Santa Fe High's Fedonta "J.B." White was a top-100 recruit in the high school Class of 2021, but he was preparing for early enrollment at New Mexico.Â
(Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
"June Bug" was a week away.
Fedonta "J.B." White, the 18-year-old star Santa Fe High School basketball player who was set to join the University of New Mexico Lobos next week in Albuquerque – the next step in his dream to play professional basketball – was shot and killed early Saturday morning at a party in Santa Fe County.
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