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• 2018-19 WCC All-Freshman Team
• 2019-20 Honorable Mention All-WCC
A two-year member of the program ... twice earned All-WCC honors ... two-year starting guard who played in 61 career games ... owns the school’s all-time freshman assist record (146).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2019-20): Played in 31 games with starts in the first 29 ... honorable mention All-WCC ... second on the the team in scoring (11.9 ppg) and first in 3-point shooting (40.0 percent) ... sixth in the league in assists (3.9 pg) ... shot 82-for-159 from the field (51.6 percent), including 31 of 73 on 3-pointers (42.5 percent), in the last 18 games ... scored in double figures in 18 games ... pulled down a career-best nine rebounds vs Washington State (Nov. 12) ... scored 24 points against Southeast Missouri (Nov. 29) on 8-for-9 shooting from the floor ... had 11 points, including the game-winning basket with 4.6 seconds left, against Sacramento State (Dec. 14) ... dished out a season-high nine assists against San José State (Dec. 18) ... scored 28 points, including career-highs in field goals made (11) and 3-pointers made (6), against Mississippi Valley State (Dec. 20) ... scored a season-high 31 points on 10 of 12 shooting from the floor and 9 of 10 from the line, including four free throws in the final 10 seconds, against Pacific (Jan. 18) ... matched a career-high with nine rebounds against Pepperdine (Jan. 23) ... matched a season-high with nine assists (just one turnover) against Portland (Feb. 1) ... injured against Pacific (Feb. 22) and missed the next two games in concussion protocol ... returned to action against Portland (March 5) in the first round of the WCC Tournament and posted 13 points, five rebounds and four assists.
AS A FRESHMAN (2018-19): A WCC All-Freshman selection ... played in all 31 games with 29 starts ... third on the team in scoring (12.2 ppg) and sixth in the WCC in assists (4.7 pg) ... first on both the WCC freshman scoring and assists lists ... set the school’s freshman assist record (146) ... his scoring average ranks seventh on the school’s single-season freshman list ... had 1,014 minutes played which ranks fourth on the school's all-time freshman list ... scored 20 or more in three contests ... scored in double figures in 12 of the last 14 games ... earned his first-career start (subbing for an injured KJ Feagin) against Washington (Nov. 18) and contributed five assists ... dished out a career-high 10 assists at San José State (Nov. 24), matching the freshman school record set by Brian Jones twice in 1996-97 ... posted career-highs in points (33), 3-point field goals (4) and free throws (11) against Jackson State (Nov. 29) ... that total was the most by a Santa Clara freshman since Jared Brownridge tallied 38 against Pepperdine on March 1, 2014 ... had 28 points, including scoring 17 of the final 19 in the double-overtime win over Southern California (Dec. 18) ... dished out a career-high tying 10 assists vs. Idaho (Dec. 21) when he posted his first career double-double (also 10 points) ... earned WCC Player of the Week after averaging 19.0 pts (on 56 percent shooting), 7.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds against USC and Idaho ... had 19 points, nine assists and a career-high three steals against Portland (March 2).
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Providence Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina … McDonald’s All-America nominee as a senior … rated one of the top 15 recruits in North Carolina … an all-state and All-NCISAA selection as a senior when he averaged 18.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists… during 2017-18, helped lead the Chargers to a share of their sixth-straight CISAA conference championship and a berth in the N.C. Independent Schools Final Four … team played in the 2017 Dicks’ National Tournament in New York and finished with a top 20 national ranking … as a junior, averaged 19 points, 6.0 ebounds, and 3.5 assists per game … helped lead the team to the 2015-16 N.C. Independent Schools 3A state championship.
PERSONAL: Parents are Whitni and Langston Wertz Jr. … full name is Langston Wertz ... has one younger brother … father is a sports reporter for the Charlotte Observer ... plans to major in business.
