Kendall Gray

Kendall Gray
Personal information
Born May 5, 1992
Merced, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school Polytech (Woodside, Delaware)
College Delaware State (2011–2015)
Position Center
Career highlights and awards
  • MEAC Player of the Year (2015)
  • MEAC Defensive Player of the Year (2015)
  • First-team All-MEAC (2015)
  • Second-team All-MEAC (2014)

Kendall Gray (born May 5, 1992) is an American basketball player who most recently competed for Delaware State University from 2011 to 2015. He was named the 2014–15 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Year, becoming the fourth selection in school history to earn the honor. Through March 9, he is the leading rebounder in NCAA Division I with 12.4 rebounds per game.

Gray was born in Merced, California but grew up in Dover, Delaware.[1] He earned three varsity letters while playing at Polytech High School in Woodside, Delaware.[1] In 2010 he led the team to a Henlopen Conference Southern Division Championship.[1] In Gray's his senior season he averaged 15 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 blocks per game.[1] He then committed to play for the Delaware State Hornets in college.

Although limited to just 17 games his freshman season, Gray still earned two Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Defensive Player of the Week awards.[1] He was ninth in NCAA Division I in blocks (54) when he went down with an injury.[1] He remained healthy for the final three seasons of his collegiate career and improved statistically in each successive year. As a junior in 2013–14 he averaged 11.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 2.7 blocks per game en route to a Second Team All-MEAC selection.[1][2] In 2014–15, Gray increased those averages to 12.3, 12.4, and 2.8, respectively.[2] On March 5, 2015, Gray recorded a 33-point, 30-rebound game against Coppin State.[3] It was the most rebounds in a single game at the Division I level in 10 years, and he became just the seventh player in the last 40 seasons with at least 30 rebounds in a game.[3] The next day, the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference named Gray their Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.[4] He joined Kyle O'Quinn as the only two players in conference history to earn both awards in the same season.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Kendall Gray bio". DSUHornets.com. Delaware State University. 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kendall Gray college statistics". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bieler, Des (March 5, 2015). "Delaware State's Kendall Gray has 30-30 game against Coppin State". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "MEAC announces men's basketball all-conference honors". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. March 6, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.

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