Coach Gainey picked up his first high school recruit, class of 2026 point guard Kingston Whitty. He originally committed to WVU last November but recently decommitted and chose the Wolfpack. Coach Gainey had recruited him for Tennessee and had him onsite in Knoxville last fall. Kingston is from Arden NC, also the home of Mikey Wilkins. Looks like a good development piece at point.

PPG / RPG / APG: (High School) 15.1 ppg / 4.3 rpg / 3.2 apg 1.8 steals

Kingston is a 3-star recruit, ranked #206. He is from Arden NC.

Kingston played his senior season (’25-’26) at Christ School in Arden, the same school Mikey Wilkins played for two seasons ago.

Whitty is also an accomplished track and field performer, doing the 400-meter dash and having a personal-best 6 feet, 8 inches in the high jump, which won the state title.