2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 0
Vinnie Shahid
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Minneapolis, Minn.
- High School:
- Hopkins HS
2019-20 Season (Senior): Named first team All-Summit League and first team All-District by the NABC … Earned Summit League All-Tournament Team recognition and Tournament MVP for the second straight season … Totaled 608 points for the year, becoming the sixth Bison ever to top 600 points in a season … Averaged 20.9 points and 3.6 assists in league play, shooting 94 percent from the free throw line … Finished third in the league in scoring and fifth in assists … Led the Bison in scoring, assists, steals, three-pointers and total minutes … His 83 three-pointers made were tied for third-most in a season by an NDSU player … Scored a career-high 31 points in NDSU’s win over Oral Roberts on Feb. 8, draining six threes … Registered a career-high nine assists in a victory over Omaha on Senior Day, Feb. 29 … Season-high eight rebounds in a win over UTRGV on Nov. 15 … Recorded five steals in a road victory at Idaho on Nov. 26 … Scored 20-plus points in 16 games … Made 145-of-164 (88 percent) at the free throw line for the season … Only the second player in school history to reach 1,000 career points in only two seasons as a Bison.
2018-19 Season (Junior): Named Summit League Newcomer of the Year and Summit League Tournament MVP … Started all 35 games for the Bison and led the team in scoring with 13.1 points per game … Also led NDSU with 91 assists on the season – 2.6 per game … Played the most minutes on the team … Shot 85 percent at the free throw line … Posted 8 games with at least 20 points … Scored a season-high 29 points vs. Drake in his hometown of Minneapolis on Dec. 1 … Scored 22 points in the win over Omaha in the Summit League Tournament championship game, with 20 coming in the final 15 minutes … Led NDSU vs. No. 1 Duke in the NCAA Tournament, scoring 20 points … Season-high 8 assists in a win over Towson in the Bahamas on Nov. 18 … Made a season-high 6 three-pointers in a Bison win at Oral Roberts on Jan. 26.
Prior to NDSU: Played two seasons at Western Nebraska Community College … Named an NJCAA Second Team All-American as a sophomore, averaging 18.4 points and 4.8 assists per game and shooting 48 percent from three-point range … Named NJCAA Region IX Player of the Year … As a freshman at WNCC in 2016-17, he earned all-region second team honors after averaging 15 points, four assists and three rebounds per game.
High School: All-state performer on the Hopkins HS state championship team that went 31-1 in 2016 … Lost only eight games in his high school career.
Personal: Son of Riva Shahid ... Has one sister, Ebonee ... Majoring in psychology.
2018-19 Season (Junior): Named Summit League Newcomer of the Year and Summit League Tournament MVP … Started all 35 games for the Bison and led the team in scoring with 13.1 points per game … Also led NDSU with 91 assists on the season – 2.6 per game … Played the most minutes on the team … Shot 85 percent at the free throw line … Posted 8 games with at least 20 points … Scored a season-high 29 points vs. Drake in his hometown of Minneapolis on Dec. 1 … Scored 22 points in the win over Omaha in the Summit League Tournament championship game, with 20 coming in the final 15 minutes … Led NDSU vs. No. 1 Duke in the NCAA Tournament, scoring 20 points … Season-high 8 assists in a win over Towson in the Bahamas on Nov. 18 … Made a season-high 6 three-pointers in a Bison win at Oral Roberts on Jan. 26.
Prior to NDSU: Played two seasons at Western Nebraska Community College … Named an NJCAA Second Team All-American as a sophomore, averaging 18.4 points and 4.8 assists per game and shooting 48 percent from three-point range … Named NJCAA Region IX Player of the Year … As a freshman at WNCC in 2016-17, he earned all-region second team honors after averaging 15 points, four assists and three rebounds per game.
High School: All-state performer on the Hopkins HS state championship team that went 31-1 in 2016 … Lost only eight games in his high school career.
Personal: Son of Riva Shahid ... Has one sister, Ebonee ... Majoring in psychology.
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