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31 Kellan Grady

Name
Kellan Grady
Position
Guard
Class
Grad Student
Hometown (Last School)
Boston (Northfield Mount Hermon School)
Ht
6'5"
Wt
205
Seasons
2021-22
Birthday
September 11, 1997

2020-21 (at Davidson)

Senior: Became the sixth player in program history to score 2,000 or more points in his final game as a Wildcat … Named an All-Atlantic 10 First Team performer … Averaged 17.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game while starting in all 22 games … Scored in double figures in 19 games and made three or more 3s in 11 outings … Recorded 32 points and six boards against George Mason … Dished out a season-high-tying five assists to go along with 18 points at St. Bonaventure … Logged three straight games with 20 or more points against Fordham (24), UMass (22) and Southern Virginia (25) … In the game vs. Southern Va., tied his career high with seven 3-pointers … Also set his season high with five assists in the game vs. UMass … Tied his season high with seven rebounds vs. Fordham … Scored 27 points with five 3s against Dayton … Had 23 points and a season-high-tying seven boards vs. Charlotte … Opened the season with 20 points, six rebounds and four assists vs. High Point.

2019-20 (at Davidson)

Junior: Named to the All-Atlantic 10 Second Team … Averaged 17.2 points per game, which ranked fifth in the league … Scored in double figures in a team-high 25 games … Averaged 18.0 points per game against league foes … Sunk three or more 3s in 11 games … Over his final 11 games, averaged 20.6 points per game while shooting 51.7% from the floor … Made 25 of 51 (49.0%) from long range during that stretch …  Scored 20 or more points in five straight games during that run … Averaged 3.5 assists per game over the final eight games … Logged 27 points at VCU … Finished with 19 points and six boards at UMass … Matched his season-high with 28 points in a quadruple overtime game at George Washington … Logged 18 points and seven rebounds vs. Saint Louis … Back-to-back games of seven rebounds vs. Coppin State and at Northeastern … Recorded his first-career double-double with 28 points and 10 rebounds against Marquette … Totaled 24 points, six assists and a career-high four steals in a win over Nevada.

2018-19 (at Davidson)

Sophomore: Selected to the Atlantic 10 First Team … NABC All-District Team honoree … Three-time Atlantic 10 Player of the Week … Ranked third in the league with 17.3 points per game … Topped double digits in 22 games, including 13 20-point efforts … Sunk five or more 3s in five outings … Capped the season with a season-high 31 points to go along with seven rebounds and four assists against Lipscomb in the NIT … Totaled 23 points with five 3s at home against St. Bonaventure … Had 25 and six boards points vs. Fordham … Totaled 28 points and made 10 at the charity stripe at Fordham … Scored 29 points with five treys at St. Bonaventure … Scored 20 or more points in four straight against Northeastern (30), Charlotte (25), UNCW (25) and Winthrop (20) … Opened the season with back-to-back games of 20 or more points with 24 against Cleveland State and 23 against Dartmouth.

2017-18 (at Davidson)

Freshman: Named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year … Also was tabbed an All-Atlantic 10 Second Team performer and was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team … Made the Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team … Five-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week honors … Started in 32 of the 33 contests he appeared … Just the second freshman in school history to begin his career with consecutive 20-point outings (John Gerdy) … Second on the team and led the Atlantic 10 for freshmen with 18.0 points per game … Shot 50.1% from the field and 37.2% from long range … Hit 73 3-pointers … Scored in double figures in 29 games and topped 20 points in 11 games … Drained at least four 3s in eight games …Had a career-high 39 points in Davidson’s triple-overtime win at St. Bonaventure … Hit a school-record 16 of 16 free throws against the Bonnies while playing 53 of the 55 minutes … Scored 30 points at Duquesne … 28 points and five rebounds at home vs. Fordham … Totaled 23 points and a season-high eight rebounds at George Washington … Posted 26 points and six boards vs. La Salle … 25 points with four made 3-pointers at Richmond … Had 30 points on 12-of-19 shooting and five 3s against Akron in the Diamond Head Classic in Hawai’i … Debuted in college with back-to-back 20 point games vs. Charleston Southern (23) and UNC Wilmington (24).

HIGH SCHOOL

Earned All-New England Preparatory School Athletic Council First Team honors as a senior at Northfield Mount Hermon in Gill, Massachusetts … Also captured All-State First Team, ESPN Boston All-State First Team, Boston Globe All-Scholastic and Boston Herald Dream Team accolades … Named a Catholic Conference All-Star and NEPSAC Class AAA Honorable Mention as a junior … Was also a Catholic Conference All-Star in 2014 … Helped his squad win the 2015 Massachusetts Division I state title and the 2016 New England Championship.

PERSONAL

Born Sept. 11 in Barnstable, Massachusetts … Earned a degree in sociology at Davdison … Pursuing an undergraduate certificate in business and economics … Parents are Rob and Danielle Grady … Has two siblings, Liam and Kayla … Launched CARE (College Athletes for Respect and Equality), a social justice initiative aimed at raising awareness about racial injustice and to promote and create change in equality … Grandmother is Sophia Theresa Williams-de Bruyn, a former South African anti-apartheid activist .. She was the first recipient of the Women’s Award for exceptional national service and is the last living leader of the Women’s March … Father, Rob, competed in track and field at Bucknell and American … Chose No. 31 because his father wore it playing basketball in high school … Lists his most prized possession as his Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year trophy … Stephen Curry has most influenced his life and is his favorite player … When he’s not on the court, he’s hanging with his friends or watching his favorite TV shows … Chose Kentucky over Virginia, Duke and North Carolina.

College Statistics:

NCAA

SeasonTeamMINFGMFGA3PM3PAFTMFTAORDRPFASTTOBLKSTLPTSGMPGFG%FT%3P%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Kentucky112013530388212293910623944332213873432.944.5574.3641.512.11.30.60.111.4
Total-112013530388212293910623944332213873432.944.5574.3641.512.11.30.60.111.4

Career Totals

SeasonMINFGMFGA3PM3PAFTMFTAORDRPFASTTOBLKSTLPTSGMPGFG%FT%3P%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2021-22112013530388212293910623944332213873432.944.5574.3641.512.11.30.60.111.4
Total112013530388212293910623944332213873432.944.5574.3641.512.11.30.60.111.4

Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.

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On March 23, 1948, Adolph Rupp’s “Fabulous Five” wins UK’s first NCAA Championship, 58-42, over Baylor. The team is met in Lexington by 15,000 fans and given a parade on a fire truck.

 

On March 23, 2009, Patrick Patterson joined the 1,000-point club.  He did it in 58 games.

 

On March 23, 2014, Wichita State was 35-0, ranked No. 2 in the AP poll, and a legitimate threat to win the NCAA championship. Kentucky was 25-10.  In the NCAA Midwest Region third round and before 19,676 at the ScottradeCenter in St. Louis, freshmen Andrew Harrison (20 points), Aaron Harrison (19), Julius Randle (13 and 10 rebounds) and James Young (13, the go-ahead trey inside the 1:30 mark) shocked the Shockers, 78-76.

 

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