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2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

23 Joseph Venzant

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 210
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Midland, Texas
  • Highschool Midland Christian School

Biography

Career Highs
  • Points: 13 (vs. Regent - 11/11/21)
  • Rebounds: 13 (at North Florida - 1/21/23)
  • Assists: 3 (vs. FIU - 1/18/24)
  • Steals: 5 (vs. Boyce - 12/31/21)
  • Blocks: 2 (5x: last vs. UTEP - 3/14/14)

2024-25 - Medical Redshirt (at ACU)
  • Played in season's first 8 games, including 6 starts, before suffering season-ending injury at Baylor on Dec. 9
  • Averaged 20 minutes per game
  • Snagged 4 rebounds per game

2023-24 - Junior (at Liberty)
  • Started 29 of the Flames’ 31 games, averaging 23.0 minutes per game (made 96 career starts for Liberty)
  • Named to the Conference USA All-Defensive team after leading the team with 32 steals
  • Was second on Liberty with 14 total blocks and 6.2 rebounds per game
  • Averaged 5.2 points per game on 58.9% shooting, the second-best mark on the Flames’ roster
  • Connected on four of 16 (25%) three-point attempts and was 65.8% from the free throw line
  • Served 0.9 assists per game

2022-23 - Sophomore (at Liberty)
  • Started all 36 games
  • Averaged 4.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 0.4 assists and 0.5 steals per game
  • Finished second on the team in rebounding and led the squad with 64 offensive rebounds
  • Had 10 or more rebounds four times
  • Grabbed a season-high 13 rebounds (11 in second half) in a win at North Florida and added six points on 3-of-4 shooting
  • Collected 10 rebounds at Bellarmine and versus Southern Miss
  • Knocked down 62.5% (60-of-96) of his field goals attempts on the season
  • Totaled eight points, five rebounds and two steals versus Virginia University of Lynchburg and had a dunk in the second half that was the No. 6 play on ESPN’s SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays

2021-22 - Freshman (at Liberty)
  • Played in all 33 games and started the last 31 games
  • Garnered inclusion on Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Honor Roll
  • Averaged 3.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game
  • Scored a season-high 13 points in the season opener against Regent
  • Grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds against Stephen F. Austin
  • Had two games scoring 10 points or more

High School
  • A three-star prospect according to by Rivals
  • Ranked as the No. 51 shooting guard in America
  • Scored over 2,750 career points at Midland Christian as a three-year starter and a two-year captain
  • A 2021 UIL 6A All-State selection and District MVP with 21.0 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game

Personal
  • Son of Eddie and Linda Venzant
  • Father played basketball at Wayland Baptist
  • Brother, Daniel, played college basketball at Cal State Fullerton and St. Edwards and played professionally in Mexico, Poland and Macedonia and is now an assistant coach for UT Rio Grande Valley men’s basketball

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2024-25Senior

    Guard
    6'3" 170 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2025-26Redshirt Senior

    Guard
    6'2" 210 lbs
    23