Personal Life
Wheaton attended McClintock High School in Tempe, Arizona. Kenny was part of a strong Tempe football family.
Kenny Wheaton's brother Derrek Wheaton also attended McClintock High School playing varsity football, basketball, and baseball. Derrek went on to play college football at Phoenix College and received a football scholarship to attend the University of Oregon. Derrek was killed on his way home from the Phoenix College football banquet, he was the random victim of a drive by shooting. The Arizona Junior High School Basketball Tournament honors Derrek's memory with the Derrek Wheaton MVP Award.
Wheaton's cousin Andre Bailey also played football at McClintock High School and went on to play college football at Mesa Community College before attending the University of Texas El Paso.
Wheaton's younger cousin' Marquese Wheaton played for University of Southern Mississippi and Markus Wheaton currently plays for Oregon State University.
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“A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or unconsciously, the life of his epoch and his contemporaries.”
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