User:Toney Kareem/sandbox

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Early life and high school career
Toney Kareem-Burt was born in Chicago,Illinois. Toney was born and raised in the Englewood area, one of the most dangerous neighborhoods on Chicago's South Side. The only parent that was always in his life, Kareen Burt, tried her best to protect him from the dangers and gang violence that surrounded him, yet he found how menacing his hometown was. He is the middle child of his older sister Denise Sandford and oldest brother Denzel Sandford, and younger brother Terrell Burt. At the age of 10 years old, Toney seen professional basketball player, Derrick Rose, who was from Chicago, become the youngest MVP in NBA history, Toney saw this as in inspiration to be the best basketball player he can be. The love of basketball grew after he scored 12 points in a local basketball pick-up game against kids that were older and bigger than him. He tried out for his middle school basketball team. After he made the team, there were other classmates saying that he only made the team because he was fast and can jump high, and can't shoot. These words fueled him to become better at basketball player which would carry over in high school. He became more athletic and was impressive dunks his freshman year. By the time Toney enrolled at Ace Tech in 2016, he was a hot commodity for collegiate coaches because of his lighting quick speed and high flying abilities. Despite his reputation, he played freshmen and JV basketball for the Wolverines. He wore No. 22 in honor of the day he was born and the age his mother was when she gave birth to Toney. Although having not the best-formed team. He averaged 11.8 points, 2.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 1.1 steals, the season ended after a loss in state regionals. Toney knew he wanted to get play in college and make something of himself to make his mother proud. He made it a personal goal to average the best states on his high school and AAU team. He put up great numbers and gained interest from many schools, but is still trying to find his way to a D1 basketball team.

Recruiting
While playing in high school and AAU basketball, he gained interest from small Division 2 and Division 1 school, He wants to stay patient and polish his basketball skills to soon play for a Division 1 school.