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Jersey Number 1
Xaivian Lee
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- High School:
- Perkiomen School
Overview
Honors
2025-26, Senior Season
2024-25, Junior Season (Princeton)
2023-24, Sophomore Season (Princeton)
2022-23, Freshman Season (Princeton)
Prep
Personal
Off the Court
- Came to Florida in Summer 2025 as a transfer from Princeton, totaling 406 points, 147 assists, 129 rebounds and 57 3-point field goals, starting all 35 games for the Gators’ 2025-26 SEC championship team.
- Tallied 1,154 points, 406 rebounds, 302 assists, 124 3-point field goals and 81 steals over three seasons at Princeton, appearing in 91 games with 59 starts.
- Finished his college career with 1,560 points, 534 rebounds, 448 assists, 181 3-point field goals, 124 steals and 32 blocked shots in 126 games with 94 starts.
- First player in Princeton history to post a triple-double, recording two of them in 2024-25.
- Princeton’s record-holder for most assists in a season with 165 in 2024-25.
- Has 19 career games with at least 20 points, leading Princeton to a 16-3 record in those games.
- Ranks 17th on Princeton’s career scoring list.
- Represented Canada at the 2023 FIBA U19 World Cup.
Honors
- SEC Player of the Week (2/16/26)
- 2025 Orange Bowl Classic MVP
- 2024, 2025 Unanimous First-Team All-Ivy League
- 2024, 2025 All-District
- 2025 Ivy Madness All-Tournament Team
- 2025 CSC Academic All-District
- 2024 Lou Henson Mid Major All-America Team
- 2024 First-Team All-MBWA
- 2024 Second-Team All-ECAC
- 5x Ivy League Player of the Week (11/27/23, 1/8/24, 12/9/24, 1/21/25, 3/10/25)
- MBWA Player of the Week (12/10/24)
- Ivy League Rookie of the Week (11/28/22)
2025-26, Senior Season
- Averaged 11.6 points, 4.2 assists and 3.7 rebounds with 57 3-point field goals and 41 steals while starting all 35 games for the Gators.
- His 147 assists led the team, and his 4.2 assists per game ranked seventh in the SEC, while his 2.4 assist-to-turnover ratio ranked eighth.
- Part of the Gators’ SEC championship team where Florida posted a 16-2 league mark, the team’s second-most SEC wins in program history.
- Posted 20 points while donning a #99 jersey for in the win at #10 Vanderbilt, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 43.9 seconds left that sparked UF's game-ending 6-0 run.
- Earned SEC Player of the Week honors after posting 18 points and seven assists with no turnovers in the win at Georgia, followed by 22 points and three assists with a 4-for-7 game from 3 vs. #25 Kentucky.
- Scored double figures in 22 games, including four 20-point games highlighted by a season-high 24 points in the win vs. George Washington to claim Orange Bowl Classic MVP honors.
- Tallied 11 points and 10 assists in the win at Ole Miss, the first points/assists double-double by a Gator in four years.
- Posted 20 points with four 3-pointers made in the win vs. Providence in San Diego.
- Totaled 19 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals at Madison Square Garden vs. #5 UConn.
2024-25, Junior Season (Princeton)
- Averaged 16.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.5 assists while starting all 30 appearances, shooting .366 from 3-point range with an Ivy League-leading 2.43 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- His 507 total points rank #8 in a season in Princeton history.
- Posted a pair of triple-doubles with 18 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists at Saint Joseph’s on Dec. 3 and 23 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds vs. Penn.
- Notched a double-double with 21 points and 11 assists in a neutral-site win vs. Rutgers, adding six rebounds and three steals.
- Had 10 games with at least 20 points, including 33 at Dartmouth and 30 vs. Texas State. His 33 at Dartmouth included the game-winning 3-pointer, and he added eight rebounds and four assists. Princeton was 8-2 when Lee scored 20 or more.
- Earned Ivy League Player of the Week honors three times.
2023-24, Sophomore Season (Princeton)
- Averaged 17.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game with a 2.57 assist-to-turnover ratio, starting all 29 appearances.
- One of five underclassmen in the nation to average at least 16 points, five rebounds and three assists per game while appearing in at least 25 games.
- Had nine games with 20+ points, including a season-high 33 points along with eight rebounds and seven assists vs. Harvard and a 30-point showing vs. Northeastern. Princeton posted an 8-1 record when Lee scored 20 or more points.
- Posted three double-doubles, with 18 points and 11 rebounds at Yale, 22 points and 10 rebounds vs. Penn and 16 points and 10 rebounds vs. Cornell.
- Twice named Ivy League Player of the Week.
2022-23, Freshman Season (Princeton)
- Averaged 4.8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 32 appearances off the bench.
- Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors after helping Princeton to the London Basketball Classic championship with nine points vs. Army and 12 vs. Northeastern.
- Posted three double-figure scoring outings with 12 points each vs. Northeastern and Kean and 10 at Drexel. Also grabbed a season-high nine rebounds vs. Kean.
Prep
- Canadian National Invitational Tournament MVP (2022).
- NHSCA Academic All-American.
- State Champion Runner Up.
- Phi Beta Kappa (Senior Academic & Integrity) Award.
- Cum Laude Society Inductee.
Personal
- Son of Eun-Kyung Lee and Daniel Bernstein.
- Also played baseball growing up.
- Came to Florida because of the winning culture and belief.
Off the Court
- If he could have any superpower: Mind reading
- Hidden talent: Chip shuffling
- Favorite athlete outside the NBA: Alec Pierce
- Favorite movie/TV show: Money Heist
- Favorite book: Station Eleven
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