CC ). ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁high ▁school ▁career ▁Barcel lo ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁metropol itan ▁area ▁of ▁Phoenix , ▁Arizona , ▁to ▁Edward ▁and ▁Sh elli ▁Barcel lo , ▁who ▁were ▁both ▁former ▁basketball ▁players . ▁Edward ▁" led ▁the ▁state ▁in ▁scoring ▁his ▁senior ▁year ▁at ▁Phoenix ▁Bro phy ▁P rep ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁gradu ating ▁with ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁career ▁points ▁and ▁second ▁only ▁to ▁future ▁Duke ▁star ▁and ▁NBA ▁player ▁Mark ▁Al arie ▁( 1 9 8 2 ) ▁as ▁the ▁school ' s ▁all - time ▁leading ▁sc or ers ." ▁Sh elli ▁" was ▁the ▁leading ▁re bound er ▁and ▁second - leading ▁sc orer ▁on ▁C any on ▁del ▁O ro ' s ▁und efe ated ▁state ▁championship ▁girls ▁team ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 - 8 7 ." ▁Barcel lo ▁started ▁playing ▁basketball ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁two . ▁He ▁grew ▁up ▁with ▁his ▁three ▁sister s , ▁Sarah , ▁Am anda ▁and ▁Julia . ▁▁ ▁Barcel lo ▁attended ▁high ▁school ▁on ▁the ▁vars ity ▁basketball ▁team ▁in ▁all ▁four ▁years ▁at ▁Cor ona ▁del ▁Sol ▁High ▁School ▁in ▁Tem pe , ▁Arizona ▁to ▁win ▁two ▁state ▁championship ▁titles . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁fresh man ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 – 1 4 , ▁he ▁scored ▁ 1 5 ▁points ▁coming ▁off ▁the ▁ben ch ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁championship ▁game ▁to ▁help ▁secure ▁the ▁school ' s ▁third ▁straight ▁state ▁title ▁in ▁over time