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Kameron Rooks Season 2017-18

#45
PositionC
Weight266 lbs
Height7-1
ClassSenior
HometownSan Marcos, Calif.

Bio entering 2017-18As A Junior at California (2016-17 Season)
Played in 24 games and received 10 starting assignments, including eight in California's last nine games... Helped the Golden Bears to a 21-13 record and a berth in the NIT... Averaged a career-high 4.9 points on 54.7 percent shooting and 4.5 rebounds... Shot a career-high 60 percent from the free-throw line... Had the third-most blocked shots (22) on the team and the fifth-highest scoring average... Missed 10 games due to injury, spanning from late November to early January... Was averaging 6.5 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.3 blocked shots at the time of when he suffered his injury... Had three double-figure scoring games, which was a career high... Opened the season with an 8-point, 7-rebound, 4-blocked shot effort vs. South Dakota State (11-11-16)... Played a career-high 34 minutes vs. UC Irvine (11-16-16) and produced a personal-best 15 points to go with eight rebounds and a career-high-tying two steals... Earned his first start of the season vs. San Diego State (11-21-16) in Sacramento and had a season-high nine rebounds and a career-high-tying four blocked shots... Started the next game vs. Wyoming (11-25-16) and suffered a left knee injury... Missed the next 10 games (eight non-conference games, two Pac-12 games)... Returned to the floor at UCLA (1-5-17)... Had his best game since his return from injury vs. Colorado (2-5-17) when he had nine points and six rebounds... Reached double figures in scoring for the first time since the second game of the year when he had 10 points with six rebounds at No. 9/10 Arizona (2-11-17)... Scored 10 points on 4-for-4 shooting and grabbed five rebounds vs. No. 6/7 Oregon (2-24-17)... Posted six points and three rebounds vs. CSU Bakersfield (3-14-17) in the first round of the NIT.As A Sophomore at California (2015-16 Season)
Played in a career-high 33 games, making 10 starts... Helped California to a 23-11 record and an at-large invitation to the NCAA tournament... Averaged 3.6 points and a career-high 4.9 rebounds... Shot a personal-best 57.3 percent from the floor... Had career highs in blocked shots (28) and steals (5)... Averaged 7.4 rebounds during an 11-game stretch from Jan. 23-March 3... Posted one double-figure scoring games and three games with at least 10 rebounds... Had one double-double... Turned in seven points and five rebounds vs. Sam Houston State (11-23-15) before playing 13 minutes vs. San Diego State (11-26-15)... Earned his first career start vs. Seattle (12-1-15) and logged four points, six rebounds, a season high at the time, and season-high three blocked shots in a season-high 29 minutes... Started the next nine games, averaging 2.8 points and 3.9 rebounds to go with 11 blocked shots... Grabbed seven rebounds vs. No. 12/11 Arizona (1-23-16), which started a four-game stretch where he grabbed at least seven boards... Had another seven rebounds at Utah (1-27-16)... Pulled down 12 rebounds at Colorado (1-31-16)... Recorded his first double-double with 11 points and 12 boards vs. Stanford (2-6-16)... Set a career high with 14 rebounds and added three blocked shots at Washington (2-18-16)... Nearly reached a double-double with eight points and nine rebounds at Washington State (2-21-16)... Turned in eight points and three rebounds vs. Hawai'i (3-18-16) in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

As A Redshirt at California (2014-15 Season)
Sat out the season after tearing his ACL prior to the year... Rehabilitated the entire season and returned in time for the Golden Bears' summer tour of Australia, averaging 4.3 points and 3.0 rebounds.

As A Freshman at California (2013-14 Season)
Saw action in 26 of California's first 28 games... Suffered a season-ending left foot injury, forcing him to miss the final seven games of the campaign... Helped the Golden Bears to a 21-14 record and a quarterfinal appearance in the NIT... Made his collegiate debut in the Golden Bears' opener vs. Coppin State (11-8-13)... Scored a then-season-high five points and grabbed three rebounds in 12 minutes vs. Syracuse (11-26-13) at the EA Sports Maui Invitational... Pulled down a season-high five rebounds vs. UC Irvine (12-2-13)... Played 12 minutes vs. Furman (12-28-13), which tied his most minutes played during the non-conference schedule... Scored a season-high eight points on the strength of a 6-for-6 free-throw shooting performance in six minutes vs. Washington State (1-18-13)... Made all three of his field goal attempts in 13 minutes vs. UCLA (2-19-14) to finish with seven points... Played a season-high 16 minutes vs. USC (2-23-14).

High School
Played at Mission Hills High School and was the school's first ever CIF Player of the year... Named the 2013 San Diego Union-Tribune Player of the Year... Picked up first-team All-North County and first-team all-league honors as a senior... Guided the Grizzlies to their first CIF championship his senior season... Rated the 22nd-best center in the nation by ESPN... Averaged 17.9 points, 11 rebounds and 3.9 blocks per game, while shooting 65 percent from the field... Helped the Grizzlies set a single-season school record for wins, finishing the 2012-13 campaign with a 29-5 overall record... Selected to play in the San Diego County Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game, where he scored 13 points for the north squad.