Acaden Lewis signs with Kentucky: “(He) is so much of what you want to find in a great point guard.”

First it was Malachi Moreno putting pen to paper to open the early signing period. Up next? It’s Kentucky’s most recent commitment, Acaden Lewis.

The Wildcats announced the official signing of Lewis, one of the nation’s top point guard prospects out of Washington D.C., as a part of the program’s 2025 recruiting class.

“Acaden Lewis is so much of what you want to find in a great point guard,” Kentucky head coach Mark Pope said. “He has incredible vision. He’s got a beautiful stroke. He can get to the rim and finish, can make every pass, and already understands the probing nature of a point guard. He has this calm, hungry, unemotional demeanor that you look forward to in a leader. I would say he has some Anthony Epps-qualities of being a calm, tough, banner hanging leader that gets us really excited.”

Lewis is a consensus four-star prospect who chose Kentucky over other finalists, Duke and UConn. The 6-foot-3 lefthander will join the Wildcats for the 2025-26 season.

A high school star at Sidwell Friends School, Lewis was chosen as the 2023-24 Gatorade District of Columbia Boys Basketball Player of the Year after a season in which he averaged 14.5 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.5 steals while helping his team to a Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference title and the DCSAA Class AA tournament championship.

On the Nike grassroots circuit with Team Durant this spring and summer, Lewis averaged 16.7 points, 6.1 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game. He also stood out at this summer’s NBPA Top 100 camp, where he averaged more than 15 points and nearly four assists per outing.

“Acaden is one of the most popular players in this entire class and everyone wants to play with him,” Pope said. “I absolutely love the fact that he has earned this, from being a lightly recruited prospect to a guy who everyone was chasing this summer.”

“Kentucky felt like a community,” Lewis said upon his commitment. “Coach Pope came to my barbershop and everything, his staff did a lot for me. It felt like a home. It felt like somewhere I should be. The system is great, and it just felt right.”

Acaden Lewis
Position: Guard
Measurables: 6-3, 170 pounds
School: Sidwell Friends School
Hometown: Washington D.C.   

Rivals ranking: No. 20 overall | Four-star prospect | No. 7 at SG
247Sports ranking: No. 32 overall | Four-star prospect | No. 5 at PG
ESPN ranking: No. 28 overall | Four-star prospect | No. 7 at PG
On 3 ranking: No. 50 overall | Four-star prospect | No. 7 at PG