Kenny Goins
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.jpg) Goins with Trapani in February 2020 | |
| No. 33 – Energa Trefl Sopot | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward |
| League | PLK |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 11, 1996 |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Warren Mott (Warren, Michigan) |
| College | Michigan State (2015–2019) |
| NBA draft | 2019: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2019–present |
| Career history | |
| 2019–2020 | Trapani |
| 2020–2021 | Kolossos Rodou |
| 2021 | Lavrio |
| 2021–2022 | Atomerőmű SE |
| 2023 | Correbasket UAT |
| 2023–2024 | Limoges CSP |
| 2025 | Manawatu Jets |
| 2025–present | Trefl Sopot |
| Career highlights | |
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Kenny Goins (born September 11, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Trefl Sopot of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). He played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans.
Goins played basketball for Warren Mott High School in Warren, Michigan. As a senior, he averaged 21.1 points, 14.8 rebounds and 4.8 blocks per game.[1] Goins led his team to the Class A state quarterfinals and earned First Team All-State honors from the Associated Press.[2] He played football for Mott as a tight end and had originally intended to play football in college, rather than basketball.[3]
College career
Goins turned down multiple NCAA Division I basketball scholarship offers to play for Michigan State as a walk-on, despite the financial burden, in his freshman season.[4] His family took out a loan of $17,000.[5] Goins redshirted his first year with the team and earned a scholarship in his following season.[6] He was sidelined for six weeks as a freshman after undergoing surgery to repair a sports hernia.[7] Goins posted 3.4 points and 4.5 rebounds per game as a sophomore and made 14 starts.[8] As a junior, Goins averaged 2.1 points and 2.8 rebounds per game, shooting 45.8 percent from the field.[9] A reserve for his first three years, Goins became a regular member of the starting lineup in his senior season.[10] In his senior season debut, Goins scored a then-career-high 17 points and led the Spartans with 11 rebounds against top-ranked Kansas.[11] On November 27, 2018, he grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds in an 82–78 overtime loss to Louisville.[12] On March 5, 2019, Goins scored a career-high 24 points in a 91–76 win over Nebraska.[13] On March 31, he made a go-ahead three-pointer with 34.5 seconds left in an Elite Eight victory over first-seeded Duke at the NCAA tournament.[14] As a senior, Goins averaged 7.9 points and a team-high 8.9 rebounds per game.[15] He was an All-Big Ten Honorable Mention selection.[16]