Seth Louis Trimble (Born August 9, 2004) is an American

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player for the

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of the

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(ACC). Trimble, a 6'3

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from

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Wauwatosa ( ; colloquially Tosa) is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 48,387 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Wauwatosa is a suburb located immediately west of Milwaukee and is part of the Milwa ...

, attended

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and as a senior averaged 27.1 points, 7.4 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 2.3 steals. At the close of the season, he was named Wisconsin Mr. Basketball. That summer, Trimble was a member of the United States U18 team which won the gold medal at the

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. Trimble committed to North Carolina over

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, following in the footsteps of his older brother,

JP Tokoto Jean-Pierre Tokoto II (born September 15, 1993) is an American-Cameroonian professional basketball player for Ironi Ramat Gan of the Israeli Basketball Premier League . He played college basketball for the University of North Carolina before ...

, who had played for the Tar Heels from 2012 to 2015. He played sparingly for the Tar Heels as a freshman, averaging 1.8 points in 9.8 minutes per game. As a sophomore, Trimble became the Tar Heels' primary backcourt reserve, averaging 17.1 minutes and 5.2 points per game while shining defensively. At the close of the season, Trimble finished third in ACC

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of the Year award voting. Following his sophomore season, Trimble opted to enter the transfer portal. However, he later changed his mind and decided to return to UNC for his junior year. Trimble is the grandson of former Cameroonian soccer player

Jean-Pierre Tokoto Jean-Pierre Tokoto (born 26 January 1948) is a retired Cameroonian professional footballer. He competed for the Cameroon national team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Career Club In March 1980, Tokoto signed with the New England Tea Men of the No ...

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North Carolina Tar Heels bioUSA Basketball bio
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