< Previous2023-24 (at San Diego State): Became the 38th player in program history to score 1,000 career points … Completed his Aztec career ranking No. 5 all-time in steals (183), No. 6 in conference victories (52), No. 9 in total victories (100) and No. 10 in assists (338) … Mountain West De- fensive Player of the Year… Mountain West All-Defensive Team… Honorable Mention All-Mountain West by both the coaches and media … Started all 37 games … Averaged 9.3 points and 2.6 rebounds in 27.5 minutes per game. 2022-23 (at San Diego State): NCAA All-Tournament Team … NCAA Tour- nament All-South Regional Team … Moun- tain West All-Defensive Team (coaches) … Third-Team All-Mountain West (coaches) … Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year (media) … Honorable Mention All-Moun- tain West (media) … Academic All-Moun- tain West… Appeared in 39 games, includ- ing starting 38 … Averaged 8.8 points and 2.7 rebounds in 25.9 minutes per game … Added 126 assists, 57 steals and four blocks … Shot 42.1% from the field, 34.2% from beyond the arc, and 73.1% from the line … Had two game-winning buzzer beating bas- kets including at New Mexico and vs. Flori- da Atlantic at the Final Four. 2021-22 (at San Diego State): Mountain West All-Defensive Team (coach- es) … Paycom Wooden Legacy All-Tourna- ment Team… San Diego State Scholar-Ath- lete … A starter in 25 of the 27 games in which he appeared. 2020-21 (at San Diego State): Mountain West Scholar-Athlete … Academ- ic All-Mountain West … San Diego State Scholar-Athlete … Appeared in 28 games, including making two starts. High School: Four-year letterwinner at Riverside Poly High School … A four-star rated recruit by ESPN and three-star talent by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com … Named one of the class of 2020’s top-50 point guards nation- ally by ESPN (No. 30). Personal: Born June 9 in Ontario, California … Parents are Carmicha and Lamont Butler Sr. … Has three siblings, Anaiqua, Amani and Asasha … Earned a degree in business management with specialization in entrepreneurship from San Diego State … Most memorable moment as a basketball player is hitting the game-winning shot at the Final Four. Follow LAMONT on Social Media n @lamont_butler1 on X n @lamont.butler1 on Instagram 34 @KentuckyMBB LAMONT BUTLER 6-2 n 208 n Grad. n Moreno Valley, Calif. #1 n G Click Here for More Information on Lamont2023-24 (at Wake Forest): One of three players to start all 35 games … Finished fourth on the team in scoring (13.5) and third in minutes per game (32.5) … Second on the team with 6.8 rebounds per game … Shot 52.6% from the field and 37% from 3-point range… Recorded seven dou- ble-doubles, including three in conference play … Reached 1,000 career points, 500 rebounds and 100 blocks all within the first month of the season … Scored a career-high 31 points in the final game of the season against Georgia in the NIT. 2022-23 (at Wake Forest): One of two players to start all 33 games … Finished fourth on the team in points per game (10.8) … Led the team in rebounds per game (6.2) and blocks (32) … Had the best field-goal percentage on the team at 49.4%. 2021-22 (at Delaware): Started 34 of 35 games during the 2021- 22 season and averaged 10 points and five rebounds in 28 minutes per game … Was second on the team in field-goal percent- age, shooting 56.4% from the floor … Led the team from beyond the arc with a 40.5% 3-point clip … Paced the Blue Hens in blocks, with 37 on the year, and was third in steals with 29 … Reached double-figure scoring in 16 games. 2020-21 (at Delaware): Appeared in all 15 games and made 10 starts … Averaged 8.2 points and 3.6 rebounds. High School: Three-year starter at West Chester East … Named first team all-state as a senior and third team all-state as a junior … Honor roll student during every semester … Graduated among top 25% of his class … Principal Advisory in 2019 and 2020 … Served as Student Coun- cil Treasurer in 2020 … Member of National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Soci- ety, National Business Honor Society, and Na- tional Society of High School Scholars. Personal: Born Feb. 1 in Paoli, Pennsylvania … Parents are Darby and Phillip Carr … Earned a de- gree in communications from Wake Forest … Has three siblings, Alexander, Elizabeth and Peter … Father played basketball at Del- aware and sister played volleyball at Purdue … Lists his most memorable moment as a basketball player as sinking the buzzer-beat- ing game-winning shot vs. Appalachian State as a junior at Wake Forest … Away from the court, he enjoys doing Legos, playing pool, bowling or golfing. Follow ANDREW on Social Media n @apc_andrew on X n @andrewpcarr on Instagram 36 @KentuckyMBB ANDREW CARR 6-11 n 235 n Grad. n West Chester, Pa. #7 n F Click Here for More Information on AndrewWhether supporting their team on the court or each other in the community, Big Blue Nation is committed to the success of the Wildcat family. The UK Alumni Association operates under the same game plan as it works to serve the students, alumni and friends of the University of Kentucky. FAMILY IS EVERYTHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, www.ukalumni.net/membership YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE W hen you stand for and with UK, you’re investing in the future of the university and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Show your true colors by becoming a Life or Active Member of the UK Alumni Association today!High School: Playing for Farmington High School, Chan- dler scored 1,587 career points and drained 135 3-pointers in his career … Also amassed 328 rebounds, 229 assists and 105 steals … Averaged 21.7 points per game, 4.3 re- bounds per game, 2.8 assists per game and made 47 3-pointers as a senior … He had 15 games with 20 or more points, including a season-high 37 … Was named the Utah Gatorade Player