< PreviousKENTUCKY BASKETBALL 40 @KentuckyMBB High School Rated as high as No. 22 overall by ESPN … McDonald’s All-American … Mr. Kentucky Basketball in 2023 … Helped Team Ohio to win Junior International Championship in Italy and earned MVP honors after scoring 26 points in the title game … Averaged 22.5 points, 8.5 assists and 8.4 rebounds per game … Finished high school career with 3,727 ca- reer points … Led North Laurel to the state Sweet 16, averaging 25.2 points, 7.6 assists, 6.8 rebounds and 4.4 steals per game as a junior… 2022 Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year. Personal Born June 24 in London, Kentucky … Parents are Jeff and Stacey Sheppard … Has a sis- ter, Madison … Parents both played college basketball at Kentucky … His father was the MVP of the 1998 Final Four and won two national championships … Lists his most memorable moment as a basketball player as winning a high school regional … Honor Roll student … His most prized possession is his dog … Chose No. 15 because it’s the number his father wore at Kentucky … Favorite food is steak … Favorite movie is Hoosiers … Pre- game superstition is taking a nap … Dunked for the first time in eighth grade … Lists Chris Paul as his favorite player and Devin Book- er as his favorite Wildcat … Chose Kentucky over Indiana and Louisville. Follow REED on Social Media n @reed_sheppard on Twitter/X n @reedsheppard3 on Instagram REED SHEPPARD 6-3 n 180 n Fr. n London, Ky. #15 n G Click Here for More Information on ReedKENTUCKY BASKETBALL 2022-23 Freshman: Saw action in 20 games in his first collegiate season … Averaged 2.3 points and 1.9 rebounds per game in 9.5 minutes per outing … Led the team in steals in four games and paced the squad in blocks three times … Scored a season-high seven points, hauled in five boards, added a pair of assists and a steal in the road win at Arkansas … Hit a 3-pointer in the home win over Auburn … Scored four points and pulled down four boards in eight minutes at Mississippi State … Tallied four points and induced two steals in the upset win at Tennessee … Scored five points and had three boards at Missouri … Tallied five points and a pair of blocks against North Florida … Had six points in the win over South Carolina State … Had four points and five rebounds in his collegiate debut against Howard. High School A combo guard … Averaged 23.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 3.9 steals and 2.3 blocks per game and directed Quaker Valley to a 27-1 record and a 14-0 mark in league play … Scored 18 points in the 2022 PIAA Boys’ Basketball Championships in the team’s only loss of the season against Neu- mann-Goretti … Finished his career with 1,624 career points which ranked as the third most in team history … Named the 4A Play- er of the Year, the WPIAL Player of the Year and the 2022 TribLive HSSN Boys Basketball Player of the Year … Had a 44-point perfor- mance against Hopewell which snapped the school’s single-game scoring record … Also scored 40 points against Highlands in the Pittsburgh Basketball Club Showcase … Had 21 points, 10 assists, 10 rebounds and seven blocks in a state tournament second-round victory against Belle Vernon … Logged 31 points, 17 rebounds and seven swats in the WPIAL Class 4A championship … Led Quak- er Valley in scoring as a sophomore with 17.7 points per game … As a junior, he tallied 21.8 points per game … Also competed in soccer and lacrosse … Worked with the Gear Up Ségou community service project. Personal Born May 8 in Utah … Parents are Mariam Sy and Almamy Thiero … Has three siblings, Oumou, Yassa, Nudiya … Major is communi- cation … Away from the court he enjoys play- ing video games … Chose No. 3 because it was the same number his father wore … Most prized possession is his shoe collection … Fa- vorite food is chicken and shrimp alfredo … Favorite TV show is Power … Chose Kentucky over Xavier, Duquesne, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Maryland. Follow ADOU on Social Media n @adou_thiero on Twitter/X n @adou_thiero on Instagram ADOU THIERO 6-6 n 200 n So. n Leetsdale, Pa. #3 n G Click Here for More Information on Adou @UKSportsNetwork 41KENTUCKY BASKETBALL 42 @KentuckyMBB High School Rated as high as No. 4 by both ESPN and 247Sports … McDonald’s All-American Game MVP … Gatorade New Jersey Player of the Year for three straight seasons … Mem- ber of USA Men’s Nike Hoop Summit team … 2023 Iverson Classic Co-MVP … Iverson Classic 3-point Champion … Iverson Clas- sic National High School Player of the Year … Stephen Jackson Community Leadership Award winner … NJ.com First-Team All-State … Averaged 19.