UNC Wilmington Athletics

2025-26 Season (UNCW): All-CAA First Teamer who started all 34 contests ... averaged 13.6 points and 9.5 rebounds across 26.7 minutes per contest ... NABC All-District Second Teamer who totaled a CAA-high 17 double-doubles ... National Finalist for the Riley Wallace Award (most impactful transfer) and Lou Henson Award (top mid-major player) ... reached double figures scoring 29 times, including three 20-point efforts ... scored a career-high 23 points in comeback home win vs. Campbell (Jan. 17) ... surpassed double-digit rebounds on 17 occasions with five games hauling in 14 or more boards ... hauled in career-high 16 rebounds in home finale vs. Charleston (Mar. 1) ... paced team with 21 points and 13 rebounds in CAA Quarterfinals vs. Campbell (Mar. 8) ... reached double figures in NIT contests at Yale (Mar. 17) and vs. Dayton (Mar. 21) ... matched school record with six blocks against Hampton (Jan. 3) and rejected 31 shots on the year.

2024-25 Season (Virginia Tech): 2024-25 All-ACC Academic Team ... logged minutes in 31 games with one start ... averaged 3.9 points and 2.9 rebounds while shooting 62.5% from the floor ... blocked a career-high two shots against Penn State (Nov. 15) ... scored 13 points on 5 for 6 shooting and grabbed six rebounds against North Carolina A&T (Dec. 12) ... recorded 10 points and one steal at No. 4 Duke (Dec. 31) ... totaled 10 points and five rebounds at Miami (Feb. 22) ... dropped in eight points and snagged six rebounds against No. 19 Louisville (Feb. 25) in first career start ... hit first career 3-pointer leading to seven points against North Carolina (March 4)

2023-24 Season (Virginia Tech): Competed in 13 games for a total of 50 minutes ... scored his first collegiate point on a free throw against Florida Atlantic on Nov. 26 ... tallied a season-high four points against American on Dec. 21 ... shot at least 50 percent from the floor in four games

2022-23 Season (Virginia Tech): Redshirted and did not play

Prep Career: Invited to the Allen Iverson 24K Showcase game in Memphis ... McDonald's All-American nominee ... played his final two seasons at Combine Academy where he guided the program to a state championship in 2021-22 ... averaged 18 points, 14 rebounds and 2.3 blocks as a senior, while Combine ended the season ranked No. 20 in the country with a 25-5 record .. named 2020-21 HoopState Network Sixth Man of the Year ... had 23 points and 12 rebounds against Moravian Prep ... played his freshman and sophomore seasons at David W. Butler High School in Matthews, N.C. ... Southwestern 4A Conference Player of the Year ... competed for CC Elite on the AAU circuit ... rated the 148th-best prospect in the 2022 class by 247Sports ... tabbed the third-best player in the state of North Carolina and the 24th-best center nationally, according to 247Sports ... also held offers from Providence, Southern Cal, NC State and Ole Miss.

Personal: Born in Charlotte, N.C. ... son of Kurt and Colleen Wessler .. has one sister: Gianna ... pursuing a Master's in Intergrated Marketing Communication.