Kevin Durant (born on September 30, 1988, in Suitland, Maryland) is an American college basketball player. A basketball star from his earliest days of youth basketball, Durant played for a very successful AAU youth basketball team. Durant's team, the PG Jaguars won multiple national championships and included fellow blue chip recruits Michael Beasley (Kansas State University) and Chris Braswell (Georgetown University). Durant later moved on to play AAU ball with fellow McDonald's All American Tywon Lawson (University of North Carolina} for the DC Blue Devils. During this time Durant also starred for the Oak Hill Academy basketball team, which won the 2005 USA Today National Championship. Durant transferred back home for the 2005-2006 school year to play for Stu Vetter at Montrose Christian in Rockville, Maryland. At Montrose, Durant led the team in scoring and was named the Washington Post's 2006 All-Met Player of the Year in Boy's Basketball. Durant also was named a McDonald's All American and was co-MVP of the 2006 McDonald's All American game with Chase Budinger. Coming out of high school, Durant was widely regarded as the 2nd best high school basketball player from the class of 2006 (behind Greg Oden)[1] and is currently a freshman at University of Texas at Austin, playing for the Longhorns under coach Rick Barnes.

Durant, a 6'10" small forward, is widely being hailed by the media as the Big 12's top freshman, and a top candidate for Freshman of the Year.[2] Through January 16, 2007 he is averaging 24.5 points per game and 11.1 rebounds a game. His college career high for scoring is 37, which he has achieved on two occasions.

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