Kendrick Nunn

Kendrick Nunn

250px Nunn with the Simeon Wolverines after winning the 2013 Illinois High School Association championship.
No. 25 – Illinois Fighting Illini
Position	Shooting guard
League	Big Ten Conference
Personal information
Born	(1995-08-03) August 3, 1995 Chicago, Illinois
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Simeon (Chicago, Illinois)
College	Illinois (2013–present)
Career highlights and awards
Big Ten All-Freshman team (2014) 4x IHSA state champion (2010–2013) First team All-State (News-Gazette, Illinois Basketball Coaches Association) (2012) No.20 retired by Simeon Wolverines
Medals Men's basketball Representing the United States FIBA Americas U16 Championship 2011 Mexico National team FIBA World U17 Championship 2012 Lithuania National team

Kendrick Nunn (born August 3, 1995) is an American college basketball player for the University of Illinois, where he is playing his sophomore season for the 2015–16 team. He was named to the 2013–14 Big Ten season All-Freshman team.

High school career

Nunn dunks an alley-oop pass from Jaylon Tate.

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Nunn in the 2013 Illinois High School Association championship game.

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Nunn dunks an inbounds alley oop from Jabari Parker over Jahlil Okafor.

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Nunn dunks in the 2013 Illinois High School Association playoffs

As a freshman, Nunn received his first scholarship offer from the late Rick Majerus while he was the head coach at Saint Louis University. In talking about schools he was considering, Nunn listed Illinois, Marquette, Memphis, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, and UCLA.

During his senior season, Simeon Career Academy celebrated its senior night by retiring Nunn's #20 and teammate Jabari Parker's #22. Nunn and Parker joined Derrick Rose, Bobby Simmons, and Benji Wilson as the only other Wolverine basketball players to have their jersey number retired. Over the course of his high school career, Nunn won four IHSA state titles with Simeon.

Initially, Nunn had verbally committed to Texas A&M before the start of his junior year in August 2011. About two months later, Nunn had announced his de-commitment from Texas A&M to re-open his recruiting process. Nunn's father, Melvin, explained that Kendrick felt he committed too quickly in the process and wants to further explore all of his options.

After his official visit to Illinois, Nunn verbally committed to the program and coach John Groce on September 15, 2012.

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kendrick Nunn SG	Chicago	Simeon (Illinois)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sep 15, 2012
	Scout:   Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN grade: 86
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 59, 12 (SG)   Rivals: 60, 18 (SG)  ESPN: 61, 14 (SG)
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

College career

He made his first start for the Fighting Illini on February 9 against Penn State, scoring 19 points and helping the team end an 8-game losing streak. Nunn tied his career high of 19 points starting against Minnesota in Minneapolis on February 19, and he was awarded Big Ten Freshman of the Week on February 24, 2014, for his efforts in helping the Illini to a win. Following wins over Nebraska and Michigan State, in which Nunn averaged 10.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists, Nunn repeated as Big Ten Freshman of the Week on March 3. Following the regular season Nunn was named to the 2013–14 Big Ten All-freshman team by the coaches.

College statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2013–14	Illinois	35	12	19.5	45.6	38.8	80.8	1.7	1.1	0.6	0.1	6.2
2014–15	Illinois	19	10	26.3	47.1	45.2	86.4	3.0	1.8	1.6	0.2	10.4

Updated: January 20, 2015

International play

In March 2011, Nunn was among the 24 players who earned an invitation to the June 10–18, 2011 tryouts for FIBA U16 competition at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Nunn was one of four Chicago products to emerge from the 27-man tryouts as part of the 12-man team. He won a gold medal in the 2011 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship, with Team USA in Cancun, Mexico. This qualified the United States for the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship. The team, which was coached by Don Showalter of Mid-Prairie High School, scored over 100 points in each outing.

Nunn was selected for the USA team that competed in the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Kaunas, Lithuania from June 29 – July 8, 2012 along with Simeon teammate Parker and Whitney Young rival Jahlil Okafor. Again, Nunn won a gold medal with Team USA.

External links

• FightingIllini.com Profile
• Profile at USA Basketball
• Nunn stats at ESPN