Lipscomb University

2016-17 (Sophomore):

• 2017 ASUN All-Academic Team Selection
• Played in 31 games making 29 starts
• Averaged 5.4 ppg and a team best 7.4 rpg
• Ranked fifth in the ASUN In overall rebounding and tied for third in defensive rebounding (5.7 rpg)
• Claimed NCAA era single game rebounding record with 25 against Fisk surpassing previous mark of 20 set by Adnan Hodzic
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll

2015-16 (Freshman):

• 2016 ASUN All-Freshman team selection
• Two-time ASUN Freshman of the Week
• Started all 33 games
• Averaged 7.9 ppg and a team best 7.8 rpg
• Scored a season best 22 points and hauled in a season best 17 rebounds against Kennesaw State
• Included among the 17 rebounds were 12 offensive boards that ranked as a national high
• Grabbed five or more rebounds in every game but two
• Ranked third in the ASUN in rebounding
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll.

High School:

• A three-sport standout at Caldwell County High School under coach Daniel Kukahiko
• Named honorable mention Prep HoopsKentucky All-Senior team
• Rated the No. 14 prospect in Kentucky by Prep Hoops Kentucky
• Averaged 17.6 points and 14.3 rebounds per game as a senior
• Two-time all-region and all-district selection at CCHS
• Joined the exclusive 1,000-point club for the Tigers as the 17^thmember
• Owns the only triple-double in school history
• Earned second-team All-State honors as a wide receiver for the Tigers.

Personal: 

• Son of Chad and Michelle Pepper
• Has one older sister (Savannah) and one older brother (Jake), who both played sports at Kentucky Wesleyan (soccer/football)
• Also recruited by Belmont, Murray State, Southern Illinois, SIUE, Princeton, Colgate, Navy, Dartmouth and Bucknell…played AAU with the Illinois Bears.