HIGHLIGHTS
» Career High: 16 Rebounds (15 Points) vs Vanguard (Feb 3, 2026)
» Career High: 20 Points (7-16 FG, 2-4 3PT, 4-4 FT; 6 Rebounds) vs HPU (Dec 4, 2025)
» 2024-25 Skyway Conference Champion (Morton)
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
» 2024-25 All-Skyway Conference FIrst Team (Morton)
STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2025-26 NABC Team Academic Excellence Award
2025-26 (Junior): Played 24 games making 14 starts (26.2 minutes/g). Tied for second on team with 10.3 points/game (246 total). Finished second with 11 blocks. Ranked third in rebounds (144, 6.0/g) and free throws made (51).
Season-high 20 points (7-16 FG, 2-4 3PT, 4-4 FT), 6 rebounds in L vs HPU (Dec 4). 18 points (6-8 FG, 2-3 3PT, 4-4 FT), 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, 3 steals in L vs Chaminade (Dec 6). 15 points (5-9 FG, 5-7 FT), 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks in 73-70 W vs Jessup (Jan 3). 14 points (5-10 FG, 2-2 3PT, 2-2 FT), 6 rebounds in L vs Fresno Pacific (Jan 5). 18 points (6-6 FT), 7 rebounds in L vs Dominican (Jan 8). 16 points (8-8 FT), 10 rebounds for his first double-double in L vs Menlo (Jan 10). 14 points, 7 rebounds in L vs Dominican (Jan 15). 10 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals in 73-63 W vs Concordia (Jan 22). 11 points (5-9 FG), 8 rebounds in 68-59 W vs Biola (Jan 24). 14 points, 14 rebounds, 2 steals in 83-79 OT W vs Azusa Pacific (Jan 29). 15 points (4-4 FT), season-high 16 rebounds in 68-64 W vs Vanguard (Feb 3). 17 points, 14 rebounds for his fourth double-double in L vs Biola (Feb 5).
2024-25 (Morton): Played in 19 games (17 starts) through one season with the Panthers (NJCAA). Shot .542 from the field to average 18.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. Scored season-high 39 points (18-27 FG) with 20 rebounds in win vs Elgin CC (Feb. 4, 2025).
2023-24: Did not play.
2022-23 (Illinois Valley CC): Played in 27 games (11 starts) through one season with the Eagles (NJCAA). Averaged 4.9 rebounds and 5.6 points per game. Scored season-high 17 points (4-7 3PT, 5-7 FT) with nine rebounds and two assists in a loss vs Kirkwood CC (Nov. 5, 2022). Grabbed season-high 13 rebounds in win vs Joliet JC (Dec. 14, 2022).
BEFORE HAWAI‘I HILO
» One season at Morton College (Illinois) playing for coach Jon Rush
» One season at Illinois Valley Community College
» 2022 graduate of Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts (Illinois)
» Three seasons of varsity basketball for coaches Christopher Lawson, Jamaal Gill
PERSONAL
» First Name: DeAndre
» Pronunciation: no-bulls
» Born April 2004 in Illinois
» Parents: Tara
» Siblings: 7
» Career Aspirations: Professional Basketball
» Major: Communication
WHY HAWAI‘I HILO
» "The coaches and community built a culture where I felt genuinely supported as both an athlete and a person."
FAVORITES
» Hobbies: Video Games, Reading, Drawing
» Athletes: LeBron James, Muhammad Ali
» Movies: Home Alone 2
» Shows: Stranger Things
» Musicians: Lil Durk, Lil Baby, Yeat, Lucki, Drake
» Video Games: NBA 2K, Call of Duty, Fortnite
