Career Highlights:
- All-Pac-12 Freshman Team honorable mention (2024)
- Associated Press National Player of the Week (Jan. 2, 2024)
- Dick Vitale Diaper Dandy of the Week (Jan. 2, 2024)
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Jan. 2, 2024)
As a Freshman (2023-24):
- All-Pac-12 Freshman Team honorable mention
- Associated Press National Player of the Week (Jan. 2)
- Dick Vitale Diaper Dandy of the Week (Jan. 2)
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Jan. 2)
- Appeared in 23 games with 16 starts
- Averaged 11.5 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.
- Ranks seventh all-time at Stanford among freshmen in scoring average, eighth in free throw percentage (.776) and 11th in made 3-pointers (32)
- Scored in double figures 15 times, led by a career-best 31 points against Washington State (Jan. 18). The 31 points broke Stanford’s single-game record by a freshman, previously 30 held by Chasson Randle (2012) and Todd Lichti (1985)
- Tallied 28 points on just 13 shots against No. 4/4 (Dec. 31) in a 100-82 win. 28 points off the bench were the most by a Stanford player since Aaron Bright had 29 in 2012.
- Added 22 points in an overtime win at Oregon State (Jan. 11)
Before Stanford
- Consensus four-star, top-60 recruit. Ranked No. 45 overall by ESPN and No. 50 by On3. Was a five star recruit at the time of his signing, ranked No. 15 overall by ESPN.
- Fourth-ranked player in the state of Georgia and fifth-ranked combo guard in the country
- Played first three high school seasons at Milton, joined Overtime Elite for his senior season. Averaged 9.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game for the YNG Dreamers within OTE, led the YNG Dreamers to the OTE Championship game.
- Led Milton to a Georgia state championship as a sophomore in 2021.
- Won the gold medal at the 2022 FIBA U18 Americas championship with USA Basketball in Tijuana, Mexico. Averaged 4.0 points and 2.8 rebounds per game as one of the youngest players on the team
- Picked Stanford over Baylor and Auburn
Quotable
Head Coach Jerod Haase: "With Kanaan, we are bringing in someone who is capable of making an immediate impact. He is a high-level competitor, has a relentless mindset, and plays the game with tremendous effort. Offensively, he can play both with and without the ball, and score at all three levels. Defensively, there aren't too many players in the country that can do what he does to disrupt the offense. We are thrilled to welcome Kanaan to the Farm!"