1. Richard Travis Bader was born on July 2,1991 and is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association.
24 Facts About Travis Bader
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Travis Bader led the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I in three-point field goals per game during his junior season, averaging 4.21 three-pointers made per game.
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Travis Bader was named the Lansing State Journal Player of the Year his senior year.
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Travis Bader received many NCAA Division II scholarship offers and was invited to walk-on at Central Michigan, Detroit and The Citadel.
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Travis Bader led the NCAA in three-point field goals attempted and finished second in three-point field goals made, finishing 10 behind the NCAA leader.
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Travis Bader averaged 15.9 points per game in 36.2 minutes per game for the season.
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Travis Bader was named The Summit League's Player of the Week once, on January 28,2013.
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Travis Bader scored 30 or more points four times throughout the season.
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Travis Bader led the NCAA Division I for three-point field goals per game, averaging 4.21 three-pointers made per game.
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Travis Bader led the NCAA in total number of three-point field goals made as well as percentage of team minutes played.
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Travis Bader made at least one three-pointer in every game of the season.
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Travis Bader was named to the Lou Henson Award preseason All-America team along with the Horizon League preseason first team in Oakland's first season in the conference.
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Travis Bader was named 1 of 30 candidates for the 2014 Senior CLASS Award.
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Between his sophomore, junior and senior seasons, Travis Bader made a three-point field goal in 62 consecutive games, which was the active NCAA Division I record at that time.
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Travis Bader recorded the first double-double of his career against Illinois State and made 10 of 15 three-pointers in a loss to Eastern Michigan.
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Travis Bader shared the award with Green Bay's Alec Brown.
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On February 2,2014, Travis Bader passed JJ Redick for the career NCAA Division I record for three-point FGs made.
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Five games later, Travis Bader broke the record for the most career three-point FGs attempted.
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Travis Bader finished second in all of NCAA Division I basketball for free throw percentage that season, behind only Johnny Dee of San Diego.
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On January 6,2018, Travis Bader signed with Faros Larissas of the Greek Basket League.
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On May 31,2024, Travis Bader was named as an assistant coach for the Nets.
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Travis Bader's father, Richard, was a swimmer at Clemson from 1976 to 1979, qualifying for the NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships each of his four years.
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Travis Bader is currently the assistant athletic director at Michigan State.
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Travis Bader has two sisters, Christine and Kimberly, the former women's tennis head coach at Ball State.