Editing Alex English (section)

==College career==
English attended the [[University of South Carolina]] in Columbia from 1972 to 1976. He started every game over a four-year career and was arguably the first African-American sports star at the school.  He scored a record 1,972 points and was only the third player at the school to record over 1,000 rebounds and connect on better than 50% of his field-goal attempts.  English was selected to two independent All-America teams in 1975 and 1976.  In the academic realm, English "developed interests that he still maintains in art, sculpture, literature, and, especially poetry."  He graduated with a bachelor's degree in English in 1976.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DDO3sdV6ytsC&dq=%22developed+interests+that+he+still+maintains+in+art%2C+sculpture%2C+literature%2C+and%2C+especially+poetry%22&pg=PA134 Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary], edited by David L. Porter, an entry on Alex English by Peter C. Bjarkman, Westport, Connecticut, London: Greenwood Press, 2005.</ref>