For Riley Nowakowski, the search for identity started early. Adopted as an infant by Scott and Rhonda Nowakowski—two years after they adopted his sister Anastasia—Riley grew up in a loving home, but one that didn’t always reflect his own background. As an African American kid in a white family, he wrestled with questions about who he was and where he fit. The one place everything made sense was sports. Even as a kid, he just popped. At Marquette High School in Milwaukee, Rile