Student-Athletes Features
The Hustler – Outgrowing ‘Bambi’
Career Honors
- 2021 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District
- 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 Second-Team Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar
- 2020 First‐Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
- SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 22, 2021)
As a Sophomore (2020-21)
- SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- SEC Player of the Week (Feb. 22)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Played and started in 17 games
- Led team in rebounding (9.2 per game), blocks (21) and field goal percentage (.492)
- Second on team with 15.0 points per game and 31.6 minutes per game
- Also finished with 19 steals, 23 assists and shot 36.9 percent from 3-point range and 73.6 percent from free throw line
- Led the SEC in rebounding (9.2 per game) and defensive rebounding (6.9) at time of injury
- Also ranked third in SEC in field goal percentage (.492) and 10th in scoring (15.0) at time of injury
- Finished with six double-doubles
- First Commodore with back-to-back double-doubles since November 2018
- Disu was also the first Vanderbilt player with 10+ rebounds in four consecutive games in the last 25 seasons
- Led team in scoring six times, rebounding 15 times
- Scored in double figures in 14 of 17 games and had 10+ rebounds in eight games, including each of his last four
- Contributed 17 points and 15 rebounds at Alabama (Feb. 20)
- Season-high 29 points and 16 rebounds against Kentucky (Feb. 17)
- Season-high three blocks with 15 points and six rebounds at Georgia (Feb. 6)
- Season-best five steals with 17 points and seven rebounds in win over South Carolina (Jan. 30)
As a Freshman (2019-20)
- First‐Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Played in all 32 games and made 31 starts and averaged 27 minutes per game
- Averaged 7.4 points and a team-high 5.7 rebounds per game
- Scored in double figures in 11 games, including a season-high 21-point performance against Alabama at Memorial Gym
- Five double-doubles on the season ranked 10th overall in the SEC. Double-doubles came against South Carolina State, Davidson, at Kentucky, vs. Kentucky at Memorial Gym and against Arkansas in the SEC Tournament
- Posted season-high 11 rebounds on two occasions – against South Carolina State and at Kentucky
- Had SEC freshman-best single game totals in steals (five vs. Tulsa) and blocks (five at Kentucky)
- Made season-high four threes against Kentucky at Memorial Gym and at Alabama
High School
- Averaged 23.4 points, 10.1 rebounds, 1.5 blocks, 1.4 steals and 1.2 assists as a senior at Hendrickson High School
- Under Coach Dustin White, he was named district MVP and a TABC Region 3 selection in 2018 and 2019.
- His Hawk teams were district champions in 2018 and 2019
- Set school records for points in a game (51), three-pointers in a season (112), rebounds in a season (313), career three-pointers made (240), field goals made in a game (19), rebounds in a game (20), and blocks in a game (7)
The Disu File
- Son of Michelle and Rodney Anderson
- Has three siblings, Megan, Madison, Aidan, and step-sister Breonna Anderson
- Plans to major in Human and Organizational Development
- Advice for young people: “Just work hard”