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Bellarmine University Athletics

2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

Chase Vanderford
ASUN Conference
F. Badua
F. Badua
Brian Tirpak
Emma Fletcher
John Sommers II
Olivia Wilson
Brian Tirpak
Todd Taylor / Photo Like a Champion

11 Brian Waddell

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-7
  • Weight 195
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Major Master of Business Administration
  • Hometown Carmel, IN
  • High School Carmel

Biography

2025-26 – Graduate Student
ASUN Honors Roll recipient...played in all 32 games on the season, making 31 starts for the Knights…shot a Bellarmine Division I era record .631 (186 for 295) from the field, good for third best in the ASUN…hit at a .419 (26 for 62) clip from beyond the arc… ranked second on the team and ninth in the ASUN with 15.0 points per game…averaged 4.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game…recorded 22 blocks and 18 steals on the season…scored in double figures in 26 games…registered 20+ points six times…recorded 10+ points in 10 straight games from December 17 to January 24 and in eight straight games from November 8 to December 6…turned in a career-high 26 point performance on January 24 at North Florida, adding three rebounds, five assists and a block…grabbed a career-high 8 rebounds on December 17 against Chattanooga…dished out a career-high five assists twice, on December 24 and December 6…scored double-digits in 16 ASUN contests including the final six games of the season…registered 15 points, seven rebounds, an assist and a block in Bellarmine’s ASUN Championship first round win over Jacksonville on March 4…recorded 15 points, five rebounds and three assists in the second-round loss to Central Arkansas on March 6

BEFORE BELLARMINE:
 
PURDUE
 
2024-25 - Redshirt Junior
Appeared in nine games, averaging 2.0 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.4 assists in 4.5 minutes per game…Shot 6-of-10 from the field and 3-of-4 from long distance on the season…Had 18 points, seven rebounds and four assists in 40 minutes of action…Matched a career-high five points both on Dec. 5 at Penn State and Jan. 12 vs. Nebraska…Also added a career-high three assists against the Nittany Lions…Grabbed a career-high three rebounds on March 4 vs. Rutgers.

2023-24 - Redshirt Sophomore
Named to the Big Ten All-Academic Team…Appeared in 14 games, averaging 1.1 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.2 assists in 4.1 minutes per game…Shot 6-of-14 (.429) from the field...Tallied five points, including a 3-pointer, in the NCAA Tournament Second Round win on March 24 vs. Utah State during the Boilermakers’ run to the championship game…Scored four points with three rebounds in the season opener against Samford.

2022-23 - Redshirt Freshman
Named to the Big Ten All-Academic Team…Appeared in 17 games, scoring nine points with 11 rebounds and seven assists on the season…Made his collegiate debut on Nov. 8 vs. Milwaukee…Tallied five points in the win on Nov. 11 vs. Austin Peay and scored two points against both Duke (Nov. 27) and New Orleans (Dec. 21)…Pulled down three rebounds against Milwaukee and Hofstra (Dec. 7) and had two assists on Nov. 24 vs. West Virginia…Played at least 10 minutes in seven games.

2021-22 - Freshman
Redshirted due to a knee injury suffered in early November.

HIGH SCHOOL: Led Carmel to a pair of Indiana Class 4A state titles (2019, 2021)…Was named to the Indiana All-Star Team following his senior season…Averaged 15.8 points and 6.4 rebounds as a senior…Shot .607 from the field, .405 from 3-point range and .855 from the free throw line as a senior…Carmel was 26-2 in 2020-21 and defeated Lawrence North for the state title, a game in which he registered 20 points and 10 rebounds…Also played on the 2019 state championship team.

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