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Vince Carter - Toronto Raptors All
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 Though
he prefers the name
“Vince”, he was born
Vincent Lamar Carter in
Daytona Beach, FL at
Halifax Hospital on
January 26, 1977. He
attended public and
private schools,
beginning at age 4, in
Deland, South Miami and
Daytona Beach. He was
the only seventh grader
to ever play on Campbell
Junior High School’s
varsity basketball team
as a starter. In
addition to being
captain of Mainland High
School’s volleyball
team, he is said to be
the most gifted and
decorated basketball
player to grace the
court at Mainland High
School where he
graduated with honors in
1995. Other high school
honors included USA
Today, Parade, and
McDonald’s All-America
and was voted Florida’s
1995 Basketball
Player-of-the-Year.
Vince provided lots of
musical excitement when
he played baritone and
saxophone in the
marching and jazz bands,
respectively, at
Mainland and was voted
head drum major for his
senior year. In 1995,
Vince was voted to the
USA Junior National Team
where he played in the
World Championships...Book
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As a Tarheel at the
University of North
Carolina from 1995
through 1998, Vince
garnered, for two
consecutive years, the
statistical leader
award. In addition, he
earned the best field
goal percentage and the
defensive player of the
year awards in 1998.
Vince helped the
Tarheels make it to the
final four in 1997 and
1998. In both of these
games, he was the
leading scorer. His
outstanding college play
propelled him to the
five (5) finalists for
the prestigious “John
Wooden Award” and the
national player of the
year award.
On June 24, 1998,
Vince’s parents watched
with pride as the former
Buccaneer and Tarheel
was the fifth selection
in the National
Basketball Association
(NBA) draft. During that
rookie season, the
highlights and awards
started to roll in.
Carter became the first
Raptor ever to be named
NBA Player of the Week
on March 21, 1999 and
was also named NBA
Rookie of the Month in
March and April on his
way to being named NBA
Rookie of the Year in a
landslide victory,
earning 113 of a
possible 118 votes.
During that rookie
season, Carter led all
rookies in scoring and
blocked shots while
leading his team in
scoring, averaging 18.3
points per game.
During Carter’s second
NBA season, his status
as an NBA superstar was
confirmed, leading the
Raptors to the
franchise’s first
winning season and
playoff berth, while
garnering impressive
individual accolades.
Carter led all
vote-getters in fan
voting for the 2000,
2001, and 2002 NBA
All-Star Games. This set
the stage for his
dominating performance
that earned him the
crown as the Slam Dunk
Champion. Last season,
Carter’s third in the
league, saw him continue
to develop as a
well-rounded player, as
he finished fifth in the
league in scoring with
27.6 points per game
while ranking sixth in
the league in made
three-point field goals.
Vince was named the
Hometown Hero for the
Month of May, 2001 for
“improving the community
piece by piece” by the
NBA.
In the summer of 2000,
Carter was chosen to
represent the United
States at the Olympic
Games in Sydney,
Australia. Winning a
gold medal added one
more accolade to his
already star-studded
young career. Dunking
over a seven-foot
opponent added thrills
and awe to Carter’s
already die-hard fans.
Carter’s most
significant
accomplishment
culminated in May 2001,
when he accepted his
diploma from the
University of North
Carolina for completing
his degree in
African-American
Studies. Vince plans to
continue his education
in the next few years,
seeking a master’s
degree in communications
or business.
While Carter is proud of
his development and
success as a basketball
player, he also takes
great pride in his work
off the court through
his Embassy of Hope
Foundation, assisting
children and their
families in his home
state of Florida and his
adopted hometown of
Toronto. Carter
established his
foundation in 1998 when
he was drafted into the
NBA. The Embassy of
Hope’s slogan,
“Believing in Your
Dreams”, represents
Vince’s own approach to
success, while
encouraging others who
may be less fortunate to
see that they too can be
a winner.
Being an NBA player has
also afforded Vince the
opportunity to initiate
“Vince”s HOOP Group,” a
program to recognize
student achievement in
schools in Canada where
he also works on behalf
of the Toronto Raptors’
community programs.
Vince actively
participates in the
NBA’s Read to Achieve
program.
A budding businessman,
Vince is the President
of Visions In Flight,
Inc., a for-profit
corporation, and Embassy
of Hope Foundation,
Inc., a non-profit
charity. Vince’s efforts
to improve the quality
of life for parents and
their children have been
recognized by the
Children’s Home Society
prompting the
organization to name him
the 2000 “Child
Advocate-of-the-Year”.
Vince attends St. James
Episcopal Church. His
mother, Michelle Carter,
supports him in all of
his efforts. Vince has
one brother, Chris.
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