2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster

Kevin Norman

  • Position Guard/Forward
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Alexandria, La.
  • High School Peabody
  • Prev School Jacksonville
  • Major English Education

Biography

Briefly
•  First year at XULA
•  Transfer from NCAA Division I Jacksonville (Fla.) University
•  Also played two seasons at two-year Angelina College of Lufkin, Texas

2020-21 (Senior — XULA)
•  Team was ranked 20th in the NAIA preseason coaches poll and was the top pick to win the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference

2019-20 (Junior — Jacksonville)
•  Averaged 7.3 points, 3.9 assists and 0.9 assists in 32 games with 12 starts . . . Led the team with 30 steals . . . Shot 37.7 percent from the floor, 27.4 percent on 3s (32-of-117) and 79.1 percent on free throws (34-of-43)
•  Game highs: 21 points, three made 3s (twice), nine rebounds, four assists, three steals (three times), 33 minutes
•  Scored in double figures nine times, including 21 points in an 80-78 victory at UMass Lowell on Nov. 15, 2019

2018-19 (Sophomore — Angelina)
•  Third-team NJCAA Division I All-America and first-team All-Region XIV
•  Led his team with 19.2 points and 7.3 rebounds per game
•  Game highs: 40 points, six made 3s
•  Helped team place second in the Region XIV South Zone
•  Averaged 15.6 points per game during his two Angelina seasons

2017-18 (Freshman — Angelina)
•  Region XIV all-conference honorable mention
•  Averaged 12 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 30 games and shot 46.3 percent from the floor, 31.6 percent on 3s (31-of-98) and 72.1 percent from the line (44-of-61)
•  Scored in double figures 18 times and scored 20-or-more points four times
•  Game highs: 27 points, five made 3s, 11 rebounds, five assists, five steals

High School
•  Named May 24, 2020, to the Alexandria (La.) Town Talk newspaper's All-Cenla third team of the 2010s
•  Class 3A All-State first team and All-Cenla as a senior (2016-17) and averaged 23.6 points, 12.4 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 2.3 blocks per game that season
•  Shared District 3-3A MVP honors as a senior with teammate Cedric Russell
•  Produced 33 double-doubles as a senior and closed his prep career with 29 consecutive double-doubles
•  Helped Peabody's Warhorses finish 35-3 and win the Class 3A state championship his senior year
•  Produced double-doubles in 64-of-73 games his final two seasons and averaged 20.7 points and 12.9 rebounds during that time
•  Scored 11 points for the East in the Louisiana High School Coaches Association All-Star game on March 18, 2017
•  Second-team Class 3A All-State and first-team All-District 3-3A as a junior . . . Averaged 17 points per game and helped Peabody finish 34-2 and reach the state semifinals
•  Second-team All-District 3-4A as a sophomore and honorable-mention All-Cenla
•  Coached by Charles Smith, the Louisiana leader in boys basketball career victories with more than a thousand
•  Also starred in football as a wide receiver

Personal
•  Nicknamed the "Human Highlight"

Favorites
Food:  Pizza
Candy:  Hershey bar with almonds
Pizza toppings:  Sausage
Ice cream flavor:  Cookies and cream
Cake:  Upside-down pound cake
Flower:  Rose
Color:  Blue
Vacation destination:  California

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