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Matt Haarms
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Matt Haarms Season 2020-2021

Height7-3
ClassSenior
HometownAmsterdam, Netherlands
Previous SchoolPurdue

Awards

  • WCC Defensive Player of the Year (2021)

  • All-WCC Second team (2021)

BYU Highlights

  • Appeared in 25 games including 24 starts in lone season in Provo
  • Averaged 11.3 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game
  • 5th most blocks per game in a single season in program history (1.9)
  • 10th most blocks in a single season in program history (49)
  • Second-most field goal makes without a miss in a single game in program history (9-of-9, Portland, 1/21/21)

Before BYU

  • Played three seasons at Purdue from 2017-20 and appeared in 102 games with 40 starts and averaged 7.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.1 blocks
  • In the Purdue record book is fourth all-time in school history with 210 blocks and sixth in career field goal percentage at 58.2
  • Set career highs of 26 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocks
  • As a junior in 2019-20, averaged 8.6 points and 4.6 rebounds while ranking fifth in the Big Ten with 2.0 blocks per game
  • As a sophomore in 2018-19, led the Big Ten in blocks with 2.1 per game and field goal percentage at 63.2 to go with averages of 9.4 points and 5.4 rebounds
  • Helped the Boilermakers finish with a record of 26-10 and advance to the Elite Eight of the 2019 NCAA Tournament
  • In Purdue’s four 2019 NCAA Tournament games, averaged 12.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.3 blocks while shooting 65.6 percent from the field
  • As a freshman in 2017-18, averaged 4.8 points and 3.2 rebounds and was second in the Big Ten at 2.1 blocks per game
  • Helped Purdue advance to the Sweet 16 in the 2018 NCAA Tournament and finish with a record of 30-7
  • Earned a spot on the 2017-18 Big Ten All-Academic Team
  • Spent his senior year of high school at Sunrise Christian Academy in Kansas and played for the U-18 Dutch National Team
  • Played with the Chauncey Billups Elite AAU team in the Adidas Gauntlet series

Personal

  • Graduated from Purdue in political science in the spring of 2020
  • Parents are Peter Haarms and Martine van Hoorn