Eastern Washington University Athletics

Career: Veening returns to Eastern Washington after spending a season with Western Colorado University (Division II). Previously, he played in eight career games as an Eagle, logging a total of 21 minutes (2.6 per game) with a total of three points, five rebounds and a pair of assists. He also has a blocked shot and steal.
 
NCAA Tournament Experience: He came off the bench and played the last 17 seconds in Eastern’s 93-84 loss to 12th-ranked and third-seeded Kansas on March 20, 2021, in the NCAA Tournament.
 
Big Sky Tournament Experience: Veening played in one game in EWU’s three-game sweep at the 2021 Big Sky Conference Championship. He scored had one point, one rebound and a steal in seven minutes of action in EWU’s victory over Montana in the semifinals.

Western Colorado: Veening played in 11 games (four starts) at Western Colorado University in the 2021-22 season before transferring back to Eastern Washington. He averaged 6.4 points and 4.3 rebounds on 54.3% shooting in 19.4 minutes per game for the Mountaineers. Against Our Lady of the Lake University (11/27/21), he scored a season-high 12 points while grabbing eight rebounds, two steals and a block in an 84-80 win.

2020-21: Selected to the Winter Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He played in five games off the bench, scoring his lone point against Montana (3/12/21). He had rebounds in three separate games.
 
2019-20: Played in three games, scoring two points and grabbing a rebound versus Multnomah.

2018-19: Redshirted.

HS: Graduated from Nooksack Valley HS in 2018. He averaged 15 points, nine rebounds and five assists as a senior to earn All-Northwest Athletic Conference honors. He was also team captain both in his junior and senior seasons, and in 2018 the team missed playing in the State 1A Tournament by one game. He played three years of varsity basketball at Nooksack Valley, including the last two for Rich Skillman. Besides playing basketball, he also played football. In his senior season he had 49 catches, eight touchdowns, and accumulated 892 yards in helping his teams to an appearance in the State 1A Playoffs. In track and field he competed at the State 1A Championships at Roos Field in Cheney in the 110-meter hurdles. Including soccer, he lettered in four total sports in high school.

Personal: Majoring in interdisciplinary studies at Eastern in hopes to become a physical therapist. He has a 3.46 grade point average through winter quarter 2021. Born June 2, 2000, in Bellingham, Wash. Parents are Kelli and Theo Veening.
 

SEASON	GP-GS	MIN/AVG	FG-FGA	FG%	3FG-FGA	3FG%	FT-FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TOT	AVG	PF-FO	AST	TO	BLK	STL	PTS	AVG
2019-20	3-0	8/2.8	1-2	.500	0-0	.000	0-0	.000	1	1	2	0.7	2-0	1	2	1	0	2	0.7
2020-21	5-0	13/2.5	0-0	.000	0-0	.000	1-4	.250	0	3	3	0.6	1-0	1	0	0	1	1	0.2
TOTAL	8-0	21/2.6	1-2	.500	0-0	.000	1-4	.250	1	4	5	0.6	3-0	2	2	1	1	3	0.4

 
Single Game Highs
Points - 2 vs Multnomah 12/13/19
Rebounds - 1 5 times
Assists - 1 vs Multnomah 12/13/19, vs Sacramento St. 02/01/21
Steals - 1 vs Montana 03/12/21
Blocks - 1 vs Montana St. 02/08/20
FG Made - 1 vs Multnomah 12/13/19
FG Attempts - 1 vs Portland Bible 11/05/19, vs Multnomah 12/13/19
FT Made - 1 vs Montana 03/12/21
FT Attempts - 2 at Montana St. 02/13/21, vs Montana 03/12/21