Oh, he’s from Chicago. That makes sense.
Ayo Dosunmu was born in
Chicago to a Nigerian father and African-American mother. He descends from the
Yoruba people in Nigeria, and his name Ayo means "joy" in the
Yoruba language. Dosunmu began his high school career at Chicago's Westinghouse College Prep, where he helped lead the Warriors to a 2015 conference championship against Al Raby High School and scored a season-high 40 points against Crane High School as a freshman,<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayo_Dosunmu#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a><a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayo_Dosunmu#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a> earning
Chicago Sun-Times All-City Accolades. Dosunmu transferred after his freshman year to
Morgan Park. During his junior year, Dosunmu led the Mustangs to a 3A State Championship, although he was unable to play in the championship game due to injury. In his senior year, Dosunmu led the Mustangs once again to a state championship, in which he scored 28 points; breaking an
IHSA record for points scored in a championship game.
In March 2018, Dosunmu was named one of 26 high school seniors who participated in the
Jordan Brand Classic on April 8, 2018, at the
Barclays Center in
Brooklyn,
New York.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayo_Dosunmu#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a> Dosunmu is the third Illini to be selected to play in the Jordan Classic, joining
Dee Brown who played for the Red team in 2002 and Jalen Coleman-Lands who played in 2015.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayo_Dosunmu#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a> Dosunmu was also selected to play in the second annual Iverson Roundball Classic All-American Game in April 2018 at
Souderton Area High School outside of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayo_Dosunmu#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a> During his senior season, Dosunmu averaged 25.2 points, 7.4 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 2.7 steals, leading Morgan Park to a second-straight
IHSA Class 3A championship.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayo_Dosunmu#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a><a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayo_Dosunmu#cite_note-USA-7"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a> Dosunmu was also named a Consensus first-team All-State selection by the
Associated Press,
Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times,
Champaign News-Gazette and Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) following his senior season.
On October 19, 2017, Dosunmu verbally committed to play
college basketball for
Illinois and head coach
Brad Underwood. Dosunmu announced his commitment to Illinois over
Wake Forest at the flagship
Jordan Brand Store on
State Street in the
Chicago Loop.<a href="
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayo_Dosunmu#cite_note-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a> Dosunmu signed his
National Letter of Intent in November 2017 to attend Illinois.