where did ja morant grow up

Ja Morant grew up in and around Dalzell , a small community near Sumter, South Carolina.

Hometown basics

• Ja Morant was born on August 10, 1999, in Dalzell, South Carolina.

• Dalzell is a rural area just outside the city of Sumter, often talked about together as one general hometown region.

• Locally, people often describe Sumter and its surrounding communities as small-town, working-class environments rather than wealthy suburbs.

Growing up there

• Morant spent his childhood in Dalzell, training in his family’s backyard with his father, Tee, who built a court for him to practice on.

• He went to Crestwood High School in nearby Sumter, where he became the school’s all-time leading scorer before heading to Murray State and then the NBA.

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