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Benjamin Wilson Jr. (March 18, 1967 – November 21, 1984) was an American high school basketball player from Chicago, Illinois. [1] Wilson, a Neal F. Simeon Vocational High School basketball player, was regarded as the top high school player in the U.S. by scouts and coaches attending the 1984 Athletes For Better Education basketball camp.
As of 2023, he is the founder and coach of Ronnie Fields Elite, which organizes basketball programs for middle and high school students. Additionally, he is the head boys' varsity basketball coach at Chicago Hope Academy, a Christian high school in Chicago. Fields is also the head basketball trainer at the Life Time gym in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Ben Wilson, an American high school basketball star from Neal F. Simeon High School in Chicago, Illinois, USA, was shot in the neighborhood surrounding the school during its lunch hour on November 20, 1984. Wilson died from injuries sustained in the shooting the following morning.
Bynum attended Chicago's Crane High School, where he played for coach Anthony Longstreet.As a junior in 1999–2000, he averaged 22.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 7.0 assists per game as he led the Cougars to a 20–9 record and helped them advance to the Class AA Elite Eight, going on to earn all-state honors.
He was a high school teammate of Rashard Griffith (the 38th pick in the 1995 NBA draft) and the pair led their school to the 1993 Illinois State Basketball Championship. The 7-foot, 2-inch, 330-pound center signed a letter of intent to play for Lou Henson at the University of Illinois , but was not academically eligible, and ultimately attended ...
A few changes, including clarification and a warning for flopping, are coming to high school basketball for the 2024-25 season. The National Federation of State High School Associations, which ...
Hoop Dreams is a 1994 American documentary film directed by Steve James, and produced by Frederick Marx, James, and Peter Gilbert, with Kartemquin Films.It follows the story of two African-American high school students, William Gates and Arthur Agee, in Chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players.
Cecil Partee Academic Preparatory Center - occupied the old Hookway Elementary School; Chicago High School (1856–1880) - renamed Central High School in 1878, closed in 1880; building demolished in 1950 to make way for the Kennedy Expressway [14] Chicago Talent Development High School (2009–2014) Chicago Virtual Charter School (K–12, 2006 ...