Wingspan: 7' 2 1/4"
Honors and Awards
2020 Lou Henson National Mid-Major Player of the Year
2020 Basketball Times National Mid-Major Player of the Year
2020 CAA Player of the Year
2020 CAA Defensive Player of the
2020 VaSID State Player of the Year
Two-time Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award Top 5 Finalist (2019, 2020)
2020 Senior CLASS Award Finalist
2020 Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-American
USBWA Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List
Naismith Trophy Men's Player of the Year Midseason Watch List
Lute Olsen National Player of the Year Award Preseason and Midseason Watch List
2020 Lefty Driesell Defensive All-American
2020 Lute Olsen All-American
Three-time Lou Henson Mid-Major All-American (2018, 2019, 2020)
Two-time All-CAA First Team (2019, 2020)
USBWA All-District III First Team (2020)
Three-time CAA All-Defensive Team (2018, 2019, 2020)
Three-time Two-time VaSID All-State First Team (2018, 2019, 2020)
Two-time NABC All-District 10 First Team (2019, 2020)
NABC All-District 10 Second Team (2018)
All-CAA Second Team (2018)
CAA All-Rookie Team (2017)
Seven-time CAA Player of the Week
W&M Team MVP (2019, 2020)
Three-time W&M Team Defensive MVP (2017, 2018, 2019)
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2018-19, 2019-20)
Senior Season (2019-20)
Named the Lou Henson National Player of the Year by CollegeInsider.com, which is presented annually to the nation's top Division I mid-major player … Selected as Basketball Times National Mid-Major Player of the Year … Became just the second player in league history to be named both the CAA Player and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season in 2020 … Selected as one of five finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award for the second-straight season … One of only three players nationally to be a top five finalists for a Naismith Starting 5 award … Selected as one of 10 finalists for the Senior CLASS Award, which recognizes excellence in community, classroom, character and competition  … Named to the watch list for the USBWA Oscar Robertson Trophy in December and the midseason list for the 2020 Citizen Naismith Trophy Men's Player of the Year presented by the Atlanta Tipoff Club in February … Named one of 31 finalists for the Lute Olsen National Player of the Year Award presented by CollegeInsider.com … Selected as a 2020 Lefty Driesell Defensive All-American … Only of 10 players from outside of the ACC and Big Ten on the USBWA All-District III … Named All-CAA First Team for the second-straight season and became the 15th player in CAA history to be named to the All-Defensive Team on three occasions … Fourth W&M player to be named to VaSID State Player of the Year … Named VaSID All-State First Team … Selected to the NABC All-District 10 First Team … Led the country in player efficiency rating (35.0) while ranking second in double-doubles (23) … Ranked among the top 20 nationally in free throws made (fourth at 180), defensive rebound per game (sixth at 7.8), win shares (10th at 6.3), total rebounds (13th at 337), total points (14th at 663), rebounds per game (16th at 10.5), field goals made (16th at 227) and points per game (19th at 20.7) … According to KenPom.com, ranked seventh in the country in offensive rating, for players with a 28% usage rate, at 114.0 and in fouls drawn per 40 minutes (7.5) … Ranked fourth nationally with 11 games of 20 points and 10 rebounds in 2019-20 … Averaged 20.7 points and 10.5 rebounds per game and was one of only nationally this season with those averages … Became just the fourth player in CAA history and first since 1989 to average 20 points and 10 rebounds per game … Finished his career ranks second in W&M history in points and blocked shots and third in rebounding … In the CAA record book, ranked among the all-time leaders at seventh in free throws made (559), ninth in blocked shots (221), 13th in scoring (2,151) and 13th in rebounding (964) … Scored 30 points on 13-of-18 shooting at Oklahoma (11/18) … Tallied a 30-point, 10-rebound double-double in his homecoming at Buffalo (11/30) … Pulled down a career-high 18 rebounds and added 28 points at Charleston (2/6) … Tallied a season-high 33 points and chipped in 12 rebounds in the Gold Rush win over Delaware (2/15) … Twice scored on last-second driving lay-ups to knock of Northeastern on the road (1/4) and at home (1/30) … Named CAA Player of the Week on a school-record and league-high four times in 2019-20.
