Editing Sam Perkins (section)

==College career==
Perkins attended college at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]] and played basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels from 1980 to 1984.<ref name="abc11.com">{{cite web|url=https://abc11.com/2165547/|title=The great Sam Perkins is giving back in Chapel Hill|date=June 30, 2017|website=ABC11 Raleigh-Durham}}</ref> He was named [[Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year|ACC Rookie of the Year]] in 1981<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/article207265409.html|title=Sam Perkins, former UNC great, elected to collegiate basketball hall of fame|first=Mike|last=Sargent|website=newsobserver}}</ref> and starred alongside future [[Basketball Hall of Fame|NBA Hall of Famers]] [[James Worthy]] and [[Michael Jordan]] on the Tar Heels' 1982 NCAA championship team.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19930502/1699047/easy-does-it----sam-perkins-selfless-sacrificial-sonic|title=Sports - Easy Does It -- Sam Perkins: Selfless, Sacrificial Sonic - Seattle Times Newspaper|website=community.seattletimes.nwsource.com}}</ref> A three-time All-American,<ref name="auto1"/> Perkins was the 1984 [[USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year]].<ref name="abc11.com"/> Perkins finished his collegiate basketball career as the Tar Heels' all-time leader in rebounds and blocked shots and as the second-highest scorer in team history.<ref name="auto1"/> He graduated from UNC in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article197892019.html|title=Black alumni group calls for boycott of UNC fundraising campaign|last=By|website=newsobserver}}</ref> Perkins was a co-captain of the gold medal-winning [[1984 United States men's Olympic basketball team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/article3829608.html|title=Former Maverick Sam Perkins says NBA players united|website=star-telegram}}</ref> He was named first-team [[List of All-Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball teams|All-Atlantic Coast Conference]] three times in his Tar Heel career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://goheels.com/news/2018/11/15/mens-basketball-perkins-to-collegiate-basketball-hall-of-fame-sunday.aspx|title=Perkins to enter collegiate basketball Hall of Fame Sunday|date=November 18, 2018|website=GoHeels.com}}</ref>