Editing Alex English (section)

==Early life==
English was born and raised in [[Columbia, South Carolina]]. For some of his childhood, he and his siblings lived with their grandmother while their parents worked in [[New York City|New York]]. During this time, English often subsisted on a single meal per day.<ref name="Ethiopia">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/03/sports/sports-of-the-times-how-ethiopia-touched-a-poet.html|title=Sports of The Times; How Ethiopia Touched a Poet|last1=Anderson|first1=Dave|date=3 February 1985|website=The New York Times|access-date=29 July 2019}}</ref>

English attended [[Dreher High School]] in Columbia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex English |url=https://discoversouthcarolina.com/articles/alex-english |website=discoversouthcarolina.com |access-date=29 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>  On January 31, 2020, his number 22 jersey was retired by the high school.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dearing |first1=Chris |title=Dreher High School in SC retires Alex English No 22 jersey |url=https://www.thestate.com/sports/high-school/prep-basketball/article239793183.html |access-date=10 April 2025 |work=The State |date=31 January 2020}}</ref>