Aldryan Wardell is a top returnee who could be in for a breakout year this season. He is an athletic power forward who is both a scorer and a rebounder inside the paints. He has started 29 games in the past two season...

Sophomore Season (2005-2006): played in 21 games and started seven...posted a 5.3 scoring and a 3.7 rebounding average...had a double, double coming off the bench against UTSA with 10 points and 10 rebounds...13 points against Lamar and 10 against UT Arlington...12 points and five rebounds in 24 minutes vs Liberty and nine points, four rebounds and four steals in 28 minutes against Louisiana-Lafayette...

Freshman Season (2004-2005): he made an impressive debut and wound up starting 22 games...had a double double against Stephen F. Austin with 14 points and 12 rebounds...also blocked five shots in that game...had a double, double against La-Lafayette with 14 points and 17 rebounds...wound up with a 7.8 scoring and 4.9 rebounding average...scored in double figures seven times...

Pre-McNeese: prepped at Huntington High in Shreveport where he was both a basketball and a track standout...earned all-state and all-district honors in basketball as both a forward and a center...in his senior season he averaged 19.7 points, 10 rebounds and six assists per game...his team won two district titles...most memorable game came in senior season against Fair Park (Shreveport) when he got the ball off the block with three seconds left and made the game winning shot...high jumper on the track team and an all-city performer...honor roll student at Huntington and also named to Who's Who

Personal: birthdate is Aprl 6, 1986...Health and Human Performance major...mother is Faye Wardell...the 17 rebounds he pulled against La-Lafayette in 2005 are the highest since Anthony Pullard pulled 22 against North Texas in the 1989-90 season