2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster
Wright, Ethan

Jersey Number 14
Ethan Wright
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Newton Centre, Mass.
- High School:
- Newton North
Bio
Honors
NABC District 13 Second Team (2022)
Second Team All-Ivy League (2022)
NABC Honors Court (2022)
Ivy League Player of the Week (Feb. 6, 2022, Dec. 20, Nov. 22, 2021)
In the Record Book
T-#3, Most Three-Pointers in a Game, 7, (vs. FDU, Nov. 28, 2021, at Columbia, Feb. 5. 2022)
T-#11, Most Three-Point Field Goals Made in a Season, 70 (2021-22)
#18, Career Made Three-Pointers, 119
Featured
Journey To Jadwin: The Class of 2022
A 'Brazen' Ethan Wright Has Key Role Princeton Men's Basketball - Kyle Franko, The Trentonian
Ethan Wright's Move To Starting Lineup Key Factor In Princeton Basketball's Resurgence - Kyle Franko, The Trentonian
Ethan Wright Trying To Give Princeton Basketball Spark Off Bench - Kyle Franko, The Trentonian
The Make Shots Podcast - Nov. 24, 2021
2021-22: Finished third in the Ivy League in rebounds (206) and fourth in rebounds per game (6.9) ... shot 50.0% from the field, which ranked third in the Ivy League ... ranked sixth in the Ivy League in scoring (15.7), three-point percentage (39.5%) and three-point field goals per game (2.3) ... Recorded five double-doubles ... scored a career-high 29 points on 10-for-17 shooting in the Tigers' win over FDU on Nov. 28, a game where he also made a career-high six three-pointers ... had a double-double of 24 points and 11 rebounds in the Tigers' win at Oregon State on Nov. 21 ... tied his career-high in made three-pointers with seven, and scored 27 points on Feb. 12 in Princeton's win at Columbia ... scored 20 points and pulled down 13 rebounds on Dec. 13 against UMBC ... grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds against Minnesota on Nov. 14 ... had six double digit rebounding games ... handed out a career-high six assists in Princeton's win over Bucknell on Dec. 7 ... exceeded 20 points on seven occasions and scored in double digits 23 times.
2020-21: Season canceled due to COVID-19.
2019-20: Played in 26 games and started 17…finished fourth on the team in points per game with 7.2..scored in double figures six times…had a season-high 21 points, made a season-high nine field goals and handed out a season-high four assists against Brown on Feb. 21…knocked down a season-high four three-pointers against Harvard on Feb. 1…recorded a double-double with 16 points and a season-best 11 rebounds against Yale on Feb. 29…finished with a season-high three steals against Cornell on Mar. 7.
2018-19: Played in 19 games and started six, including the Ivy League Tournament semifinal against Yale ... scored 40 of his season's 67 points over a seven-game stretch in late February and March ... scored a season-high nine points in the season opener against DeSales on Nov. 9, equaled against Columbia on Feb. 23 and Brown on March 8.
Before Princeton: Bay State Conference MVP as a junior and senior … 2017 Boston Herald Dream Team … McDonald’s All-American nominee and Gatorade state Player of the Year nominee … ranked 20th in New England in his class by New England Recruiting Report, which had him as the ninth-best player in Massachusetts in his class … surpassed the 1,000-point mark for his career as a junior and is the second-leading scorer in school history … earned USA Today first-team all-state recognition after 26.2 points and 7.2 rebounds as a senior.
Personal: Mother Ellen (DeVoe) ‘86 was a four-year basketball letterwinner, a two-year captain, a first-team All-Ivy honoree in 1985 and a second-team honoree in 1983 and 1986 … mother Ellen graduated as Princeton’s second-leading scorer in program history, with 1,290 points, held the program’s single-game scoring record of 38 points until 2019, set in 1985 against LIU, remains Princeton’s second-leading career rebounder (942), and until 2019 held the program record for career blocks (157) and still holds the record for single-game (nine) blocked shots … father Don grew up in Princeton and is a Yale alum, where he rowed crew.
