Men's Basketball

2019-20: Voted a first-team All-American by the NABC, becoming Wooster’s Div. III-leading fifth different first-team NABC All-American in the 2000s … Tabbed as the NABC Great Lakes District and NCAC Player of the Year, and was a first-team D3hoops.com All-Region selection … Became the fifth player in program history to be tabbed as the NABC Great Lakes District Player of the Year, and NCAC Player of the Year honor marked the 10th time the league’s top honor has gone to a Scot in the 36-year history of the conference … Became the 25th player in program history to earn at least three all-conference honors … Selected for the Reese’s Div. III College All-Star Game, which was not played due to COVID-19, and was a quarterfinalist in the State Farm “Dark Horse Dunker” contest … Finished career with 2,031 points, a total that ranks third in program history and fourth in NCAC history … Scored 690 points on the season, with total marking the second-most in single-season program history, and a mark eighth within Div. III for the 2019-20 season … Averaged 23.8 points per game, the program’s highest average since Tom Dinger’s 23.4 per-game average for the 1970-71 season … Made 243 field goals and 148 free throws on the year, the second- and sixth-most in single-season program history, respectively … Logged 21 20-point games, 15 games with at least four assists, and 11 games with at least six rebounds … Broke the 34-year-old NCAC Tournament record for points with 90 en route to helping Wooster win its NCAC-leading 17th conference tournament crown … Opened the NCAC Tournament with 35 points against Allegheny (Feb. 25) and followed that up with 26 and 29, respectively, against Denison (Feb. 28), and Wittenberg (Feb. 29) … Surpassed 2,000 career points in the tournament championship game against Wittenberg, becoming just the fifth player in NCAC history to reach that milestone … Scored a career-high 40 points versus DePauw (Feb. 22) in what marked just the sixth 40-point game in the tradition-rich program’s history … Prior to DePauw outing, upped scoring career-high to 32 versus Brockport (Dec. 16) and 38 versus Kenyon (Feb. 5) … Named the NCAC Athlete of the Week on Dec. 9 and Jan. 20.

2018-19: Logged one of the top seasons in program history … Voted to the NABC Great Lakes All-District first-team, the D3hoops.com All-Great Lakes Region third-team, and the All-NCAC first-team … Two-time NCAC Player of the Week and was one of two athletes league-wide to win the award twice … Poured in 618 points, the fifth-most in program history, and became the second Wooster player under legendary head coach Steve Moore to finish a season averaging at least 20 points per game … Averaged 20.6 points on the year, the most since Bryan Nelson poured in 20.8 per night during the 2002-03 season en route to being tabbed as the NABC’s Div. III Player of the Year … Ranked 15th nationally in field goals (222), 18th in total points, and 47th in points per game … Logged 16 20-point games, including a pair of 31-point efforts against Sul Ross State (Dec. 19) and Wabash (Jan. 26) … Scored at least 20 points in seven straight games from Jan. 16-Feb. 6 with wins over Denison book-ending stretch … Connected at a .539 clip from the field (222-of-412), a .412 clip from three-point range (54-of-131), and was 120-for-151 (.795) at the charity stripe … Also led the team in assists (89), steals (39), and blocked shots (32) and was third with 5.3 rebounds per game … Secured a career-high nine rebounds at Wittenberg (Jan. 12) and had 13 games with at least six boards.

2017-18: Earned all-conference honors for the first time thanks to a strong finish to the regular season … Overall started all 29 games and ranked second on the team with 32.1 minutes per night … Finished the year second on the team with 15.0 points per game, a total that ranked ninth in the NCAC … One of the league’s premier defensive players evidenced by leading the league with 48 steals and finishing the year third with 35 blocked shots … Finished the year 70-for-84 at the free throw line … Averaged 21.2 points over the final seven games of the season, headlined by a season-high 30-point night versus Kenyon (Feb. 14) … Scored 24 points in the second half versus the Lords, a game in which the Scots rallied back from a 15-point second-half deficit … Drained a game-winning 3-pointer with 3.7 seconds remaining in 73-70 win over Denison (Feb. 3) … Had a string of 31 consecutive free throw makes over the second-half of the regular season … Tallied four blocked shots versus Wabash (Dec. 2) and had a pair of four-steal games.

2016-17: Earned regular minutes right away, entering into all 29 games, three of which were starts … Finished the year with 10 points and 3.4 rebounds per game … Rose to the occasion in first start versus St. John Fisher (Nov. 27) with a season-high 25 points and three rebounds … Went 9-for-12 from the floor and 5-for-6 at the charity stripe against the Cardinals … One of the big keys in win over Allegheny (Jan. 11) that moved head coach Steve Moore into second all-time among Div. III coaches with 787 wins … Scored 21 points against the Gators, including 10 in a span of 1:52 during a decisive 22-6 second-half stretch … Delivered a monster night with 20 points on 8-for-12 shooting, including a 4-for-6 mark from beyond the arc in win at Kenyon (Feb. 15) … Added six rebounds against the Lords, and that led to a trio of consecutive 6-rebound games.

Prior to Wooster: Earned first-team AP All-Ohio honors as a senior … Two-time all-district and all-conference honoree for Steve Comstock at River Valley High School … Finished as the all-time leading scorer in program history with over 1,500 points … Broke father’s single-season scoring average with over 28 points per game as a senior … Scored 44 points on “Senior Night,” surpassing father’s old single-game program record of 43.

Personal: Born Dec. 31, 1997 … Son of Richard and Deborah Hempy … Father was a three-time first-team All-American, and the Div. III National Player of the Year as a junior, at Otterbein … Majoring in psychology with a minor in physical education … Played on the USA D-3 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams – Brazil Tour 2019, a team comprised of Div. III players who played four games in Brazil.