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2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster

Sam Yarborough

50 Thomas Wright

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Pensacola, Fla.
  • Highschool Escambia HS
  • Prev School Bishop State C.C. (Ala.)

Biography

 2021-22:
USCAA All-American honorable mention …  joined The W mid-season and was a force in its final 11 games … led the team in scoring (15.8 points per game) and rebounding (5.8 rebounds per game) …  he had what would have been the top field goal percentage in the nation for the USCAA – a nifty 77.1 percent (74-of-96) – had he participated in the requisite 75 percent of the Owls' games during the season … had he qualified, his FG% total also would have led the NCAA Division I, III and the NAIA, as well (only Mario Macy of NCAA II Belmont Abby was higher at 78.6 percent) … double-digit scoring in 9 of 11 games … high of 29 points (12-14 FG) versus Arkansas Baptist College on 2/12/22 when he also had 5 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 4 steals.
2020-21 and 2019-20:
Spent two seasons at Bishop State Community College in Alabama … as a freshman in 2019-20, started all 14 games … averaged 7.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game … shot 75.9 % from the field … 2020-21 season was wiped out by COVID after 2 games.
HIGH SCHOOL:   
A graduate of Escambia High School (2017) … a four-year letterman … the team’s MVP as a junior … also played football for the Gators, where the team was the two-time state 1-6A champion and he was voted as an All-Star team member.
PERSONAL:  
Born on September 5, 1998, in Pensacola, Fla. … Son of Kawanna Wright … enjoys cooking … can play the piano … a history major … selected The W because of “Coach Burrows vision” for the program.
 
 
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 50

    2021-22Junior

    Forward
    6'3" 235 lbs
    50
  • 50

    2022-23Junior

    Forward
    6'3" 235 lbs
    50