Khwan Fore

Five Louisville starters walk to the court to begin the second half

Khwan Fore during the Cardinals game against Boston College at KFC YUM! Center on January 16.

Photo by: Jeff Reinking | Louisville Athletics

Khwan Fore drives past the defender during the game against Seton Hall at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-0
Weight:
185
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Huntsville, Ala.
Prev School:
University of Richmond
High School:
Lee

Senior Year at Louisville

Graduate transfer who started 23 games, including the last 20.
Name is pronounced KWAHN FOUR.
Matched a season high with his nine points against NC State. He scored eight at Syracuse and in UofL’s home game vs. Pittsburgh.
Collected a steal in 11 of the last 20 games (two vs. NC State and at Syracuse), scored at least three points on 17 occasions and had an assist in 25 games.
Played a season-high 31 minutes against NC State and matched a season-high with his nine points. He also set season highs in made field goals (four) and assists (four).
Scored a season-high matching nine points against Kent State while dishing out two assists.
His defensive contributions don’t often show up in a box score.
Scored 11 points in an exhibition against Simmons, hitting 3-of-5 threes.

Collegiate Career

Started the last two seasons at the University of Richmond, averaging 11 points and 3.2 rebounds as a redshirt junior in 2017-18.
Averaged 11.2 points and 4.2 rebounds while gathering 54 steals – second most on the team -- as a sophomore when he shot 50.7 percent from the field and helped Richmond advance to the NIT quarterfinals.
His 50.7 percent field goal accuracy as a sophomore was the second-highest in the nation for a player at 6-0 or shorter with at least 200 field goal attempts.
Totaled 919 career points and 209 assists in 99 games and 64 starting assignments at Richmond.
Scored in double figures on 36 occasions over his last two seasons with the Spiders, including a career-high 25 points against St. Bonaventure in the Atlantic-10 Tournament quarterfinals in the final game of his junior year.
Handed out a career-best 12 assists at Fordham as a junior and collected a high of four steals in four games.
Averaged the second-most minutes on the Richmond team each of the past two seasons. He was fourth in the A-10 in minutes played as a sophomore.
Name is pronounced KWAHN FOUR.
Earned recognition on the Atlantic-10 All-Freshman team when played in all 32 games at Richmond as a redshirt freshman in 2015-16, averaging 6.5 points in an average of 20 minutes of action.
Attained a medical redshirt after injuring his foot after playing in just two games as a freshman in 2014-15.
Noted for his high-flying, athletic dunks which have been featured on SportsCenter’s Top 10.
Completed a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Richmond in May 2018.
Chose to attend Louisville for graduate school and his final collegiate playing season after also considering Tennessee, Auburn and UAB.

High School

Averaged 17.2 points, 8.3 assists, 6.1 rebounds and 3.2 steals as a senior in leading Lee High School in Huntsville to 32-4 record and the Class 6A Northeast Region championship game.
Three-year starter at Lee and earned second team all-state honors in his final two seasons.
MVP of the 2014 Hutnsville Times Classic and was honored three times on the all-tournament team for the event.
Helped Butler High School to the Alabama state championship as a freshman in 2011.
Also competed in football (wide receiver) and track (long jump, 100M, 200M) for Lee.
His brother Xavier Keeling played basketball at Indiana (2006-07), Wallace State (Ala.)Community College (2007-08) and Detroit Mercy (2008-10).
His mother Clarissia ran track at Emporia State.
His cousin Au’diese Toney is currently a freshman on the University of Pittsburgh basketball team.

Personal

Born Dec. 31, 1995 ... Son of Russell and Clarissia Fore ... Middle of five children in his family (Xavier, Quila, Keina and Tana) ... Major is sport administration.
Best moment of his athletic career to date was winning a state championship.
Personal goal at UofL is to “graduate and make at least the Sweet 16.”
Enjoys watching movies and sleeping in his spare time.
Chose to attend UofL because “the players, coaches and sports administration program seemed like a perfect fit.”
Best basketball advice given to him was to “don’t ever stop playing.”
Most proud of earning his bachelor’s degree at Richmond.
His parents have had the greatest influence on his athletic career.
Wearing uniform number 4 this season because “people ask me every year why I don’t wear number four,” a homophone for his last name.
Feels Antwon Tanner would be the best actor to play him in a movie.
If you walked into his dorm room, the first thing you would notice is a poster of Darius Perry.
Few people know that he was born in Topeka, Kansas.
Best thing about being a Cardinal is “being tough, together and unbreakable.”
When playing basketball as a kid, he pretended he was Tracey McGrady.
Would most like to meet Will Smith.
What impresses him the most about Coach Mack is “how genuine he is.”