Walter Wright

Class:
Junior
Ht./Wt.:
5-10 / 165
Hometown:
Waterbury, Conn.
High School:
Wilby HS
Previous School:
Snow College

2016-17 (Senior): One of six players named to the Preseason All-Big Sky Team… Played in 31 of UM’s 32 contests, earning seven starts… Was UM’s second-leading scorer, totaling 329 points for an average of 10.6 per game… Was highly effective at the free-throw line, knocking down 84-of-97 attempts (.866), which led all Big Sky Conference players and ranked 47^th nationally… Ranked second on the team with 90 assists, also adding 55 rebounds (1.8 average) and 12 steals (fifth on the team)… Led UM in scoring six times, including back-to-back contests vs. San José State and at Wyoming (Dec. 7-10)… Totaled 17 double-figure scoring games, including 10 of 12 – and five in a row – from Dec. 3-Jan. 14… Had a season-most 25 points vs. Weber State (Dec. 31)…Led UM for assists 14 times and seven of nine games between Nov. 27 and Dec 31, including four games in a row... Had five dimes in win over Milwaukee (Dec. 3) and season-most seven in victory over San José State (Dec. 7)… Against the Spartans, also added a career-high-tying three steals.

2015-16 (Junior): Big Sky All-Conference Honorable Mention… Presented the Ryan Dick Award for team’s most improved player… Named to the Big Sky All-Tournament team at the conference championship in Reno… Started in all of UM’s 33 games in his first season as a Grizzly… Averaged a team-high 32.7 minutes-per-game… Was Montana’s second-leading scorer, averaging 13.2 points-per-game in his first season as a Griz… Scored 50 points in three games in the Big Sky tournament, leading to a place on the all-tournament team… Dished out 152 assists, the third-most in the Big Sky… Was the conference's seventeenth leading scorer… Posted Montana’s best percentage at the free throw line at .791.

2014-15 (Sophomore | Snow College): NJCAA All-America Honorable Mention… 1st Team All-SWAC… All-Region 18 First Team… Averaged 21.8 points and 6.0 assists per game for the Badgers, who finished 18-14 and lost to eventual league champion College of Southern Idaho in the second round of the Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) tournament… Averaged 4.2 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game… Set an all-time Snow College record for head coach Bob Nielson, scoring 49 points in a 96-89 win over Sheridan College (Wyo.).

2013-14 (Freshman | Snow College): All-Region 18 First Team… Averaged 17 points and 4.8 assists per game.

High School: At Wilby High School in Waterbury, Conn… Two-time Connecticut All-State selection… Two-time All-League selection… Top Senior award recipient... Player of the Year recipient, New Haven Tap Off Club.

Quoting Coach DeCuire: "Walter is an explosive scorer at the national level, junior college-wise. He's also a great play-maker He will take some pressure off of Mario (Dunn) in regards to being a guy who can get us into offense and create offense for other people., I think we'll have some more depth offensively.

"He's (Wright) always been a guy that's had the ball in his hands and he's always played the point," added DeCuire. "But, he's been a scorer - he can really score the ball. So for us, I believe our system is stronger when you have more than one ball-handler on the floor. The success that I've been a part of at Old Dominion and at Cal, the better years we had we had two point guards in the starting line-up."

CAREER HIGHS
Points: 29 at Idaho State, 2/25/16
Rebounds: 11 at Sacramento State, 2/4/16
Field goals: 10 at Idaho State, 2/25/16
Field goal attempts: 17 (2x) Last time vs North Dakota, 3/3/16
3-point field goals: 5 vs. Eastern Washington, 1/23/16
3-point field goal attempts: 9 vs. North Dakota, 3/3/16
Free throws: 12 at Montana State, 1/30/16
Free throw attempts: 13 at Montana State, 1/30/16
Assists: 12 vs Sacramento State, 1/9/16
Steals: 3 (3x) Last time vs Montana Western, 12/21/15
Minutes played: 47 at Northern Arizona, 12/31/15