PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Has appeared in 224 regular season games (92 starts) with Cleveland…owns career averages of 5.2 points and 3.4 rebounds in 19.0 minutes per game…also shooting .433 from the field, .371 from three-point range and .714 from the free throw line for his career…has two career double-doubles.

BEFORE NBA

Played in 126 games (123 starts) over four seasons at Kansas State, averaging 12.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 29.3 minutes per contest…also shot .498 from the field and .384 from three-point range…only player in school history with at least 1,000 points, 100 three-point field goals, 500 rebounds, 200 assists and 100 steals…finished 10th on the school’s all-time scoring list with 1,510 points, while he is one of just three K-State players (Bob Boozer in 1956-59 and Rodney McGruder in 2009-13) to rank in the Top 10 in both career scoring (1,510/10th) and rebounding (685/8th)…was part of a senior class that posted an 88-51 (.633) overall record and advanced to three NCAA Tournaments; the 88 wins tie for the sixth-most by a class in school history…started all 25 games as a senior in 2018-19, averaging 12.9 points on .492 shooting, including .418 (23-55) from beyond the arc, a team-high 6.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 30.4 minutes per game…selected to the All-Big 12 First Team by the league coaches and The Associated Press…became just the second Wildcat (Jacob Pullen) to be named to the league’s First Team in back-to-back seasons and one of 5 players to earn recognition to the Coaches’ All-Big 12 First Team…scored a season-high 24 points on a perfect 9-9 shooting from the field against Oklahoma State (Feb. 2); became the seventh Wildcat to go 9-of-9 or better from the field, including the fourth to do it in a conference game and the first since 1980…missed nine games due to two separate foot injuries…during his junior season in 2017-18, appeared in 33 games (32 starts) with averages of 16.2 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.55 steals in 32.8 minutes per contest…also shot .550 from the field and .440 from long distance…selected to the All-Big 12 First Team by the league coaches and the Second Team by The Associated Press…became just the fourth Wildcat to be named to the Coaches’ All-Big 12 First Team, joining Michael Beasley (2008), Jacob Pullen (2010, 2011) and Rodney McGruder (2013)…his 16.2 points per game average was the highest by a Wildcat since Jacob Pullen averaged 20.2 points as a senior in 2010-11…became just the fourth Wildcat to shoot 50 percent or better from the field, 40 percent or better from 3-point range and 75 percent from the free throw line in a single season and the first double-digit scorer to do so since Mitch Richmond and Will Scott both did it during the 1987-88 season…collected 28 double-digit scoring games, including a team-tying 11 20-point games…scored a career-best 34 points in a win at Iowa State (12/29/17), which came on 13-of-16 field goals, including 6-of-8 from 3-point range…started all 35 contests as a sophomore in 2016-17, averaging 9.3 points and 4.5 rebounds in 28.0 minutes per game…the 35 starts tied teammates Barry Brown, Jr., and Kamau Stokes for the most-ever by a sophomore at K-State…scored in double figures 17 times, including on 11 occasions in Big 12 play...all three 20-point games came in league play, registering 20 points twice vs. Kansas and at TCU (3/1/17)…in his freshman campaign in 2015-16, played in 33 games (31 starts), averaging 9.9 points and 5.1 rebounds in 26.4 minutes per contest…the 33 games played tied nine others for the fourth-most games played by a true freshman in school history, while his 31 starts also ranked fourth all-time by a rookie…scored in double figures 16 times, including on 8 occasions in Big 12 play…set a season-high with 20 points vs. Oklahoma State (3/9/16) in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship on 6-of-9 shooting.

PERSONAL LIFE

Full name is Dean Jackson Wade…graduated in May 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in social science...father, Jay, lettered one season on the Kansas State football team…mother, Trish, played volleyball and basketball at Barton Community College and is in the school’s Hall of Fame…has an older sister, Teresa, who was an all-state volleyball player at St. John and the 2010 Class 1A State Division I MVP.

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