Eric Van Der Heijden

2021-2022 Men’s BasketballPhoto by Joshua McCoy/Ole Miss AthleticsBuy Photos at RebelWallArt.comTwitter/Instagram: @OleMissPix

Class:
Freshman
Position:
F
Ht./Wt.:
6-8 / 205
Experience:
HS
Hometown:
Raleigh, N.C.
High School:
Millbrook
Major:
Multi-disciplinary Studies

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2021-22)

2021-22 (FRESHMAN): Played in 15 total games for the Rebels, averaging 4.1 minutes per game … Scored in three games on the year, including earning his season-high of three points against Kansas State after going 1-of-2 from three point range … Grabbed a career-high four rebounds at Florida … Ended the year with nine rebounds, six points, four assists, one block and one steal … Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: A top-200 prospect nationally and ranked No. 9 in the state of North Carolina … Named to the 2021 Carolinas Classic, the annual all-star game that pits the best high school players from North Carolina against the top high school players from South Carolina … Averaged a double-double (18.2 ppg, 11.2 rpg) as a senior to go along with 4.1 apg, guiding his team to an undefeated season … Earned all-state and first team all-district honors from the North Carolina Basketball Coaches Association … Tabbed the Cap 7 Conference Player of the Year … Led Millbrook to the North Carolina Class 4A State Championship, the first state title in school history, with 21 points in the championship game … Took home the Charlie Adams Most Valuable Player Award (state championship MVP) … Led his team to a 42-4 over his final two seasons, making 96 three-pointers during the stretch and shooting 43 percent from long distance.

PERSONAL: Son of Kim and Allard Van Der Heijden … Has one sibling, Jake … Born August 8, 2002 … Multi-disciplinary studies major.