2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

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35 Walter Peggs Jr.

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Jackson, Tenn.
  • Highschool Madison Academic Magnet HS

Biography

2024-25: BOXTOROW DII HBCU All-America First Team ... Became the first player in program history to earn two BOXTOROW HBCU All-America honors ... SIAC All-Conference First Team ... NABC Honors Court ... SIAC Player of the Week on two occasions (1/21, 1/28) ... Became the program's leading scorer in the Division-II era, with 1,137 career points ... Broke the team's two-year career points per game record, averaging 21.3 games over two seasons ... Started all 26 games for SHC ... Averaged a career-high 26 points in 35.6 minutes per game ... Totaled a career-high 676 points, which topped the team's Division-II era single-season record list, and 92 (28-64) rebounds ... Career-high 99 3-pointers and 151 free throws made, which broke his own Division-II era program records ... Matched his D-II era program record 40 points in a single game against West Florida (11/21) ... Shot a career-high 48.2% (213-442) from the floor, 42.1% (99-235) from beyond the arc and 87.8% (151-172) from the free throw line.

2023-24: BOXTOROW DII HBCU All-America Second Team ... SIAC All-Conference First Team ... NABC Honors Court ... CSC Academic All-District ... Named SIAC Player of the Week on three occasions (11/28, 12/5, 12/19) ... Named SIAC Newcomer of the Week on Nov. 21 ... Led the team in points (461), points per game (17.1), field goals (145), 3-pointers (82) and minutes (875) while starting all games for SHC ... Ranked third on the team with 108 rebounds ... Fifth on the team with 17 steals ...  Shot 41.4% (145-350) from the floor, 36.3% (82-226) from distance and 79.5% (89-112) from the free throw line ...Scored in double figures in all but four games ... Averaged 4.0 rebounds per game ... SHC Male Athlete of the Year.

Tennessee Tech (2022-23): Played at Tennessee Tech under Head Coach John Pelphrey prior to transferring to Spring Hill in 2023 ... Averaged 3.3 points and 1.4 rebounds per game ... Shot 50 percent from the floor, 46.2 percent from distance and 40 percent from the charity stripe.

Columbia State CC (2021-22): Played at Columbia State Community College during his freshman season ... Appeared in 27 games while averaging 4.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game ... Went 41.9 percent from the floor, 34.1 percent from beyond the arc and 60.0 percent from the free throw line.

High School: Prepped at Madison Academic Magnet HS under Head Coach Adam Simpson ... Averaged 23.2 points, 9.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.7 steals per game in his senior year ... 2021 TSSAA Class A Mr. Basketball Award finalist .... TSSAA Class A All-State ... Led his team to a 7A Region Championship in 2021 and back-to-back District 14 A Championships ... 2021 District 14A MVP and Tournament MVP .... West Tennessee Boys BCAT All-Star.

Personal: Majoring in sports management ... Born in Jackson, Tenn. ... Son of Walter and Sherida Peggs ... Brother to Solomon, Sherreda Jr., Cinque and Malcom.

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2023-24Junior

    Guard
    6'4"
    35
  • 35

    2024-25Senior

    Guard
    6'4"
    35