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Position Guard Height- 6-5 Weight- 180 Class Freshman Hometown- Lexington, KY High School- Ovetime Elite Major- Human Nutritioin
Jasper Johnson
HIGH SCHOOL: Five-star prospect, ranked as a top-25 prospect in the class … Won gold at the 2025 FIBA U19 Men’ s World Cup with Team USA … Team USA went 7-0 in the tournament … Johnson averaged 8.0 points, 1.6 assists and 1.3 rebounds per game, while shooting 46.3 % from the field and 40.1 % from 3-point range … Played his final high school season at Overtime Elite averaging 20.3 points, 5.9 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game for Real Wild Energy … Began his high school career at Woodford County High School where he helped lead the Yellowjackets to the semifinals of the KHSAA Sweet 16 in 2023, while also playing quarterback on the football team … Played for Team Thad on the EYBL AAU circuit … Was a standout at Peach Jam in the summer of 2024, averaging 19.8 points, 3.2 assists, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals … Won a gold medal with USA Basketball at the FIBA U18 AmeriCup in Argentina.
PERSONAL: Third generation Wildcat … Father, Dennis, and uncle, Derrick, both played football at UK … Grandfather Alvis worked eight years in athletics administration at UK … Father, Dennis, played in the NFL for both the Arizona Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers and is now the football coach and athletic director at Woodford County High School … Enjoys drawing and gaming off the court … Cites his first and last name as his most prized possession … Chose jersey number because of the two“ J’ s” in his initials … Favorite food is lobster tail … Favorite movie is Battle Field America … Favorite show he has binged watched is Behind Her Eyes … Pregame ritual is listening to rain sounds … Dunked for the first time at 13-years-old … If he could have one superpower it would be molecular control.
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Kam Williams
Position Guard Height- 6-8 Weight- 205 Class Sophomore Hometown- Lafayette, La. Previous School- Tulane High School- Lafayette Chrisitan Academy Major- Social Worker
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2024-25( at Tulane): Started 28 of the 33 games played during his freshman campaign … Logged 14 double-figure scoring efforts and shot 41.2 percent from 3-point range … Had 16 points and eight rebounds in the semifinals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament against Memphis … Put up a season-high 24 points in the regular-season finale vs. UAB … Scored 14 points and added four rebounds and four assists vs. Charlotte … Posted 13 points and tied season-high with 10 rebounds vs. East Carolina, his first career double-double … Finished with 19 points in win over Dillard … Pitched in 19 points vs. Southeastern Louisiana … Stuffed the stat sheet with 19 points, eight rebounds and four steals vs. New Orleans … Made college debut vs. Louisiana Christian.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played high school basketball at Lafayette Christian Academy … Louisiana Sports Writers Association Class 4A All-State selection … During his junior campaign, Williams averaged 25.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game … Lafayette Christian was the state runner-up during Williams’ sophomore season … Played for Houston Hoops at Peach Jam in 2023, averaging 8.0 points and 2.0 rebounds in five games.
PERSONAL: Parents are Greg and Kelen … Has a brother named Greg … Born Nov. 22, 2005 … Nickname is“ K3” … Is interested in mental health therapy … Favorite basketball memory is scoring the most points in his high school’ s history … Brother, Greg, played basketball at St. John’ s and Louisiana … Enjoys playing NBA 2K, NCAA Football and Fortnite … Favorite movies are Lemonade Mouth and Let it Shine … Favorite basketball players are Steph Curry and Jalen Williams … Favorite former Kentucky player is Devin Booker … Cites word searches as an off-the-court talent.