Cassidy Wyse

Bio

2016 – 2017 at Taylor: Played in 26 games as a junior, logging 24 starts and 27 minutes per game (fourth-most on the team)…Was named All-Crossroads League Honorable Mention, after averaging 12.7 points, 6.7 rebounds (9th in CL) and a team-high 2.7 assists per game…Earned Academic All-Crossroads League and NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors…Became 23rd player in TU history to score 1,000 career points (2/4)…Set Taylor’s single-season free throw percentage record with an NAIA-best 92.9 percent at the line, converting 65-of-70 at the charity stripe, including a streak of 23-straight from November 22 to December 31…Was second on the team in points per game, rebounds per game and field goals made…Knocked down 126-of-269 shots from the floor (46.8 percent), making at least one field goal in every game except the season-opener…Tallied 14 games of at least five made shots…Shot 50 percent or better from the floor in 13 games…Scored in all 26 games she played and registered at least 10 points in 17 of those 26 contests…Grabbed at least two rebounds in every game…Posted 11 games of at least seven boards and four games with double-digit rebounds, including a career-high 17 rebounds against No. 6 St. Xavier (11/26)…Dished out at least one assist in 24-of-26 games, while recording 20 multiple-assist games…Notched a steal in all but five games and tallied multiple steals on seven occasions.

2015 – 2016 at Taylor: Played in 28-of-31 games, drawing 26 starts…Logged 848 minutes as a sophomore and led the team in rebounds (7.9), assists (3.1), steals (1.8) and blocks (0.5) per game… Was Preseason Second-Team All-Crossroads League selection…Named Third-Team All-Crossroads League performer…Earned two Crossroads League Player of the Week nods…Selected to the Taylor Christmas Classic All-Tournament Team…Was second on the team with 13.1 points per game…Led the team in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.4) and double-doubles (5)…Ranked fifth in the Crossroads League in assists per game, sixth in steals per game, seventh in double-doubles (5), ninth in rebounds per game, ninth in free-throw percentage (72.7 percent), ninth in points per game and 10th in assist-to-turnover ratio… Scored in double-figures in 21 games, including a career-best stretch of 10-in-a-row…Flirted with a triple-double against Huntington (2/20) by posting 12 points, eight rebounds, eight assists, along with three steals and two blocks…Grabbed 10 rebounds or more in four consecutive games, the longest streak of her career…Team was 6-2 when she collected at least three steals in a game.

2014 – 2015 at Taylor: Played in 27 of Taylor’s 31 contests as a freshman, starting 26 times…Led Taylor with 13.2 points per game (10th in the Crossroads League) and was second in rebounding with 6.6 boards per game (10th in the CL)…Also led the team in assists with 2.9 dimes per game (10th in the CL) while also averaging 1.6 steals a contest… Took home Crossroads League Player of the Week honors (January 5-11)…Selected to the All-Crossroads League Freshmen Team along with teammate Josie Cobb…Named the Crossroads League Freshman of the Year…An Honorable-Mention All-Crossroads League performer…Named to the Taylor Christmas Classic All-Tournament Team…Ranked third in the CL in field goal percentage at a mark of 49.7 percent…Connected on 60-of-78 attempts from the charity stripe for the year (76.9 percent)… Scored in double-figures in 20-of-27 games played…Recorded five double-doubles on the season to rank ninth in the league…Had a dominant performance in the 73-66 win over Saint Francis (Ill.) in the Indiana Wesleyan Classic on November 8, netting a career-high 30 points on 12-of-14 shooting to go along with eight rebounds and four assists… Posted a stat line of 25 points, a career-high 15 rebounds, four assists and a career-high six steals in the road win over Spring Arbor (1/10).

Prep: Wyse is from Archbold, Ohio and attended Archbold High…Lettered all four years in basketball and was named First-Team All-Ohio, First-Team All-District, First-Team All-Northwest Ohio Athletic League and the District 7 Player of the Year…Also competed in softball and soccer, earning First-Team All-Ohio in softball and Second-Team All-Ohio in soccer…Member of the National Honor Society and a class officer for Student Council …On the Academic Alpha Roll all four years.

Personal: Daughter of Russ and Sandy Wyse…Majoring in mathematics education at Taylor.