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Jersey Number 33
Zach Kent
- Height:
- 6-10
- Weight:
- 224
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Magnolia, Del.
- High School:
- Blair Academy (N.J.)
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
- Points: 4 // vs. Presbyterian, 11/10/17
- Rebounds: 2 (2x) // last vs. Murray State, 11/12/19
- Assists: --
- Steals: --
- Blocks: --
- Field Goals: 2 // vs. Presbyterian, 11/10/17
- 3-Pointers: 1 // vs. Murray State, 11/12/19
- Free Throws: --
- Minutes: 10 // vs. Presbyterian, 11/10/17
2019-20 - SOPHOMORE
- Game-by-Game Statistics
- Entered the NCAA Transfer Portal on Dec. 11, 2019, after having completed the Fall semester.
- Prior to the game against Alabama State (11/20/19), Kent decided to step away from the program indefinitely, though he remained enrolled.
- Appeared in each of UT’s first two games to start the 2019-20 season, draining his first career 3-pointer in UT’s 82-63 victory over Murray State (11/12/19).
2018-19 - REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
- Had an arthroscopic procedure on his left knee on Oc.t 5, 2018, and did not appear in any games during the 2018-19 season.
2017-18 - REDSHIRT
- Redshirted the 2017-18 season.
- Grabbed a rebound during his three minutes of action during Tennessee's win over High Point (11/14/17).
- His collegiate debut consisted of 10 minutes off the bench in Tennessee's season-opening win vs. Presbyterian (11/10/17), during which he tallied four points and two rebounds.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Graduated from Blair Academy in Blairstown, New Jersey, where he was coached by Joe Mantegna.
- Kent was one of four Blair Academy seniors who signed Division I NLIs. The school has produced several high-profile basketball alums, including Luol Deng, Charlie Villanueva and Royal Ivey, who played for Barnes at Texas before embarking on a career in the NBA.
- Prior to transferring to Blair Academy for his senior year, he attended St. Andrew's School in Middleton, Delaware.
- As a junior at St. Andrew's in 2015-16, Kent earned All-Delaware Independent School Conference acclaim after averaging 17 points and nine rebounds per game while shooting 58 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-points range and 80 percent at the free-throw line.
- Also earned third-team status on the Delaware Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association's All-State Team as a junior.
- Kent played his AAU ball with the We R 1 program, coached by Duane Coverdale.
PERSONAL
- Full name is Zachary Wayne Morriss Kent
- Born Jan. 19, 1998, in Dover, Delaware
- Son of Tina Kent and Clark Connellee
- He is the first Delaware native ever to suit up for the Vols.
- Academic Major: Communication Studies
- Recipient of the Ray & Dana Mears Athletic Scholarship Endowment
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