Born in Birmingham, Alabama, High attended high school at Birmingham\'s Jones Valley High School. He went on to play college basketball at Lawson State Community College and University of Nevada and was selected by Phoenix in the second round of the 1979 NBA draft. As of February 2018, he is the last Nevada Wolf Pack player to achieve a triple double in a game. During an NBA game against Washington on January 28, 1981, High recorded nine steals.\n', '

High died in an early-morning automobile accident on June 13, 1987 in Phoenix, Arizona.\n', '

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