Brandin Podziemski FULL 2022-23 Season Highlights| WCC POY | 19.9 PPG 43.8 3P% & 48.3 FG%

WCC Co-Player of the Year (2022-23)
WCC Newcomer of the Year (2022-23)
NABC First Team and USBWA All-District (2022-23)
School-record 4x WCC Player of the Week (2022-23)
First Team All-WCC (2022-23)

AT SANTA CLARA: Made an immediate impact as one of the top players in the West Coast Conference in his first season with the Broncos.

2022-23: Put together one of the finest seasons in program history as a sophomore transfer ... WCC Co-Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year (first player in WCC history to win both) ... First Team All-WCC ... First Team NABC All-District and USBWA All-District ... Lou Henson Award All-America and finalist ... School-record four-time WCC Player of the Week ... Started and played in 32 games ... Averaged 19.9 points, 8.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.8 steals per game ... One of just three players in NCAA D1 to average 19/8/3 for the season ... Shot 48.3 percent from the floor and 43.8 percent from beyond the arc ... Led the WCC in rebounding and was third in scoring ... Posted a WCC-best 13 double-doubles (most by a Bronco since John Bryant in 2008-09) ... Led WCC and was fifth nationally in 3-point percentage (43.8) ... Led the league and was 17th nationally with 6.97 defensive boards per game ... Scored in double figures in all but three games, and had 15 games of 20 or more points with four 30-point games ... Began his Bronco Career with back-to-back 30-point outings (30 vs. Eastern Washington and 34 vs. Georgia Southern) ... Career-high 38 points on 13-of-21 FG (6-11 3PT) with nine rebounds vs. Pacific (1/28); tied for the 10th-highest scoring game in school history ... Career-high 18 rebounds to go with 23 points vs. Pepperdine (2/23) ... Closed out the season with double-doubles in five of last six games ... Was one assist shy of a triple-double vs. USF in the WCC Tournament (22 pts, 11 reb, 9 ast) ... 30 points in win over LMU (2/11) ... Scored 27 points on three occassions - vs. Iona (11/26), Sacramento State (12/3) and at Pepperdine (1/5) ... Finished the year with 636 points - fourth-most in program history and one of just four Broncos with a 600-point season (Jared Brownridge, Kevin Foster and Dennis Awtrey) ... His 3-point percentage also ranks as the fourth-best in program history.

AT ILLINOIS: Played one season with the Illini in which he appeared in 16 games in a reserve role ... Averaged 1.4 points and 0.9 rebounds ... Season-high seven points in back-to-back games vs. Saint Francis PA and Missouri.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-star recruit in the 2021 recruiting cycle ... Played three seasons of high school ball at St. John's Northwestern ... Finished his three-year career with 2,154 points to become to first player in Wisconsin state history to amass 2,000 points in just three varsity seasons ... Three-time Midwest Classic Conference Player of the Year (2019-21) ... Three-time first team all-conference (2019-21) ... Three-time WBCA Division 3 First Team All-State (2019-21) ... Averaged 22.5 points as a sophomore and 27.6 points as a junior ... Had a phenomenal senior campaign that saw him average 35.1 points, 10.0 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 4.0 steals per game en route to being named both the 2021 Wisconsin Mr. Basketball and Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year ... Scored 947 points as a senior, which is the seventh-most in a single season in state history, while shooting 60.4 percent from the floor ... Led the state with 108 made 3-point buckets while shooting 43.4 percent from beyond the arc ... Set the school record for points in a game with a 50-point barrage against Pewaukee ... Made the 2021 WBCA All-Star Game ... 2021 Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel All-Area First Team and USA Today Milwaukee High School Male Basketball Player of the Year ... Holds the school record and ranks 26th on the state's all-time career scoring list ... Was the No. 3 overall recruit from the state of Wisconsin (247 Sports) and ranked No. 63 (Rivals), No. 70 (Top247) and 107 (247Sports Composite) overall nationally.