Background
He also holds a Dutch passport because of his father.
He also holds a Dutch passport because of his father.
Born in Melbourne, Vandenberg played junior basketball for the Waverley Falcons and attended Box Hill Senior Secondary College.
He played four seasons of college basketball for North Carolina State University. In 2008, he accepted a basketball scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) where he went on to represent Australia at the Albert Schweitzer Tournament. He also played 17 games for the AIS during the 2008 SEABL season.
In those 17 games, he averaged 2.0 points and 2.1 rebounds per game.
In April 2009, Vandenberg committed to play college basketball for North Carolina State. Vandenberg played five seasons (2009-2014) for the North Carolina State Wolfpack after being granted a medical redshirt during his junior season.
He averaged 4.6 points, on 68% shooting, with 4.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks over 22.3 minutes in 32 games (all starts) his senior season. After going undrafted in the 2014 National Basketball Association draft, Vandenberg joined the New York Knicks for the 2014 National Basketball Association Summer League.
On 23 October 2014, he signed with the Knicks, only to be waived by the team two days later.
On 3 November 2014, he was acquired by the Westchester Knicks of the National Basketball Association Development League as an affiliate player of New New York On 23 December 2014, he was waived by Westchester after appearing in nine games. On 4 March 2015, Vandenberg signed with the Bendigo Braves for the 2015 SEABL season.
In 27 games for the Braves, he averaged 5.4 points and 4.6 rebounds per game.
On 7 January 2016, Vandenberg signed with the Sydney Kings as an injury replacement for Julian Khazzouh, joining the team for the rest of the 2015-2016 NBL season. Vandenberg is the son of Peter and Catherine Vandenberg, and has four siblings.