The 6-10 multi-talented Gonzaga player was a big winner in high school too.
Video: Kyle Wiltjer high school basketball highlightsFootage of the Jesuit (Portland) standout.To call
Kyle Wiltjer a winner is like calling Brad Pitt handsome.
As the kids say nowadays, "obvi."
Wiltjer led
Jesuit (Portland, Ore.) to three straight Oregon state championships and averaged 19.1 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists as a senior.
He was was selected to the 2011 McDonald's All-American game in Chicago, where he won the 3-point contest. Not many 6-foot-10 kids win 3-point contests.
Clearly Wiltjer is skilled. Very skilled. And it's why the University of Kentucky came calling. He played two seasons for John Calipari and the Wildcats won the national championship his freshman season.
Wiltjer didn't play much, but he did as a sophomore in 2012-13 and didn't win a title, but won something else — the SEC's Sixth Man of the Year.
He transferred to Gonzaga the next season and by NCAA rules had to sit for a year, but now he has the Bulldogs in the Sweet 16 with another national title on his mind.
Wiltjer led the them in scoring during the regular season at 16.7 points per game, and he also contributed 205 rebounds, 65 assists, 23 blocks and 16 steals.
In the Bulldogs' win over Iowa in the Round of 32, Wiltjer led the team with 24 points.
The player you see in March Madness is largely the player you'll see on this tape of Wiltjer playing with the Oakland Soldiers AAU squad during his high school days.
