Courtesy of Virginia Union Athletics
Kennard “KJ” Wyche, Jr., a two-time Virginia High School League Class 4 Player of the Year and Virginia’s only McDonald’s All-American nominee from a public school, has committed to play his college basketball at HBCU Virginia Union University.
Kennard “KJ” Wyche, a 5-9 shooting guard from Richmond’s Varina High School, scored over 1,000 points for Varina despite only playing three years due to the COVID pandemic.
While at Varina, Wyche led the Blue Devils to two straight Virginia State Championships.
Wyche earned a third-team All-Metro honor in 2022 and a first-team All-Metro designation in 2023. He was a 2024 McDonald’s All-American Southeast Nominee. Besides scoring over 1,000 points, he had over 200 Assists, over 100 steals, earned First Team All-Metro, 2022-2023 VHSL Class 4 Player of the Year, 2022-2023 VHSL Class 4 1st Team All-State, and 2022-2023 VHSL Region 4B Player of the Year honors. Now he’s headed to an HBCU.
His father, Kennard Wyche Sr., was a two-time first-team All-Metro guard and McDonald’s All-American nominee from Armstrong High. He is also an assistant coach for Varina.
“We are extremely excited about the signing of KJ Wyche,” said Virginia Union University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jay Butler. “Anytime you can take care of your home with a two-time Virginia State Player of the Year is good for the program and the city of Richmond. He will bring a lot of excitement to an already talented core of guards returning on the roster.”
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