Zyon Hawthorne Joins Kentucky Men’s Basketball

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Zyon Hawthorne, a high school senior who played at Huntington Prep this past season, has officially signed on as a part of Kentucky men’s basketball’s 2026-27 roster, it was announced on Friday. Hawthorne, a 6-foot-2 combo guard, averaged 11.2 points per game, 7.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds during his senior season and was a 1,000-point scorer in high school. Hawthorne averaged a double-double across three games while playing against some of the nation’s best at Big Shots Nationals, one of the elite prep tournaments in the country. A native of Beckley, West Virginia, Hawthorne played his first...