Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

HIGH SCHOOL
Played three seasons at Middletown High School in New York before transferring to The King's Academy in Seymour, Tennessee for his senior year ... was named to the TSSAA East-Middle All-District team after leading the Lions at 26.0 points-per-game and 13.0 rebounds-per-game in 2014-15 ... played at Believe Prep Academy in Rock Hill, South Carolina in 2015-16, averaging 15.0 points-per-game and 7.0 rebounds-per-game.

PERSONAL
Full name is Marlon Curtis Adams … son of LaKiesha Jones and Kashan Simmons … majoring in marketing.


Get to Know Marlon Adams ...

One thing people probably don't know about you:
There was a typo on my birth certificate, so my name was legally Marion until I was 18 years old

Why did you attend EKU?
I loved what Coach McHale was doing and the direction the program is headed

If you could live anywhere in the world, it would be:
Los Angeles

Your proudest accomplishment:
Making it to the AAU National Championship

If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money?
I would buy everyone in my family a house and a car, along with paying off their debt

If you could have one meal for the rest of your life, it would be?
Baked mac-and-cheese, candied yams and hot wings

Favorite NBA player and team:
Carmelo Anthony, New York Knicks