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Jersey Number 35
Leon Bond III
- Position:
- Guard/Forward
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Wauwatosa, Wisc.
- High School:
- Wauwatosa HS / Virginia
Bio
2024-25: MVC Player of the Week (12/23/24) ... NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team ... Appeared in 23 games with 21 starts ... Scored 220 points to average 9.6 points per game with 25.9 minutes per game ... Tallied 101 rebounds (4.4 per game), 30 assists (1.3 per game), 21 steals (0.9 per game) and 14 blocks (0.6 per game) ... Shot 55.6% from the field (89-160), 33.3% from three-point range (13-39) and 78.4% from the free throw line (29-37) ... Scored a career-high 37 points with 12 made field goals and nine made free throws against Montana (12/16/24) ... Tied a career-high with nine rebounds against Belmont (1/1/25) ... Dished out a career-high five against vs. Missouri State (1/21/25) ... Posted eight games in double-digit scoring figures.
2023-24 (VIRGINIA): Appeared in 24 games for the Cavaliers during his redshirt freshman season … Averaged 4.3 points and 2.8 rebounds on 45.8% shooting from the field … Recorded four games in double-digit scoring figures, including a career-high 16 points against North Carolina A&T on 80% shooting … Pulled down nine rebounds twice (North Carolina Central and Tarleton State).
2022-23 (VIRGINIA): Redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Wauwatosa East High School in Wisconsin … Former ESPN Top-100, four-star recruit from the class of 2022 (#75) … Four-year Varsity Award winner and McDonald’s All-American nominee … Averaged 21.1 points, seven rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.9 steals per game during his senior season with Division I First Team All-State and Greater Metro All-Conference honors … Helped lead the Red Raiders to a 23-3 record and Division I state championship in 2020-21 with 11.8 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.2 blocks as a junior with second team all-conference recognition … Notched 11.8 points and 5.9 rebounds as a sophomore (2019-20) … Posted 5.5 and 3.9 rebounds as a freshman (2018-19).
PERSONAL: Son of Leon and Maura Bond … Brother of Lauren and Theodore … Father, Leon played basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1990-91) … Volunteers for Catheral Center Women’s Shelter Meal Program, St. Ben’s Meal Program, Robyn Nest Clothing Bank and Jr. Raiders Basketball Camps … Enjoys hunting, fishing, trying new foods and watching movies … Majoring in secondary education.
2023-24 (VIRGINIA): Appeared in 24 games for the Cavaliers during his redshirt freshman season … Averaged 4.3 points and 2.8 rebounds on 45.8% shooting from the field … Recorded four games in double-digit scoring figures, including a career-high 16 points against North Carolina A&T on 80% shooting … Pulled down nine rebounds twice (North Carolina Central and Tarleton State).
2022-23 (VIRGINIA): Redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Wauwatosa East High School in Wisconsin … Former ESPN Top-100, four-star recruit from the class of 2022 (#75) … Four-year Varsity Award winner and McDonald’s All-American nominee … Averaged 21.1 points, seven rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.9 steals per game during his senior season with Division I First Team All-State and Greater Metro All-Conference honors … Helped lead the Red Raiders to a 23-3 record and Division I state championship in 2020-21 with 11.8 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.2 blocks as a junior with second team all-conference recognition … Notched 11.8 points and 5.9 rebounds as a sophomore (2019-20) … Posted 5.5 and 3.9 rebounds as a freshman (2018-19).
PERSONAL: Son of Leon and Maura Bond … Brother of Lauren and Theodore … Father, Leon played basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1990-91) … Volunteers for Catheral Center Women’s Shelter Meal Program, St. Ben’s Meal Program, Robyn Nest Clothing Bank and Jr. Raiders Basketball Camps … Enjoys hunting, fishing, trying new foods and watching movies … Majoring in secondary education.
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