Editing Sam Perkins (section)

==Early life==
Born in Brooklyn, New York,<ref name="latimes.com"/> Perkins attended [[Samuel J. Tilden High School]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=https://www.si.com/vault/1983/11/28/627294/a-towering-twosome|title=A TOWERING TWOSOME|first=Curry|last=Kirkpatrick|newspaper=Sports Illustrated Vault &#124; Si.com}}</ref> He later attended and graduated from [[Shaker High School]] in [[Latham, New York]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-sports/article/Ballston-Spa-native-Scott-Cherry-finds-coaching-6710567.php|title=Ballston Spa native Scott Cherry finds coaching home at High Point|first=Jason|last=Franchuk|date=December 20, 2015|website=Times Union}}</ref> He was named large-school player of the year (high school) by the [[New York State Sportswriters Association]] in 1980 and was also named to the 35 Greatest Boys McDonald's All Americans team.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}