PRONUNCIATION
HONORS AND AWARDS
- 2021-22 All-Summit League First Team
- 2021-22 Summit League Championship MVP
- 2021-22 All-Summit League Defensive Team
- 2021-22 Lou Henson Mid-Major Player of the Year Finalist
- 2020-21 All-Summit League Second Team
- 2019-20 Summit League Player of the Year
- 2019-20 All-Summit League First Team
- 2019-19 USBWA All-District VI
- Two-time Summit League Player of the Week (2/24/20, 11/11/19)
2021-22: Finished career 13th in program history with 1,415 points … a three-time all-Summit League selection picked to the First Team in 2022 … member of the Summit League All-Defensive Team … selected as the 2022 Summit League Championship Most Valuable Player helping lead the Jackrabbits to the conference tournament title … Ended career with a 13-point, four-rebound, four-steal and three-assist performance against Providence in the NCAA Tournament … Averaged 16.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and shot 56.9% while starting and playing in 34 of 35 games … an NABC Second Team All-District 12 choice … was a finalist for the Lou Henson National Player of the Year Award, presented annually to the top mid-major player in Division I men’s college basketball … had been on the midseason and preseason watch lists … produced three double-doubles on the year … blocked a team-high 21 shots … scored a season-high 29 points (13-18 FG) in Feb. 24 contest versus Oral Roberts … recorded 10 20-plus point games … converted 10-10 free throw marks in contests against Bradley (Nov. 9) and Kansas City (Dec. 20) … Sngged three double-digit rebound efforts with 12 versus Washington on Nov. 23 and 11 in the Summit League title matchup versus NDSU … had four assists in the game against the Bison.Â
2020-21: Appeared in 19 games with 18 starts … named All-Summit League Second Team … averaged 16.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 28.6 minutes per game … second on the team with 12 blocks and was third in steals with 22 … second in the league in field goal percentage (.508) and seventh in points per game (16.8) … second on the team in scoring (318) … shot 53.7 percent in league play, which ranked third, and hauled in 4.9 rebounds per game while playing an average of just 26.6 minutes … dished a career-high seven assists against Omaha (3/6) … scored a season-high 29 points to go along with a career-best four steals at NDSU (2/20) … recorded a block in five of his first six appearances … scored in double figures in 16 of his 19 games.
2019-20: Started all 29 of his appearances, missing three contests due to injury … paced the Jackrabbits all season with 18.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per contest, posting 27 double figure scoring performances … scored 20 or more in 12 contests … shot 62.8 percent from the field (team-leading) … shot above 60 percent in all but three league games … tallied 24 blocks, 22 steals and 52 assists for the year … finished with four double-doubles … scored 26 with 13 rebounds against CSU Bakersfield (11/9), 15 with season-high 14 boards at Nebraska (11/15) …30 with 10 boards against Samford (11/27), and 25 with 10 rebounds against Oral Roberts (1/2) … finished with 31 points at Denver (1/8) on 12-of-22 shooting and had 31 on 14-of-17 shooting at North Dakota (2/19) … buried 10 or more field goals in six games … swatted five blocks against Omaha (2/8).
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BEFORE SDSU: Played two seasons with Kirkwood Community College and was a two-time NJCAA All-American, earning National Player of the Year honors in 2018-19 ... claimed the NJCAA's 2019 National Championship with his Eagle squad ... averaged 21 points and 8.7 rebounds this season and reached double figures in 32 games (out of 34 appearances) with First Team All-American honors ... shot a net-scorching 67 percent from the field as a sophomore and buried 70 percent of his free throws to go with 11 double-doubles ... was an NJCAA Second Team All-American in 2017-18 ... averaged 14.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game with a 69.2 field goal percentage as a freshman ... helped team to ICCAC title in first season ... graduated from Hoover High School (Des Moines, Iowa) in May 2017.
