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Jersey Number 22
Eli Pepper
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Princeton, Ky.
- High School:
- Caldwell Co HS
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 17thmember
- 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.
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