Junior Season (2018-19)
Team captain … Named one of five finalists for the for the 2019 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award presented by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame … A Lou Henson Mid-Major All-American … An All-CAA First Team selection … Named to the NABC All-District 10 First Team … For the second-straight year, selected to the CAA All-Defensive Team … Selected to the VaSID All-State First Team for the second-straight year … Recognized as W&M's Team MVP and co-Defensive MVP … Named to both the preseason and midseason watch lists for the Lou Henson Mid-Major Player of the Year presented by CollegeInsider.com … Averaged 21 points, 8.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.3 blocked shots per game and became the first college basketball player since Tim Duncan at Wake Forest in 1996-97 to average 20 points, eight rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots per game … His scoring average is the highest for a Tribe player since 1968 and his 651 points rank fourth in program history … Set a program record with three-straight 30-point games … Tallied a career-high 39 points to go with 14 rebounds at Hofstra on Feb. 9 and followed with 35 points and 13 rebounds at Elon on Feb. 16 and 30 points in a victory over Charleston on Feb. 21 … Posted 12 double-doubles on the year, which are the most at W&M since 1987-88 … Named CAA Player of the Week on Feb. 18 after his double-double effort at Elon … One of two Tribe players to start all 31 games … Led the CAA in blocked shots at 2.3 per game, including 2.7 per contest in league action … Ranked third in the CAA in scoring, fifth in rebounding and field goal percentage (.578), sixth in offensive and defensive rebounds per game, eighth in assists and 11th in assist-to-turnover ratio … Ranked third in the CAA in both 30-point games (5) and 20-point games (16) … His 22.1 points per game in CAA play was the second-best average in program history … Scored in double figures in each of the final 23 games of the year … Named the Lou Henson National Mid-Major Player of the Week on Nov. 26 … Scored 32 points and added nine rebounds against Radford on Nov. 20, before tallying 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting in 21 minutes, including the game-winning hook shot with 1.7 seconds remaining in the Tribe’s 87-85 win over Saint Joseph’s on Nov. 24 … One of nine players nationally with three 30-point, 10-rebound double-doubles and one of just 11 with nine or more 20-point, 10-rebound double-doubles … Nationally, ranked 21st in blocks per game, 26th in total blocked shots, 29th in field goals made, 30th in free throws made, 33rd in scoring and in field goal percentage, 38th in double-doubles, 48th in total points, 58th in rebounding and 74th in total rebounds … Blocked six or more shots on four occasions in 2018-19, including a career-high tying eight against Charleston on Feb. 21 … Posted 11 games with five or more assists, including a career-high seven in the CAA Quarterfinals against Delaware … Knocked down a pair of 3-pointers in two games: at Duquesne (11/10) and vs. Northeastern (1/12).
Sophomore Year (2017-18)
Named a 2017-18 Lou Henson Mid-Major All-American by CollegeInsider.com … A NABC All-District 10 Second Team picked … Selected to the All-CAA Second Team and the CAA All-Defensive Team … A VaSID All-State First Team seelction … Named to the CAA All-Tournament Team after helping the Tribe to the semifinals for the fifth-straight year, including a career-high 31 points against eventual champion Charleston … Averaged 18.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.0 blocked shots per game in 2017-18 … Shot 57.8 percent from the field, which ranked fifth in the CAA and 31st nationally, and 76.9 percent from the free throw line … Ranked fifth in the CAA and 89th nationally in scoring … Was seventh in the CAA in rebounding… Came in 45th nationally and second in the CAA in blocked shots … Recorded nine double-doubles on the year, including a trio of the 30-point, 10-rebound double-doubles … Ranked fourth in the CAA and 82nd in the country in double-doubles … Scored 31 points in a game on four occasions in 2017-18 against Hampton, Conference USA Champion Marshall, Hofstra and in the CAA Semifinals vs. Charleston … His 573 points in 2017-18 are 10th in W&M history as are his 206 made field goals … Ranked 98th nationally in field goals made … His 150 made free throws, which were 72nd nationally, rank eighth in program history and were the most for a W&M player in the last 50 years … His 61 blocked shots rank fourth in school lore and 54th nationally in 2017-18 … Became the first W&M player to record 100 career blocked shots in his first two seasons … A two-time CAA Player of the Week … Poured in 31 points to go with 14 rebounds in a win over Hampton (11/15) … Connected on 18-of-22 from the free throw line against the Pirates … His 18 made free throws ranked third in program history, while the 22 attempts were second … Tallied 31 points on 13-of-22 shooting and added 12 rebounds in a win over Conference USA Champion Marshall (11/29) … Named CAA Player of the Week on Jan. 2 after leading W&M to a CAA opening win over Hofstra (12/30) with 31 points, 11 rebounds and eight blocked shots … The eight blocked shots, including the game-winning rejection in the final seconds, were the most blocked shots in the CAA since 2012 and the fourth-highest total in W&M history … Blocked six shots at High Point (11/10) and seven at Savannah State (12/2) … Notched three-straight double-doubles at James Madison (16 points and 12 rebounds) on Jan. 2, at Delaware (25 points and 11 rebounds) on Jan. 5 and at Drexel (19 points and 13 rebounds) to earn CAA Player of the Week honors on Jan. 9 … Connected on a perfect 12-of-12 from the free throw line in a win over JMU (1/11) … Twice dished out a career-high six assists at TCU (12/22) and vs. Elon (2/1).
