Kevin Noreen (born 1992) is an American

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player from

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. Noreen played high school basketball at Minnesota Transitions Charter School and broke the state scoring record with an unofficial career total of 4,086 points. In his senior year, he also led the team to the 2010 Class A state championship in Minnesota; he led all scorers in the championship game against

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with 24 points, and was named to the All-Tournament team. Kevin Noreen was also named Mr. Basketball in Minnesota in 2010, as well as the Gatorade Minnesota Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Noreen initially committed to play basketball at

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, but was allowed to retract his commitment after coach

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was fired. Noreen then agreed to play for

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. In four seasons at WVU, Noreen appeared in 94 games, averaging 2.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.

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