KAVELL
BIGBY-WILLIAMS #11 • F • 6-11 • 230 • SR. • TR LONDON, ENGLAND OREGON/HARRIS ACADEMY BECKENHAM Will sit out the 2017-18 season under transfer rules and will have one season of eligibility remaining for the 2018-19 campaign.
PRIOR TO LSU
Transferred to LSU after playing the 2016-17 season for the University of Oregon … Appeared in 37 games with one start for the team that went to the NCAA Final Four … He was just the third British player to make it to the Final Four (joining Karl Brown, Georgia Tech, 1990; Luol Deng, Duke, 2004) … Had 11 points and 11 rebounds versus Savannah State for his first career double double … Two double figure rebound games … Averaged 3.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and had 28 total blocks during the season … Played 15 minutes in NCAA opener against Iona with 6 rebounds, had five points in round 2 versus Rhode Island … Played in 2015-16 and 2014-15 at Gillette (Wyoming) College … Averaged 16.8 points, 13.6 rebounds and 5.6 blocks per game in 36 games as a sophomore earning NJCAA first-team All-America honors … Named the 2015-16 Spalding NJCAA Division I Player of the Year … Rated as the No. 3 junior college prospect nationally after the 2015-16 season … Led the Region IX Conference in defensive rebounds, total rebounds and blocks while finishing second in rebound average per game … Helped lead Gillette to a 35-2 record and a third-place finish at the JC national tournament … Led the nation with 211 blocked shots and shot 59.2 percent from the field … Recorded a double-double in 28 of 36 games … In 2014-15, averaged 10.1 points and 9.6 rebounds per contest … Third-team All-Region honors as team earned first ever trip to the national tournament … In high school in Beckenham, England, Harris Academy named the defensive player of the year and the conference player of the year after averaging 20.7 points, 15.4 rebounds and 6 blocks per game as a senior in 2013-14 … Also played as late as the summer of 2017 for Great Britain’s national teams.
PERSONAL
Born October 7, 1995 … Full name is Kavell Chevano Bigby-Williams ... Born in London, England … Parents are Cheryl Bigby and Kirk Williams … Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.