Returning Player Series - Shawn Kuiper


Returning Player Profile


PF Shawn Kuiper (SR)

Made it to campus coming off a very successful HS career that saw him graduate as the 21st rated PF in his class and he came on and jumped right into the action at ASU as he actually saw almost 16 MPG as a true freshman.


Shawn has seen quite a bit of development as a big man since he arrived on campus.  His rebounding and low post skills were really raw but had really high potential in both areas that we were luckily able to capitalize on as he is now one of the top 15 returning players in the Pac10 in both those ratings.  He will be weighed on heavily this next season to not only start again at the PF position but also provide more consistent rebounding and scoring touch from inside, and outside. Shawn’s perimeter game was largely nonexistent when he arrived on campus but over the years he has seen vast improvement and can actually be counted on to knock down a big 3 periodically when the team needs it. He wasn’t tasked with taking many 3s over his career to date, but that # should go up as he is required to contribute more on the offensive end of the floor.


As you can see from his career statistics so far, all of his #s have gone up since he arrived here on campus.  The hope is that his scoring and rebounding efforts will see noticeable increases again during his senior campaign.  Ideally I’d like to see him averaging around 12-15 pts and 10 rebounds a game next season.

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