Fletcher Loyer

His grandfather, Al McFarland, played for Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball in 1964.

The Loyer family moved for John's National Basketball Association career with the Portland Trail Blazers, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets and Detroit Pistons.

Fletcher Joseph Loyer (born September 1, 2003) is an American college basketball player for the Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten Conference.

As a true freshman for the 2022–23 Boilermakers, he won both a Big Ten regular season and a 2023 Big Ten men's basketball tournament championship, while earning All-Big Ten honorable mention individual recognition.

During the season, he set the Purdue freshman single-game three-point shots made record (6).

He played high school basketball in Michigan at Clarkston High School for his freshman and sophomore seasons.

Then, he attended Homestead High School in Indiana for his junior and senior seasons.

As a senior, he was the 2022 Indiana Gatorade Player of the Year award winner and the 2022 Indiana Mr. Basketball runner-up.

Loyer was born September 1, 2003, to John and Kate Loyer.

His father played basketball at the University of Akron.

His mother played volleyball at Indiana University, and she was an assistant coach for Purdue University volleyball.

Loyer was an assistant coach for the Portland (2003–05), Philadelphia (2005–09) and New Jersey (2009–11) before taking on the same role with Detroit in 2011.

He served as Pistons interim head coach for 32 games for the 2013–14 Pistons.

He later joined the Los Angeles Clippers as a scout in 2016.

Loyer initially attended Clarkston High School in Clarkston, Michigan.

Loyer is the son of basketball coach and scout John Loyer and brother of Foster Loyer, the 2018 Mr. Basketball of Michigan.

As a freshman he was a 2019 Detroit Free Press Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Division I all-state honorable mention selection.

Loyer averaged 22 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game during his sophomore season.

He was a 2020 The Detroit News MHSAA Division I all-state first team selection.

Clarkston was 21–1 with a 20-game winning streak when COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns shutdown the season.

By May 2020, he had scholarship offers from Toledo, Detroit Mercy and Denver.

On May 30, 2020, he received his first high major offer from Michigan.

By July 1, he also had offers from Purdue and Nebraska.

Loyer's mother, Kate, is from Indiana (she had been a student-athlete at McCutcheon High School).

Loyer's had relatives in the Fort Wayne area, including many cousins and an aunt who was a volleyball coach at Concordia Lutheran High School.

His family moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana after his sophomore year and by July 3, 2020, he enrolled at Homestead High School, At Homestead, which had won the 2015 Indiana Class 4A state championship, he would join a team with class of 2021 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball recruit, shooting guard Luke Goode.

Loyer switched from shooting guard to point guard when he moved.

On November 23, 2020, Loyer committed to Purdue over a field of offers that included Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Notre Dame and Utah.

At the time, he was rated a three-star recruit and ranked 140th in the National class of 2022.

He was later rated a four-star recruit.

On December 29, 2020, Loyer posted a Homestead High School single-game scoring record with 50 points against Marion High School.

After winning their first 25 games, top-ranked Homestead lost 60–49 in the regional semifinals to Carmel High School, the number 2 ranked team in the state, on March 13, 2021.

Loyer had a game high 26 points.

He averaged 24.4 points, 4.5 assists, and 4.9 rebounds per game during his junior season.

Although Loyer's Homestead team in Indiana was upset in March, he was able to play a full season during his junior year.

In Michigan, almost the whole season was lost.

Indoor winter sports were suspended on November 18, 2020.

Indoor contact winter high school sports' (basketball, wrestling, hockey, and competitive cheer) season were suspended until at least February 21, 2021, due to the pandemic.

On March 12, 2022, future Purdue teammate Braden Smith led his Westfield High School team to a 64–53 victory over Loyer and Homestead in the Indiana state Class 4A Regional matchup.

Although Loyer posted 27 points and surpassed former Boilermaker, Caleb Swanigan for the school's single-season scoring record (726 points versus 702 points), it was not enough to overcome Smith's 13-point, 8-rebound, 6-assist, 3-steal, and 2-block effort.