Student-Athlete Features
Anchor Down Podcast — Tyrin Lawrence
Vanderbilt Hustler — Overcoming adversity and a drive to succeed: Tyrin Lawrence’s bounce-back story
VUCommodores.com – Lawrence Ready to Work
VUCommodores.com — Life of Lawrence
Career Honors
- 2023 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2020-21 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
As a Senior (2023-24)
- Played in 28 games, all starts, while averaging 13.8 points and 5.1 rebounds
- Led the Commodores in SEC play averaging 14.6 points
- Paced the team with 39 steals on the season
- Scored his 1,000th career point on Graduates Day with the game-winning basket against Florida (3/9/24)
- Recorded seven games of 20 or more points, including three-straight against Arkansas, LSU and Kentucky
- Season-best 23 points at Kentucky (3/6/24) on 9-of-14 shooting while grabbing nine boards
- Scored 22 points and eight rebounds vs. Dartmouth (12/30/23)
- Career-high four steals against NC State (11/23/23) and Texas Tech (12/16/23)
- Scored 21 points in first action of season against NC State (11/23/23) in Las Vegas
- Missed first four games of season with foot injury
As a Junior (2022-23)
- Played in 36 games with 34 starts
- Averaged 13.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 29.0 minutes per game
- Shot 50.2 percent (165-for-329) from the floor and 36.0 percent (36-for-100) from three-point range
- 11th in the SEC in made field goals (165) and points (470)
- 24 games scoring in double figures and one double-double
- Scored 20 or more points six times
- 19 points in a win over Fresno State (11/24/22)
- Made two free throws with 1.1 seconds left to beat Pitt (12/7/22)
- 22 points and five rebounds in home win over Arkansas (1/14/23)
- Went for 20 points and five boards vs. Alabama (1/17/23)
- Double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds in win over Ole Miss (2/4/23)
- Game-winning buzzer-beating three to defeat No. 6/5 Tennessee as part of 19-point effort (2/8/23)
- Tallied 21 points and seven rebounds in road win at Kentucky (3/1/23)
- Averaged 19.3 points per game in SEC Tournament
- 22 points and five rebounds in win over LSU in SEC Tournament second round
- Went for 19.0 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in the NIT
- Season-high 25 points with seven rebounds in win over Yale in NIT First Round (3/14/23)
- 24 points and nine rebounds in win over Michigan in NIT Second Round (3/18/23)
As a Sophomore (2021-22)
- Started 13 of 34 games played
- 3.8 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 15.1 minutes per game
- 75 rebounds, 24 assists, 20 steals, four blocks
- Career-high 20 points in win over Winthrop
- Career-high five rebounds against Arkansas
- Nine points on 3-of-5 shooting in NIT win over Belmont
- Eight points, three rebounds and a steal at Xavier in the NIT
As a Freshman (2020-21)
- First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Played in seven games and started five prior to season-ending knee injury
- Finished with 2.9 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 12.8 minutes per game
- Shot 9 of 18 (.500) on the season
- Made start with 14 points, four rebounds and four assists in collegiate debut against Mississippi Valley State (Dec. 13)
The Lawrence File
- Prepped at Morgan County (Ga.) under head coach Jamond Sims
- Four-year letterwinner and also lettered in football for one year
- 2019 AAA State Player of the Year
- Named all-state and all-region three times (2017, 2018, 2019)
- Finished high school career with more than 1,500 career points
- Three-time regional champions (2017, 2018, 2019)
- 2019 AAA state champions with 30-2 record
- 2018 AAA semifinals
- 2017 AAA state runner up
- Son of Valencia Clark and the late Ivan Lawrence
- Has an older brother, De’lvion, twin sister, Tayloir, and younger niece, Kori
- Has one son, Kylan Lawrence
- Double major in Human and Organizational Development; and Sociology