what year did kobe bryant go to high school?
1996
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 Considered the top high school player in the country , Bradley initially chose to attend Duke University in the fall of 1961 . However , after breaking his foot in the summer of 1961 during a baseball game and thinking about his college decision outside of basketball , Bradley decided to enroll at Princeton due to its record in preparing students for government or United States Foreign Service work . He had been awarded a scholarship at Duke , but not at Princeton ; the Ivy League does not allow its members to award athletic scholarships , and Bradley 's family 's wealth disqualified him from receiving financial aid . 

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 He moved to university preparatory New Hampton School after that season , reclassifying to the class of 2012 . He cited his desire to get academically and physically ready for college as the main factors behind that decision . After adapting to the higher competition level , he improved dramatically in time , putting on 28 pounds and developing his post game to transition from a perimeter player to a forward . He finished with an average of 15 points and 8 rebounds for his senior season . Nominated for the 2012 McDonald 's All @-@ American Boys Game , he didn 't make the final selection . 

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 He matriculated to Princeton University , after an injury late in his senior year caused other Division I schools to withdraw their offers . As of 2011 , he continues to rank second and fourth in school history in career assists ( 381 ) and points ( 1546 ) , respectively . He led the team in rebounds all four seasons and in points , assists and blocked shots three times each . He led the Ivy League in field goal percentage three times and ranks third all @-@ time in Princeton history in that statistic for his career . 

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 He played in high school at Curie High School in Chicago where he won Naismith and Mr. Basketball USA recognition as national player of the year . He did not play organized basketball until eighth grade , but by late in his freshman season he became a notable contributor to his high school 's varsity team . He was ranked among the top 20 prospects in the national class of 2014 prior to his sophomore season . As a junior , he moved into the top 10 of the national class and was recognized as an All @-@ American . By the beginning of his senior season , he was considered to be a top 5 player by most talent evaluators and his stock was still on the rise . Following a Martin Luther King Day performance during his senior year against the number one team in the country , many experts considered him to be the best player in the national class of 2014 . 

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 Following the end of that season , he was one of the 90 cadets , also including coach Blaik 's son , who were forced to resign from the academy because of a cribbing scandal . The scandal was chronicled in the ESPN original film Code Breakers . According to Pollard in a 1951 interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer , the whole fiasco " broke [ his ] heart . " Following the scandal , he received scholarship offers from five major schools and a number of smaller ones . Pollard called Moose Krause , athletic director at Notre Dame , about transferring and playing for their football program , but was informed the Notre Dame Fighting Irish had not accepted transfers for six years . Although he was technically a sophomore , Pollard 's class had graduated and he declared himself eligible for the 1951 NFL Draft . 
