#2 Scotty Pippen Jr. Season 2021-22
Guard
Class
Junior
Height
6'3"
Weight
185
Hometown
Los Angeles, Calif.
High School
Sierra Canyon
Major
Sociology
Student-Athlete Features
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Career Honors
- 2022 All-SEC first team (coaches)
- 2022 Associated Press All-SEC first team
- 2022 Lute Olson All-America team
- 2022 Tennessee Sports Writers Association State Player of the Year
- 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 NABC Player of the Year preseason watch list
- 2022 Lute Olson National Player of the Year watch list
- 2022 Bob Cousy Award preseason watch list
- 2022 Naismith Trophy preseason watch list
- 2022 Preseason SEC Player of the Year
- 2022 Preseason All-SEC first team (media and coaches)
- 2021 All-SEC first team (coaches)
- 2021 Associated Press All-SEC first team
- 2021 NABC All-District first team
- 2021 Tennessee Sports Writers Association State Player of the Year
- 2020 SEC All-Freshman team
- Vanderbilt’s single-season sophomore scoring record holder (20.8 points/game in 2020-21)
- Vanderbilt’s SEC Tournament single-game record holder for made free throws (15 vs. Texas A&M in 2021)
- SEC Tournament record holder for most made free throws without a miss (25 for 25 in two games in 2021)
As a Junior (2021-22)
- All-SEC first team (coaches)
- Associated Press All-SEC first team
- Lute Olson All-America team
- Tennessee Sports Writers Association State Player of the Year
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- SEC Co-Player of the Week (Feb. 21)
- NABC Player of the Year preseason watch list
- Lute Olson National Player of the Year watch list
- Bob Cousy Award preseason watch list
- Naismith Trophy preseason watch list
- Preseason SEC Player of the Year
- Preseason All-SEC first team (media and coaches)
- Tied single-season school record for games played
- 36 games played and started
- One of two Commodores to play in all 36 games
- 20.4 points/game
- First in SEC, 14th nationally
- 4.5 assists/game
- Sixth in SEC, 68th nationally
- 736 points [Vanderbilt record]
- Fourth nationally
- 538 field goal attempts [Vanderbilt record]
- 10th nationally
- 299 free throw attempts [Vanderbilt record]
- First nationally
- 224 free throws made [Vanderbilt record]
- First nationally
- 162 assists
- Fifth-most in Vanderbilt history
- 70 steals
- Third-most in Vanderbilt history
- First SEC men’s basketball student-athlete to average 20+ points/game in back-to-back seasons since LSU’s Ronnie Hamilton in 1994-95 and 1995-96
- Double-figure scoring in 33 of 36 games
- 20+ points in 20 games
- Five games with 30+ points
- 19 games with five or more assists
- 30 points in win over Texas State
- 29 points and 8-of-14 on 3s at SMU
- Scored Vandy’s final 16 points in win over BYU in Diamond Head Classic in Hawai‘i
- 32 points and four assists vs. Kentucky
- 33 points at Kentucky
- Tied for SEC’s single-game high
- Career-high six steals with 26 points and eight assists vs. Alabama
- Tied career high with eight rebounds at South Carolina
- 32 points at Mississippi State
- Tied season high with nine assists in home wins over Georgia and LSU
- 26 points, seven assists in win over Alabama in SEC Tournament
- School-record 21 free throw attempts
- 32 points, seven assists, zero turnovers in 43 minutes in overtime win vs. Dayton in NIT
- 28 points, nine rebounds, seven assists in NIT quarterfinals at Xavier
As a Sophomore (2020-21)
- All-SEC first team
- Associated Press All-SEC first team
- NABC All-District first team
- Tennessee Sports Writers Association State Player of the Year
- 22 games played and started
- 12 20-point games
- Three 30-point games
- At least 15 points in 11 straight games (Dec. 13-Jan. 30)
- Longest Vanderbilt streak since John Jenkins (19) in 2011-12
- 13 games with team-high points
- 17 games with team-high assists
- 20.8 points/game [Vanderbilt sophomore record]
- Second in SEC
- 16th nationally
- 457 points
- Seventh all-time among Vanderbilt sophomores
- 4.9 assists/game
- Second in SEC
- Ninth in Vanderbilt history
- 107 assists
- 10th all-time among Vanderbilt sophomores
- 142 free throws made
- Third in SEC
- Ninth nationally
- .850 free throw pct.
- Second in SEC
- 1.77 steals/game
- Second in SEC
- First Commodore since 2000 with eight or more assists in back-to-back games
- First Commodore since 2016 with five or more assists in four straight games
- 18 points and 12 assists vs. Mississippi State
- First Commodore since 2015 to record double-double (points and assists)
- First Commodore since 2005 with 12 assists in a game
- 18 points, eight assists and eight rebounds at Kentucky
- SEC Tournament record for most made free throws without a miss (25 for 25 in two games)
- 15 made free throws vs. Texas A&M were most ever by a Commodore in an SEC Tournament game
- Career-high 36 points at Cincinnati
As a Freshman (2019-20)
- SEC All-Freshman team
- Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week
- 32 games played with 31 starts
- 12 points/game
- 3.6 assists/game
- 29.8 minutes/game
- Three 20-point games
- 25 double-figure games, including season’s final six contests
- Multiple steals in 12 games
- 12 games with five or more assists
- 3.6 assists/game
- Ninth in SEC
- 189 free throw attempts
- Fifth in SEC (first among freshmen)
- 134 free throws made
- Eighth in SEC (first among freshmen)
- 21 points vs. Austin Peay
- 21 points at Alabama
The Pippen File
- Graduated from Sierra Canyon (Calif.)
- 16.3 points/game, 3.6 rebounds/game and 4.6 assists/game as a senior
- 15 points/game, 3.6 rebounds/game and 2.6 assists/game with Nike EYBL’s Oakland Soldiers
- Los Angeles Times All-Area team
- All-SoCal Varsity team
- Los Angeles Daily News All-Area team
- MVP of Les Schwab Invitational
- Son of Scottie and Larsa Pippen
- Father played 17 seasons in the NBA, won six NBA Championships with the Chicago Bulls and was named one of the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players
- Three siblings — Preston, Justin and Sophia