2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
Kimani Hamilton is a 6-foot-8-inch, 225-pound forward from Jackson, Mississippi, who transferred to UNLV from High Point where he played as a sophomore in 2023-24 and a junior in 2024-25. He is a two-time First Team All-Big South honoree, was a Lou Henson Award finalist, and earned Big South All-Tournament Team recognition.
In helping the Panthers to the NCAA Tournament this past season, winning their league with a 14-2 record and finishing the campaign with a 29-6 overall mark, Hamilton averaged 13.1 points per game while shooting 52.0% from the field. He also collected 4.6 rebounds per game. He was one of just two players on the team to start in all 35 games, averaging 24.1 minutes played per contest.
Hamilton also started all 36 games his sophomore season, contributing 14.9 ppg and shooting 46.9% from the field. He played his freshman year at Mississippi State where he appeared in 12 games for the Bulldogs.
Hamilton attended Clinton High School in Clinton, Mississippi, where he averaged 18.5 points, 9.8 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game. He led his team to its second-straight Class 6A State Championship during his senior season. He was a four-star recruit in the class of 2022 and was ranked No. 80 on ESPN's top 100 list.
Hamilton was named the 2021-22 Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year, becoming the first father-son duo to win the award in the state (Tang Hamilton, 1996-97).
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