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Not all weight is good weight, but Curtis was delighted with Shedrick’s off-season gains. “It was just eating a ton and lifting a ton,” Shedrick said. He’s gained about 25 pounds since the end of the season. Shedrick finished the spring semester at home in North Carolina and, after recovering from COVID-19, lifted weights diligently at a local gym. But as long as he continues to work and he’s trusting the process, I think good things are ahead for him.”Īs he heads into his third year at UVA, Shedrick weighs close to 235 pounds, and he’s not far physically from where Curtis hoped to have him at this stage of his career. His initial bout with mono knocked him back to 198, however, and he never regained all of the weight or strength he lost. Shedrick, who’s from Holly Springs, NC, about 20 miles southwest of Raleigh, weighed 208 pounds when he enrolled at UVA in June 2019. “So far, so good,” Associate Head Coach Jason Williford said. He’s impressed this summer on a UVA team with only two traditional post players: Shedrick and 7-foot Francisco Caffaro.Ĭaffaro, who’s playing for Argentina at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, has been away from Charlottesville most of the summer, and that’s meant extended work for Shedrick, who for the first time since last fall is 100%. That made him more determined to succeed, and once Shedrick was cleared to resume working out in the spring, he attacked his training. Summing up his struggle to stay healthy, Shedrick said, “It was just really hard.” “So my goal was to just help the guys get to where we all wanted to be and just be as supportive as I could, and keep working on my game for next season,” Shedrick said.

In practice, the coaches put Shedrick on the Green Team, the group responsible for preparing UVA’s regulars for upcoming opponents. I was lighter than I’d been, and I was still experiencing a little bit of fatigue.” “I just didn’t feel like I was where I needed to be from a physical standpoint. “I understood it,” Shedrick said of his reduced role. He played 13 more minutes the rest of the way. In early January, however, Shedrick’s mono reemerged, and his season effectively was over. “He plays hard on the glass, and he’s working.” “He’s long, and he’s very active, and he’s continuous,” UVA Head Coach Tony Bennett said after the game. 1 rout of Saint Francis (PA), he contributed 12 points and a game-high eight rebounds in 18 minutes off the bench. Shedrick’s John Paul Jones Arena debut provided a tantalizing glimpse of his potential. “He was trending in the right direction,” said Mike Curtis, the team’s Strength and Conditioning Coach. “It was discouraging,” Shedrick said before a recent summer practice at John Paul Jones Arena.Īfter redshirting in 2019-2020, the 6-foot-11 Shedrick was pumped to get his college career officially started, and the Cavaliers’ staff was equally enthused. Then, not long after the season ended, he contracted COVID-19. From a basketball standpoint, though, 2020-2021 was a year Kadin Shedrick is eager to put behind him.Īn extended bout with mononucleosis limited the 6-foot-11 Shedrick to 11 appearances for the Cavaliers in 2020-2021. Academically, he shined in his second year at the University of Virginia, as he had in his first.