Northwest Missouri State Athletics

2018-19
Named the Division II player of the year by the Basketball Times ... tabbed by the Basketball Times as a First-Team All-America ... NABC All-America choice ... NABC first-team all-district pick ... Bevo Francis Award finalist ... D2CCA first-team All-America honoree ... D-II Bulletin first-team All-America selection ... named to the Elite Eight all-tournament team ... played and started in 37 games ... averaged a team-best 21.1 points per game and shot 50.9 percent from the field ... scored a Northwest single-season record 780 points ... also set the Bearcat single-season mark for three-pointers made (114) ... Most Outstanding Player in MIAA Tournament ... MIAA Player of the Year ... First Team All-MIAA ... MIAA leader in three-pointers made (114) ... No. 4 in MIAA in scoring (21.1 ppg) ... posted six 30-point scoring games ... torched his former team with a career-high 39 points in a 91-62 NCAA win vs. Minnesota State (3/16) ... scored a then-career-high 33 points in a win over Illinois-Springfield (11/19) ... carried Northwest with 34 points in a 78-67 road win at Central Oklahoma (1/5) ... scored 16 straight second-half points en route to a 32-point game vs. Emporia State (1/9) ... named the MIAA player of the week after averaging 29.0 ppg in wins over Emporia State and Washburn ... credited with 36 points and buried eight three-pointers a 111-83 win over Pittsburg State (1/31) ... notched a double-double with 28 points and 10 rebounds vs. Missouri Southern (2/2) ... scored 24 points and buried four three-pointers in the 64-58 national title win over Point Loma (3/30) ... became the 23rd 1,000-point scorer in Bearcat history (1,150 points).

2017-18
All-MIAA Third Team ... started all 31 games ... averaged 11.9 points and 2.8 rebounds per game ... ranked third on the team with 58 made 3-pointers ... one of four Bearcat starters to average double-figure scoring ... scored in double figures in 22 contests ... poured in 22 points on 8-of-15 shooting at Washburn (2/10) ... tallied another 22-point scoring outburst at Lincoln (2/24) ... sank six 3-pointers and scored 18 points vs. Truman State (11/18) ... made at least one 3-pointer in 25 games ... began the season by making at least one 3-pointer in 15 consecutive contests.

Minnesota State
Witthus started all 61 games he had appeared in for the Mavericks the past two seasons ... as a sophomore, he averaged 13.7 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, logging 934 minutes (32.2 mpg) ... for his career, he knocked down 137-of-326 (42.0 percent) of his long range attempts and was an 80.1 free throw shooter (145-181) ... All-NSIC second team performer ... named to the NSIC All-Academic Team.