2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster
Day'Ron Sharpe
- Height:
- 6-11
- Weight:
- 265
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Greenville, N.C.
- High School:
- Monteverde Academy (Fla.)
FRESHMAN SEASON (2020-21)
ACC All-Freshman team • Was second in the voting for ACC Freshman of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year (Florida State’s Scottie Barnes won both) • Led the country in offensive rebound percentage (.183) and the ACC in offensive rebounds (3.4 per game) • Tied for the team lead in blocks (26), was second in rebounding (7.6), third in steals (23) and fourth in scoring (9.5) • His 7.0 offensive rebounds per 40 minutes were the most in a season on record by any Tar Heel (Kennedy Meeks had 6.25 offensive rebounds per 40 minutes in 2016-17) • His 15.8 rebounds per 40 minutes were the second-highest on record in a season by a Tar Heel behind only Sean May’s 16.01 in 2004-05 • Led UNC with six defensive player of the game awards (Stanford, at NC State, at Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Louisville and Florida State in the ACC semifinals) • Led UNC in scoring four times, including at home vs. Notre Dame (25), at Clemson (16), vs. Northeastern (15) and Louisville (21) • Averaged 10.0 points in ACC games • Eighth in the ACC in rebounding • Grabbed 44.5 percent of his rebounds on the offensive boards • Had five or more offensive rebounds seven times • Scored in double figures 12 times (two of last eight games) and had 10 or more boards eight times • Six double-doubles.
Started in place of injured Garrison Brooks and had a season-high six assists to go with 14 points and 10 rebounds vs. Notre Dame in the ACC second round • Seven offensive boards vs. Notre Dame equaled the sixth most ever by a Tar Heel in an ACC Tourney game • Had 11 rebounds vs. Marquette, his second consecutive game with 11 • Game highs in scoring (21) and rebounds (11) and made a season-high 10 field goals (most by a Tar Heel all season) vs. Louisville • Tied his season high with eight offensive rebounds • Team-high 15 points and eight boards vs. Northeastern • Made all five FG attempts, scored 11 points with a game-high nine rebounds in the win at Duke • Grabbed four offensive rebounds that led to six points vs. the Blue Devils • The only Tar Heel to score in double figures at Clemson (16) • Seven rebounds, four assists, played solid defense against ACC leading scorer Justin Champagnie (helping limit to nine FGA) and was a team-high plus 11 in the win at Pittsburgh • Scored 12 first-half points and finished with a double-double (16/10) in the win over NC State • Made both ends of a 1-and-1 to give Carolina a 69-68 lead it would not relinquish in its win over Syracuse • Season-high 16 rebounds (seven offensive) at Miami – tying the second most ever in a game by a UNC freshman • Named the ACC Freshman of the Week for Dec. 28-Jan. 3 after recording his first ACC double-double with 25 points and 10 rebounds in the 66-65 win over Notre Dame • Scored 19 of his game-high 25 points in the second half (19 of UNC’s 37 second-half points) • The 25 points were the most by a UNC freshman post player since Tyler Hansbrough scored 27 at Duke on 3/4/2006 • With UNC trailing 57-53 he scored six straights points (steal and dunk, offensive rebound slam and two free throws), then gave UNC a 64-63 lead with 1:35 to play on a dunk.
Game-high 11 rebounds (six offensive) in the win over Kentucky • Had 13 points, six rebounds and two steals in just 14 minutes due to foul trouble at Iowa • Led UNC with four assists and added seven rebounds, four blocks and two steals in the win over Stanford • Won his first defensive player of the game award in the win over Stanford • Became the first Tar Heel to ever have seven rebounds, four assists, four blocks and two steals in a game (Danny Green is only other Tar Heel to have four assists, four blocks and two steals in a game; he did that and had four rebounds vs. Valparaiso on 12/20/07) • Became the 11th Tar Heel to record a double-double in his first game when he had 13 points and 10 rebounds vs. Charleston • Joined sophomores Lennie Rosenbluth, Larry Miller, Rusty Clark and Bobby Jones, and freshmen James Worthy, Sam Perkins, Pete Chilcutt, Sean May, Ed Davis and Cole Anthony with double-doubles in their UNC debuts.
PREP
Selected to play in the 2020 McDonald’s All-American Game, Jordan Brand Classic and Nike Hoop Summit • Played his senior season for Coach Kevin Boyle at Montverde Academy in Montverde, Fla. • Montverde went 26-0 and was ranked No. 1 in the nation by MaxPreps • Averaged 12.1 points and 7.3 rebounds as a senior at Montverde • Previously played three seasons at South Central High School in Winterville, N.C., for Coach Chris Cherry • Won a state championship and was the MVP of the North Carolina 4A state tournament in 2019 • He averaged 16.5 points and 10.7 rebounds as South Central posted a 30-1 record • Averaged 14.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.6 blocks as a sophomore en route to a 27-1 record and a berth in the 4A state semifinals • Took part in the training camps for the 2019 USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team.
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PERSONAL
Born Day’Ron Y. Sharpe on Nov. 6, 2001, in Greenville, N.C. • Son of Derrick and Michelle Sharpe • Honors student • Plays the piano.
