Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Sam Merrill was born on May 15, 1996, Salt Lake City, Utah. He is a guard for the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA. He grew up in Bountiful, Utah, and attended Bountiful High School. He le them to a 4A state title. Merrill was recruited by Stanford and Princeton but committed to Utah State. Merrill went on a two-year Latter-Day Saints mission to Nicaragua before his freshman year at Utah State. Merrill married soccer player Kanyan Ward in May 2018.

Merrill led Utah State to a Mountain West Tournament championship twice, securing the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament both times. He was named Mountain West Conference Player of the Year and Mountain West Tournament MVP as well as AP Honorable Mention All-American.

On November 18, 2020, Merrill was selected by the New Orleans Pelicans as the final pick of the 2020 NBA draft.