Leslie Vernard McDonald (born February 4, 1991) is an American college basketball player for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

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. He grew up in Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

, and attended Briarcrest Christian School

Briarcrest Christian School

Briarcrest Christian School is an independent coeducational college preparatory school with two campuses in Shelby County, Tennessee, in Memphis and Eads ....

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Early life

McDonald was born in Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

 on February 4, 1991 to Leslie, Sr. and Wanda McDonald.

He received multiple Tennessee player of the year honors during his junior and senior seasons at Briarcrest Christian School

Briarcrest Christian School

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. He averaged 20.7 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game as a senior. He is also the all-time leading scorer in Memphis private school history, with 2,353 points.

College career

McDonald committed to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...

 on June 9th, 2008, after also receiving scholarship offers from Duke

Duke University

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, Georgetown

Georgetown University

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, Georgia Tech, Louisville

University of Louisville

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, Memphis

University of Memphis

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, Ohio State, Tennessee

University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...

, Wake Forest

Wake Forest University

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