• Player
• Seasons: 2022-23
• Number: 0
• Position: F/C
• Height: 6' 10“
• Weight: 255
• Hometown: Brockton MA
• High School: ?
• Prep School: Gould Academy
• Transfer From: South Carolina
• Birthday: ?

• Committed to UMass on 4/11/22.¹⁾ UMass made it official on 5/7.²⁾
• Roster page at UMassAthletics.com

• Dealt with knee tendinitis in December & January.³⁾⁴⁾ Did not play at St. Bonaventure (12/31).
• Dealt with the flu for the North Texas (12/17) and Dartmouth (12/20) games. Started versus UNT but played just 16 minutes with three points and three rebounds. Did not start versus Dartmouth and played just three minutes. Was a consistent starter up until then.
• Notched a double-double at South Florida (11/29), with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Also hit two three-pointers.
• Article 10/28/22: South Carolina transfer Wildens Leveque a bridge between new staff and teammates (Daily Hampshire Gazette)

• Chose to follow Coach Frank Martin to UMass after three seasons with the Gamecocks
• Roster page on GamecocksOnline.com
• Verbally committed to SC in October 2018,⁵⁾ and signed his NLI in November⁶⁾

• Played in 29 of SC's 31 games, started 28 (all but Senior Night), averaged 6.8 points per game on 60-percent from the field with 4.7 rebounds per game
• Started the season with 14 & 8 versus USC Upstate (11/9)
• Double-double of 12 & 10 versus Princeton (11/12)
• Tallied 8 & 11 versus Western Kentucky (11/14)
• Put up 13 & 7 versus UAB (11/18)
• Held to 6 & 2 versus Wofford (11/23), saddled with 4 fouls
• Five-straight games with double-figure scoring, Georgetown (12/5) through at Vanderbilt (1/8)
• Missed the games at Clemson (12/18) and versus Army (12/22) due to COVID protocols
• In the non-conference portion of the season, he averaged 10.5 points and 6.2 rebounds
• Struggled a bit in SEC play, with 4.5 points and 3.8 rebounds, including 5 scoreless games
• Tallied 11 & 7 to open SEC play versus #8 Auburn (1/4)
• Put up 10 & 3 before fouling out at Vanderbilt (1/8)
• Had a tough 8-game stretch, at #22 Tennessee (1/11) through home vs #22 Tennessee (2/5), averaging just 3.1 points
• Came back strong versus #7 Kentucky (2/8) with 16 points and 7 boards
• Faded down the stretch, with just 3.0 points per game over the last 8

• Saw action in all 21 games of the Coronavirus-shortened season, with 15 starts
• Averaged 6.1 points and 4.8 rebounds in 18.5 minutes per game
• In SEC play, averaged 6.0 points and 4.9 rebounds in 18.7 minutes per contest
• Posted four double-figure scoring games, and two games with double-digit rebounds
• Hit 58.4 percent (52-89) of his attempts from the field
• Scored 10 points in home victory over Texas A&M (Jan. 6), behind a 4-of-5 mark from the field
• Was 6-of-8 from the field, with 12 points and eight rebounds at LSU (Jan. 16)
• Pulled down a career high 10 rebounds vs. Auburn (Jan. 23), and again vs. Mississippi State (Feb. 6)
• Tallied 13 points vs. Ole Miss (Feb. 13), behind six makes from the field; also had three blocks vs. the Rebels
• Was 7-of-10 from the field, en route to a career best 14 points in SEC Tournament matchup vs. Ole Miss (March 11), while also pulling in six rebounds

• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
• Saw action in 30 of SC's 31 games, averaging 2.4 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.5 blocks in 9.8 minutes per contest
• Had four games with 2+ blocks and one double-figure scoring game
• Posted a season high 12 points in home win over Cleveland State (Nov. 15), hitting all four of his attempts from the field and connecting on 4-of-5 attempts at the free throw line
• Had a season high three blocks in win vs. Gardner-Webb (Nov. 22)
• At UMass (Dec. 4): 8 minutes, 0-1 FG, 1 reb, 1 assist, 3 fouls
• Top scoring output of the SEC campaign came in eight-point performance in road win at Arkansas (Jan. 29)
• Matched season high with eight rebounds vs. LSU (Feb. 22), including five on the offensive glass
• Coach Martin pre-season comments: “Wildens is a 6-10 athletic center, who knows he is a back-to-the basket player. He is a rim protector, he’s a runner, and he has real good hands, so he can figure out a way to help on offense and defense from the word go.”⁷⁾

• Averaged 14 points, 13 rebounds and two blocks per game as a junior at Gould Academy, earning NEPSAC AA Honorable Mention accolades
• Noted as the No. 2 player in the state of Massachusetts by ESPN.com
• Named All-NEPSAC AA following senior season
• Labeled as a competitive player with great form on his shot

From Sports-Reference.com: Stats, Game Logs

Through the 2021-22 season

Additional source: RealGM.com

• Psychology major while at South Carolina
• Son of Wildens and Carline Leveque
• Has two sisters, Wildnese and Karyna
• Cousin of Nerlens Noel, who played college basketball at Kentucky, and was the 6th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft
• Lists LeBron James as his favorite NBA player, and the Miami Heat as his favorite NBA team
• His advice to young people is “stay humble, have faith in your journey and obey.”
• Chose South Carolina because “of the culture and passion, and Frank.”

• Twitter: @WildensLeveque
• Instagram: @w15dens