Kendall Marshall
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Kendall Dewan Marshall is an American college basketball player for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels
North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball
The North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is considered one of the most successful programs in NCAA history...

. He grew up in Dumfries, Virginia
Dumfries, Virginia
Dumfries is a town in Prince William County, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,937 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dumfries is located at ....

, and attended Bishop O'Connell High School
Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School
Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School was founded in 1957 in Arlington County, Virginia. It was operated by the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, but has been under the direction of the Diocese of Arlington since 1974. The school is named for Bishop Denis J...

 in Arlington, Virginia.

High school career

Marshall led Bishop O'Connell to the 2010 Virginia Independent Schools Division I championship as a senior. He also led Bishop O'Connell to the semifinals of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference. He averaged 15.3 points, nine rebounds and six assists as a senior.

College career

At the start of his freshman season at Carolina, Marshall provided more depth at the point guard position to relieve starting point guard Larry Drew II
Larry Drew II
Larry Drew II is an American collegiate basketball player for the University of California, Los Angeles . He is the son of Larry Drew, who was a first-round draft pick in the 1980 National Basketball Association Draft and is the current head coach of the Atlanta Hawks. At William Howard Taft...

, as he got more used to the system at Carolina. However, after a disappointing showing at Georgia Tech in which the Tar Heels lost by twenty points, Roy Williams
Roy Williams (coach)
Roy Williams is head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of North Carolina. After averaging nearly an 80% win percentage in 15 seasons at the University of Kansas, he became the eighteenth head coach at North Carolina when he replaced Matt Doherty in 2003...

 took the gamble and inserted Marshall into the starting lineup at a win vs Clemson. Soon Drew transferred and Marshall was able to take on the leadership role with poise as he dished out sixteen assists to three turnovers at a win over Florida State on February 6. Marshall continued his stellar play as he helped lead the Tar Heels to the ACC regular season title and a number two seed in the NCAA Tournament after a one-year absence.

High school

  • 2010 All-Metropolition
  • 2010 McDonald's All-American
    2010 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
    The 2010 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at the Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio, home of the Ohio State Buckeyes. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly-recruited high school boys graduating in 2010...

    team selection
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