Wes Washpun

Wes Washpun
No. 11 – Northern Iowa Panthers
Position Guard
League Missouri Valley Conference
Personal information
Born (1993-03-26) March 26, 1993
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school Washington (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
College Tennessee (2011–2012)
Northern Iowa (2013–present)
Career highlights and awards
  • MVC Sixth Man of the Year (2015)
  • All-MVC Honorable Mention (2015)
  • MVC Newcomer of the Year (2014)
  • MVC All-Newcomer Team (2014)

Wesley Lamar Washpun (born March 26, 1993) is an American college basketball player for Northern Iowa. He has completed his junior season for the Panthers.

High School career

The son of Troy and Angie Washpun, and brother of Dangelo Washpun, Wes played basketball and was a Class of 2011 graduate at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At Washington, he was a high school teammate of Josh Oglesby (University of Iowa). Their senior year, Washpun, Oglesby, and the Washington Warriors advanced to the 2010 and 2011 Iowa High School State Tournament, losing in the quarter-finals both times. Wes was selected to the First-Team 4A All-State team in 2011. [1] Washpun and Oglesby were also AAU teammates on the Iowa Barnstormers basketball club, along with other future NCAA Division 1 players Seth Tuttle (Northern Iowa) and Jarrod Uthoff (Iowa). [2]

College career

Turning down a recruiting offer from Iowa, he decided to attend the University of Tennessee. He chose Tennessee because he developed a relationship with coach Cuonzo Martin. As a freshman, he averaged 0.9 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 17 games. Washpun transferred to Northern Iowa after the season to be closer to home, as well as to play again with former AAU teammate Seth Tuttle. He started his sophomore season at Northern Iowa under coach Ben Jacobson. In his junior season, he was moved to a sixth man role. “I told him, 'Look, this isn't something I expect you to like,' and he said, 'Good, because I don't,'” Jacobson said.[3]

References

  1. ↑ https://sites.google.com/site/iahsaasports/iowa-high-schools/current-high-schools/cedar-rapids-washington/cedar-rapids-washington-boys-basketball
  2. ↑ http://www.barnstormersbasketball.com
  3. ↑ Davis, Jeremiah (December 25, 2014). "Washpun finding his way". The Gazette. Retrieved May 4, 2014.

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