Fred VanVleet

January 5, 2024
Basketball Player

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Fred VanVleet
Full Name Fred VanVleet
Occupation Basketball Player
Date Of Birth Feb 25, 1994(1994-02-25)
Age 30
Country United States
Birth City Illinois
Horoscope Aquarius

Fred VanVleet Biography

Name Fred VanVleet
Birthday Feb 25
Birth Year 1994
Home Town Illinois
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Aquarius
Parents Susan VanVleet, Joe Danforth
Children(s) Sanaa Marie VanVleet, Fred VanVleet Jr.

Fred VanVleet is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on February 25, 1994 in Illinois, United States. Guard who was the Wichita State’s all-time leading assist player during his junior year during his time at Wichita State. He joined the Toronto Raptors as an undrafted free agent in the year 2016 and played a key role in helping the team win the NBA title in the year 2019.

He was a teammate of He was teammates with Ron Baker on the Shockers team that made a run to the Final Four of the 2013 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament. on the Shockers team which made it towards the Final Four of the 2013 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament.

VanVleet had been dealing with hamstring issues when he rolled his right ankle, because of this he saw no more than three minutes of playing time in the season opener against the Charleston Southern Buccaneers on November 13. Though he played in the next game against Tulsa, it aggravated his hamstring enough that he was expected to miss the following few games. Without a healthy VanVleet, Wichita State fell to two games under .500 for the first time since its 2008–09 team as well as endured, not only its first three-game losing streak since having VanVleet come off the bench for the 2012–13 team, but also its worst start to a season (2–4) since the 2007–08 team. VanVleet returned to the lineup on December 5 against St. Louis to bring the consecutive losses to an end. For having averages of 13.5 points, 5.0 assists, and 4.0 rebounds in two significant wins in December, one on the 9th over UNLV and another on the 12th over #25 Utah, VanVleet claimed Missouri Valley Player of the Week honors on the 14th of that month. He earned Player of the Week honors again on January 11 after he led the Shockers to victories over conference co-leaders Evansville and Southern Illinois on January 6 and 9 respectively, with his 11.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 7.5 assists, and 2.5 steals averages. His 12 rebounds against Southern Illinois was a career high. VanVleet was named to the January 25, 20-man Oscar Robertson Trophy midseason watch list. On January 31, VanVleet made all 15 of his free throw attempts on his way to a career high 32 points against Evansville. The following day, he earned his third MVC Player of the Week honor. On February 3 in the 1500th victory in Wichita State Shockers men’s basketball history and in head coach Gregg Marshall’s school record-setting 221st victory, VanVleet notched a double-double with 12 points and a career high-tying 11 assists against Southern Illinois. He was named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the Naismith Trophy on February 11. VanVleet was included in the Wooden Award Late season Top 20 Watch List on February 12. In the 2016 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament, VanVleet led the team to victories over Vanderbilt and Arizona. Against Vanderbilt in the First Four round, he and fellow senior Ron Baker led an 11–0 run to break a 30–30 tie on March 15. The pair scored all 11 points in the run and tied with a game-high 14 points. On March 17, VanVleet and Baker led 11-seed Wichita State to a victory over 6-seed and AP Poll 17th-ranked Arizona. VanVleet posted a game-high 16 points, 5 steals, and 4 rebounds. With four steals in his final career game on March 19 against Miami, VanVleet brought his career total to 225, setting a school career record.

VanVleet remained loyal to his local Rockford Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) club team rather than accept offers to more high-profile teams in Chicago. VanVleet did not feel it would make a difference in his recruiting: “As long as you’re leading whoever you’re playing with, the coaches are going to see that. If they see you competing and winning with guys maybe I shouldn’t be winning with, that’s maybe even an advantage for me.” He received basketball scholarship offers from Colorado State, Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, Drake, Detroit, and Kent State. His stepfather felt that he was being overlooked by many Chicago metropolitan area schools because of his decision not to join a Chicago AAU team. He cut his list down to Kent State, Northern Illinois, and Wichita State. When he accepted an offer to play for Wichita State, he became the only member of the national class of 2012 Rivals.com top 150 to attend a Missouri Valley Conference school.

