WHEZA PANZO

COLLEGE CAREER

2023-24: Transferred to Iona (MAAC) for his graduate season and averaged 9.6 points and 2.6 rebounds per-game … Led the team in minutes per-game (31.8) … Was a teammate of former BlackJack, Joel Brown … Established the fourth-highest single-season mark in program history when he attempted 246 three-pointers on the year … Made his Iona debut on 11/6/23 at Charleston (71-69 loss) recording six points, two rebounds and two steals in 32 minutes … Recorded Iona’s two highest single-game three-point attempt totals on the season (14 in an 80-76 loss vs. Longe Beach State on 11/21/23 and 13 in a 78-67 win at Fairfield on 12/1/23) … Went seven-of-eight from the floor, including five-of-six from three-point distance when he registered 20 points on 11/22/23 vs. Buffalo (89-64 win)


2022-23: Made 29 starts for the Stetson Hatters (ASUN) in his senior season … Shot .469 from three which fell one make shy of qualifying for the NCAA leaderboard, where it would have placed No. 2 in the nation … Attempted at least one three-point field goal in each of his 31 games … Registered an NCAA single-game high in points with 30 on 12/10/22 (83-59 win) vs. Webber in which all 19 of his field goal attempts came from three-point distance. His 10 three-point field goals established a new Stetson program record … Established a new personal NCAA single-game high in rebounds with 10 on 2/24/23 vs. Lipscomb (98-91 loss)


2021-22: Played in all 30 games for Stetson, making one start on 1/11/22 at Jacksonville (57-50 loss) … Averaged 4.0 points and 2.5 rebounds per-game … 88 of his 102 field-goal attempts on the season were from three-point distance … Made a season-high six three pointers in recording 20 points on 1/29/22 vs. Eastern Kentucky (113-95 win)


2020-21: Named to the ASUN Honour Roll … Averaged 4.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per-game … Led the team and ranked third in the ASUN in three-point field goal percentage (.431) … Registered at least one three-pointer in 16 of his 26 games … Collected an NCAA single-game high four steals on 1/15/21 in a 65-59 win vs. Liberty


2019-20: Appeared in all 33 games as a freshman, making 10 starts … Scored in double figures five times, including a season-high 11 points on three different occasions … Ranked second on the team in free-throw percentage (.762) … Grabbed a season-high nine rebounds in a 63-59 win vs. Monmouth on 11/23/19 in the ASUN/MAAC Challenge at Disney’s Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Fla.

PERSONAL

Son of Wene and Pancha Panzo … Has a brother, Jeani and a sister, Djamila … Helped Hamilton Heights claim the FCA national championship in 2018 … Represented Ontario in the 2017 Canada Games and earned a silver medal for Canada in the FIBA U18 Americas Championship in 2018

Full Bio

By Ottawa BlackJacks May 3, 2025
The Missassauga, Ont. native attempted 644 triples in his NCAA career