Dwayne Aristode

Tita Kacou Dwayne Aristode is a Dutch college basketball player for the Arizona Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference.

Early life and high school

Aristode was born and grew up in Lelystad, Netherlands. His father named him after Dwyane Wade, who his father admired. He moved to Spain to play for the youth department team of Joventut Badalona. Aristode moved again to the United States in 2023 to enroll at Brewster Academy, a boarding school in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. He averaged 12 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.0 steals per game in his first year at Brewster.
Aristode committed to play college basketball at Arizona over offers from Duke, USC, Xavier, UCLA and Michigan State. He also considered a professional offer from the NBL Next Stars Program.

College career

Aristode entered his freshman season at Arizona coming off the bench as part of the Wildcats' main playing rotation.

National team career

Aristode was a member of the Netherlands under-16 national team for the 2022 FIBA U16 European Championship and averaged 15.3 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 3.1 assists during the tournament. He was briefly a part of the mens national team during the summer of 2024. He played exhibition games against Germany and Serbia with the mens national team that summer.