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2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 13
David Collette
- Height:
- 6-10
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Murray, Utah
- High School:
- Murray High School
Bio
JUNIOR (2016-17)
• Started all 22 games played in, averaging 25.4 minutes per contest
• Posted double-digit scoring efforts in 21 of 22 games, finishing his first season with the Utes averaging 13.6 points per game
• Ranked fifth on the team with 113 total rebounds, but posted second-highest rebounding effort with 5.1 boards per game
• Registered first and only double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 boards against Boise State (03/14)
• Scored season-high 22 points against Washington State (02/09)
• Led Utes in scoring four different games and was team’s leading rebounder in three contests
• Was tied for team lead with 20 blocks on the year
• Totaled 300 points, 113 rebounds, 23 assists and 17 steals on the year
UTAH STATE
• Appeared and started in each of USU’s 31 games during the 2014-15 season.
• Named third-team all-Mountain West.
• Named to the 2014 World Vision Classic all-tournament team.
• Led the conference, ranked No. 14 nationally and tied for No. 15 in a single season in USU history with a .591 shooting percentage, hitting 163-of-276 during the year.
• Shot 59.5 percent (69-of-116) from the free throw line.
• Finished second on the team in both scoring and rebounding, turning in 12.8 points (9th in the MW) and 5.0 rebounds (16th in the MW) per game.
• Recorded the fourth-most blocks in a single season in school history and the most blocks in a single season by a freshman in school history with 56, averaging 1.8 rejections (5th in the MW) per outing to rank second all-time in a single season.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduated from Murray High School in 2011.
• Earned first-team all-state honors from both the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune as a senior after averaging 22.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game, while shooting 60.5 percent from the field (201-of-332), 64.2 percent from the free throw line (106-of-165) and 33.3 percent from three-point range (7-of-21).
• Was also named the 5A-Region 2 Most Valuable Player as a senior as voted on by the coaches.
• As a senior, he helped lead Murray High School to a 20-4 record and a co-Region 2 Championship.
• Scored in double-figures in all 23 games he played in as a senior, including sixteen 20-point games and four 30-point games, to go along with 10 double-doubles.
• Earned third-team all-state honors as a junior at Murray High School as he led his team with nearly 18.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.
PERSONAL
• Son of Jeff and Diane Collette.
Has six siblings: Jenny, Andy, Stefanie, Breanna, Ryan and Terra.
• Born May 21, 1993.
• Married to McElle Collette.
• Served a two-year LDS Church Mission in Charlotte, N.C.
• Major is business finance.
• Started all 22 games played in, averaging 25.4 minutes per contest
• Posted double-digit scoring efforts in 21 of 22 games, finishing his first season with the Utes averaging 13.6 points per game
• Ranked fifth on the team with 113 total rebounds, but posted second-highest rebounding effort with 5.1 boards per game
• Registered first and only double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 boards against Boise State (03/14)
• Scored season-high 22 points against Washington State (02/09)
• Led Utes in scoring four different games and was team’s leading rebounder in three contests
• Was tied for team lead with 20 blocks on the year
• Totaled 300 points, 113 rebounds, 23 assists and 17 steals on the year
UTAH STATE
• Appeared and started in each of USU’s 31 games during the 2014-15 season.
• Named third-team all-Mountain West.
• Named to the 2014 World Vision Classic all-tournament team.
• Led the conference, ranked No. 14 nationally and tied for No. 15 in a single season in USU history with a .591 shooting percentage, hitting 163-of-276 during the year.
• Shot 59.5 percent (69-of-116) from the free throw line.
• Finished second on the team in both scoring and rebounding, turning in 12.8 points (9th in the MW) and 5.0 rebounds (16th in the MW) per game.
• Recorded the fourth-most blocks in a single season in school history and the most blocks in a single season by a freshman in school history with 56, averaging 1.8 rejections (5th in the MW) per outing to rank second all-time in a single season.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduated from Murray High School in 2011.
• Earned first-team all-state honors from both the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune as a senior after averaging 22.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game, while shooting 60.5 percent from the field (201-of-332), 64.2 percent from the free throw line (106-of-165) and 33.3 percent from three-point range (7-of-21).
• Was also named the 5A-Region 2 Most Valuable Player as a senior as voted on by the coaches.
• As a senior, he helped lead Murray High School to a 20-4 record and a co-Region 2 Championship.
• Scored in double-figures in all 23 games he played in as a senior, including sixteen 20-point games and four 30-point games, to go along with 10 double-doubles.
• Earned third-team all-state honors as a junior at Murray High School as he led his team with nearly 18.0 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.
PERSONAL
• Son of Jeff and Diane Collette.
Has six siblings: Jenny, Andy, Stefanie, Breanna, Ryan and Terra.
• Born May 21, 1993.
• Married to McElle Collette.
• Served a two-year LDS Church Mission in Charlotte, N.C.
• Major is business finance.
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