WHEZA PANZO

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POSITIONList Item 1
Forward
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HEIGHTList Item 2
6-7 (2.00 m)
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WEIGHT
205 lbs (93 kg)
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BIRTHDATEList Item 3
April 2, 2000 (Mississauga, Ont.)
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HIGH SCHOOL
Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
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COLLEGEList Item 4
Stetson ‘23, Iona ‘24
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2023-24 TEAM
Iona (MAAC)
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YEARS PRO
Rookie
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ACQUIRED
Signed as a free-agent by Ottawa in May 2025
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