2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster
Kevin Zhang
- Position:
- Guard/Forward
- Height:
- 6-10
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Shenyang, China
- High School:
- Montverde Academy
2018-19: Tabbed to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Appeared in 30 games and started 16 times…Averaged 6.5 points and 2.4 rebounds in 22.5 minutes per game…Shot 70-for-198 (.354) overall, 26-for-88 (.295) beyond the 3-point arc, and 28-for-37 (.757) at the free throw line…Led Tulane in scoring three times and rebounding two times…Recorded six double-figure scoring games and three 20-points efforts…Named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (11/12) after scoring 24 points in his college debut against No. 17 Florida State (11/11)…Scored 23 points with four rebounds against Georgia State (11/28)…Had a career-high nine rebounds with three blocks vs. Southeastern Louisiana (12/1)…Notched a personal-best 25 points and went 7-for-7 at the free throw line vs. Memphis (1/13).
Before Tulane: Practiced with the Chinese National Team during the summer of 2018…Competed with the 12-man World Select Team that beat the U.S. at the prestigious 2018 Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Oregon in April of 2018…Played one season at Montverde Academy (Fla.) under head coach Kevin Boyle, leading the team to a perfect 35-0 season that culminated in the Geico High School National Championship …Scored 25 points against New Hampton School and made five 3-pointers at the National Prep Showcase in November 2017…Attended the 2017 Basketball Without Borders Global Camp sponsored by the NBA and FIBA…Lettered three years at La Lumiere School (Ind.) for head coach Shane Heirman where he led the team to the 2017 Dick’s Sporting Goods High School National Championship and No. 1 ranking in the USA TODAY Super 25 with a 70-52 win over Montverde in the title game… Played alongside two McDonald’s All-Americans, Brian Bowen and Jaren Jackson, as La Lumiere totaled a record of 82-7 during his three years that also included a runner-up finish in the Dick’s Nationals and No. 3 final ranking in 2015-16…Listed as a three-star recruit by ESPN.com and Rivals.com…Listed as a top-300 recruit by 247sports.com…Also received offers from UCLA, DePaul, BYU and Kansas State among others….Regarded as the best Chinese basketball prospect in America in 2018 by FloHoops.
Facts: Born in Shenyang, China…Arrived in the U.S. in 2013 as a 14-year-old to attend the United States Basketball Academy Institute in Oregon where he was described as “A model for the future of China basketball” by event director Bruce O’Neil…Bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese…His mother, Wang Fang, earned a silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and the 1994 World Championships in Sydney as a member of the Chinese women’s basketball team and coached the national team at the 2008 Olympics.
