Aaron Wheeler (basketball)
Aaron Michael Wheeler is an American professional basketball player who last played for Cholet Basket of LNB Pro A. He played college basketball for the Purdue Boilermakers and the St. John's Red Storm.
High school career
Wheeler attended Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. He was considered a three-star recruit and was ranked 174th in his class by 247Sports. Wheeler committed to Purdue on October 17, 2016, turning down offers from Northwestern, Providence, and Temple.College career
Wheeler redshirted his freshman season. As a redshirt freshman in 2018–19, Wheeler posted averages of 4.7 points and 3.0 rebounds on 36.5% shooting from three-point range. Wheeler made 31 triples, the tenth-highest total by a freshman in Purdue basketball history. As a redshirt sophomore in 2019–20, Wheeler started nine games and averaged 3.6 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. As a redshirt junior in 2020–21, Wheeler started five games and averaged 3.9 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.Following his redshirt junior season, Wheeler announced that he would be entering the transfer portal after four years at Purdue. On April 1, 2021, Wheeler committed to play his senior season at St. John's. Wheeler entered St. John's with two years of eligibility remaining due to the COVID-shortened 2020 season. In his senior season, Wheeler got off to a slow start, averaging just 4.5 points per game in his first 11 games. The rest of the season, however, Wheeler averaged 13.1 points per game on 39.6% 3-point shooting, finishing the season with career-high averages of 10.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 1.0 blocks in a career-high 22.0 minutes per game. Following his double-redshirt junior campaign, Wheeler declared for the 2022 NBA draft, forgoing his final year of collegiate eligibility.