CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2020-21 AP All-America Honorable Mention selection.
• 2020-21 All-ACC First Team choice.
• Top-five finalist for 2020-21 Karl Malone Award, honoring college basketball’s top power forward.
• 2020-21 Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 Watch List and Naismith Trophy Top 30 Midseason Team.
• First player to lead Pitt in scoring as a freshman and sophomore.
SOPHOMORE (2020-21)
• Only major conference player to average a double-double (18.0 ppg, 11.1 rpg).
• First Pitt player to average at least 18.0 points and 10.0 rebounds since Billy Knight in 1973-74.
• Led the ACC and ranked eighth in the nation in rebounding.
• Finished second in the ACC in scoring.
• Became the third player in the past 25 years to post back-to-back games with at least 20 points and 20 rebounds, joining Caleb
Swanigan (Purdue) and Blake Griffin (Oklahoma).
• Tied for eighth in the country in double-doubles (14).
STRENGTHS
• Versatile two-way forward with a relentless motor.
• Prolific rebounder at both ends of the court; outworks opponents.
• Shows good touch around the basket and developing range.
• Highly engaged defender with quick feet.
PERSONAL
• Twin brother, Julian, was an All-Big East First Team selection with St. John’s in 2020-21.
• Father, Ranford, played college soccer at St. John’s and helped the team win the 1996 national championship.
• Attended the same Brooklyn high school (Bishop Loughlin) as former NBA point guard and current ESPN analyst Mark Jackson.
20/20
Champagnie became the first ACC player to have two or more games with 20 points and 20 rebounds in a season since Wake Forest’s Tim Duncan in 1996-97.
QUOTE
“My mom and dad gave me everything they had — their last dollar, their last piece of food, everything. I just always said to myself ‘One day, I want to be able to give my parents everything they gave me and more.’ They deserve it.”
– Champagnie, on his motivation (via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
— Profile by NBA Communications