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RETURNING PLAYER BIOS

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AUSTIN

Q&A

WEIHER
Favorite holiday:
Christmas

Favorite ice cream: I
don’t like ice cream
Forward • 6-8 • 210 • Sophomore
Favorite place to
Major: Marketing
Hometown: Kent, Wash.
shop: Kroger
Favorite gadget: PS4
High School: Creating Young Minds Academy (Texas)
Favorite TV show: Gas
Monkey Game
2015-16 (FRESHMAN)
Played in 31 games and had a career-high 11-point outing at Favorite food: Bacon
Evansville, in which he made three 3-pointers...Shot .513 from
Burger
the eld and was perfect in two conference games (5-of-5 at
Drake, 4-of-4 at Wichita State).
Hidden talent:
Unicycling

Best vacation spot: Hawaii
Youtube
2014-15 Season
Favorite web site: Redshirted.
Favorite sports movie: Space Jam

Favorite non-sports movie: Austin Powers
Creating Young Minds Academy (Texas)
Most hated chore: Folding Clothes
Played two seasons at prep school Creating Young Minds

First job: Never had one
Academy and averaged 21 points and 14 rebounds per game as
a senior, and 26 points and 10 rebounds as a junior...Averaged
First pet: Black Lab
Bowling, shing or golf?: Bowling
25.5 points at the State Farm Tournament of Champions and
was named Game MVP...Honored with Future Leaders of Irving
First car: 1997 Camaro Z28
Mountains
award and State of Texas House of Representatives Certi cate
Beach or mountains: of Future Leaders of Irving Graduation.
Favorite city: Seattle

Favorite snack food: Strawberries
Kim Kardashian
Dawg Bites
Least favorite celebrity: Born June 16, 1995 in Maple Valley, Wash...Native of Kent,
One word that describes you: Chill
Wash...Son of Randy and Gwende Weiher.
Worst habit: Procrastinate
Pet peeves
Biggest pet peeve:
NBA’s best player: LeBron James

Favorite movie: Austin Powers
Neat freak or messy: Neat freak

Describe a Saluki: A dog
Aisle
Window seat or aisle seat:
Favorite fast food: I don’t eat fast food

Famous person you’d like to have dinner with: Dan
Bilzarian

What would you do if you won the lottery? Save and invest

Greatest sports moment: Game winning dunk in prep school
First car
Best Christmas present you ever received:
Biggest in uence in life: My dad

Most treasured possession: Watch collection
Biggest fear: Snakes

Overall Career Stats
Season GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg
2015-16 31-0 333/10.7 40-78 .513 6-19 .316 7-13 .538 13 31 44 1.4 37 0 8 17 0 10 93 3.0

Conference Games Only
Season GP-GS Min/Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg

2015-16 17-0 146/8.6 21-34 .618 3-6 .500 0-1 .000 5 12 17 1.0 18 0 2 7 0 4 45 2.6

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