Ayo Dosunmu

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Quamdeen Ayopo “Ayo” Dosunmu () (born January 17, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini, earning consensus first-team All-American honors in his junior season. The Chicago Bulls selected him with the 38th pick in the 2021 NBA draft.

Ayo Dosunmu was born in Chicago to a Nigerian father and African American mother. His father descends from the Yoruba people in Nigeria, and his name Ayo means “joy” in the Yoruba language. Dosunmu began his high school career at Chicago’s Westinghouse College Prep, where he helped lead the Warriors to a 2015 conference championship against Al Raby High School and scored a season-high 40 points against Crane High School as a freshman, earning Chicago Sun-Times All-City Accolades. Dosunmu transferred after his freshman year to Morgan Park. During his junior year, Dosunmu led the Mustangs to a 3A State Championship, although he was unable to play in the championship game due to injury. In his senior year, Dosunmu led the Mustangs once again to a state championship, in which he scored 28 points…