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2019-20: Posted game-high rebound totals in seven games... Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds at CSUN (1/18)... Hit seven free throws, a career high, at Long Beach State (1/16); nailed all four attempts in the second half... Scored 13 points on an efficient 5 of 7 shooting vs. Holy Names (1/4)... Scored eight points and earned a game-high seven rebounds vs. Northern Illinois (12/7)... Finished with a team-high 18 points, on a season-high 8 of 11 shooting, at Portland (11/23)... Scored a career-high 20 points vs. Sacramento State (11/20) in the team’s annual game at the Golden 1 Center... Shot 8 of 13 and hit all four shots at the free throw line against the Hornets... Posted a perfect shooting stat line at Arkansas State (11/15): 6-for-6 overall and 2-for-2 at the free throw line; also grabbed a team-high five rebounds... Led all Aggies with eight rebounds, nearly one-third of the team’s total (26) vs. Idaho (11/14) at the Red Wolves Classic... Posted 15 points for the second game in a row by nailing 5 of 7 shots, and all five attempts at the line vs. William Jessup (11/7)... Scored 15 points, two shy of a career high, by hitting 7 of 11 shots at Loyola Chicago (11/5).
2018-19: Ended his junior season ranked No. 3, among all Big West players, in field goal percentage (.547)... Scored 12 points on 5 of 6 shooting vs. Hawai’i (3/7)... Led the Aggies in scoring with 10 points when they hosted UC Irvine (2/28)... Of his 15 points scored at CSUN (2/23), a career-high seven were earned at the stripe... Shot an efficient 4 of 6 to finish with eight points, and two rebounds vs. CSUN (2/15)... Finished with eight points and a game-high six rebounds, but it was his career-high four blocks that stood out from his stat line at Cal Poly (2/7)... Scored in double figures for the third game in a row by hitting four shots from the floor and a pair at the line when UC Davis visited UC Riverside (2/2)... After finishing with 14 points and a season-high nine rebounds vs. Cal Poly (1/19), he posted 17 and 6 the following game at Hawai’i (1/26); those 17 points are a season/career high... His 14 points (on 6 of 10 shooting) scored vs. Cal Poly are the most against a Division I opponent at that point of the season; also finished with a game-high nine rebounds... Those six field goals and nine boards are both new career highs... On 4 of 5 shooting, Neufeld scored 11 points, in addition to recording five rebounds and one blocked shot at UC Irvine (1/10)... Finished with nine points and a team-high seven rebounds at USC (12/30)... Scored double figures against a Div. I opponent, for the second time this season, when he finished with 10, on 4 of 6 shooting, at LMU (12/28)... Nailed 5 of 6 shots from the floor, and 7 of 9 shots at the line to finish with a career- and game-high 17 points vs. William Jessup (12/16); also led all players with three blocks and three steals, another pair of career highs... Hit 3 of 5 shots and finished with three rebounds vs. Northern Arizona (11/29)... Scored a team-high eight points, on three field goals and hit both free throws in his UC Davis debut vs. San Francisco (11/6).
2017-18: Redshirted due to NCAA transfer rules.
SAINT LOUIS (2015-17): Played in 53 games throughout his two seasons with the Billikens, shooting .500 from the field his sophomore season and .625 at the line... Recorded 53 rebounds, six assists, and nine steals throughout his career.
SUNRISE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY '15: Attended and competed during the 2014-15 season.
LAMBRICK PARK HS '14: As a senior, he averaged 24 points and 10 rebounds per game, leading the Lions to a 30-9 overall record... Ended that season with a provincial championship... Named that event's Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Tournament.
PERSONAL: Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada... Parents are Kevin and Connie Neufeld... Has two brothers, Kai and Travis... Before beginning his college career, he represented Canada's U-19 National Team in the 2015 FIBA World Championships and competed in all seven contests held in Heraklion, Greece... His father, Kevin, competed for the Canadian Olympic Team... Attended prep school at Sunrise Christian Academy in Wichita, Kan. before attending Saint Louis.
