2024-25 (Senior): Preseason All-MAAC Second Team

2023-24 (Junior): Appeared in 25 games, started in 17…Logged a season-high three steals at Monmouth (12/21)…Recorded 30 points, while converting a season high 11 field-goals, added five triples, and registered a full 40 minutes on the floor, which were all season highs vs. Niagara (1/5)…Dished out a season-high five assists vs. Iona (3/7)…Sank home a season-high four free-throws in the Second Round of the MAAC Championships (3/12). Recorded four total blocks on four different occasions…Logged double-digit points in 13 of the final 14 games of the season.

2022-23 at Fullerton (CA - JUCO) (Sophomore): CCCA Champion…Saw action in 32 games, started in 29 of them…Opened his tenure with the Hornets with a 19-point performance, converting 7-of-15 from the field, and netting all three triples attempted at LA Trade Tech (11/1)…Corralled a season-high seven rebounds vs. San Diego City (12/8)…Was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free-throw line vs. Irvine Valley (1/11)…Converted a season-high nine buckets from the field in a 21-point performance at Golden West (1/23)…Logged a season-high four three-pointers at Riverside (2/14)…Added a season-high four steals on a pair of occasions at Cyprus (1/27), and Irvine Valley (2/8)…Concluded the season with a season-high 23 points in a 9-of-15 performance vs. San Francisco in the CCCA Championship Game (3/12)…Of the 32 games played, Bender recorded double-digit points in 27 games…Helped team achieve a 32-1 record, and record a 25-game winning streak, that saw a perfect conference season of 16-0.

2021-22 at Mount San Antonio (CA – JUCO) (Freshman): All-South Coast Conference First Team...Competed in 26 games, and started in 21…Logged 27.4 minutes-per-game…Registered 44.3% from the field…Etched a 28.5 three-point-percentage from downtown…Began his collegiate career with a 22-point performance, and added four free-throws in five attempts at Citrus (11/4)…Sank home a season-high four triples from distance on two occasions at Chaffey (12/3) and El Camino (1/7)…Etched first career double-double with 18 points and a season-high 10 rebounds vs. LA Southwest (1/12)…Helped the team with a season-high eight successful free-throws in 11 tries vs. LA Harbor (1/14)…Swatted away a season-high two blocks vs. LA Trade Tech (2/11)…Registered a season-high 30 points in an 11-for-22 day from the field, and a season-high four steals vs. Mount San Jacinto (3/1)…Logged double-digit points in 24 of the 26 game played throughout his freshman campaign…Finished the season logging double-digit points in the final nine games (Team went 6-3 in respective span).

Prior to College: 1,000 point club...First Team All-Public League, and Second Team All-State in 12th Grade...Enjoys Video Games.