2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster

Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics

12 Cameron Wells

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Murphy, Texas
  • High School Wylie
  • Major Business

Biography

Honors
•  XULA Athletic Director's Honor Roll in 2019
•  Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll in 2019-20

Briefly
•  Second year at XULA
•  Returning letterman
•  Older brother and XULA teammate of Cory Wells

2019-20 (Freshman)
•  Averaged 4.2 points, 3.4 rebounds, one assist, 0.4 blocks, 0.9 steals and 15.6 minutes while appearing in all 33 games and earning three starts . . . Ninth on the team in scoring, tied for second in total blocks, fourth in rebounding and fifth in minutes
•  Shot 65.6 percent from the floor (59-of-90) and 51.2 percent from the line (22-of-43) . . . Missed his only 3-point attempt
•  Earned playing time because of his ability to defend
•  Game highs: 12 points, nine rebounds, five assists, two blocks, four steals
•  Scored in double figures five times, and XULA won each of those games . . . Four times he finished with 10 points
•  Scored nine points (4-of-4 floor) and grabbed eight rebounds in 80-66 home victory Nov. 5, 2019, against NAIA No. 7 William Carey
•  His basket with 3:03 remaining put XULA ahead to stay, 58-56, in a 66-64 victory at NCAA Division II Columbus State on Nov. 17, 2019
•  Scored 10 points apiece in home victories against NAIA top-25s Wiley (Nov. 20, 2019) and city rival Loyola (Nov. 26, 2019)
•  Helped XULA win GCAC regular-season championship and, for the first time since 1996, the GCAC Tournament championship
•  Shot 72.1 percent from the floor (44-of-61) in the first 16 games and never shot less than 50 percent in a game during that time
•  Team finished 27-6 overall, 12-2 in the GCAC and ranked 10th in NAIA Division I
•  The GCAC Tournament title earned XULA an automatic bid to the NAIA Division I National Championship in Kansas City, Mo., but the NAIA canceled the tournament March 12 due to concerns about the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak
•  The XULA men in April 2020 won the inaugural HBCU Fantasy Men's Basketball Tournament, an online voting event sponsored by the Black College Sports Network

High School
•  Four-year varsity starter
•  Helped Wylie's Pirates qualify for playoffs three times, including his final two seasons (2017-18 and 2018-19)
•  Averaged 12 points, seven rebounds and 1.7 steals per game as a senior for a 27-7 team
•  Academic all-district four years
•  First-team all-district as a senior and second-team all-district as a junior
•  Team captain and chosen his team's MVP his senior year

Club
•  Played three years of AAU basketball with Southwest Soldiers of Plano, Texas
•  Started for a team that won a Las Vegas tournament during the summer of 2018

Personal
•  Compiled 30 hours of community service before enrolling at XULA

Favorites
Food:  Burger
Candy:  Milky Way
Pizza toppings:  Pepperoni
Ice cream flavor:  Cookie dough
Cake:  Chocolate cake and icing
Flower:  Rose
Color:  Blue
Vacation destination:  Fiji

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2019-20Freshman

    Guard
    6'1" 185 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2020-21Sophomore

    Guard
    6'1" 185 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2021-22Junior

    Guard
    6'1" 185 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2022-23Senior

    Guard
    6'1" 185 lbs
    12