of the Year … Ranked as the No. 33 overall player in the class of 2023 by 247Sports, the No. 6 combo guard and the No. 1 player in the state of Utah … Was rated No. 32 by ESPN and No. 43 by Rivals. Personal: Born Feb. 9 in Cleveland … Parents are Jen- nifer and Jason Chandler … Has four sib- lings, Amaya, Avery, Cali and Lincoln … Fa- ther played volleyball at Utah … Away from the court, he is golfing, bowling or playing board games … Lists his dad as his life’s greatest influence … Wears No. 5 because that was his father’s jersey number in college … Lists The Office as his favorite TV show … Dunked for the first time at age 15 in St. George … A superpower he would most like to have is the ability to time travel … Likes to take a nap before a game …An off-the- court talent includes playing Kendama … Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is favorite former Kentucky player. Follow COLLIN on Social Media n @collinchand13r on X n @collinxchandler on Instagram 38 @KentuckyMBB COLLIN CHANDLER 6-5 n 202 n Fr. n Farmington, Utah #5 n G Click Here for More Information on CollinBEAPARTOFOURHOMETEAM! ScantheQRCodeorvisitthesitebelowtolearn moreabouthowyoucansupportKentuckyfamilies. www.rmhclexington.org2023-24 (Sophomore): Saw action in four games … Made appear- ances in victories over Marshall, Louisville, Illinois State and on the road at Vanderbilt … SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll member. 2022-23 (Freshman): Did not appear in any games in his first sea- son at UK … Dealt with a right leg injury, but was active late in the season … Named to First-Year SEC Honor Roll. High School: Served as a captain for Sycamore as a se- nior and helped lead the team to the Greater Miami Conference championship … Team amassed a 20-3 record, which was the best in school history this past season … Were also district runners-up after getting off to a 9-0 start, the best in school history … Shot 43% from 3-point range as a junior and had 14 points and six boards against Middleton on Senior Night … Also participated in soccer and baseball for Sycamore … Was a summa cum laude graduate and was also a National Merit Scholar Commended … Four-time All Conference Academic Team member … Was a member of the National Honor Society, the Spanish National Honor Society, a Student Ambassador and a member of the Sycamore Athletic Leadership Team … An Honor Roll student. Personal: Born April 15 in Florence, Kentucky … Par- ents are Dana and Gregg Darbyshire … Has five siblings, Bryce, Lola, Cash, Jeff and Cove … Major is finance … Most memorable basketball moment was winning the GMC league title while playing with his younger brother, Bryce … Father played basketball at Kent State and Miami (OH), grandfather, Lynn played football and competed in track at Florida State and Miami (OH) … Favorite food is chicken and waffles … Lists Karl-An- thony Towns as his favorite basketball player … Off the court he likes to play pickleball and can also speak Spanish … Favorite mov- ie is Happy Gilmore and favorite TV show is Family Guy … Lists his dad as the most influ- ential person in his life … Chose Kentucky over Kansas, Cincinnati, College of Charles- ton, Xavier, Indiana and Miami (OH). Follow GRANT on Social Media n @GrantDarbyshire on X n @grant_d_13 on Instagram 40 @KentuckyMBB GRANT DARBYSHIRE 6-2 n 188 n Jr. n Cincinnati #13 n G Click Here for More Information on Grant2023-24 (at Oklahoma State): Appeared in all 32 games, starting each of the last 29 … Averaged 7.5 points and 5.3 rebounds in 22.7 minutes… Ranked among the Big 12 leaders in blocks per game (5th, 1.47) … Had 47 total blocks … That was the fifth-most ever by an OSU freshman … Recorded a 58.9% field-goal percentage … That clip was the fourth-best all-time among OSU rookies with at least 80 makes. High School: 2023 McDonald’s High School All-Ameri- can, started for the West squad and scored 11 points on 5-of-5 shooting … Consensus four-star recruit in the Class of 2023, ranked as high as No. 30 by Rivals and also earned high grades from 247sports (36), ESPN (41) and On3 (43) … One of 25 players named to USA Today’s All-USA Team … One of 30 included on the Jordan Brand’s 2023 All- Star roster … 2023 Gatorade and MaxPreps Player of the Year in the state of Oklahoma … Two-time Daily Oklahoman Super 5 se- lection … Voted OKC Metro 2022-23 Boys Athlete of the Year … Led his team to a pair of 5A state titles in 2021 and 2023 plus a runner-up finish in 2022 … Averaged a dou- ble-double as a senior with 15.7 points and 10.0 rebounds per game … Also added 3.0 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.7 blocks … In the state title game, finished with 17 points and 16 rebounds to key a 35-33 overtime win over Carl Albert … 2023 Player of the Year in the Suburban Conference and 2022 Defen- sive Player of the Year … Averaged 13 points and 10 rebounds as a junior. Personal: Born March 31 in Oklahoma City … Parents are Toni and Sidricke Lewis and Tim Garri- son … Has four siblings, Kimbrie, Bryana, Brayden and Donavon … Chose Kentucky because of his relationship with Mark Pope … His mother is his life’s greatest influence … Lists an off-the-court talent as riding hors- es … Likes to eat candy before games … His favorite food is pizza … Kung Fu Panda is his favorite movie … Dunked for the first time at age 13 … Would choose to fly as his superpower … Chose No. 10 because it has always been his number … Lists Kevin Durant as his favorite basketball player … Bam Adebayo and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are his favorite former UK players. Follow BRANDON on Social Media n @brandonGarriso on X n @brando2wavvyyy on Instagram 42 @KentuckyMBB BRANDON GARRISON 6-10 n 250 n So. n Oklahoma City #10 n F Click Here for More Information on BrandonMonday Nights from 6-7 p.m. on the UK Sports Network. 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