• Career Stats / Game-by-Game Stats
2024-25
• 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.
• Tallied five points against both Penn State and Nebraska, tying a career high in points. Also added a career-high three assists against the Nittany Lions.
• Grabbed a career-high three rebounds against Rutgers in March.
2023-24
• 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 over Utah State.
• Scored four points with three rebounds in the season opener against Samford.
• Named to the Big Ten All-Academic Team.
2022-23
• Appeared in 17 games, scoring nine points with 11 rebounds and seven assists on the season.
• Tallied five points in the win over Austin Peay and scored two points against both Duke and New Orleans.
• Pulled down three rebounds against Milwaukee and Hofstra and had two assists against West Virginia.
• Played at least 10 minutes in seven games,
• Named to the Big Ten's All-Academic Team.
2021-22
• Sat out the season as a redshirt, giving him four seasons to play starting in the 2022-23 season.
• Suffered a knee injury in early November that required surgery. Should be 100 percent when practice starts in September.
HIGH SCHOOL
• An under-the-radar recruit, Waddell had an outstanding scholastic career at Carmel High School, leading the Greyhounds 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 60.7 percent from the field, 40.5 percent from 3-point range and 85.5 percent from the free throw line as a senior.
• Carmel was 26-2 in 2020-21 and defeated Lawrence North in the state title game. Waddell scored 20 points with 10 rebounds in the title game.
• Also played on the 2019 state championship team.
PERSONAL
• Majoring in general management, owning a 3.22 cumulative GPA.
• Born May 10, 2003.
• Son of Matt Waddell and Lisa Gerdt.
• Father, Matt, was a teammate of Matt Painter at Purdue and helped the Boilermakers to NCAA Tournaments in 1993, 1994 and 1995, while winning Big Ten titles in 1994 and 1995. Scored 1,170 points and dished out 460 assists during his career.
2024-25
• 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.
• Tallied five points against both Penn State and Nebraska, tying a career high in points. Also added a career-high three assists against the Nittany Lions.
• Grabbed a career-high three rebounds against Rutgers in March.
2023-24
• 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 over Utah State.
• Scored four points with three rebounds in the season opener against Samford.
• Named to the Big Ten All-Academic Team.
2022-23
• Appeared in 17 games, scoring nine points with 11 rebounds and seven assists on the season.
• Tallied five points in the win over Austin Peay and scored two points against both Duke and New Orleans.
• Pulled down three rebounds against Milwaukee and Hofstra and had two assists against West Virginia.
• Played at least 10 minutes in seven games,
• Named to the Big Ten's All-Academic Team.
2021-22
• Sat out the season as a redshirt, giving him four seasons to play starting in the 2022-23 season.
• Suffered a knee injury in early November that required surgery. Should be 100 percent when practice starts in September.
HIGH SCHOOL
• An under-the-radar recruit, Waddell had an outstanding scholastic career at Carmel High School, leading the Greyhounds 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 60.7 percent from the field, 40.5 percent from 3-point range and 85.5 percent from the free throw line as a senior.
• Carmel was 26-2 in 2020-21 and defeated Lawrence North in the state title game. Waddell scored 20 points with 10 rebounds in the title game.
• Also played on the 2019 state championship team.
PERSONAL
• Majoring in general management, owning a 3.22 cumulative GPA.
• Born May 10, 2003.
• Son of Matt Waddell and Lisa Gerdt.
• Father, Matt, was a teammate of Matt Painter at Purdue and helped the Boilermakers to NCAA Tournaments in 1993, 1994 and 1995, while winning Big Ten titles in 1994 and 1995. Scored 1,170 points and dished out 460 assists during his career.