Northwest Missouri State Athletics

2022-23
NABC Honors Court member ... MIAA Academic Excellence Award recipient ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... played in 31 games ... made 19 starts ... scored 254 points (8.2 ppg) ... became a member of Northwest's 1,000-point scoring club ... finished his career with 1,147 points ... knocked in 34 three-pointers to give him 132 career made triples as a Bearcat ... shot 53.3% from the floor (88-of-165) ... made 78.6% fo his free throws (44-of-56) ... had 15 double-figure scoring games, including a season-high 19 points vs. Nebraska-Kearney (12/10) ... made at least one three-pointer in 19 games ... went 5-for-5 from three-point territory in the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

2021-22
NABC Honors Court member ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... earned a spot on the NCAA Elite Eight All-Tournament Team ... started all 39 games and helped lead Northwest to the NCAA Div. II national championship ... scored 382 points (9.8 ppg) ... averaged 3.0 rebounds per game ... made 40 three-pointers ... shot 55.9% from the field ... drained 78.4% of his free throws ... had 17 double-figure scoring contests ... scored a career-high 21 points vs. Arkansas-Monticello (11/14) ... posted 11 points vs. Bentley in the national quarterfinals ... tallied 17 points in the national semifinal victory over Black Hills State ... garnered 12 points in the national title win over Augusta ... made at least one three-pointer in 25 games.

2020-21
MIAA Scholar-Athlete ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... Honorable Mention All-MIAA selection ... started all 30 games ... averaged 9.8 points and 2.3 rebounds per game ... shot 59.1% from the field ... hit on 78.3% of his free throws ... sank 32 three-pointers ... scored a career-high 20 points in a 73-63 win over Nebraska-Kearney (1/16) ... buried four three-pointers vs. Missouri Southern (2/13) ... scored 17 points in an 88-85 overtime win at Washburn (2/20) ... scored in double figures in 14 games, including all three Elite Eight contests ... shot 14-of-21 at the Elite Eight and averaged 13.7 ppg in the three contests to help the Bearcats capture the program's third NCAA Division II national championship.

2019-20
MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... played in 30 games ... made 15 starts ... averaged 7.2 points and 2.1 rebounds ... shot 57.1% from the field, including 46.4% from three-point range ... drained 4-of-5 three-pointers against William Jewell (11/21) and scored 14 points ... poured in 14 points in a 73-68 win at Washburn (1/11) ... went 6-of-7 from the field (4-of-4 3-pointers) and scored 16 points in an 83-57 win over Fort Hays State (1/25) ... was a perfect 8-of-8 from the field and scored a career-high 19 points in a 96-75 win at No. 14 Missouri Southern (2/13) ... scored 17 second-half points in a 77-76 win over No. 17 Missouri Southern (2/20) ... scored in double figures 10 times.

2018-19
MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... redshirted.

PRIOR TO NORTHWEST
Luke Waters' was a four-year varsity player and all-time leader scorer at Olathe Northwest High School. He was selected to participate in the 2018 GKCBCA All-Star Game.

"Luke comes from a great high school program at Olathe Northwest that has had a lot of talent over the years with Shavon Shields (Nebraska) and Willie Cauley-Stein (Kentucky, Sacramento Kings)." Ben McCollum said. "Luke's name stands atop of the program in terms of scoring and leading his team to the first ever state tournament appearance for the school. He is a high character kid that can score in a variety of ways."

Waters' led his team to first state appearance in school history as a junior and was a 1,000-point scorer. He was a Kansas All 6A 1^st Team as a senior and a two-time Sunflower League 1^st team.