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Tarleton State University Athletics

2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

5 KiAndre Gaddy

  • Class Senior
  • Position Forward
  • Ht./Wt. 6-6 / 215
  • Hometown Dallas, TX
  • Prev School Walla Walla

Biography

Senior (2023-24):
One of five Texans to play in all 35 games, started 34 ... Was named WAC Defensive Player of the Year and named to the WAC All-Defensive Team ... Selected as a finalist for the Lefty Driessel Award (Nation's top defender) ... Reached the top 15 in program history in two single season categories ... Climbed into a tie for fourth most in school history with 132 offensive rebounds, setting the new D1 era record ... He led the was in total offensive boards and ranked 11th in the nation with 3.77 per game ... He also tied for 15th in program history and set the Texans' D1 era record with 52 blocks ... His 1.95 blocks per game in conference play ranked second in the WAC ... He ranked eighth in the conference averaging 6.8 rebounds per game ... In total he racked up 423 points, 238 rebounds, 132 offensive boards, 106 defensive boards, 52 blocks, 40 assists, 34 steals and shot 79-for-122 from the free throw line ... Averaged 12.1 points per game, 24th most in the WAC ... Named Lou Henson Classic MVP after averaging 14 points and seven rebounds and notching a double-double in the opening round of the two games ... Tied for second most double-doubles in the WAC (7) ... Tied for fifth in the WAC with eight, 10-plus rebound performances ... Compiled three games with at least 20 points ... Named WAC Player of the Week on 1/2 after a 24-point double-double against LMU ... Led the team in scoring with 21 on Senior Day against Seattle U after scoring the Texans’ first nine points of the game (3/9) ... Poster dunk against ACU was a WAC Top Play Nominee (1/18) ... Broke Tahj Small’s D1 era record posting his fifth double-double of the season with a career-high 24 points and added 12 boards at LMU (12/29) ...  Three blocks shy of a triple double against UTRGV 18 points, 10 boards, setting Texans WAC and D1 era records with seven blocks in a game, second most in a game in program history and most by any player in the WAC since 2017 (12/2) ... Named to All-Tournament Team of SoCal Challenege Sand Division, helped lead team to title with his second double-double of the season in the title game (11/22) ... Registered first career double-double with 17 pts and a career-high 14 rebounds at FIU (11/9).

Junior (2022-23):
Appeared in 28 games while tallying 13 starts … Averaged 4.4 points and 2.5 boards in 11.8 minutes per game … Led the team with 20 blocks and a .607 field goal percentage (51-for-84) … Scored in double-digits four times, including three 15-point efforts, his season best … Played a season-high 35 minutes in his second start of the season against Chicago State (Jan)… Participated in Midnight Madness Dunk Contest to kick off the season.
 
Walla Walla University (2019-22):
Earned two-time All-Conference honors with the Wolves … Gaddy was 22nd in overall NAIA scoring … Ranked top-10 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference for scoring (1st), overall rebounding (2nd), field goal percentage (10th), blocked shots (1st), offensive rebounding (1st), defensive rebounding (5th) and minutes played (8th) … Accumulated 23 double-double scoring games during his career and broke school records in scoring (42) and rebounds (20) … Amassed 1071 points and 509 rebounds at Walla Walla ... During the 2021-22 season, he averaged 20.3 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.8 blocks in 31.5 minutes per game … Walla Walla did not have a 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Took Newcomer of the Year honors during the 2019-20 season while averaging 20.1 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.5 blocks and 1.4 steals in 32.0 minutes per game.
 
North Dallas Adventist Academy:
Played three years on varsity basketball, voted as team captain, for the Sentinels while also competing in cross country and soccer … Averaged 13.8 points and 10.1 rebounds per game across 94 varsity competitions … Amassed 1,295 points and 953 rebounds in his three year varsity career … Led NDAA to the TCAF Division I State Championship in 2019, ending the season with a 39-1 record … Gaddy was a two-time winner of TCAF District MVP, TCAF First Team All-District, TCAF First Team All-State and Hoops Classic Most Outstanding Player … Earned NDAA Varsity Men’s Basketball MVP and Union Basketball Tournament First Team All-Tournament once ... Did not start playing basketball until sophomore year of high school.
 
Personal:
Born KiAndre Marquis Gaddy on Feb. 6, 2001… Son of Andre Gaddy and Kimbroughly Mullins … Has one brother, Dondre, and a sister, Ateria ... Majoring in business … Is a 2019 graduate of North Dallas Adventist Academy in Dallas, Texas, … Was a three-year letterman on the basketball team and also played cross country and soccer.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2022-23Junior

    Forward
    6'6" 223 lbs
    15
  • 5

    2023-24Senior

    Forward
    6'6" 215 lbs
    5