32   Ari Warmerdam
Ari Warmerdam

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Lodi, Calif.

High School:
St. Josephs Notre Dame HS '02

Height / Weight:
6-4 / 195

Position:
F

Major:
Communication/Political Science


2005-06: Appeared in just 2 games before injury ended his season... Logged 34 combined minutes against Dartmouth (11/25) and Harvard (11/27)... Scored 4 points with a rebound in season debut... Grabbed a pair of boards and hit 1-for-2 from the line against the Crimson.

2004-05: Saw action in 22 games as a reserve, logging 181 minutes... Shot 12-for-29 (.414) from field, 8-for-21 (.381) from three-point range, 15-for-21 (.714) from line for 47 points... Scored in double figures once: shot 3-for-4 from beyond the arc and perfect 4 of 4 from stripe to match career high of 13 points at Cal Poly (1/17)... Drained pair of three-pointers in 9-point performance vs Cal State Northridge (1/29)... Grabbed season-best 3 rebounds in back-to-back games with Radford (12/29) and Cal State Fullerton (1/8).

2003-04: Appeared in 26 games, missing only home game with UC San Diego... Started 7 contests to conclude the season... Scored 79 points (3.0 ppg) with 30 rebounds (1.2 rpg) in 234 minutes... Shot .458 (27-59) from the field, .378 (14-37) from three-point range, .611 (11-18) from the line... Posted two double-figure scoring games... Shot 4-for-8 FGs for 10 points and season-best 6 rebounds vs. UC Santa Cruz (12/17)... Played 27 minutes at Cal State Bakersfield, hitting 3 of 5 three-pointers (5-7 FGs overall) for season-high 13 points... Hit a three-pointer and pulled down 2 rebounds in 13 minutes at S.F. State in first career start (2/13). 2002-03: Redshirted.

ST. JOSEPH NOTRE DAME HS '02: Captured second-team All-Bay Shore Athletic League honors and San Francisco Chronicle All-Metro honorable mention as a senior... Averaged 14 ppg... Earned All-BSAL honorable mention as a sophomore, posting a 12.5 ppg average... Team reached North Coast Section playoffs all three years, advancing in 2000... Also a standout on the tennis court, advancing to BSAL league final for three straight years... Won BSAL title as a junior to qualify for NCS tournament... Won school's Crevani Science Award for honors chemistry.

PERSONAL: Born in Lodi, Calif.... Double-majoring in communication and political science... Parents are Louis & Sandi Warmerdam... Louis played basketball at Saint Mary's... Related to legendary coach and pole vaulter Dutch Warmerdam (grandfather's cousin)... Cousin, Britnee, is a freshman on the UC Davis women's soccer team... Big fan of Robert DeNiro: lists Casino as one of his favorite movies and would have the actor play him in a biopic.