FRESHMAN: 2012 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player
SOPHOMORE: 2013 All-Sun Belt Conference Third Team
SOPHOMORE: 2013 All-Sun Belt Conference Tournament Team
JUNIOR: 2014 All-Sun Belt Conference Third Team
SENIOR: 2015 All-Conference USA Second Team
SENIOR: 2015 NABC All-District First Team
SENIOR (2014-15): Led WKU and was third in Conference USA in rebounding at 8.4 boards per game... Scored at a 13.8 point-per game clip in 2014-15, which was a career best... Put together 12 double-doubles, which was second-most in C-USA... Picked up third-straight all-conference honor with second-team All-C-USA selection... Was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District First Team... Led WKU in rebounding 23 times... Grabbed 10 or more rebounds in 12 games... Ended career ranked eighth in career rebounds at WKU (894)... Started 122 games during career, fourth-most in WKU history... Scored 1,621 career points, 13th-most in Hilltopper Basketball history... Had a career-high 15 rebounds, 11 offensive, and 17 points against Saint Joseph's on Nov. 27... Had a then-season-high 19 points with three assists at Murray State on Dec. 6... Scored 17 points with nine rebounds at Ole Miss on Dec. 13... Had second-straight double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds against Marshall on Jan. 4... Had 18 points and 11 rebounds against Charlotte on Jan. 8 for third-straight double-double... Had fourth-straight double-double with 24 points and 13 rebounds against No. 25 Old Dominion on Jan. 10... Grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds against North Texas on Feb. 5... Poured in a career-high 28 points at Charlotte on March 5 and also had 10 rebounds... Had 18 points in WKU's C-USA Tournament loss to UAB on March 12.
JUNIOR (2013-14): Contributed 13.3 points and 6.6 rebounds per game for WKU as a junior in 2013-14, finishing second on the team in scoring and first in rebounding for the second-straight season... Rebounding total was good for seventh in the conference... Upped rebounding production to 7.0 boards per game in 17 league contests... Led Hilltopper regulars in field goal percentage (.530), which ranked fifth in the league... Was named to the All-Sun Belt Conference Third Team for the second-straight season after being a preseason second-team pick... Started all 31 games played in 2013-14 and averaged 29.5 minutes per contest... Scored in double-figures in 22 of 31 games played and had five games of 20-plus points... Led WKU in scoring 11 times... Led the squad in rebounding 15 times... Had 17 points and eight rebounds against East Tennessee State (Nov. 16)... Scored 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting against Eastern Illinois (Nov. 30)... Had six-straight double-figure games from December 18-January 4... Poured in 23 points against Brescia (Ky.) (Dec. 28)... Played 45 minutes of a double-overtime win against Arkansas State and had 27 points and 14 rebounds (Jan. 18)... Hit 1,000 career points during the game, becoming the 48th member of WKU's 1,000-point club... Had two games of 20-plus points in three contests from January 25-February 1, including 25 points at Louisiana-Lafayette in a key WKU road win and 21 points against Texas State (Feb. 1)... Ended the season with six double-figure scoring games in the final seven games of the year... Had 18 points and nine rebounds in a key seed-clinching win against Louisiana-Lafayette (Mar. 6)... Finished the season with a 16-point performance against the Ragin' Cajuns in the semifinals of the conference tournament.
