collection includes a myriad of different sneakers, including Particle Beige Nike Foamposites, cork Air Max 90s, Air Max 95s, and the most meaningful pair to her: the Kobes her father wore as a basketball coach. “I’m a story person,” says Adria, “that’s how I built my collection. And whatever makes me happy, that’s what I’m going to go with.”

The Small Town Sneakerhead Story

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Hibbett started small in rural Alabama in 1945, and this year we're celebrating 75 years of small town sneaker culture and shining the spotlight on small town sneakerheads across the nation in partnership with Nike and Nice Kicks.

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Small Town Sneakerhead is a multi-episode video series that showcases the diversity among footwear enthusiasts, taking viewers through a day in the life of several footwear aficionados and sneaker collectors as they share their stories about how they got into sneaker collecting, what's in their collections, and what they are most excited about for the future of sneaker culture.
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