Raynaud Named ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Stanford Cardinal

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The nation’s premier center has found success not just on the court, but also in the classroom. Maxime Raynaud has been named the Skip Prosser Award recipient as the ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, as announced by the league office on Wednesday.

Raynaud is Stanford men’s basketball’s fifth consecutive Scholar-Athlete of the Year, as Stanford won the final four Pac-12 awards in the category. Raynaud joins Oscar da Silva (2021), Sam Beskind (2022), James Keefe (2023) and Brandon Angel (2024), extending the program’s streak, and he becomes the ninth recipient of the ACC or Pac-12 honor, along with Dorian Pickens (2018), Chasson Randle (2015), Dwight Powell (2014) and Landry Fields (2010).

The men’s basketball program becomes the first of Stanford’s 36 teams to win five consecutive scholar-athlete of the year honors, dating back to the award’s inception in the Pac-10 in 2007-08, though women’s rowing has a chance to match the five consecutive honors later this spring.

The most productive big man in the country, Raynaud ranks 14th nationally in scoring and fourth in rebounds at 20.2 points and 10.9 rebounds per game. He stands second in the ACC in scoring and first in rebounding. The Paris native currently ranks 15th in program history in scoring and fifth all-time in rebounding as one of four players in Stanford history to reach at least 1,500 career points and 900 career rebounds. He is 39 rebounds away from tying the program’s single-season record, currently held by Adam Keefe (1991-92).

Raynaud leads the nation with 21 double-doubles. His 21st double-double, coming against Boston College on Feb. 26, set a new Stanford single-season record, passing Adam Keefe (20, 1991-92). Raynaud is just the fifth major conference player to have at least 21 double-doubles in a season over the past five years, joining Zach Edey (Purdue, 2x), Joel Soriano (St. John’s), Oscar Tshiebwe (Kentucky, 2x) and Armando Bacot (North Carolina).

A mainstay on the national landscape, Raynaud has earned selections to the Naismith Trophy midseason team, Wooden Award late midseason top-20, the top-10 for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year award as well as the Oscar Robertson Trophy watch list for national player of the year.

Studying mathematics and computer science at Stanford, Raynaud was named to the NABC Honors Court in 2024. He is also active in the community, as he was a speaker at Stanford’s ‘Democracy Day’ to encourage civil engagement and is an active participant with Team IMPACT, as the program has adopted an 11-year-old cancer survivor. A team captain, he has also volunteered at Stanford basketball camps and the Powwow Festival at Stanford – the largest Native American festival in California.

To be eligible for the Skip Prosser Award for ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, student-athletes must be in their third or fourth year of athletic competition while maintaining a minimum 3.0 grade point average cumulatively as well as in the two most recently completed terms. The award is based on 60 percent academic achievement and 40 percent athletic achievement.

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