Notes: Missed the 2014-15 season while singing with the Yale Whiffenpoofs, the world''s oldest and best-known collegiate a cappella group. Travelled all across the country and the world singing with the Whiffs… Played 114 games in his career, scoring 847 points and grabbing 515 rebounds… Seventh all-time at Yale with 82 blocked shots.
2015-16: First team All-Ivy… Second team NABC District 13 selection… Set an NCAA single-season record by making 30 consecutive field goals. Streak started when he hit final shot at home against Brown. Then went 9-of-9 at Brown, 7-of-7 against Penn, 8-of-8 against Princeton and made his first five shots against Columbia… Finished eighth in the Ivy League in rebounding (7.0 rpg.), third in field goal percentage (.568) and second in offensive rebounds (84)… In 14 Ivy games, averaged 15.8 points and shot 64.4 percent from the field… Two-time Ivy League Player of the week selection… Posted double-doubles at Central Connecticut (12 points, 10 rebounds) and at home against Brown (13 points, 10 rebounds)… Scored 22 points in the third round NCAA Tournament game against Duke… Recipient of the team’s Stan Smith Senior Award and Josh Hill Dedication Award.
2013-14: Fourth on the team in scoring (6.8 ppg.), third in rebounding (4.3 rpg.) and second in blocked shots (28)… One of only four players to appear in all 33 games… Scored in double figures nScored a season-high 18 points in the victory over New Hampshire.
2012-13: Slowed by an early-season injury… Scored in double figures in four of the last seven games of the season… Tallied a career-high 18 points in the season finale against Penn… First career start came against Sacred Heart… Recipient of the Josh Hill Award, presented for hard work and dedication to the Yale Basketball program.
2011-12: Recipient of the John C. Cobb Award as Yale''s rookie of the year… Fourth on the team in rebounding (2.8 rpg.) and third in blocks (12)… Only freshman to appear in all 29 games… Scored 10 points, grabbed six rebounds in the home win over Columbia… Also had 10 points in the victory over Bryant.
Before Yale: NEPSAC first team selection last winter at Choate… 2010 Connecticut Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior at Stratford High School… CHSCA and New Haven Register state player of the year… Two-time all-state selection… Averaged 16 points, 14.5 rebounds and six blocks as a senior… Had six triple doubles… Holds the Stratford school record for blocked shots… Helped lead Choate to the NEPSAC Class A championship and Stratford to two state championships and a school-record 46 straight league victories… Played AAU with the Connecticut Basketball Club that advanced to the U17 semifinals in 2010.
Personal: Sang in a Christian a cappella group, The Living Waters, at Yale… Has said he would one day like to become the mayor of Bridgeport, Conn… Cousin Derek Sherrod was drafted in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers… Drummer for church choir… Volunteered with HYPE in Stratford where he mentored elementary school children… Son of Ricky and Cassandra Sherrod.
