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Camden Heide Season 2024-25

#23
PositionFORWARD
Weight205 lbs
Height6-7
YearSophomore
HometownWayzata, Minn.
Career Stats / Game-by-Game Stats

2024-25
• Heide had another good season, appearing in all 36 games with eight starts. He averaged 4.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 0.4 assists in 19.6 minutes per game.
• Shot 49.1 percent from the field and 39.2 percent (31-of-79) from 3-point range. Also had eight blocked shots and 13 steals.
• Announced following the season that he would enter the transfer portal.
• Finished Purdue career shooting 49-of-119 (.412) from 3-point range and 103-of-195 (.528) from the field.
• Played best ball of the season in the NCAA Tournament, averaging 8.3 points and 5.7 rebounds in 23.3 minutes per game. Shot 6-of-11 (.545) from 3-point range, including a game-tying 3-pointer with 32 seconds left in the Sweet 16 against Houston.
• Shot 14-of-22 (.636) from 3-point range in the last 10 games. In the previous 26 games, he shot 17-of-57 (.298) from deep.
• Had a six-game stretch when he scored at least 13 points in three of the games, including a season-high 15 points in a win over Sweet 16-bound Maryland (Dec. 8). 
• Also scored 15 points in a win over North Carolina State in San Diego.
• Recorded first career double-double in the win over High Point in the NCAA Tournament first-round contest (11 pts, 10 rebs). 
• Had 11 rebounds and nine points (3-of-3 3Ps) against USC in the Big Ten Tournament.
• Member of the Big Ten All-Academic Team. 

2023-24
• Heide had a solid freshman season, appearing in all 39 games, averaging 3.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game.
• Shot 57.6 percent from the field and 45.0 percent (18-of-40) from 3-point range.
• Posted the best effective field goal percentage (.682) of any high-major freshman with a minimum of 75 field goal attempts.
• Was 1-of-2 players nationally to shoot at least 65.0 percent from 2-point range and 45.0 percent from 3-point range (Hofstra's German Platnikov). 
• Had the dunk of the year in the National Championship game against Connecticut -- the No. 1 play on ESPN Sportscenter Top 10. 
• Scored 18 points on perfect shooting (7-of-7 FGs, 4-of-4 3Ps) in a blowout win over Rutgers in February.
• Added 13 points in the season opener against Samford, making 3-of-4 from deep.
• Scored 10 points in the NCAA Tournament Second Round win over Utah State, and had eight points in the opening-round win over Grambling.
• Grabbed six rebounds twice against Nebraska and Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament.
• A member of the Big Ten All-Academic Team. 

2022-23
• Sat out last season as a redshirt after missing all summer, recovering from a foot injury.
• Will have four years of eligibility, starting in 2023-24. 

HIGH SCHOOL
A 4-star recruit, Heide led Wayzata to the 2021 Minnesota State Championship before transferring to Wasatch Academy (Utah) last summer.
Committed on Purdue on June 15, 2021.
Missed most of his senior year at Wasatch Academy with a foot injury. 
Ranked the No. 1 class of 2022 player in Minnesota by 247Sports.com before his transfer.
Averaged almost 18 points and six rebounds per game at Wayzata as a junior. Shot over 40 percent from 3-point range.
An outstanding athlete, Heide is a strong shooter that will also stretch the defense.
Chose Purdue over offers from Arizona, Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Virginia Tech, Iowa and Creighton among others.
Became the first eighth-grader to ever compete on the Wayzata High School team.
Named one of 18 finalists to USA Basketball's U16 National Team in May 2019 and attended the Men's Junior National Team minicamp in July 2019.

PERSONAL
Born July 16, 2003. 
Majoring in organizational leadership, owning a 3.56 cumulative GPA through the winter semester.
Son of Kelly and Craig Heide. 
Camden's father, Craig, is a 1979 graduate of Lafayette Jeff High School and a 1984 Purdue grad.
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Freshman
2022-23

Forward
6-7 / 205 lbs
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Redshirt Freshman
2023-24

Forward
6-7 / 205 lbs