Ralph Scott

Consensus four-star, top-75 recruit unanimously considered a top-12 player in Florida.
Ranked No. 63 nationally by ESPN, good for No. 22 among small forwards and No. 10 in the state, as well as No. 67 by 247Sports, placing him No. 25 at his position and ninth in Florida.
Finished No. 70 overall in the 247Sports Composite, as well as No. 74 in the Rivals Industry Ranking.
One of 13 players on the Team World roster for the 24K Showcase at Iverson Classic on April 30, 2026, in Hampton, Va.
Nominee for the McDonald’s All-American Game and a Naismith Trophy Player of the Year Watch List designee.
Named MVP of the Basketball Without Borders Americas camp held May 30-June 2, 2025, in San Salvador, El Salvador, after becoming the first Bermudian to compete in the 14-year history of the event and helping his team make the championship.
Took part in the NBA Academy Games in July 2025 in Atlanta.
Averaged 14.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game during his junior campaign.
Spent one-and-a-half years at Lakeland (Fla.) Christian School before transferring to IMG and started his prep career with a semester at Warwick Academy in his hometown.
Competed at the varsity level in each of his first two prep years, averaging double-digit points per game both seasons.
Two-year member of the academic honor roll.
Played at AAU level for Jamal Shead Elite on the adidas 3SSB circuit.
Competed alongside fellow 2026 high school graduates Trey Beamer (FIU), Cole Cloer (Alabama/NC State), Chase Foster (Pittsburgh), Jermal Jones (Pittsburgh), Maxime Meyer (Duke) and Aziz Olajuwon (Stanford) at IMG.
Also attended IMG with players like Darius Acuff Jr. (Arkansas), Landyn Colyer (Middle Tennessee State), Tanner Jones (UCF), Cam Miles (UNLV/Florida State), Kendyl Sanders (Mississippi State/Utah), Kareem Stagg (Georgia), Jordan Tillery (VCU), Hakeem Weems (Georgia) and Sadiq White Jr. (Syracuse).
IMG’s alumni list features numerous professional athletes in multiple sports, including NBA first-round draftees such as the Darius Acuff Jr., Zach Edey, Keyonte George, Josh Green, Jett Howard, Alex Karaban, Chris McCullough, Terrence Shannon Jr., Anfernee Simons, VFL Jaden Springer, Jarace Walker and Mark Williams, plus many other college stars.

PERSONAL

Full name is Ralph Elijah Scott.
Born Feb. 27, 2008, in Hartford, Conn., and moved to Bermuda about three months later.
Hometown of Warwick, Bermuda, is pronounced WARR-ick.
First Division I men’s basketball player from Bermuda, which is just 21 square miles.
Mother, Shanay Scott, is a physiotherapist.
Named after his grandfather, Ralph Scott, who previously served as the head coach of the Bermuda Men’s National Basketball Team.
Mother, aunt, grandfather and grandmother all coach(ed) basketball.
Does not have any siblings.
Major is undecided.
Enjoys deep sea fishing, gaming and watching anime cartoons.
Competed in soccer, swimming and track while growing up.
Favorite athlete is Kevin Durant, who played for Rick Barnes, because he considers him the greatest scorer of all-time.
Best sports memory is winning MVP at the Basketball Without Borders Americas camp in El Salvador in 2025.
Wears No. 13 because his mother did so when she played sports.
Committed to Tennessee over Houston, Kansas, Purdue, Texas and Texas A&M.
Chose Tennessee because it felt like home and because of Rick Barnes.
Tennessee has three prior letter winners from island nations in Elvin Brown (1985-88) of the Bahamas, Ian Lockhart (1986-90) of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Dwight Miller (2011-12) of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Follows two prior IMG Academy alumni at Tennessee, both of whom played for Rick Barnes, in 2017-18 SEC Sixth Man of the Year and 1,000-point scorer Lamonte’ Turner (2016-20) and one-and-done, first-round NBA Draft pick Jaden Springer (2020-21).