University of Vermont Athletics

SENIOR SEASON (2019-20): Played in and started 30 games … Scored a career-high 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting and came down with eight rebounds against Gallaudet … Notched nine points and five rebounds, made 4-of-8 attempts from the floor against George Washington … Had 10 games with at least five rebounds … Ranked second on the team with 18 blocks … Denied two shots at Bucknell and against Central Connecticut State … Averaged 3.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game … Paced the team with a 57.9% field goal percentage

BEFORE VERMONT: Comes to Vermont after spending time at Alabama and Ohio State … Ranked second on the Crimson Tide as a sophomore with 1.0 blocks per game … Averaged 3.6 points and 2.3 rebounds per game in 11.8 minutes of action in Tuscaloosa … Posted 3.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks in 18.2 minutes per game at Ohio State … Was a consensus top-50 player and top-10 center coming out of high school at Oak Hill Academy …  Helped Oak Hill to a Helped his team to a 47-1 record in 2014-15 … A member of the USA Basketball Men's U-16 National Team that won the gold medal at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship
 
PERSONAL: Son of Wendy and Harvey Giddens … His father, Harvey, played basketball at Clark Atlanta University where he is in the Hall of Fame … Great grandfather is Charles Patterson, Sr., who played basketball for the University of Oregon in 1935-36 was the first black player in the Northern Division of the Pacific Coast Conference (now the Pac-12 Conference). He was inducted into the Oregon Hall of Fame and played professionally in the American Basketball League and for the Harlem Globetrotters for a short time … Earned his bachelor’s degree in consumer affairs ... Working towards a master's degree in education