Northern Kentucky University Athletics

NABC All-District 12 Second Team (2020)
Horizon League All-Tournament Team (2020)
All-Horizon League Second Team (2020)
Horizon League Player of the Week (12/16/19, 1/20/20)
Collegiate Hoops Road Show All-Tournament Team (2019)
Preseason All-Horizon League Second Team (2019)
Horizon League All-Tournament Team (2019)

2019-20

• Named to the All-Horizon League Second Team and the NABC All-District 12 Second Team
• Played and started in all 32 games, averaging 15.1 points and 1.7 steals per game, ranking sixth in the Horizon League in the latter
• Ranked 82^nd nationally with 78 made 3-pointers on the season
• Had three-consecutive 30-point outings, with 30 versus Illinois State to earn Horizon League Player of the Week, followed by 33 at UNC Greensboro and 31 against Milwaukee. Named the Horizon League Player of the Week again following two more 3-point performances at IUPUI and Youngstown State, going 9-for-12 from beyond the arc against the Penguins
• Named to the Horizon League All-Tournament Team after averaging 18.0 ppg against Green Bay and UIC
• Finished his career ranked 22^nd in NKU’s all-time scoring list with 1,196 points. Also moved to ninth in career 3-pointers with 214 made triples and is tied for 12^th with 131 career steals

2018-19

• Averaged a career-best 14.4 points per game, appearing in all 35 games and earning 32 starts
• 90 made 3-point field goals rank 79th in nation
• Dropped 23 points behind 8-of-13 shooting, including 4-for-7 from three, in Northern Kentucky’s first round game of the NCAA Tournament against eventual National Runner-Up Texas Tech
• Named Horizon League All-Tournament Team after averaging 15.3 points behind 50 percent shooting from three (10-of-20) and helping the Norse to their second league tourney title in the last three seasons
• Made a career-high six 3-pointers in a 25-point effort against Detroit Mercy in the Motor City Madness Quarterfinals
• Poured in career-high 28 points at Morehead State, making 8-of-14 shots and 5-of-8 from 3-point range
• Dropped 20 points on the strength of 5-of-11 shooting from long range at Detroit Mercy
• Went off for 23 points behind 7-for-9 shooting, including 5-of-6 from three, at Cleveland State
• Earned a full scholarship for the Norse this season

2017-18

• Played in 31 games, averaging 6.7 points per game
• Posted 10 points and three steals in NKU’s first game against Wright State
• Exploded for a career-high 19 points behind 7-for-8 shooting, including 5-of-6 from deep, at Milwaukee, then matched it at home against Green Bay
• Since start of league play, averaged 8.8 points on 43 percent (54-of-127) shooting and 39 percent (39-of-101) from three
• Second in the nation among walk-ons with 209 points on the season

• Was a walk-on guard at Louisville during 2016-17 season
• Averaged 19.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists as a senior in 2015-16 as Bullitt East High School in Mt. Washington, Ky., posted a 27-6 record and reached the regional finals
• Honored as the 2016 Sixth Region Player of the Year and a finalist for Kentucky’s Mr. Basketball
• The left-handed guard made 86 three-point goals his senior year with a 34.8 percent accuracy ... set the Bullitt East career three-point record with 243 ...  made 86.3 percent of his free throws as a senior (164-of-190), sixth-best in the state
• Scored 1,606 career points for the Chargers and finished third on Bullitt East’s all-time assists list
• Honors included second team Associated Press All-State as a senior, two-time all-region and he was an all-tournament selection for the King of the Bluegrass (2014), LIT (2015), Surf-N-Slam (2015), 24th District (2015) and 6th Region (2015)
• Averaged 17.8 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 3.0 steals his junior year in leading Bullitt East to a 21-10 record; and 17.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists as a sophomore when Bullitt East posted a 26-8 record and reached the regional final
• Participated in the 2016 Kentucky Derby Festival Classic all-star game, played in Louisville’s Freedom Hall ... was a member of the 2016 Kentucky All-Stars, which competed in two games against a similar Indiana team
• Turned down scholarship offers from schools such as Pikeville, Kentucky State and IU Southeast before he chose to walk on to the Cardinals’ squad

• Born Jan. 14, 1998
• Son of Rena and Craig Sharpe
• Has one older sister (Kaleigh)