HONORS:
- 2015-16 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2016-17 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
2016-17 (SOPHOMORE):
- Averaged 5.6 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game while appearing in all 32 games with 17 starts.
- Ended his 2016-17 campaign with a career-best effort, scoring a career-high 16 points behind a career-best five three-pointers in the SEC Tournament victory over Auburn (March 8) in Nashville.
- Sank 44 three-pointers as a sophomore, a total that ranked third-best on the squad.
- Scored a career-high 14 points and matched a career-high for three-pointers made with four in a win over Miami (Ohio) on Dec. 6.
- Posted a career-high three steals and connected on two free throws in the final minute to seal the victory against Western Kentucky (Dec. 3).
- Recorded a career-high five rebounds vs. Northwestern State (Nov. 26).
- Knocked down three three-pointers in Mizzou’s season-opening win over Alabama A&M (Nov. 13), dishing out a career-high five assists as well.
2015-16 (FRESHMAN):
- Appeared in all 31 games for Mizzou in his first collegiate campaign, including 3 starts late in the Tigers’ SEC schedule.
- Averaged 4.0 points and 1.2 rebounds in 17.2 minutes per game in his first season wearing the Black & Gold.
- Hit on his two field goal attempts in his collegiate debut vs. Wofford (Nov. 13), including his first career three-pointer.
- Season-best 13 points (5-of-9 FG, 3-of-7 3PT) at Xavier (Nov. 17), leading the Tigers in scoring for the first time.
- Season-high four three-pointers on 4-of-7 3PT shooting in the game vs. NC State (Dec. 19), scoring 12 points.
- First career block at No. 19 South Carolina (Jan. 16).
- Multiple assists for the fourth time vs. Mississippi State (Jan. 30).
- Season-high 3 assists in second start at Arkansas (Feb. 20), his fifth game of the season with multiple assists.
- 10 points (3-of-7 FG, 2-of-6 3PT, 2-of-2 FT) vs. Ole Miss (Feb. 3), hitting multiple three-pointers for the 5th time this season.
- First career start vs. South Carolina (Feb. 16), scoring 4 points.
- Missed the majority of the game at Ole Miss (Feb. 23) due to a left shoulder injury suffered in the third minute of action.
- Seventh game of the season with 2+ three-pointers vs. Texas A&M (Feb. 27).
PACIFIC HIGH SCHOOL:
- Averaged 23.5 points and 7.3 rebounds per game for Pacific High School as a senior.
- Became the all-time leading scorer in Pacific history, snapping a record that stood since 1954.
- Reached 1,000 career points in just 58 games
- Named Missouri Class 4 Co-Player of the Year.
- Was a MBCA Class 4 All-State selection.
- Added academic all-conference honors as a senior.
- Also competed in golf in high school, receiving first team all-conference recognition.
PERSONAL:
- Son of John and Lori VanLeer.
- Born on May 25, 1996, in Beaufort, Mo.
- Both parents attended Missouri State and work as educators, with mother, Lori, working as a superintendent and father, John, working as a physical education teacher and coach.
- Has been a fan of Mizzou Basketball since childhood.
- Showed cattle as a youngster.
- Has a younger brother named Cameron.
- Favorite sports movie is Glory Road.
- Would like to follow in his parents’ footsteps and become a teacher or coach, or work in the physical therapy field.
- Avid golfer who sank the first hole-in-one of his golf career on an off day of Mizzou’s first week of official 2016-17 practices.