EYEBRONCO: Jared Brownridge welcomes Evan Wardlow
A three-year guard who played in 56 career games ... lost time due to injuries his last two seasons.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2016-17): Played in 19 games with one start ... relegated to 201 minutes due to injuries ... after recovering from offseason knee surgery, made his season debut against Northern Colorado (Nov. 19) and knocked down a career-high two 3-pointers ... provided a nice spark off the bench by playing 16 and 17 minutes against N. Colorado and Sacred Heart (Nov. 21), respectively ... after missing seven games, returned to action at San Diego (Jan. 12) and played six minutes off the bench ... recorded a season-high 20 minutes off the bench at Pepperdine (Jan. 14), scoring three points and dishing out a season-best three assists ... filling in for an injured Matt Hauser, started against St. Mary's (Jan. 28) ... in his sixth-career start, played a season-high 32 minutes, chipping in six points, two rebounds and two assists ... diagnosed with a stress reaction in his foot and missed the San Francisco (Feb. 9) and Pacific (Feb. 11) games ... posted season highs of two steals and three rebounds against San Francisco (March 4).
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2015-16): Played only seven games due to a broken wrist suffered against Arizona (Nov. 26), a game in which he recorded a season-high 36 minutes and eight assists against Arizona ... earned a medical redshirt ... averaged 19.9 minutes/game when he was healthy ... posted a season-high five rebounds in the season-opener versus Lipscomb (Nov. 13).
AS A FRESHMAN (2014-15): First season with the program ... played in 30 games with 1 start ... made his 1st career start playing 6 min. vs. Tennessee (Nov. 27) ... did not play for the first time this season with flu symptoms at LMU (Feb. 21) and vs. Pacific (Feb. 26) ... returned to action playing 6 min. vs. St. Mary’s (Feb. 28) ... season-high 20 min. with season-high tying 3 reb. in WCC tourny vs. BYU (Mar. 7) ... was 4-16 FG (.250) over his last 16 GP after starting the season 11-18 (.611) ... scored a career-high 8 pts. at St. Mary’s (Dec. 27) matching his total from the previous 7 games combined ... ended a season-long 5-game scoreless drought with 2 pts. vs. LMU (Mar. 6) ... became the last player who started the season in uniform to attempt a FT when he went 2-2 vs. Cal Poly (Dec. 23) in the team’s 11th game ... broke a 3-game scoreless drought with 4 pts. on perfect shooting (1-1 FG, 2-2 FT) vs. St. Katherine (Jan. 13) ... scored 5 pts. in 8 min. making his only 3FG in 1st game as a Bronco (vs. CS Fullerton Nov. 14).
HIGH SCHOOL: 2014 El Camino Real High School graduate (Woodland Hills, Calif.) … four-year letterwinner under Joe Wyatt … his senior year he averaged 19.0 ppg and 5.0 rpg ... team won the Los Angeles City Championship ... was first-team all-city and first-team D-I state ... his junior year he averaged 10 ppg, 7 rpg and 3 apg … team was 28-4 his junior year and lost in City Division I championship and lost in first round of the Open Division State … his sophomore year he averaged 8 ppg and 6 rpg … member of the Aim High AAU Club under head coach Kenny Smith … also played for Double Pump for head coach Christian Aurand.
PERSONAL: Parents are Theus and Alesia Wardlow ... in his school, he was a member of the Hope for Jude, a hospital club; donated toys and letters to children with cancer and childhood diseases ... communication major.
