Mary LaReve Conley says she never needed a basketball game to know who Mike Conley was. She met him in 2007 at Ohio State University, when he was fresh off being selected with the fourth pick in the NBA Draft by the Memphis Grizzlies and she was still a student on campus. Their story, now spanning marriage, children and a move through three NBA cities, has become as much about family and service as it is about basketball.
“We went out, and that was that. I never even saw one Ohio State basketball game ever,” Mary LaReve Conley said of the start of the relationship. They did not get together until 2010, after she graduated, and they married in July 2014. Greg Oden served as one of the groomsmen. The couple now have three children — Myles Alex Conley, born on July 29, 2016, Noah, born in 2018, and Elijah Michael Conley, born on August 16, 2020 — and are expecting one on the way.
Mike Conley’s career has moved with the same steady rhythm. He spent 12 seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies before being traded to the Utah Jazz in 2019, then moved again to the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2023. That trail matters because it has turned the family into one that has had to build a home around constant change, while he has remained one of the league’s most respected players for his leadership, consistency and professionalism.
Mary LaReve Conley has built a public life of her own. Born on July 29, 1987, in Kettering, Ohio, to Louis Peluso and Elizabeth Peluso, she is a former field hockey player who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology at Ohio State. She later became a fashion blogger and social media influencer with more than 40,000 followers, and ran the Living LeReve YouTube channel and blog from 2012 to 2022. She also served on the Board of Directors for Methodist Healthcare Foundation, with a focus on enhancing the Sickle Cell Center, which is now called The Mike and Mary Conley Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center.
The friction in their story is the same one that defines so many elite sports families: public attention on Mike Conley, private standards at home. Mary LaReve Conley said hearing fans describe how impactful her husband is to their children, families and community reinforced the values she looked for in a partner. “We always stay true to who we are, which is always to care about others, be there for your team, and put them first,” she said, adding that those were the expectations she set for her spouse and the father of her children. That approach has carried through moves, seasons and parenthood, and it helps explain why the Conleys’ story reads less like a celebrity profile than a partnership built to last.
As the Timberwolves continue to lean on Mike Conley’s veteran presence and his guidance of Anthony Edwards, the family’s next chapter is already underway. The bigger picture is not just where he plays next, but how Mary LaReve Conley has helped turn a basketball life into something rooted in home, community and continuity.
