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2019-20 WCC All-Freshman
- HEIGHT: 6-10
- WEIGHT: 245
- YEAR: Sr.
- HOMETOWN: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
- HIGH SCHOOL: Ridley College
- POSITION: C
AT SANTA CLARA: Wrapped up his fourth year with the Broncos in 2022-23 ... Was a 2019-20 WCC All-Freshman team pick ... 111 appearances and 63 starts in his career … Ranked in the top five of two Santa Clara freshman lists: fourth in rebounds (171) and tied for fifth in blocks (25) ... Four career double-doubles, 19 double figure scoring and nine double figure rebound outings ... 13 games with 3-plus blocks.
2022-23: Started all 33 games in his senior campaign ... Averaged 6.0 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while shooting 52 percent ... Tied for team lead and for fifth in the WCC with 33 blocks ... Had one his best games as a Bronco in the win over Wyoming. (11/30); Scored 15 points to go with 11 rebounds, including two late offensive boards inside the final minute of OT to preserve the win, and also had four blocks ... Had seven games in double figure scoring with three games of 10 or more rebounds ... Scored 14 points with nine rebounds vs. DePaul (11/18) ... 11 points vs. Menlo (11/23) and San Francisco (12/29) ... 10 points vs. UC Irvine (12/15), at Pacific (11/14) and at San Francisco (2/4) ... Pulled down 11 rebounds to go with eight points vs. Portland State (12/13) ... Nearly had a double-double with 10 rebounds and nine points vs. Saint Mary's (12/31) ... Career-high six blocks in the WCC Tournament vs. USF (3/4) ... Four blocks vs. Menlo.
2021-22: Played in 25 games while missing extended time due to injury ... Started seven games including six-straight in Josip Vrankic's absence during nonconference play ... Also earned the starting nod in the opening round of the NIT vs. Washington State (3/15) ... Averaged 4.1 points and 4.9 rebounds per game ... Averaged 7.9 rebounds in the final seven games ... Season-high 12 rebounds and tied then career-high of five blocks in WCC Tournament vs. Saint Mary's (3/7) ... Season-high 13 points with eight rebounds on the road against Pepperdine (2/24) ... Missed eight games due to injury;returned vs. Saint Mary's (1/20) ... Pulled down 10 rebounds on the road against No. 1 Gonzaga (2/19) ... Nine points vs. Nevada (11/16) and Hawai'i (11/30) ... Four blocks at San Francisco (1/29).
2020-21: Played in all 20 games, including six starts ... tied for fourth on the team with 4.1 rebounds per game ... 1.6 offensive rebounds per game tied for 10th in the WCC ... ranked fourth in the league in blocks (1.1 pg) ... had eight games with multiple blocked shots … pulled down a career-high 14 rebounds and scored 10 points against UC Davis (Nov. 27) for his first double-double of the season ... has 12 points and a season-high four blocks against Fresno Pacific (Dec. 15) … dished out a career-high four assists against Colorado St. (Dec. 22).
2019-20: Played in all 33 games, including starts in 17 of the final 18 ... inserted into the starting lineup for conference play, replacing an injured Guglielmo Caruso ... member of the WCC All-Freshman squad ... his 171 rebounds rank fourth on the school’s all-time freshman chart ... 10th in the WCC in blocked shots (0.8 pg) ... his 25 blocks rank tied for fifth on Santa Clara’s all-time freshman list ... averaged a team-best 11.9 rebounds per 40 minutes of play and shot 48.1 percent from the field (fourth on the team) ... reached double figures in scoring nine games and rebounding three ... after making just 7 of his previous 24 from the free-throw line, went 18-for-26 (69.2 percent) in the last eight games ... blocked three shots in back-to-back games - against Mississippi Valley State (Dec. 20) and Alcorn St. (Dec. 29) ... got his first career start against San Diego (Jan. 4) ... recorded his first career double-double against Gonzaga (Jan. 16), scoring 11 and pulling down 10 rebounds ... had a season-high 13 rebounds and three blocked shots against Pepperdine (Jan. 23) ... recorded 13 points against Portland (Feb. 1) and a career-best 19 against Pepperdine (Feb. 6) ... had a double-double (12 points/11 rebounds) and a career-high five blocked shots against LMU (Feb. 15) ... tallied 10 points and six rebounds in the win against Portland (March 5) in the first round of the WCC Tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Ridley College in St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Canada … second-ranked recruit in Canada and No. 165 overall by 247Sports.com as a senior … member of the 2018-19 first team All-Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association (OSBA), the top Canadian prep league … selected to play in the Bio Steel All-Canadian game as a junior and senior … led Ridley College to a 25-10 record as a senior when he was the OSBA Defensive Player of the Year … spent his first two years at St. Marcellinus Catholic Secondary School … played on the Canadian Under-16, U-17, U-18 (twice) and U-19 national teams … also competed in the 2017 Canada Summer Games where he was a member of gold medal-winning Team Ontario.
PERSONAL: Born in Chicago, Illinois, but moved to Brampton, Ontario, Canada when he was 2 years old ... parents are Charles Bediako Sr. and Joyce Asante … has a younger brother, Charles Jr., and younger sister, Jada … brother is a member of the Alabama basketball team and played for the 2019 FIBA U-19 World Cup squad ... a classics major.
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