Shakwon Barrett

Photo by: Parker Waters

Photo by: Parker Waters

CHAPEL HILL, NC - DECEMBER 3: Tulane Green Wave guard Shakwon Barrett (24) dribbles the ball during a game between the Tulane Green Wave and the UNC Tar Heels at Dean Smith Center in Chapel Hill, NC on December 3, 2017. UNC defeated Tulane 97 - 73. (Photo by Greg Thompson)

Photo by: Greg Thompson

Photo by: Parker Waters

Photo by: Parker Waters

Photo by: Parker Waters

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-5
Weight:
180
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario
High School:
Tech Academy

2018-19: Tabbed to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Appeared in all 31 games and started the first 15 first contests of the season…Averaged 4.7 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 21.6 per game…Shot 50-for-140 (.357) overall, 13-for-51 (.255) from the three point arc, and 32-for-51 (.627) from the free throw line…Led Tulane in assists four times… Played a season-high 35 minutes and scored a career-high 26 points on 10-for-11 shooting with three assists and five rebounds in a win against UT-Martin (12/5) … Made the first two 3’s of his career and went 7-for-7 at the free throw line to finish with 19 points in the win over South Dakota state (11/19) at the Gulf Coast Showcase…Tallied 10 assists in the win against Coastal Carolina (11/13).

2017-18: Appeared in seven of the Green Wave’s first nine games of the season as a reserve…Debuted with one assist in four minutes in the season-opening win over LIU Brooklyn (11/10)…Scored his first two points at the free throw line in four minutes in the win over Southeastern Louisiana (11/13)…Played a season-high six minutes, grabbed one rebound and handed out one assist in the win over Miami-Ohio (11/22)…Recorded two assists in five minutes at 13th-ranked North Carolina (12/3)…Tallied one point in the win over Southern (12/6).

Before Tulane: Played his senior season at Tech Academy in Ontario, Canada…Averaged 18 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals per game while shooting 88 percent at the free throw line and 40 percent beyond the 3-point arc…Competed on the AAU circuit for Grassroots Canada under head coach Ro Russell…Played two years at Findlay Prep in Nevada in 2015 and 2016…Helped the Pilots to a 28-2 overall record and an appearance in the 2016 Dick’s Sporting Goods High School National Tournament…Played alongside former Duke and current USC guard Derryck Thornton as well as LSU’s Skylar Mays…Chose Tulane over Arkansas and Michigan.

Facts: Pursuing his bachelor’s degree in health and wellness.