University of Vermont Athletics

CAREER HONORS
• America East Championship Most Outstanding Player (2023)
• America East All-Championship Team (2023)
• America East All-Conference Second Team (2023)
• USBWA All-District I Team (2023)
• NABC All-District Team (2023)

FIFTH-YEAR SEASON (2022-23): Only Catamount to earn starts in all 34 games ... Led Vermont in scoring (13.4 ppg) and field goal percentage (53.8%) ... Averaged 12.9 points and ranked No. 2 in America East in field goal percentage (54.4%) in league play ... Named to the All-Conference Second Team ... Earned USBWA and NABC All-District Honors ... Led the Cats in scoring in 10 games ... Poured in a team-high 27 points on the road at Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 13) ... Tallied 21 points on 6-for-9 shooting against UNCW in the Nassau Championship (Nov. 26) ... Made 8-of-14 field goals in a 20-point outing vs. Toledo (Dec. 20) ... Recorded 19 points on 8-for-12 shooting in his conference debut at UMBC (Jan. 1) ... Shot 8-for-11 from the field and scored a team-high 19 points vs. New Hampshire ... Averaged 17.0 points and a 60.3% field goal percentage in his final 12 games ... Averaged 23.3 points, a 67.4% field goal percentage, and 60.0% three-point percentage in the America East Playoffs and was named the Reggie Lewis Most Outstanding Player ... Had 23 points in the quarterfinals, 26 points and a career-high four three-pointers in the semifinals, and 21 points in the championship game ... Matched a team-high 11 points in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament vs. No. 2 Marquette (Mar. 17).

BEFORE VERMONT: Transfers to the Catamounts after four seasons with Bellarmine ... Captained the Knights to an Atlantic Sun (ASUN) Championship in 2022 ... Was named the ASUN Tournament MVP and received ASUN Second Team Honors in 2022, First Team in 2021 ... Averaged in 16.6 ppg, 5.0 apg, and 4.2 rpg in 2021-22 ... Tallied 27 points on the road at Saint Mary's (Nov. 17, 2021) ... Posted a career-high 38 points on 18-of-22 shooting against Central Arkansas (Jan. 11, 2022) ... At Evansville Memorial Reitz High School, he competed in basketball, football, and track & field.

PERSONAL: Son of Erica Penn ... Has a younger sister, Caleigh ... Chose the number 13 because he is 13 years older than Caleigh ... Pursuing a degree in history ... Lists Dwayne Wade as his biggest influence as an athlete ... Played AAU with Vermont teammate Robin Duncan ... Chose UVM because, "I fell in love with the the school on my visit. I wanted to go to a school that gives me a great chance to play in March Madness."