Kevon Looney

BIOGRAPHY

Kevon Grant Looney was born on February 6, 1996, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a power forward and center in the NBA.

In high school, Kevon was a four-year varsity letter-winner at Hamilton High School in Milwaukee. He earned McDonald’s All-American honors and Parade All-America acclaim as a senior in 2013-14. He was named the 2014 Gatorade Player of the Year and Associated Press Player of the Year in the state of Wisconsin as a senior.

He was also named Mr. Basketball by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association as a senior and 2014 Milwaukee City Player of the Year by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as a senior. As a senior in 2013-14, he averaged 27.9 points, 12.7 rebounds, 8.0 blocks and 7.0 assists.

Kevon Looney competed for the Milwaukee Running Rebels AAU team and worked as a youth basketball instructor and peer tutor on behalf of the Running Rebels Community Organization and the Milwaukee Violence Free Zone Initiative. He earned Second Team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Freshman Team accolades in his lone season at UCLA in 2014-15. He led all freshmen in the nation with 15 double-doubles. He grabbed 331 total rebounds, the most in a single season at UCLA since Kevin Love collected 415 boards as a freshman in 2007-08. He was also a four-year varsity letter winner at Hamilton High School in Milwaukee. He was named the 2014 Gatorade Player of the Year and Associated Press Player of the Year in the state of Wisconsin as a senior. He was also named Mr. Basketball by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association as a senior.

In the 2014-15 season with UCLA, he appeared in 36 games (all starts) as a freshman, averaging 11.6 points, a team-high 9.2 rebounds (second in the Pac-12), 1.4 assists and 1.28 steals in 30.9 minutes, shooting 47.0 percent from the field and a team-high 41.5 percent from three-point range. He also led all freshmen in the nation with 15 double-doubles. He grabbed 331 total rebounds, the most in a single season at UCLA since Kevin Love collected 415 boards as a freshman in 2007-08. He scored in double figures 25 times and 20-plus twice and helped UCLA advance to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament with 10 points and 11 rebounds on 3/21 against UAB. He also earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors on 1/12 following home wins over Stanford on 1/8 and California on 1/11, averaging 21.0 points and 13.0 rebounds over those two contests. He set career-highs with 27 points and 19 rebounds on 1/8 vs. Stanford, becoming the first Bruin to record at least 27 points and 19 rebounds in a single game since Ed O’Bannon recorded 28 points and 19 boards on 2/26/94. Kevon became the first freshman in UCLA history to notch at least four double-doubles through his first five games with the Bruins.

He was selected by Golden State in the first round (30th overall) of the 2015 NBA Draft. Kevon appeared in 58 games (four starts) over two seasons with Golden State, averaging 2.5 points and 2.3 rebounds in 8.1 minutes while shooting 52.6 percent from the field.