His father Fred died in 1999. He has two brothers with the names of Darnell as well as J.D.

Fred VanVleet Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Basketball Player
House Living in own house.

Fred VanVleet is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Fred VanVleet 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student at Auburn High School in Rockford, Illinois, where he was the school’s leader in the 22-game win streak of the final season of his senior year.

He was a sought-after public speaker following his commencement speech at the high school he attended during his sophomore year during his time at Wichita State. He was named a First-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference pick in 2014 and in 2015 with Wichita State and was named the Conference’s Player of The year in 2014.

Fredderick Edmund VanVleet Sr. (born February 25, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the NBA. He was signed by the Raptors after going undrafted in the 2016 NBA Draft. He was a key member of the 2018–19 Raptors’ championship season.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Height 6 ft 0 in

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He broke out as a sophomore, as expected. On January 8, he posted 10 assists against Illinois State. On January 23, 2014, he was selected to the 23-man Oscar Robertson Award midseason watchlist by the United States Basketball Writers Association. On February 13, he was named one of the 30 finalists for Naismith College Player of the Year. On February 17, Vanvleet was selected as one of 23 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award. When the Rockford native returned to the Chicago metropolitan area on February 19 to lead Wichita State against Loyola, he went 6-for-6 from the field and 10-for-10 on his free throw attempts for a game-high 22 points and added 8 rebounds and 6 assists to help Wichita State raise its record to 28–0. On February 28, he was named one of the 10 semi-finalists for the Naismith Award.

Facts & Trivia

Fred Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Fred VanVleet celebrates birthday on February 25 of every year.

On November 14, VanVleet tallied 7 steals in the opener against New Mexico State, which tied a school record. On December 3, against #25 Utah VanVleet, helped Wichita State recover from a 9-point deficit in the final 2:45 of regulation with 8 points (including two three-point shots in the final 1:15) and an assist on a three-point shot, but with 7 seconds remaining in overtime and Wichita trailing by one, he missed the front end of a one and one. In his return visit to Chicago and the Gentile Center to play Loyola on January 11, he again was perfect from the field with a 5-for-5 performance and added a career-high tying 10 assists (as well as 6 rebounds and 3 steals) for his first career double-double. VanVleet, however, snapped his perfect streak of 20 free throws made in his home state with a 3-for-4 performance. In the rematch against Loyola on January 28, VanVleet posted a career-high 27 points. On February 7, VanVleet posted the first triple double for Wichita State Shockers men’s basketball in 43 years with a 10-point 10-rebound 11-assist 4-steal performance against Missouri State. On February 16, VanVleet was Missouri Valley Conference Co-Player of the Week (with Seth Tuttle). On February 26, VanVleet broke the all-time Wichita State career assist record against Evansville with 431 assists, surpassing Warren Jabali who had 429 and Toure Murry who had 430. VanVleet was one of 17 finalists for the Cousy Award. The Shockers defeated Northern Iowa on February 28 to win the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title. In the opening game of the 2015 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament for the Shockers, VanVleet matched a career high with 27 points against Indiana. He finished the tournament with 17-point and 25-point performances against #2-seeded Kansas and #3-seeded Notre Dame, respectively.

Top Facts about Fred VanVleet

  1. Born on February 25, 1994 in Rockford, Illinois.
  2. Played college basketball at Wichita State University.
  3. Signed with the Toronto Raptors as an undrafted free agent in 2016.
  4. Won an NBA championship with the Raptors in 2019.
  5. Set a record for most three-pointers made off the bench in a single NBA Finals game (7).
  6. Named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 2017.
  7. Averaged career-highs of 17.6 points and 6.6 assists per game during the 2020-21 season.
  8. Became the first player in Raptors history to record a triple-double off the bench on February 2, 2021.
  9. Has a career average of shooting over 38% from beyond the arc.
  10. Was named Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year twice while at Wichita State University

Who is the tallest raptor?

NAME Dalano Banton


HEIGHT6’9″
WEIGHT204
DOB11/7/1999
AGE22

How much does Fred VanVleet weight?

194 lbs

How old is Fred Van Vleet?

28 years (February 25, 1994)

Where did Fred VanVleet go to college?

Wichita State University

How tall is Watanabe?

6′ 9″

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