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 3.1 steals per contest as a junior, helping Camden to the NJSIAA Group 2 state championship. Personal Born May 4 in Camden, New Jersey … Par- ents are Syreeta Brittingham and Dajuan Wanger … Father played college basketball at Memphis for John Calipari and was draft- ed sixth overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2002 … Grandfather is Milt Wagner who won a national championship at Louisville in 1986 and was a second round pick by the Dallas Mavericks in 1986 … Siblings are Dayonni Wagner and Kareem Watkins … Lists his parents as his life’s greatest influenc- es … Favorite movie is Paid in Full … Plays video games and watches movies in his free time … Dunked for the first time in eighth grade … Lists teleportation and invisibility as two superpowers he wishes he had … Off the court talent is drawing … Tyler Ulis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist are his favorite former Wildcats. Follow D.J. on Social Media n @dj_wag21 on Instagram D.J. WAGNER 6-3 n 175 n Fr. n Camden, N.J. #21 n G Click Here for More Information on D.J.KENTUCKY BASKETBALL @UKSportsNetwork 43 2022-23 Junior: Appeared in four games off the bench … Had an assist in the win over North Florida … Logged two minutes of action in the Au- burn, Howard and South Carolina State wins. 2021-22 Sophomore: Appeared in nine games in 2021-22 … Had three rebounds, two as- sists and a pair of steals … Picked up a steal against High Point … Had an assist vs. Western Kentucky … Snared a rebound vs. Central Michigan … Had a rebound and a steal against North Florida … Registered a rebound against Mount St. Mary’s … Named to the Southeastern Conference Winter Aca- demic Honor Roll. 2020-21 Freshman: Joined the team as a walk-on … Made one appearance, logging two minutes in Kentucky’s dominating regular-season fina- le victory over South Carolina. High School Appeared in all 26 games for Kingsway Re- gional during his senior season … Averaged 8.7 points per game … Notched 11 dou- ble-figure scoring efforts and knocked down multiple 3-pointers in 12 games … Scored a season-high 19 points on six made 3s with four assists against Woodstown … Also post- ed 16 points, five rebounds and four assists at Clearview and recorded 15 points, six boards and five dimes vs. Cumberland … Dished out four or more assists in 14 games … Produced three or more steals in 10 games … Helped advance Kingsway to the 2020 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 4 Championship field of 64. Personal Born Feb. 3 in Camden, New Jersey … Moth- er is Syreeta Brittingham … Stepfather is Dajuan Wagner, former Memphis star who played for John Calipari … Has two siblings, Dayonni and Dajuan Jr. … Major is finance … Off the court talent includes juggling … Lists his parents as the two people who have influenced him the most … When he’s not playing basketball he’s watching it … Listens to NBA YoungBoy, Polo G and Lil Durk pre- game … Chicken is his favorite food … Lists Kemba Walker as his favorite NBA player and Tyler Ulis as his favorite former UK player. Follow KAREEM on Social Media n @reemwat on Instagram KAREEM WATKINS 5-8 n 175 n Sr. n Camden, N.J. #25 n G Click Here for More Information on Kareem6-3 | G | Peru, Ind. | Peru 44 @KentuckyMBB KYLE MACY 1978-80 4UK SPORTS NETWORK TV AFFILIATES UK SPORTS NETWORK TV AFFILIATES SPORTS NETWORK Louisville Paducah Charleston/ Huntington, WV/ Ashland, KY Bowling Green Johnson City, TN SPORTS NETWORK6-10 | F/C | New Orleans, La. | Brother Martin 46 @KentuckyMBB RICK ROBEY 1975-78 53SUBSCRIBE TO PODCASTS TODAY! 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