CAREER
• Played in 142 games being the most in Purdue Men’s and Women’s Basketball history
• Started 69 games with 20.8 minutes per game
• Averaged 5.4 points per game and 1.9 rebounds per game
• Topped 10 points in 30 career games
• Ranks fourth in Purdue history with 214 career 3-pointers, only the fifth member of the 200-triples club
• Finished second in career history with 662 attempted 3-pointers
• Seventh Boilermaker to lead the team in 3-pointers twice
• Knocked down a 3-pointer in 100 games, with 58 games of multiple 3-pointers
• 214 of 251 career field goals came from 3-point range
• Career 32.3% shooter from behind the 3-point line
• Owns the third longest 3-point streak at 23 games
• Finished 30th in career minutes played with 2,953
• Is the fourth player in program history to be a four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree
2022-2023 / AS A FIFTH YEAR
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient
• Utilized waiver for extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic granted by the NCAA
• Deferred start to the Indiana University School of Medicine in order to take team back to the NCAA Tournament
• Played in all 30 games, starting 27 of them
• Tallied 7.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists over 27.1 minutes per game
• Made at least one 3-pointer in 26 games, draining multiple triples in 16 games
• Scored double figures in 12 games, with five games having been 13 points or above
• Named captain for the second time
• Sixty of 74 made field goals on the season were triples
• Sixty made 3-pointers tied for 17th most in a single season at Purdue
• Played over 20 minutes in 27 games, 12 of the games being over the 30 minute mark
• Finished 30th in the nation with a 82.8% 3-point rate
• Ranked 10th in the Big Ten for 3-point field goal percentage and 3-point field goals per game
2021-22 AS A SENIOR
• Played in 32 games, starting 31
• Joined the starting lineup after just 11 starts in first three years at Purdue
• Set career highs with 8.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 31 minutes per game
• Scored in double figures 11 times, made a 3-pointer in all but one contest, draining multiple triples in 21 games
• Had a 23-game 3-point streak, good for third in program history
• Named a captain ahead of the season
• Named to the Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll after knocking down a career-high seven 3-points and scoring 25 points against Denver on Dec. 12
• Spent significant time playing post defense due to injuries
• 78 of 91 made field goals on the season were triples
• Finished the year ranked fourth in the Big Ten and 16th in 3-pointers with 77
• Led the Big Ten and finished 12th nationally with 87.7% of her scoring attempts coming from behind the arc
• Was seventh in the Big Ten with 2.47 made 3-pointers per game
• Played over 30 minutes in 22 games, after hitting that mark just four times in her career before the season
• Named to the St. Pete Showcase All-Tournament Team after averaging 15 points and making 10 3-pointers over two games
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Named the Most Outstanding Senior by the College of Science
2020-21 / AS A JUNIOR
• Appeared in 19 games off the bench, while battling through injury
• Averaged 2.8 points and 1.2 rebounds per game
• Knocked down 15 3-pointers, good for fourth on the team
• Drained a triple in 11 games, with four multi-trifecta outings
• Scored a season-high nine points on 3-of-3 triples at Penn State on Dec. 20.
• Hit a triple in five of last six games
• Academic All-Big Ten
2019-20 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Made 29 appearances with eight starts, averaging 17 minutes per game
• Totaled a career-high 4.3 points and 1.7 rebounds per game
• Tallied a 35.5% field goal percentage and a 35.2% mark from outside, besting her freshman season clips by more than 10 percentage points
• Finished second on the team with 37 made 3-pointers
• Notched a pair of games with 10-plus points
• Hit a triple in 18 games and had 11 games with multiple 3-pointers
• Went 5-of-8 from behind the arc to tally a career-high 15 points, to go along with a career-best six rebounds, at Illinois on Feb. 16
• Dished out four assists twice during the season – at Nebraska on Jan. 22 and Illinois on Feb. 13
• Recorded a trio of steals in a career-high 35 minutes against Wisconsin on Feb. 13
• Missed first three games of the season due to injury
• Tom Reiter Memorial Award winner
• Academic All-Big Ten
2018-19 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Appeared in 32 games in her rookie season, including three starts, averaging 13.2 minutes per game
• Averaged 2.6 points, 1.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game, including a pair of double-figure scoring performances
• Played at least 20 minutes in nine games, including five Big Ten contests
• Posted a season-high 14 points against Purdue Fort Wayne, hitting four triples
• Hit 3-of-4 3-pointers at Minnesota, finishing with a conference-game high 10 points
• Dished out a season-most five assists against Western Illinois
• Started the season-opener at Ball State, becoming the second freshman in as many years to earn the nod in the first game of the year (McLaughlin), and 1-of-4 to do it under Versyp
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year varsity letterwinner in basketball and tennis at Center Grove High School
• Led her team to a trio of county (2015, 2017, 2018) and sectional (2015, 2016, 2018) championships
• Posted 17.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.5 steals per game as a senior, scoring a Center Grove season record 489 points
• Led the state and ranked fifth in state history with 96 3-point field goals in 2017-18
• Ranked eighth all-time in Indiana with 260 career 3-pointers
• Averaged 14.0 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.7 steals, while hitting 2.4 3-pointers per game to lead her team to a 14-9 record in 2016-17
• Averaged 13.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game, knocking down 2.6 3’s per game as a sophomore
• Won the 2017 Indiana State Doubles Championship in tennis
• Played on back-to-back state team runner-up tennis teams in 2016 and 2017, earning all-state honors both seasons
• Member of the National Honor Society and owns a cumulative grade point average of 4.4
• Three-time Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference Academic All-Conference pick
• Coached by Kevin Stuckmeyer (basketball) and Debby Burton (tennis)
NOTEWORTHY
• Ranked as a three-star prospect and 90 overall rating by ESPNW Hoop Gurlz, and the No. 28 overall guard in the country
• Rated a four-star prospect by Prospects Nation
• Tabbed a four-star prospect by Jump Off Plus
• Two-time (2016, 2017) All-Indy Area Super Team
• Indiana AP All-State Second Team
• McDonald’s All-America nominee
• Indiana Senior All-Star pick
• Back-to-back All-Johnson County selection
• 2017 First Team All-Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference
• Two-time (2016, 2017) Hoosier Basketball Magazine All-State honoree
• Ten-time USJN Tournament All-Star selection
• Logged two games with 11 3-pointers, six with 10+ and 5+ on 102 occasions
• Selected as an Indiana Junior All-Star, competing with fellow signee Kayana Traylor against Boilermaker teammate Karissa McLaughlin in the summer of 2017
• Played for Indiana Flight Thunder AAU program under Tony Marlin
PERSONAL
• Full name: Cassidy Nicole Hardin
• Major: Biochemistry (graduated in May of 2022)
• Birthday: July 6, 2000
• City Born: Indianapolis, Indiana
• Parents: Greg and Kelly Hardin
• Siblings: Sisters, Courtney and Carleigh, Brother, Cameron