Brooks Barnhizer

About

Brooks Barnhizer (born March 2, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Northwestern Wildcats.

Barnhizer grew up in Elkhart, Indiana before moving to Irvington, Alabama in 2015. He began playing for the varsity basketball team at Alma Bryant High School, where his father was the head basketball coach, while in the eighth grade. After his sophomore year, Barnhizer’s family moved to Lafayette, Indiana and he transferred to Jefferson High School. He averaged 20.7 points per game as a junior. As a senior, Barnhizer averaged a state-high 32.7 points per game while also averaging 11.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 3.8 steals, and 2.6 blocks. Barnhizer was rated a three-star recruit and committed to playing college basketball for Northwestern over offers from Butler, Xavier, and Western Kentucky.

Barnhizer played in 11 games during his freshman season with the Northwestern Wildcats and averaged 1.7 points per game. He played in all 34 of the Wildcats…