Chico State Athletics

Notable Awards
• CCAA All-Academic (2019-20) 

As a Junior (2022-23)
- Played in 28 games, 18 of them were starts
- Averaged 21 minutes, 6.8 points and 2.5 rebounds per game
- Had 7 games with 10 or more points
- Recorded season-highs 22 points and 8 rebounds against Cal Poly Pomona (Jan. 12)
- Had a season-high 3 steals against Cal State San Bernardino (Jan. 14)
- Connected four 3-point baskets at Azusa Pacific (Nov. 12)

As a Sophomore (2021-22)
- Played 25 games
- Connected on nine 3-pointers
- Played 10 minutes and scored eight points vs. Alaska Fairbanks in the NCAA West Region Finals (March 14)
- Followed up with a career-high 10 point performance against Augusta in the NCAA Championship Tournament Elite Eight (March 22)

As a Sophomore (2020-21)
- Did not play due to COVID-19 pandemic canceling the season

As a Freshman (2019-20)
- Played in 18 games
- Drained his first 3-pointer as a Wildcat vs. Humboldt State (Dec. 21)

As a Freshman (2018-19)
- Did not play due to preseason injury

As a Freshman (2017-18)
- Redshirted

Pre-Chico Days 
- A 2017 graduate of Ponderosa High School in Shingle Springs
- Scored over 1,000 points in his three-year varsity career
- Twice named First Team All-Capital Valley Conference
- Sacramento Bee All-Metro Honorable Mention as a junior and senior
- Played in the 2017 Sacramento Optimist All-Star Game

Personal 
- Born February 17, 1999, in Placerville
- Son of John and Diane
- Has four older siblings: Madelaine, Zack, Rex, and Claire
- His brothers and sisters are his heroes (“for always being there for me”)
- The person he most admires in the sports world is former NBA veteran Shaun Livingston (“for overcoming his injuries”)
- Favorite course at Chico State is American Sports in Film, taught by Dave Berman
- Why he chose to attend Chico State: “The community and culture”
- His greatest sports moment is signing to play college basketball with Chico State
- The most interesting thing he’s ever done is backpack through the back country of Desolation Wilderness in the High Sierra Mountains
- The most impressive thing he’s ever accomplished is “surviving Chico in the summer”
- Has learned perseverance and determination” by playing basketball
- Enjoys getting outside and exploring when he has some free time
- Says that juggling is his biggest non-basketball talent
- Promises “one day I will play piano”
- Claims “I’m socially awkward”
- At the top of his bucket list: “See the Northern Lights”
- Best advice ever received he attributes to Socrates: “Know thyself”
- Currently working on his master’s degree in kinesiology.