Education
Rock Island High School.
Rock Island High School.
He played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal. As a senior in 2014-2015, he was considered one of the top point guards in the country. Born in Rock Island, Illinois, Randle played high school basketball for Rock Island.
Randle was a highly recruited player out of Rock Island High School.
He had led his school to its first Illinois state title, and shared Illinois Mr. Basketball honors with East Aurora"s Ryan Boatright in 2011.
He had his best season as a senior recording 22.3 points per game and 7.7 rebounds per game. Randle is Rock Island"s all-time leader in scoring with 2,159 points and rebounding with 773 boards.
He was named in Entertainment and Sports Programming Network 100 top recruits for 2011 receiving a grading of 94, while ranking 60th nationally and 10th in the point guard position.
Scout.com ranked him 61st nationally and 12th in the point guard position, while Rivals.com ranked him 78th nationally and 20th at shooting guard. He was also selected to the 2008, 2009 and 2010 All-Tournament teams at the prestigious State Farm Holiday Classic held in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois.
Randle ultimately chose to play college basketball with Stanford over Illinois and Purdue due to head coach Johnny Dawkins" personal attention during the recruiting process. In his freshman season, Randle averaged 13.8 points per game, was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team, and helped lead Stanford to the 2012 National Invitation Tournament title.
Prior to his junior season, Randle was moved to the point guard position, in large part due to an injury to former starter Aaron Bright.
He responded well to the move, averaging 18.8 points per game, earning first-team All-Pac-12 Conference and leading Stanford to the Sweet 16 of the 2014 National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament. On January 22, 2015, Randle scored his 2,000th career point in a home loss to Arizona.
With the mark he became the third player in program history to reach this milestone. At season"s end, he was voted first-team All-Pac-12 for the second straight season.
Randle was the Pac-12 scholar-athlete of the year in the 2014-2015 season.
He posted a game-high 25 points in the 2015 National Institute of Technology Final versus Miami (Florida) and earned the tournament"s Most Outstanding Player award. Randle, at the time of his graduation, was Stanford"s all-time leading scorer with 2,375 points. After going undrafted in the 2015 National Basketball Association draft, Randle signed to play for the Golden State Warriors in the 2015 National Basketball Association Summer League.
Randle signed his first professional contract with Czechoslovakian NBL team ČEZ Basketball Nymburk on July 23, 2015.