Bio following the 2024-25 season
As a Freshman (2024-25 season)
Mountain West Freshman of the Week (Dec. 2 & Dec. 9) … Mountain West Preseason Freshman of the Year … Appeared in 30 games all off the bench … Averaged 5.4 points and 2.4 rebounds in 13.3 minutes per outing … Shot 64.5 percent (71-of-110) from the floor and 38.0 percent (19-of-50) from the line with 13 assists, 15 blocks and 18 steals in a total of 400:12 of game action … 34-of-71 (47.9 percent) field goals were dunks and more than doubled the total of any of his teammates … In a minimum of one field goal attempts per game, his 64.5 percent field goals shooting led all Mountain West freshmen … Among Mountain West true freshman, his 71 field goals made, and 21 offensive boards ranked No. 2 and his 51 defensive rebounds, and 72 total boards rank No. 5 … Scored in double figures three times, including a season high 13 points versus Houston (11/30) in the Players Era Festival and against Nevada (3/8) … Knocked down a season-best six field goals against Houston and San Diego (12/7) among 20 games with multiple shots made … Attempts a season-high 11 shots vs. Houston … Shot at least 40.0 percent from the field in 25 of the 27 games in which he attempted at least one shot … Twice, at New Mexico (1/11) and against Nevada, sank a season-best three free throws … Ripped down a season-high four offensive rebounds at San Jose State (2/11) among four games (SDSU was 4-0) with multiple offensive boards … Totaled 15 games with two or more defensive rebounds, including two games, versus Occidental (11/12) and San Diego, with a season-best five … Versus San Diego and at San Jose State finished the game with a single-game high six rebounds and when he grabbed at least three boards the Aztecs were 12-4 … Recorded a single-game high two assists against UNLV (1/18), Nevada, and Boise State (3/13) at a Mountain West quarterfinal game … Totaled a single-game best three blocks versus Wyoming (2/1) among two games with multiple blocks … In four contests, against Occidental, Oregon (11/27) at the Players Era Festival, San Diego and New Mexico (2/25), recorded a season-high two steals … Played double digit minutes in 24 games including a season-high 21:22 against Houston.
High School
A 2024 graduate of Las Vegas' Arbor View High... The top rated recruit in the state of Nevada... The Aztecs first top-100 signee since 2005... As a senior averaged 19.7 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.6 blocks, according to Maxpreps.com, where he led the team to the semifinal of the 5A Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association state tournament... Honored with inclusion on Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada boys basketball team as a senior.
Personal
Plans to major in leadership studies... Chose San Diego State over LSU, Iowa, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Arizona State among others.