Maurice Kemp

He was born in Miami, Florida, to Valerie and Maurice Kemp Sr., and he has three siblings. Kemp grew up in Miami, as well as Pembroke Pines, Florida. Kemp attended Miami Dade Christian Academy, graduating in 2009, and played for the basketball team. As a senior, he averaged 26 points and 11 rebounds a game. He was named second-team All State and first-team All County as a senior. He was also on the high school track and field team. ==College==

2009–2011: Alabama A&M and Miami Dade College Kemp attended Alabama A&M from 2009 to 2010, playing for the Alabama A&M Bulldogs basketball team. He averaged 5.5 points per game, on 47.8% shooting from the field, and 34.8% shooting from beyond the 3 point line; he also picked up 2.8 rebounds per game. He was unanimously selected as a member of the Conference USA Men's Basketball All-Academic Team. as well as being named MVP of the 2013 CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT). He ended his career with the Pirates ranked ninth in school history with 66 blocks. ==Professional career==

After turning professional, Kemp played in 2013–14 for Alba Fehérvár in the EuroCup, where he averaged 12.3 points and 1.5 steals per game, and shot 82.1% from the free throw line. During the 2014–15 season, he played for the Canton Charge of the G League, and in 2015–16 for Kavala B.C. in the Greek Basket League. In 2016–17, he played for the Tadamon Zouk of the Lebanese Basketball League, where he averaged 23.4 points (3rd in the league), with 8.6 rebounds (8th), and 1.9 steals (5th). He moved on to the Liga Nacional de Básquet, where he played for the Obras Sanitarias in 2017–18; here, he averaged 20.7 points per game, leading the league. He played in 2018–19 for Montakit Fuenlabrada in the Liga ACB, and in 2020–21 for Kalev/Cramo in the VTB United League, where he averaged 12.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, and was 9th in the league with 0.9 blocks per game, with a .548 field goal percentage (2nd). He also helped the team win the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and was named the MVP of the competition. In 2021–22, Kemp played for Maccabi Rishon LeZion in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, where he averaged 16.0 points (10th in the league), 6.4 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game. He joined Bnei Herzliya in the Israeli Basketball Premier League on December 8, 2021. On November 22, 2024, Kemp signed with the Pistoia Basket 2000 of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). On August 12, 2025, Kemp signed with Al Riyadi Club Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League. ==See also==