CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Men's Basketball recent graduate, two-time team captain, two-time All-Ivy selection, and two-time Academic All-District honoree Chandler Piggé '26 has signed his first professional contract with Manchester Basketball in England, the organization has announced.
 
Manchester Basketball competes in Super League Basketball, the top-level men's basketball league in Great Britain.
 
Piggé closed his career at Harvard as a two-time All-Ivy honoree (Second Team All-Ivy in 2025-26 and Honorable Mention All-Ivy in 2024-25), a two-time CSC Academic All-District selection, a two-time NABC Honors Court pick, and as one of the most respected leaders in program history as a two-time team captain. Piggé concluded his career with 965 points, 477 rebounds, 216 assists, and 135 steals in 99 career games played, while scoring in double figures 49 times.
 
As a senior, he earned Second Team All-Ivy, Academic All-Ivy, Academic All-District, and NABC Honors Court accolades, the program's Thomas G. Stemberg '71 MBA '73 Iron Man Award, and the athletic department's Director's Award. Piggé started all 29 games, averaging 12.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 1.7 steals per game, while helping the Crimson qualify for the Ivy League Tournament for the first time since 2019-20. He scored in double figures 19 times and ranked third in the Ivy League in both steals per game (1.7) and minutes per game (33.6).
 
During his junior season, Piggé garnered Honorable Mention All-Ivy, CSC Academic All-District, and NABC Honors Court accolades, while capturing the program's Raymond P. Lavietes Most Valuable Player Award as well as the Thomas G. Stemberg '71 MBA '73 Iron Man Award. He started all 27 games, averaging 13.1 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists, and 1.7 steals per game. Piggé scored in double figures 22 times on the season, while ranking second in the Ivy League in both steals per game (1.7) and minutes per game (33.4).
 
Piggé – who lived in Japan for the first 13 years of his life before moving to Germany for five years prior to coming to the U.S. for a postgraduate year at Phillips Exeter Academy in 2021-22 – played on an international stage for three straight summers during his time at Harvard. In 2023, he competed with the Crimson in the program's foreign tour of Canada. In 2024, he participated in the US-China Summer Basketball Exchange at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, and in 2025 he helped the U.S. win a silver medal in men's 3x3 basketball at the 2025 FISU World University Games in Bochum, Germany.