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Jersey Number 15
Rihards Vavers
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-7
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Adaži, Latvia
- Prev School:
- Quinnipiac
- High School:
- Archbishop Carroll HS
- Pronunciation:
- RUH-hards | VAY-verz
WASHINGTON STATE CAREER
Sophomore (2024-25) – Played in 16 games averaging 5.6 points, while shooting 47% shooting from three on 3 attempts per game ... Missed a majority of the season due to a wrist and hand injury ... Recorded a season high 17 points in the WCC tournament against Loyola Marymount.
QUINNIPIAC CAREER
Freshman (2023-24) – Freshman (2023-24) – Posted 7.9 points and 2.8 rebounds per game over 24 contests for the Bobcats...shot 36-of-97 (37.1%) from 3-point distance...scored 10+ points in eight games, including season-best 18 points vs Central Connecticut State and Saint Peter’s.
ARCHBISHOP CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL
One of the area’s top perimeter shooters while at Archibishop Carroll High School under coach Mike Powell...posted an impressive 14.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per game as a junior in 2021-22, shooting 48.0% from the floor over 27 games...earned Second Team All-WCAC status.
Spent a graduate season in 2022-23 with The Skill Factory (TSF) program...spent time on the AAU circuit with Team Thrill (Baltimore, Md.).
LATVIAN NATIONAL TEAM (FIBA)
Played for Latvia’s U18, U19, and U20 national teams.
PERSONAL
Born November 2003 in Riga, Latvia...mother Baiba Berzina and father Maris Vavers...young brother Gustavs and younger sister Laura.
Sophomore (2024-25) – Played in 16 games averaging 5.6 points, while shooting 47% shooting from three on 3 attempts per game ... Missed a majority of the season due to a wrist and hand injury ... Recorded a season high 17 points in the WCC tournament against Loyola Marymount.
QUINNIPIAC CAREER
Freshman (2023-24) – Freshman (2023-24) – Posted 7.9 points and 2.8 rebounds per game over 24 contests for the Bobcats...shot 36-of-97 (37.1%) from 3-point distance...scored 10+ points in eight games, including season-best 18 points vs Central Connecticut State and Saint Peter’s.
ARCHBISHOP CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL
One of the area’s top perimeter shooters while at Archibishop Carroll High School under coach Mike Powell...posted an impressive 14.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per game as a junior in 2021-22, shooting 48.0% from the floor over 27 games...earned Second Team All-WCAC status.
Spent a graduate season in 2022-23 with The Skill Factory (TSF) program...spent time on the AAU circuit with Team Thrill (Baltimore, Md.).
LATVIAN NATIONAL TEAM (FIBA)
Played for Latvia’s U18, U19, and U20 national teams.
PERSONAL
Born November 2003 in Riga, Latvia...mother Baiba Berzina and father Maris Vavers...young brother Gustavs and younger sister Laura.
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