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Jersey Number 42
Aaron Brandt
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Wahoo, Neb.
- High School:
- Neumann
Bio
September 2007 Canada Trip
Averaged 4.4 points and 2.8 rebounds in just 11.2 minutes per game ...Hit 8-of-12 shots from the floor (66.7 percent) and 5-of-6 at the line (83.3 percent) in the five wins ...Led team with 12 points while adding five rebounds in win over Lethbridge (Sept. 2).
2006-07 (Redshirted)
Practiced with Creighton but did not play ...Named to Creighton Dean’s List both semesters and also honored on MVC Academic Honor Roll and with MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award.
Wahoo Neumann High School
A fantastic athlete who set state records in track and was also a star on the hardwood ...Averaged 18.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 2.8 assists per game as a senior while leading Neumann to a 23-2 record ...Teams went a combined 90-11 and made three state tournament appearances ...Neumann’s all-time leader in steals (228), second in three-pointers (136) and third in both scoring (1,258) and rebounding (465) ...Scored 36 points in the district final to get team to state tournament as a senior ...Helped team to state runner-up in Class C-1 as a junior ...Team was 27-0 his freshman season of 2002-03 while winning state, ranking seventh among all classes in Nebraska ...Two-time MVP of the Boys Town Classic ...Three-time all-Centennial Conference pick and twice named all-state for the Cavaliers ...Coached by Mike Weiss in basketball and Tim Turman in football and track ...Had game-high 24 points in Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star Game ...Played summer basketball for Nebraska High Five, coached by Neil Harris ...Set a state record in track for the 300-meter hurdles (37.29) and ranks third all-time (but first in class C-A) in the the 110-meter high hurdles (14.02), winning both events at the state meet as a senior ...Was state runner-up in both the 110-meter high hurdles and the 300-meter intermediate hurdles his sophomore and junior campaigns ... Won 11 letters overall, including four each in track and basketball as well as three in football ...Named the 2006 Fremont Tribune Male Athlete of the Year and a finalist for Omaha World-Herald Male Athlete of the Year ...Also received basketball interest from VMI, Eastern Kentucky, Cornell, Yale and Liberty ...A 4.0 student who ranked second in his class.
Personal
Full name is Aaron Matthew Brandt ...Born July 2, 1987 in Aurora, Neb. ...Son of the late Kathy Arp and adopted parents Bob and Peg Brandt ...Has 11 brothers and sisters ...Bob Brandt was Dana Altman’s track and football coach at Wilber-Clatonia ...Nickname is Ace ...Intends to major in exercise science, and hopes for a career in the medical profession ...Involved with the Multi Cultural office on campus as well as the Teammates mentoring program ...Favorite athlete is Dwyane Wade ...Favorite team is Team USA ...Lists watching movies as a hobby.
Averaged 4.4 points and 2.8 rebounds in just 11.2 minutes per game ...Hit 8-of-12 shots from the floor (66.7 percent) and 5-of-6 at the line (83.3 percent) in the five wins ...Led team with 12 points while adding five rebounds in win over Lethbridge (Sept. 2).
2006-07 (Redshirted)
Practiced with Creighton but did not play ...Named to Creighton Dean’s List both semesters and also honored on MVC Academic Honor Roll and with MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award.
Wahoo Neumann High School
A fantastic athlete who set state records in track and was also a star on the hardwood ...Averaged 18.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 2.8 assists per game as a senior while leading Neumann to a 23-2 record ...Teams went a combined 90-11 and made three state tournament appearances ...Neumann’s all-time leader in steals (228), second in three-pointers (136) and third in both scoring (1,258) and rebounding (465) ...Scored 36 points in the district final to get team to state tournament as a senior ...Helped team to state runner-up in Class C-1 as a junior ...Team was 27-0 his freshman season of 2002-03 while winning state, ranking seventh among all classes in Nebraska ...Two-time MVP of the Boys Town Classic ...Three-time all-Centennial Conference pick and twice named all-state for the Cavaliers ...Coached by Mike Weiss in basketball and Tim Turman in football and track ...Had game-high 24 points in Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star Game ...Played summer basketball for Nebraska High Five, coached by Neil Harris ...Set a state record in track for the 300-meter hurdles (37.29) and ranks third all-time (but first in class C-A) in the the 110-meter high hurdles (14.02), winning both events at the state meet as a senior ...Was state runner-up in both the 110-meter high hurdles and the 300-meter intermediate hurdles his sophomore and junior campaigns ... Won 11 letters overall, including four each in track and basketball as well as three in football ...Named the 2006 Fremont Tribune Male Athlete of the Year and a finalist for Omaha World-Herald Male Athlete of the Year ...Also received basketball interest from VMI, Eastern Kentucky, Cornell, Yale and Liberty ...A 4.0 student who ranked second in his class.
Personal
Full name is Aaron Matthew Brandt ...Born July 2, 1987 in Aurora, Neb. ...Son of the late Kathy Arp and adopted parents Bob and Peg Brandt ...Has 11 brothers and sisters ...Bob Brandt was Dana Altman’s track and football coach at Wilber-Clatonia ...Nickname is Ace ...Intends to major in exercise science, and hopes for a career in the medical profession ...Involved with the Multi Cultural office on campus as well as the Teammates mentoring program ...Favorite athlete is Dwyane Wade ...Favorite team is Team USA ...Lists watching movies as a hobby.
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