"Everybody loved Vince because he never got cocky," explained Mainland high school’s Athletic Director Dick Toth to The National Post newspaper in Canada.
This would be a common theme throughout the career of the pride of Daytona Beach, Vince Carter. Administrative staff, family and classmates saw the humility Carter carried himself with and that is what makes him who he is today.
It wouldn’t take long for the future UNC Tarheel to establish himself as a force to be reckoned with in high school. As a freshman in 1991 Carter became his team’s star player and went on to average 20 points per game his sophomore year.