Drew Diener
Drew Diener
Player Profile
Hometown:
Fond du Lac, Wis.

High School:
Goodrich

Height / Weight:
6-5 / 200

Position:
G

Birthdate:
06/20/1979

Major:
Education

Graduated:
2003

2002-03: Ranked eighth in C-USA in three-point percentage at .402 and finished sixth all-time on the Bills’ three-point list with 124 … knocked down three treys at DePaul … buried two triples including a crucial late trey at Cincinnati … drained a season-high five treys at South Florida and finished with 15 points … collected a season-high five rebounds at Marquette … knocked down three triples vs. DePaul despite having his string of seven-straight treys snapped … made all his shots at Charlotte with a pair of triples and two free throws … collected a season-high 13 points vs. Memphis while going 4-for-4 from the arc … dropped in three triples at Houston … knocked down all three of his trey attempts at Louisville … popped in 12 second-half points vs. WVU while adding three boards and three assists … had a pair of treys and eight points vs. Southern Illinois … knocked down three triples and had 10 points vs. Grambling … drilled four treys vs. Dayton for 12 points … drained two critical late threes in the rally past St. Bona.… averaged 7.0 ppg and 3.3 rpg on the European trip.

2001-02: Was named Most Improved Player at the Billikens’ annual awards banquet … was the Bills’ leading three-point percentage shooter at 42.3 percent and ranked fifth in C-USA … surpassed his two-year career totals in all offensive categories this season … contributed 10 points to the Tulane win including 4-of-4 free throws in the final 40 seconds … hit career highs with 22 points and six treys vs. Charlotte while going 8-of-9 from the field and 6-of-7 from the arc … drilled in 21 points vs. ECU including 10-of-11 free throws … matched his career high with three steals and added five boards at Marquette … had 18 points vs. DePaul on 67.7 percent shooting from the field and 80 percent from threeland … collected a career-high six boards at SMS … snagged a career-high three steals at Dayton … tossed in 18 points vs. SEMO along with five treys … made his first start of the year vs. Missouri and contributed nine points on 3-of-4 shooting from deep.

2000-01: Was the Billikens’ top three-point shooter with 22 treys and top free throw shooter at 80.5 percent … netted a career high 10 points vs. Marquette … his late defense slowed UC’s Steve Logan and aided the Bills’ overtime win … matched his then-career high with nine points at Missouri and vs. Idaho … established career highs with four boards and four assists vs. Cal … drained a 25-foot triple with five seconds remaining for the game winner vs. UIC and scored nine points, all on treys.

1999-00: Appeared in 12 games … career-high two boards vs. UAB … dropped in a pair of free throws at Charlotte … scored his first career points on a trey vs. SW Texas … made his Billiken debut vs. Air Force.

1998-99: Took a redshirt season.

Prep: 1998 Gatorade Wisconsin Player of the Year, two-time first-team All-State and team MVP … 1997 Street & Smith's honorable mention All-American … as a senior, led Cardinals to elite eight of state tournament before being eliminated in quarterfinals … averaged 20 ppg on 57 percent shooting from the field, 43.1 percent from three and 85 percent from the free throw line, along with 7.4 rpg and 3.8 apg … led club in assists, rebounds and steals in both junior and senior seasons … led Goodrich to four straight conference championships and a 78-14 record … holds Goodrich career records for points (1,505), threes made (170), three-point percentage (.427), free throw percentage (.820) and steals (136) … holds Goodrich season record for points (500) and single-game scoring mark (45) … member National Honor Society … Student-Athlete award winner … coach Dick Diener.

DIENER'S CAREER STATS

YR G/S MIN/AVG FG/A PCT 3FG/A PCT FT/A PCT O/DR R/AVG PF/D A TO BS ST TP/AVG
’99-00 12/0 24/2.0 1/10 .100 1/9 .111 4/4 1.000 1/4 5/0.4 1/0 1 1 0 0 7/0.6
’00-01 25/0 363/14.5 29/70 .414 22/56 .393 33/41 .805 2/29 31/1.2 25/0 18 13 5 6 113/4.5
’01-02 31/17 750/24.2 76/178 .427 52/123 .423 40/57 .702 22/65 87/2.8 51/0 29 26 1 22 244/7.9
’02-03 29/14 690/23.8 54/141 .383 49/122 .402 16/23 .696 11/34 45/1.6 48/1 27 23 2 5 173/6.0
Total 97/31 1827/18.8 160/399 .401 124/310 .400 93/125 .744 36/132 168/1.7 125/1 75 63 8 33 537/5.5
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