Deonta Stocks, the star basketball player at the University of West Georgia, will hold an "Around the World Shoot Off" event on December 6th in the Coliseum. Stocks began playing basketball at age 3 and was recruited to play for UWG after high school. The event, sponsored by Greenway Health Clinic, will allow students to interact with Stocks on the court and learn basketball skills from him. Prizes such as Beats headphones will be raffled off to students who can outshoot Stocks.

1. Brianna Edmonds
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The UWG star basketball player Deonta Stocks, holds an
“Around the World Shoot Off”
Stocks 3-point challenge is set for December 6 in the Coliseum, sponsored by
Carrollton’s Greenway Health Clinic
CARROLLTON, Oct. 16, 2014 – Publicist Brianna Edmonds, from the Sports
Department, announces that her client Deonta Stocks, fondly known by fans as “Stocks,” will
hold an “Around the World Shoot Off” event on campus in the Coliseum.
Stocks, 26, began dribbling a basketball at the young age of 3 years old with big dreams
of becoming the next Michael Jordan. His mother, Tonya Stocks, believed and supported in
his dreams by enrolling him in Lithonia’s AAU basketball team at the age of 9, where his
talents opened up new doors in basketball.
“I remember my baby never wanting to put down his basketball that his dad bought him
for Christmas,” Ms. Stocks said. “Enrolling Deonta in AAU basketball was beneficial to his
career in so many ways.”
Stocks later took his talents to Lithonia High School to be the only starting sophomore on
the varsity basketball team. Balancing basketball and academics for such a young rookie was
difficult, but Stocks maintained to keep up his grades by tutoring and study halls.
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2. In the fall of 2013, Stocks joined the wolves for his first season playing colligates
basketball. He had an All-Conference caliber season, leading the GSC in scoring, averaging
21.0 points per game. In addition, he played and started in 22 games, scoring 454 points on
155-of-337 shooting, and more.
“I want to invite all of the students at West Georgia to interact with me on a shoot-off on
the court,” Stocks said. “That way they can get to know me personally on the court and I can
teach them a thing or two.”
The Carrollton Boys and Girls Club is a major sponsor of the event and will give away Dr.
Dre Beats to the lucky winner who beats Stocks during the shoot-off. The event will feature
additional prizes, t-shirts, and food.
About Deonta Stocks
Deonta Stocks, a resident of Atlanta, is a natural athlete who began playing basketball at
the early age of three. In 2007, his high school basketball team won the Georgia South
Atlantic Finals for their region, which paved the way for his starting career. The University of
West Georgia, where he currently plays as a starting point guard, later recruited him. Learn
more about Deonta Stocks at www.StocksOnTop.com