Will McClendon

Position:
Guard
Ht./Wt.:
6-3 / 195
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Sacramento, CA
High School:
Bishop Gorman (NV.)
Prev School:
San Jose State/UCLA

2024-25 (San Jose State)
Played in and started all 24 games...Missed 11 games on the year including the final 10 due to injury...Averaged 12.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game...Made 45 3-pointers and shot 35 percent from deep...Averaged a team leading 2.0 made 3-pointers per game..Had a team leading 3.09 assist/turnover ratio...His 12.0 points per game was the second highest scoring average on the team...Scored in double figures 17 times and scored 20 or more points three times...Scored a career high 22 points in a win over UTEP on Nov. 25...Scored 20 points on the road at New Mexico on Dec. 4 and scored 20 points on Jan. 11 at Air Force...Averaged 12.3 points per game against opponents who made the 2025 NCAA Tournament...Had the nation's sixth lowest turnover percentage last season (7.2 percent) among all players with 60 or more assists on the year...Recorded his first career double double with an 11-point and 10-rebound performance in a win over Wyoming on Jan. 25...Had a career high eight assists on Jan. 8 versus Utah State...Had a career high 10 rebounds versus Wyoming on Jan. 25...Made a career high five 3-pointers twice...Shot 82.7 percent (62-75) at the free throw line...Was 10-11 at the free throw line against Pacific on Nov. 8...Made 7-7 at the free throw line on Dec. 31 versus Colorado State...Played a career high 45 minutes in a 94-91 double overtime win over Fresno State on Feb. 4

2023-24 (UCLA)
Played in all 33 games, making four starts … averaged 4.1 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game as a redshirt sophomore … shot 33.9 percent from the field and 35.4 percent from 3-point territory … tied for third on the team (with Sebastian Mack) for most made 3-pointers (28-for-79) … shot 71.4 percent from the free throw line (20-for-28) … scored in double figures in three games … scored a career-high 13 points in a road win against Stanford (Feb. 7), making 4 of 8 shots and 3 of 6 attempts from 3-point range … also scored 11 points in a home victory against UC Riverside (Nov. 30) and 10 points in a road win over Oregon State (Dec. 28) … made a season-high three 3-pointers in four games … finished the season with 35 assists and 17 turnovers, compiling an assist-turnover ratio of 2.1 … totaled 20 steals, the fifth-highest total on the team … recorded a career-high steals against USC (Feb. 24) in Pauley Pavilion … also had three steals in a loss at Arizona (Jan. 20)

2022-23 (UCLA)
Played in 27 games … averaged 1.0 points and 1.1 rebounds in 9.4 minutes per game off the bench as a redshirt freshman … totaled 28 points, 31 rebounds, 22 assists and nine steals in 27 contests … scored a season-high four points in three games, including against UNC Asheville (March 16) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … was 2-for-2 from the field and totaled three rebounds in two assists in the win over UNC Asheville … recorded a season-high four rebounds in two games – against California (Feb. 18) and versus Colorado (March 9) in the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas … played at least 19 minutes in two games – at Washington State (Dec. 30) and against UNC Asheville (March 16) … had two points and the game-saving assist to Adem Bona in the final minute of action in UCLA’s comeback win at Washington State (Dec. 30) … did not play in UCLA’s first eight games of the season, as he continued to recover from a left knee injury that held him out of the 2021-22 season (had surgery in Oct. 2021)

2021-22 (UCLA)
Missed the entire season due to right knee injury sustained in September

High School
Was a four-year varsity basketball letterwinner at Bishop Gorman High School (Las Vegas), playing for head coach Grant Rice … was ranked as the No. 41 prospect in the country, in his high school class, by Rivals.com … also had been rated the No. 55 player by 247Sports.com and No. 65, by ESPN.com … was ranked the No. 3 prospect in the state of Nevada, in his high school class, by 247Sports.com … was unable to play for Bishop Gorman during his senior year (2020-21), as the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) canceled the high school season due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Bishop Gorman had been ranked No. 6, nationally, in the Preseason MaxPreps Top 25 rankings (Nov. 2020), prior to the Nevada high school season being canceled … as a junior at Bishop Gorman (2019-20), secured first-team All-Southern Nevada acclaim, averaging 16.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals per game … also was named a MaxPreps Junior All-American in 2019-20 … led his high school program to its ninth consecutive championship in the 2020 Nevada Class 4A state title game at Lawlor Events Center (Reno, Nev.) … scored a team-leading 14 points in the championship victory, a 65-37 victory over Desert Pines … led the 2019-20 Bishop Gorman squad to a 29-3 record … as a sophomore in 2018-19, helped lead Bishop Gorman to its eighth consecutive Nevada Class 4A state championship … Bishop Gorman finished the 2018-19 campaign with a 28-5 record and defeated Clark High School, 68-60, in the state title game … Bishop Gorman was one of eight high school programs invited to compete in the GEICO Nationals, losing to La Lumiere School (Indiana), 74-69, in double overtime … scored a team-high 22 points in the double overtime loss to La Lumiere … as a sophomore, helped his high school program to signature wins against Rancho Christian (Calif.) and Gonzaga Prep (the Washington Class 4A Champions)