2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
vs
UMass Lowell
Nov 13 (Thu)
7:00 P.M.
Roster

Jersey Number 2
Kenny Noland
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Weight:
- 185
- Custom2:
- CC
- Hometown:
- Apex, N.C.
- High School:
- The Hotchkiss School/Apex Friendship
- College:
- Columbia College
2024-25: Appeared in all 27 games and started 26 of them… Ranked second on the team with 12.7 points per game… Led the team with 90 assists… Scored double-figures in 19 games… Ranked fourth in the Ivy League in assist/turnover ratio and seventh in assists… Scored a career-high 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting vs. Penn on March 1… College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection.
2023-24: Appeared in all 27 games and made three starts… Made his first career start at Cornell on Jan. 9 and scored 11 points… Scored a career-high 17 points on Jan. 15 at Yale… Ranked 42nd in the country in three-point field goal percentage (44.2) per KenPom… Was second on the team in three-pointers made (37) and three-pointers attempted (90)... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection.
2022-23: Came off the bench in all 29 games… Made his collegiate debut at Rutgers on Nov. 7… Scored a career-high 16 points at Maine on Nov. 18… Pulled in a career-high six rebounds on Nov. 23 at Binghamton… Ranked third on the team with 45 assists.
HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2022 graduate of The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn. … Played for Head Coach Yassine Talhaoui at Hotchkiss and PJ Lowman at Apex Friendship High School … Earned New England Prep School Athletic Conference Class A Player of the Year honors … Played one post-graduate season and served as team captain at Hotchkiss …Averaged 18.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 3.0 steals per game in lone season … Registered two triple doubles … Led the Bearcats to a NEPSAC championship and 23-1 record in 2021-22 … First Team All-State honoree as a senior in 2020-21 … Earned Second Team All-Area player by the Charlotte News-Observer … Earned NCBCA All-District First Team honors … Earned SWAC Conference Player of the Year honors following the 2020-21 season … Four-time All-SWAC Academic Team honoree … Set school-record for most points scored in a single-game (37) … Scored over 1,000 points over his career … Played point guard for Apex Friendship High School for six years … Served as team captain as a senior … Averaged 23.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game as a senior … Scored 37 points in win over Holly Springs … Earned six varsity letters for the Patriots … Led the Patriots to a 17-1 record, 12-0 conference record, and North Carolina Elite-Eight appearance as a senior in 2020-21 … Led the Patriots to three SWAC championships … Averaged 13.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game as a junior … Played AAU basketball for Team Loaded NC 3SSB … Received the Mayor of Apex Gold Coin Award and became just the fifth individual ever to receive it in his hometown … Maintained 4.1 grade point average in high school.
PERSONAL: Enrolled at Columbia College.
2023-24: Appeared in all 27 games and made three starts… Made his first career start at Cornell on Jan. 9 and scored 11 points… Scored a career-high 17 points on Jan. 15 at Yale… Ranked 42nd in the country in three-point field goal percentage (44.2) per KenPom… Was second on the team in three-pointers made (37) and three-pointers attempted (90)... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection.
2022-23: Came off the bench in all 29 games… Made his collegiate debut at Rutgers on Nov. 7… Scored a career-high 16 points at Maine on Nov. 18… Pulled in a career-high six rebounds on Nov. 23 at Binghamton… Ranked third on the team with 45 assists.
HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2022 graduate of The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn. … Played for Head Coach Yassine Talhaoui at Hotchkiss and PJ Lowman at Apex Friendship High School … Earned New England Prep School Athletic Conference Class A Player of the Year honors … Played one post-graduate season and served as team captain at Hotchkiss …Averaged 18.1 points, 7.3 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 3.0 steals per game in lone season … Registered two triple doubles … Led the Bearcats to a NEPSAC championship and 23-1 record in 2021-22 … First Team All-State honoree as a senior in 2020-21 … Earned Second Team All-Area player by the Charlotte News-Observer … Earned NCBCA All-District First Team honors … Earned SWAC Conference Player of the Year honors following the 2020-21 season … Four-time All-SWAC Academic Team honoree … Set school-record for most points scored in a single-game (37) … Scored over 1,000 points over his career … Played point guard for Apex Friendship High School for six years … Served as team captain as a senior … Averaged 23.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 3.5 assists per game as a senior … Scored 37 points in win over Holly Springs … Earned six varsity letters for the Patriots … Led the Patriots to a 17-1 record, 12-0 conference record, and North Carolina Elite-Eight appearance as a senior in 2020-21 … Led the Patriots to three SWAC championships … Averaged 13.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game as a junior … Played AAU basketball for Team Loaded NC 3SSB … Received the Mayor of Apex Gold Coin Award and became just the fifth individual ever to receive it in his hometown … Maintained 4.1 grade point average in high school.
PERSONAL: Enrolled at Columbia College.
Interview: MBK | Ivy League Media Day
Tuesday, October 28
Presser: MBK | Kevin Hovde Introduced as Columbia Men's Basketball Head Coach
Thursday, April 10
Interview: MBK | Coach Hovde Introduction
Thursday, April 10
Feature: MBK | Kevin Hovde Welcome
Tuesday, March 25



































