NIL opportunities: Cole Bajema
2022-23 (SENIOR): Started all but one game for the Huskies, playing in 31 overall with 8.5 points per game and 4.2 rebounds per game ... career-high 11 rebounds against North Florida (11/11/22) ... season-high 16 points on 3-for-5 shooting from three against Utah Tech (11/14/22) ... matched that total four additional times, the last of which was against Colorado in the Pac-12 Tournament
2021-22 (JUNIOR): Saw action in all 32 games ... career-high 5.4 points per game ... career-high 18 points on career-high six threes at Colorado (1/9/22) ... tied a career-high with six rebounds at Washington State (2/23/22) and Arizona (2/12/21) ... career-high four steals against Arizona State (2/10/22) ... scored double figures five times including a 16-point performance in the Pac-12 tournament win over Utah ...Â
2020-21 (SOPHOMORE): Received immediate eligibility from an NCAA waiver prior to the season... Saw action in 24 games during the season averaging 15.3 minutes per outing ... averaged 3.1 points and 1.6 rebounds while shooting 39.7 percent from the field ... Reached double-digit scoring in two of the last six games of the season ... career-high six rebounds against Seattle U (12/9/20)
2019-20 (FRESHMAN - Michigan): Played in 10 games, all off the bench … season cut short after Big Ten and NCAA Tournaments were canceled due to the global coronavirus pandemic … averaged 2.6 points per game; scored in seven of 10 games … played in first collegiate game against Elon (Nov. 15) in final minute … scored his first collegiate points (5) against Houston Baptist (Nov. 22)... shot 76.9 percent from the field (10-for-13) and 57.1 percent on 3-pointers (4-for-7)Â
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HIGH SCHOOL: Washington Associated Press Class 1A Player of the Year (2018, '19), All-State first team (2018, '19) and honorable mention (2017) … Seattle Times All-State first team (2018, '19) … Northwest Conference MVP (2018, '19) and All-Northwest Conference first team (2017, '18, '19) … 1A State All-Tournament team (2017, '18, '19) and Tournament MVP (2018) … 2019 Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association (WIBCA) All-State game; scored 35 points … 2019 Northwest Shootout All-Star game (Washington vs. Oregon); scored 19 points … four-year varsity player; compiling a 95-12 record overall, going 52-2 in final two seasons and posting four straight 20-plus win seasons … Lynden Christian's all-time leading scorer (1,876 points), surpassing old record of 1,602 held by Isaac Reimer … holds Lynden Christian's top two single seasons scoring records and is all-time leading 3-point shooting percentage … guided Lynden Christian to the 2018 1A State championship; defeating Freeman (82-45); scored a team-best 21 points, going 7-for-10 from the field with three 3-pointers, while adding eight rebounds, two assists, two blocks and three steals in title game … led Lynden Christian to three straight regional (2017, '18, '19) titles and three Northwest Basketball District (2016, '18, '19) titles, compiling a league record of 45-6 in four seasons, including a 13-0 season as a senior … as a senior (2018-19), averaged 24.0 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists and as a junior (2017-18), averaged 23.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists … sister Kara Bajema was a All-American volleyball player for the University of Washington (2016-20) … sister Coryn played collegiate soccer at University of South Carolina (2012-16) while mother Beth, played collegiate basketball at Calvin College.
PERSONAL: Son of Shane and Beth Bajema ... one of three sibilings (Kara, Coryn)
