Education
San Diego State University.
San Diego State University.
He is former collegiate basketball player for the Louisville Cardinals and San Diego State Aztecs basketball teams. Lorrenzo Wade went to high school at Cheyenne High School, North Las Vegas, Nevada. There he averaged 14 points and 4 rebounds in 2001-2002 and had a 30-5 record and was a state runner-up.
In 2003 he was in the first-team all-state, all-region and all-division selection.
Wade was named co-Most Valuable Player of the 2003 state tournament where he averaged 21.5 points in six postseason games helping Cheyenne to its first-ever state title. He scored 20 points and had 22 rebounds in the state title game after recording 22 points and 14 rebounds in the semifinals.
In 2002-2003 they had compiled a record of 31-1. Wade played his prep season of high school basketball at Hargrave Military Academy in Virginia and averaged 14.3 points.
2004-2005
Wade was part of a Louisville team that went to the Final Four, as Wade appeared in 31 games, averaging 3.9 points per game in 10 mins per outing.
Wade"s best game of the season came against Tennessee State when Wade scored a then-career-high 14 points on January 2, 2005, on 5-of-8 shooting. 2005-2006
Wade made the decision transfer to San Diego State following his freshman year, and as per National Collegiate Athletic Association regulations, was forced to sit out for the entire season.
2006-2007
Wade started 24 of 33 games in his first season with the Aztecs, and his 10.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per game garnered him an Honorable mention to the all-Mountain West Conference team
In a loss to Syracuse in the second round of the National Institute of Technology, Wade scored 16 points and notched eight rebounds in an 80-64 loss. 2007-2008
Wade enjoyed his best season to date, averaging 14.8 points (lead team) and 3.6 (lead team) assists per game, as he was named to the first-team all-Mountain West Conference team
Wade"s best game of the season included a career-high 28 points against Brigham Young University on February 23, 2008.