NABC District 13 Second Team (2022)
Second Team All-Ivy League (2022)
NABC Honors Court (2022)
Ivy League Player of the Week (Feb. 6, 2022, Dec. 20, Nov. 22, 2021)
In the Record Book
T-#3, Most Three-Pointers in a Game, 7, (vs. FDU, Nov. 28, 2021, at Columbia, Feb. 5. 2022)
T-#11, Most Three-Point Field Goals Made in a Season, 70 (2021-22)
#18, Career Made Three-Pointers, 119
Featured
Journey To Jadwin: The Class of 2022
A 'Brazen' Ethan Wright Has Key Role Princeton Men's Basketball - Kyle Franko, The Trentonian
Ethan Wright's Move To Starting Lineup Key Factor In Princeton Basketball's Resurgence - Kyle Franko, The Trentonian
Ethan Wright Trying To Give Princeton Basketball Spark Off Bench - Kyle Franko, The Trentonian
The Make Shots Podcast - Nov. 24, 2021
2021-22: Finished third in the Ivy League in rebounds (206) and fourth in rebounds per game (6.9) ... shot 50.0% from the field, which ranked third in the Ivy League ... ranked sixth in the Ivy League in scoring (15.7), three-point percentage (39.5%) and three-point field goals per game (2.3) ... Recorded five double-doubles ... scored a career-high 29 points on 10-for-17 shooting in the Tigers' win over FDU on Nov. 28, a game where he also made a career-high six three-pointers ... had a double-double of 24 points and 11 rebounds in the Tigers' win at Oregon State on Nov. 21 ... tied his career-high in made three-pointers with seven, and scored 27 points on Feb. 12 in Princeton's win at Columbia ... scored 20 points and pulled down 13 rebounds on Dec. 13 against UMBC ... grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds against Minnesota on Nov. 14 ... had six double digit rebounding games ... handed out a career-high six assists in Princeton's win over Bucknell on Dec. 7 ... exceeded 20 points on seven occasions and scored in double digits 23 times.
2020-21: Season canceled due to COVID-19.
2019-20: Played in 26 games and started 17…finished fourth on the team in points per game with 7.2..scored in double figures six times…had a season-high 21 points, made a season-high nine field goals and handed out a season-high four assists against Brown on Feb. 21…knocked down a season-high four three-pointers against Harvard on Feb. 1…recorded a double-double with 16 points and a season-best 11 rebounds against Yale on Feb. 29…finished with a season-high three steals against Cornell on Mar. 7.
2018-19: Played in 19 games and started six, including the Ivy League Tournament semifinal against Yale ... scored 40 of his season's 67 points over a seven-game stretch in late February and March ... scored a season-high nine points in the season opener against DeSales on Nov. 9, equaled against Columbia on Feb. 23 and Brown on March 8.
Before Princeton: Bay State Conference MVP as a junior and senior … 2017 Boston Herald Dream Team … McDonald’s All-American nominee and Gatorade state Player of the Year nominee … ranked 20th in New England in his class by New England Recruiting Report, which had him as the ninth-best player in Massachusetts in his class … surpassed the 1,000-point mark for his career as a junior and is the second-leading scorer in school history … earned USA Today first-team all-state recognition after 26.2 points and 7.2 rebounds as a senior.
Personal: Mother Ellen (DeVoe) ‘86 was a four-year basketball letterwinner, a two-year captain, a first-team All-Ivy honoree in 1985 and a second-team honoree in 1983 and 1986 … mother Ellen graduated as Princeton’s second-leading scorer in program history, with 1,290 points, held the program’s single-game scoring record of 38 points until 2019, set in 1985 against LIU, remains Princeton’s second-leading career rebounder (942), and until 2019 held the program record for career blocks (157) and still holds the record for single-game (nine) blocked shots … father Don grew up in Princeton and is a Yale alum, where he rowed crew.
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