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Old 02-03-2024, 10:14 AM   #583
MoonlightGraham
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Join Date: Sep 2022
2033/34 Senior Tribute

NOAH GARDNER


The story of Noah Gardner is what happens when I get careless and recruit too many of the same kind of player. At least one of them doesn't get to play very much, and that was the case with Noah for too much of his career.

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#0 SF Noah Gardner - Villanova - Senior -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Height: 6-5 Weight: 214 High School: Abington Friends School Hometown: Jenkintown, PA Attributes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current: 49 71 68 62 33 28 48 41 31 73 34 24 68 61 81 74 2032: 46 66 63 57 31 26 45 38 29 68 32 22 67 59 80 70 2031: 44 63 60 54 30 25 43 36 28 65 31 21 66 56 80 65 2030: 41 60 57 51 28 23 40 33 27 61 29 20 65 53 79 60 2029: 37 54 51 45 26 21 36 29 25 53 27 18 63 47 77 50 Potential: C B B B C D C C D B C D Health: Good Scholarship: Yes Status: Active Roster Academics: 80 Stat Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season G GS MIN PTS ORE REB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2030 24 0 7.2 3.7 0.5 1.4 0.2 0.5 0.33 0.2 0.1 0.6 2032 39 0 9.5 5.8 0.6 1.6 0.4 1.1 0.36 0.3 0.1 1.1 2033 37 18 20.6 10.8 1.5 4.0 1.7 1.9 0.90 0.6 0.2 2.3 Career 100 18 13.1 7.1 0.9 2.4 0.8 1.3 0.90 0.4 0.1 1.4 Shooting Averages: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% 3PM 3PA 3P% PPS +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2030 1.3 2.7 .469 0.5 0.7 .765 0.7 1.3 .500 1.39 1.13 2032 2.0 3.7 .552 0.7 0.9 .829 1.0 2.2 .476 1.59 4.10 2033 3.6 7.9 .454 1.9 2.4 .793 1.8 4.5 .389 1.37 9.27 Career 2.4 5.0 .484 1.1 1.4 .799 1.2 2.8 .428 1.43 5.30 Stat Totals: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season G GS MIN PTS OREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2030 24 0 172 89 12 33 4 12 5 3 15 2032 39 0 371 227 24 62 16 44 13 2 41 2033 37 18 763 398 56 148 64 71 22 6 85 Career 100 18 1306 714 92 243 84 127 40 11 141 Shooting Totals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA +/- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2030 30 64 13 17 16 32 27 2032 79 143 29 35 40 84 160 2033 132 291 69 87 65 167 343 Career 241 498 111 139 121 283 530 Career Highs: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type Pts OReb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 26 4 9 5 5 1 5 10 20 8 9 6 11 Career 26 4 9 5 5 2 5 10 20 8 9 6 11 Awards & Achievements: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Award -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Player of the Game: 2 2029 High School: Rated **** and #30 overall by the FBCB scouting service. 2029 High School: All-State (Pennsylvania) 2030 NCAA Champion

Noah grew up locally and rooted for Villanova as a boy. He leapt at the chance to play for us, knowing he'd have to wait his turn while another local product, Asher Wise, was around.

But there was another player like Noah in his recruiting class, one you'll meet in a few moments, a player who became a starter his freshman year. Meanwhile, Noah didn't play at all as a sophomore.

To his credit, Noah stuck with us, and he played a key role as a junior. He began his senior season as a starter, and he averaged nearly 16 points a game over that stretch. That's precisely the player I hoped we'd get when I recruited him: a dangerous scorer who could also play solid defense.

Noah is an excellent student who is planning to remain at Villanova and pursue a master's degree in English. He'd like to teach and write and coach some basketball, and he doesn't plan on moving too far away. I suspect we'll see him at quite a few games.

Thanks for the memories, Noah.
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