Brad Joens

Brad Joens ranks as one of the best 3-point shooters in Wayne State men's basketball history during his playing career from 1997 to 2001. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native ranks as the all-time leader in 3-point baskets with 310 and ranks fifth in career scoring with 1,556 points. Joens was a two-time All Northern Sun Conference selection as a junior and senior, helping WSC make back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 1998-99 and 1999-00. He averaged 15.5 points per game in his junior season in 1999-00, helping WSC win the Northern Sun Conference regular season and tournament titles and the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament where WSC reached the regional final before falling to eventual national champion Metro State. Joens still holds the school record for making 9 of 9 3-pointers vs. MSU Moorhead on Jan. 14, 2000, and finished his career starting 102 out of 117 career games. At the time of his induction Sept. 25, 2010, Joens was residing in Fairfax, Iowa, working as a commercial banking officer at Hills Bank and Trust Company.