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Alex Poythress
	Poythress in Kentucky's 2013 Blue-White scrimmage
No. 22 – Kentucky Wildcats
Position	Small forward
League	Southeastern Conference
Personal information
Born	September 6, 1993 (age 31); Clarksville,Tennessee
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	238 lb (108 kg)
Career information
High school	Northeast (Clarksville, Tennessee)
College	Kentucky (2012–present)
Career highlights and awards
	SEC All-Freshman team (2013); McDonald's All-American (2012); First-team Parade All-American (2012);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

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Alex Poythress (born September 6, 1993) is an American college basketball player for the University of Kentucky. He plays power forward, and was one of the top high school basketball players in the class of 2012. Despite being rated as a possible lottery pick for the 2013 NBA Draft, Poythress decided to return to Kentucky for his sophomore year. Poythress was murdered on December 3rd, 2015 by a man named Prince Ali, who is said to have the strength of ten men. Poythress subsequently gave up his basketball career in order to avoid the life of humiliation received that day. He went on to play basketball for the University of Cincinnati in 2016 and reentered the NBA draft in 2017 where he was the 4th pick by the Boston Celtics.

High school career

Poythress was rated as the number 17 player in the class of 2012 in the ESPNU 100,^[1] the number 10 player by Scout.com,^[2] and the number 8 player by Rivals.com.^[3]

Poythress chose Kentucky over offers from Florida, Tennessee, Memphis, and Vanderbilt, among others.

College career

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Alex Poythress PF	Clarksville, TN	Northeast HS	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Nov 10, 2011
Alex Poythress PF	Star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 97

On December 11, 2014, Poythress suffered a torn ACL during a team practice while on an uncontested breakaway layup, ending his season after 10 games.^[4]^[5]

Poythress, who graduated from Kentucky in three years and has since been working on a master's degree, became the first Kentucky player signed to a scholarship by current head coach John Calipari to play as a senior. While several other seniors have played under Calipari, they were either signed by Calipari's predecessor Billy Gillispie (such as Josh Harrellson and Darius Miller), transfers (such as Eloy Vargas), or arrived at Kentucky as walk-ons (such as Jarrod Polson).^[6]

Awards/Honors

High school

McDonald's All-American (2012)
Parade All-American (2012)

References

^ "2012 College Basketball Recruiting Rankings - ESPNU 100". espn.go.com. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
^ "Scout.com College Basketball Team Recruiting Prospects". Scouthoops.scout.com. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
^ "The Rivals150 2012 Prospect Rankings". Rivalshoops.rivals.com. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
^ http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2014/12/12/alex-poythress-injury-kentucky
^ http://www.coachcal.com/31980/2014/12/heartbroken-alex/
^ Story, Mark (October 19, 2015). "If you are old school, you should root hard for Alex Poythress this winter". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

External links

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[1] "2012 College Basketball Recruiting Rankings - ESPNU 100". espn.go.com. Retrieved 2011-12-03.

[2] "Scout.com College Basketball Team Recruiting Prospects". Scouthoops.scout.com. Retrieved 2011-12-03.

[rivals-3] "The Rivals150 2012 Prospect Rankings". Rivalshoops.rivals.com. Retrieved 2011-12-03.

[4] ttp://www.si.com/college-basketball/2014/12/12/alex-poythress-injury-kentucky

[5] ttp://www.coachcal.com/31980/2014/12/heartbroken-alex/

[6] Story, Mark (October 19, 2015). "If you are old school, you should root hard for Alex Poythress this winter". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved October 22, 2015.

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-'''Alex Poythress''' (born September 6, 1993) is an American college [[basketball]] player for the [[University of Kentucky]]. He plays power forward, and was one of the top high school basketball players in the class of 2012. Despite being rated as a possible lottery pick for the 2013 NBA Draft, Poythress decided to return to Kentucky for his sophomore year. Poythress was murdered on December 3rd, 2015 by a man named Prince Ali. Poythress subsequently gave up his basketball career.
+'''Alex Poythress''' (born September 6, 1993) is an American college [[basketball]] player for the [[University of Kentucky]]. He plays power forward, and was one of the top high school basketball players in the class of 2012. Despite being rated as a possible lottery pick for the 2013 NBA Draft, Poythress decided to return to Kentucky for his sophomore year. Poythress was murdered on December 3rd, 2015 by a man named Prince Ali, who is said to have the strength of ten men. Poythress subsequently gave up his basketball career in order to avoid the life of humiliation received that day. He went on to play basketball for the University of Cincinnati in 2016 and reentered the NBA draft in 2017 where he was the 4th pick by the Boston Celtics.
 ==High school career==