Freshman Season (2016-17)
Became the 21st W&M player and ninth under head coach Tony Shaver to be named to the CAA All-Rookie Team … Named W&M’s Defensive MVP … Averaged 8.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.3 blocked shots per game in just 17.2 minutes per game … Appeared in all 31 games with five starts … Led the CAA in blocked shots at 1.3 per game, which also ranked seventh in Tribe history … Ranked 90th nationally, according to ESPN.com, in field goal percentage (58.4) among players who attempted five or more per game … Tallied 10 double-digit scoring games, including a career-high 20 on 8-of-10 shooting to go with seven rebounds on Senior Day vs. Towson (2/25) … Over the last 10 games of the season, averaging 10.6 points per game, while shooting 69.1 percent (38-of-55) from the field … Tallied 15 points, all in the second half, in the CAA semifinals vs. UNCW (3/5), hitting all six of his field goal attempts … Scored 15 points to go with five rebounds and five blocked shots at Towson (2/4)  … Notched 15 points and six rebounds vs. Charleston during the Gold Rush Game (2/11) … Topped W&M with 14 points and seven rebounds in 20 minutes at Louisville … Totaled 11 points and five rebounds at Duke (11/23) … Blocked a W&M freshman record seven shots against Milligan (12/16) … Just missed a triple-doubles and recorded his first career double-double in his first start vs. Milligan with 14 points and 10 rebounds … Poured in a team-high 14 points and added seven rebounds in his second collegiate game at Louisville (11/14) … His 41 blocked shots on the year rank seventh in W&M history and are the second most for a freshman in program history … Blocked four shots in the win over CAA Champion UNCW (1/28) … Rejected three shots in Tribe wins at Old Dominion (12/29) and vs. Delaware (1/26) … Knocked down a pair of 3-pointers on the year against Elon (1/5) and at Charleston (1/14).
Prep
Spent a post graduate year at Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire for head coach Mike Olson … Earned Third Team All-NEPSAC honors after averaging 13 points, 10 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots per game for the Wildcats … Ranked 10th in the Class of 2016 in New Hampshire amongst the standout prep schools by the New England Recruiting Report … In the NEPSAC Quarterfinals posted a 25-point, 10 rebounds double-double against Vermont Academy … Scored a season-high 34 points against Holderness (Feb. 3, 2016) … Tallied 18 points and added 12 rebounds vs. New Hampton (Feb. 1, 2016) … Posted a 17-point, 14-rebound double-double against Redemption Christian in helping Kimball Union win the Southall Classic title … Scored 17 points against both St. Foye and Chershire … Tallied a 15-point, 10-rebound double-double in a win over Wilbraham Monson on Jan. 24 … As a senior at Nottingham, averaged 14.1 points, 14 rebounds and three blocked shots per game, shooting 63.2 percent from the field … Earned All-Central New York honors and named New York All-State by the New York State Sportswriters Association in 2014-15 … In high school, was rated the 77th best power forward in the class of 2016 and the 13th-best player in the state of New York by ESPN.com … Tallied a career-high 23 rebounds vs. Rochester East on Dec. 29, 2014 … Produced 10 doubles-doubles as a senior, including 23 points and 14 rebounds vs. Edison on Dec. 20, 2014 … Averaged 9.4 points per game as a junior … Possesses a 7-foot wingspan … Chose W&M from more than 30 Division I scholarship offers, including offers from Murray State, Northeastern, James Madison, Duquesne, Stony Brook, George Mason and Temple … Played AAU for the DC Blue Devils, out of New Hampshire, coached by former George Washington guard TJ Thompson … Helped the Blue Devils in the summer of 2015 to a championship at the Hoop Group Tip-Off, a second place finish at the Hoop Group Summer JamFest and a spot in the Elite 8 of AAU U17 Nationals in Kentucky.
Personal
Son of Joslyn Knight … Earned his degree from W&M's prestigious Raymond A. Mason School of Business in business analytics.
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