SOPHOMORE (2012-13): Averaged 12.8 points and 6.6 rebounds per game as a sophomore in 2012-13, finishing second on the team in scoring and first in rebounding... Finished eighth in the conference in rebounding... Was named to the All-Sun Belt Conference Third Team after the season after being a preseason second-team selection... Named to the All-Sun Belt Conference Tournament Team after averaging 13.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in four games in Hot Springs, Ark... Shot 48.2 percent from the floor on the season (163-for-338)... Scored in double-figures in 26 of 35 games played, including 10 of the final 11 games of the season... Had 10 points and seven rebounds in 33 minutes at Southern Miss (Nov. 10)... Had a double-double at Troy, playing 29 minutes and scoring 18 points and pulling down 10 rebounds (Dec. 1)... Went 5-for-10 from the floor against 5th-ranked Louisville in 29 minutes of action (Dec. 22)... Scored a career-high 24 points on 9-of-12 shooting against FIU (Dec. 27)... Scored 19 points against Florida Atlantic and led the team with eight rebounds (Jan. 12)... Contributed 10 points, six rebounds and three steals against Louisiana-Lafayette (Jan. 17)... Scored 13 points and had seven rebounds against UALR (Jan. 19)... Scored 13 points and pulled down nine rebounds against Troy (Jan. 31)... Had 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds at North Texas (Feb. 7)... Poured in a career-high 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds at Florida Atlantic (Feb. 14)... Scored 17 points, grabbed six rebounds and swatted three shots at FIU (Feb. 16)... Had 15 points and nine rebounds in just 15 minutes of action against ULM (Feb. 21)... Swatted four shots to go along with 13 points and eight rebounds against South Alabama (Feb. 28)... Had 18 points and nine rebounds against the Jaguars nine days later in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament quarterfinals... Contributed 17 points and 13 rebounds in the tournament championship win over FIU (Mar. 11)... Had 10 points against top-seeded Kansas in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
FRESHMAN (2011-12): Averaged 26.4 minutes per game in 31 contests, 24 starts, as a freshman in 2011-12... Was second on the team in points per game (10.4), rebounds per game (6.1), blocks (37) and steals (29)... Led team in field goal percentage after making 110 of 231 shots (.476)... 321 points scored were seventh-most by a freshman in a season in WKU history... Was named the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player after averaging 14.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game in Hot Springs, becoming the first freshman to earn the honor since Bo McCalebb of New Orleans in 2004... Had 15 games of double-digit scoring and led WKU in rebounding in 14 games... Saw action for the first time against VCU, scoring four points off free throws and grabbing three rebounds in 13 minutes (Nov. 20)... Made first-career start versus VCU and scored six points (Nov. 23)... Poured in 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds against Southeastern Louisiana (Nov. 26)... Six of game-high nine rebounds against Murray State came on the offensive end (Dec. 1)... Filled the stat sheet against Bowling Green State, scoring 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting and blocking four shots, swiping three steals and dishing out four assists to go along with seven rebounds (Dec. 4)... Had three steals for the second-straight game at Southern Illinois (Dec. 7)... Scored 17 points, including 9-of-12 free throw tries, and had nine rebounds at ULM, helping WKU to an overtime win in the conference-opener (Dec. 29)... Had six points and six rebounds in career-high 39 minutes against Louisiana-Lafayette (Jan. 5)... Scored 14 points and had eight rebounds, five offensive, at North Texas (Jan. 12)... Played an outstanding second half against UALR and finished the game with 12 points, six rebounds, three blocks and two steals (Jan. 21)... Had double-double at Middle Tennessee, notching 12 points and 11 rebounds (Feb. 9)... Played finest game of career to date against Florida Atlantic, scoring 20 points and grabbing 10 rebounds to help power a win (Feb. 16)... Had 19 points on 8-of-9 shooting in a win over Arkansas State (Feb. 23)... Tied a career high with nine made free throws on way to 13 points in win over UALR in Sun Belt Tournament quarterfinals... Led WKU with 19 points, making 6-of-8 shots from the field, in win over Denver in Sun Belt Tournament semifinals... Scored 17 points with six rebounds in title game win over North Texas... Had 11 rebounds in an NCAA Tournament win against Mississippi Valley State.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at nearby Warren Central High School in Bowling Green... Lettered and started all four years... Rated as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com... Listed in Rivals.com's prestigious Top 150 as the 150th-best high school senior in the country... Helped the Dragons to back-to-back 4th Region titles in 2009-10 and 2010-11 and a Kentucky High School Athletic Association Sweet 16 appearance as a senior in 2010-11... Followed up second-team all-state honors as a junior with first-team recognition after senior season... Averaged 21.5 points and 11.7 rebounds per game as a senior... Left Warren Central High School having pulled down 1,039 rebounds and scored 1,805 points, which topped the school record books and ranked third, respectively... Shot 62.2 percent from the field and led the team with 75 blocked shots as a senior... Signed with WKU during the early signing period.
MISCELLANEOUS: Majoring in recreation... Cousin, Jim McDaniels, was a three-time All-American at WKU, helped lead the Hilltoppers to the 1971 Final Four and is the school's all-time leading scorer... McDaniels also wore number 44, and his jersey is retired in the rafters at E.A. Diddle Arena... Mother, Kim (Norman), played basketball at WKU under Coach Paul Sanderford, and father, George, was a manager on men's basketball teams coached by Clem Haskins and Murray Arnold... Selected WKU over offers from Alabama, Arkansas, Murray State, Penn State, UTEP and others.
HILLTOPPERS TO WEAR NUMBER 44:
Steve Holley (1994-95)
Bryan Brown (1991-93)
Jim McDaniels (1969-71)
Bill Newman (1967)
Don Crosley (1966)
Vinton Pease (1965)
Glenn Marcum (1963-64)
Harry Todd (1960-62)
Jude Talbott (1958-59)
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