2011-12 Season (Redshirt): Sat out the regular 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...Born Dec. 9, 1992...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.