News release from Texas A&M Athletics:
SAN ANTONIO – Three-time first-team All-SEC selection Wade Taylor IV was named to the West roster for the 2025 NABC-Reese’s Division I College All-Star Game, which take place on Friday, April 4 at 3:30 p.m. CT at the Alamodome as part of Reese’s Final Four Friday. The game will be broadcast live on CBS Sports Network, and admission to the game and Reese’s Final Four Friday is free.
Taylor, from Dallas, Texas, became the program’s all-time scoring leader and first player to surpass the 2,000-point plateau with 2,058 points. He broke the old record of 1,990 points scored by Bernard King from 1999-2003. On the SEC career scoring list, Taylor stands No. 22 and his total was the most since Tennessee’s Chris Lofton scored 2,131 from 2004-08.
Additionally, Taylor took down career records for free throws (536), FT percentage (.851), 3-point attempts (905) and double-digit scoring games (105), and career records in conference play for 3-pointers (145), 3-point attempts (464), free throws (269) and FT percentage (.865). He set senior class school records for seven 3-pointers vs. South Carolina (game) and .866 free throw percentage (season)
All told, Taylor finished with 24 game, season or career school records at Texas A&M, while also ranking in the top five in 30 other statistical categories.
Taylor’s School Records
· School Record – Career Points (2,058)
· School Record – Career Free Throws (536)
· School Record – Career Free Throws in Conference Games (269)
· School Record – Career Free Throw % (.851)
· School Record – Career Free Throw % in Conference Games (.865)
· School Record – Career Games with 10-or-More Points (105)
· School Record – Career 3-Point Attempts (905)
· School Record – Career 3-Pointers in Conference Games (145)
· School Record – Career 3-Point Attempts in Conference Games (464)
· School Record – 3-Point FGs in a Game by a Senior (7 vs. South Carolina, 2/1/25)
· School Record – Free Throw % in a Season by a Senior (.866)
· School Record – 3-Point FGs in a Season (98)
· School Record – 3-Point FGA in a Season (302)
· School Record – Points by a Junior (687)
· School Record: FGA by a Junior (585)
· School Record – 3-Point FGs by a Junior (98)
· School Record – 3-Point FGA by a Junior (302)
· School Record – Free Throw % in a Season (.878)
· School Record – Free Throw % in Conference Games (.922)
· School Record – Points by a Sophomore (572)
· School Record – Free Throws by a Sophomore (173)
· School Record – Free Throw Attempts by a Sophomore (197)
· School Record – Free Throw % by a Sophomore (.878)
· School Record – 3-Point FGA by a Sophomore (222)
Additionally, Taylor became the first 200-point scorer in SEC Tournament history with 203 points in 11 games at the SEC’s postseason classic. He also set SEC standards for free throws (61), FT attempts (65), FT% (.938) and field goal attempts (156).
He earned first-team All-SEC honors from the league head coaches, which made him the first Aggie in more than 40 years to earn first-team all-league honors three times.
Taylor was named to the 2024-25 SEC Community Service Team basketball. Taylor has made the most of his opportunities and his platform to give back through the 4 Wade Taylor Foundation. He founded the nonprofit organization to empower youth through programs focused on mental health, leadership development, and financial literacy.
NABC Division I All-Stars – East
Tamar Bates, Missouri
Zach Freemantle, Xavier
Caleb Grill, Missouri
Curtis Jones, Iowa State
David Joplin, Marquette
Taje’ Kelly, Charleston Southern
Viktor Lakhin, Clemson
Bez Mbeng, Yale
Erik Reynolds II, Saint Joseph’s
Max Shulga, VCU
NABC Division I All-Stars – West
Steven Ashworth, Creighton
Daniel Batcho, Louisiana Tech
Cam Carter, LSU
Nelly Junior Joseph, New Mexico
Trent McLaughlin, Northern Arizona
David N’Guessan, Kansas State
Jamiya Neal, Creighton
Kobe Sanders, Nevada
Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones, UC San Diego
Wade Taylor IV, Texas A&M