NDSU

2014-15 Season (Junior): Started 31 of 33 games for the Summit League champion Bison, missing two games due to injury … Averaged 5.3 points and 3.9 rebounds in 26.0 minutes per game … Earned a reputation as one of The Summit League’s top interior defenders … Recorded 1.5 blocks per contest … Shot 48.1 percent for the season … Scored a season-high 13 points in a road win at Montana State on Nov. 30 … Grabbed 10 rebounds in an overtime win at IUPUI on Jan. 22 … Tallied 4 blocks in a victory over North Dakota on Dec. 13 … Named to the 2k Classic Fargo Subregional All-Tournament Team after averaging 12 ppg in wins over Kennesaw State and Hampton on Nov. 21-22 … Summit League Academic All-League team … Enters his senior season with 71 career victories.
 
2013-14 Season (Sophomore): Played in all 33 games in his sophomore season ... Averaged 15.5 minutes per contest ... 2.7 points and 2.6 rebounds per game ... Season-high eight points at North Dakota on Nov. 24 ... Grabbed a season-high six rebounds in the season-opening win over Viterbo on Nov. 8 ... Seven games with five or more rebounds ... Played 24 minutes against No. 5 seed Oklahoma and 20 minutes against No. 4 seed San Diego State in the NCAA Tournament ... Shot 49.3 percent from the field and 85 percent from the free throw line for the season ... Summit League Academic All-League team and Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2012-13 Season (Freshman): Played in all 34 games and made one start … Averaged 4.4 points and 3.4 rebounds in 17 minutes per game … Second-most blocks on the team with 26 … Shot 57-of-99 for the season and was second on the team with a 57.6 field goal percentage … Made his lone start at Western Illinois on Jan. 19 … Scored a season-high 15 points against Mayville State on Nov. 17 … Grabbed seven rebounds against Utah Valley on Feb. 26 … Played a season-high 26 minutes at Towson on Dec. 15 … Named to the Summit League Academic Honor Roll as a Distinguished Scholar.

2011-12 Season (Redshirt): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program ... Played in three exhibition games off the bench averaging 4.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in 10.0 minutes per game ... Had six points and eight rebounds at Manitoba during the September foreign trip and scored six points with seven rebounds in the November home game with Concordia Moorhead.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2011 from De Pere High School ... Three-year letterman and two-year starter ... First team all-conference, first team all-state by the coaches association, and second team all-state by the media his senior year when he averaged 14.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per game while shooting 69 percent from the floor ... Led De Pere to a 25-3 record and state runner-up finish ... All-conference second team as a junior averaging 9.6 points and 6.4 rebounds ... Also competed in soccer and track.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in exercise science with a minor in Spanish ... Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ... Son of Doug and Jane Kading of Cold Spring, Minn. ... Has an older sister, Kelly, who was a swimmer for Wisconsin-Stevens Point ... Both parents and several other relatives attended NDSU.