Aug. 25, 2010

Torey Thomas never forgot his roots.

Not when he left White Plains to play high school basketball at Trinity Catholic, where he scored 1,140 points and led his team to a Connecticut state championship.

And not when he left to play collegiately at Holy Cross, where he racked up 1,201 points, 468 assists, 268 steals and an NCAA tournament berth.

Thomas did a lot of growing up on the courts of White Plains. He wanted others from his old neighborhood to have the same opportunities to advance that he did.

For the complete article by Terrence Watson of The Journal (N.Y.) News click here