2024-25 All-MVC Second Team
2024-25 MVC Most-Improved Team
2023-24 MVC Freshman of the Year
2023-24 MVC All-Freshman Team
2024-25: Averaged 15.8 points and 7.8 rebounds per game while starting all 34 contests… Named to the All-MVC Second Team and MVC Most-Improved Team… Ranked sixth in the league in scoring average, led the league in rebounding average, ranked eighth in field-goal percentage (.489), fourth in free-throw percentage (.850) and first in blocked shots (68, 2.00 per game)… Led the league with 10 double-doubles… Scored 17 points or more in each of the final five games of the season and 12 points or more in each of the final 24 games… Had his third collegiate double-double, posted a career high on the glass and became the first Valpo player with a four-block double-double since January 2016 with 11 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks on Nov. 8 vs. Concordia Ann Arbor... Had his first career 20-point double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds on 9-of-12 shooting on Nov. 22 vs. Lindenwood... Scored 17 points - all in the second half - and had seven rebounds on Nov. 27 vs. Northern Illinois... Tied for game-high honors with 19 points and had eight rebounds on Nov. 29 at DePaul... Scored 17 of his team-high 19 after halftime including at one point 14 straight Valpo points to help Valpo rally past Western Michigan on Dec. 20... Became the first Valpo player to secure a double-double in the first half in eight years and the first Valpo player to do so with over seven minutes left in the first half in over 20 years on his way to a 21-point, 13-rebound game on Dec. 22 vs. CCSJ... Had his second straight 21-point game including 17 after halftime on Dec. 29 at Bradley... Turned in his third straight game with at least 20 points and matched a season high with 22 on Jan. 1 at Missouri State... Had 23 points in the Jan. 8 win over Indiana State, his fourth 20-point game in a five-game span... Had a career-high five blocked shots on Jan. 11 at Murray State, becoming the first Valpo player with five rejections since Ben Krikke on Feb. 14, 2023 and the fourth in the last 20 years with a 12-point, seven-rebound, five-block game... Pulled down a career-high 15 rebounds while also registering 12 points for his fourth straight double-double on Jan. 14 at Belmont... Had his 10th straight double-figure scoring output with 14 vs. UIC on Jan. 18... Sustained his double-figure streak with 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting while leading the team with six rebounds on Jan. 22 at Drake... Had his fifth double-double of the season and the seventh of his career with 17 points and 12 rebounds on Feb. 5 at Indiana State... Had his second straight double-double, sixth of the season and eighth of his career with 16 points and 10 rebounds on Feb. 8 vs. Murray State... Had his third straight double-double with a season-high 27 points and 13 rebounds on Feb. 12 vs. Belmont.. Tied a career high with five blocks on Feb. 19 vs. Missouri State, becoming the first Valpo player since 2018 with a 16-point, seven-rebound, five-block game... Had his 20th straight game with 12+ points on Feb. 22 at Southern Illinois... Had a team-high 21 points and three blocks on Feb. 26 vs. Bradley... Became the first player in the nation since 2011 with a 33-point, 18-rebound, five-assist game on March 2 at UIC, setting career highs in all three categories... Named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week and an Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week for the final week of the regular season, becoming the first Valpo player to win National Player of the Week honors since Alec Peters in February 2016... Had a double-double of 17 points and 11 rebounds while blocking a career-high six shots in the March 6 MVC Tournament opener vs. UIC... Had his third straight double-double with 18 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks in the MVC quarterfinal win over UNI including a game-winning blocked shot with four seconds left… Blocked 13 shots in the MVC Tournament, tied for the second most in the history of Arch Madness and tied for the most since 1984… Finished fourth in single-season program history in blocked shots and sixth in program history in career blocked shots… Finished third in program history for career points through the end of a sophomore season and fifth in program history for points as a sophomore.
2023-24: Played in 31 games, all starts, during his freshman season... Named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year, becoming just the fourth Valpo freshman to win a league Newcomer/Freshman of the Year Award, joining Lubos Barton (1998-99), Bryce Drew (1994-95) and Lance Barker (1991-92). He was the first to do so in a quarter of a century and the last two are members of the Valpo Athletics Hall of Fame... Was just the fourth MVC freshman since 1992-93 to average at least 13.0 points per game and 5.0 rebounds per game, joining three other Freshmen of the Year – Southern Illinois’ Marcus Domask (2019-20), Creighton’s Doug McDermott (2010-11) and Tulsa’s Shea Seals (1993-94)... Also a member of the MVC All-Freshman Team... Led all MVC freshmen in the following categories – overall points per game (13.2), overall rebounds per game (5.4), MVC-only points per game (14.6) and MVC-only rebounds per game (5.7)... Also had 11 steals, 28 blocks and 31 assists while shooting 50.2 percent from the field, 36.3 percent from 3 and 78.9 percent from the free-throw line... In league play, he shot 51.9 percent from the field, 38.7 percent from 3 and 82.2 percent from the free-throw line... Finished the season as the only freshman in the nation averaging double figures in scoring and shooting 50 percent from the field and 80 percent from the free-throw line in league play... One of only six players in the MVC to average double figures in scoring and shoot at least 50 percent from the field and 80 percent from the line in league play, joining Robbie Avila (All-MVC First Team), Malevy Leons (All-MVC First Team), Cade Tyson (All-MVC Second Team), Jayson Kent (All-MVC Second Team) and Ja’Kobi Gillespie (All-MVC Second Team)... Finished the season with 409 points, tied with Belmont’s Cade Tyson’s 2022-23 season for the 23rd most points by a freshman in the long and proud history of the Missouri Valley Conference... Was one of nine freshmen nationally to average 13.0 ppg and 5.0 rpg... Became just the third Valpo freshman to average over 13.0 points per game since 1992-93, joining Lubos Barton (13.8, 1998-99) and Bryce Drew (13.4 ppg, 1994-95), both Valpo Athletics Hall of Famers... Became the third Valpo freshman since 1992-93 to average over 5.0 rebounds per game, joining Raitis Grafs (1999-00, 5.8) and Lubos Barton (1998-99, 5.6), both Valpo Athletics Hall of Famers... Was named the MVC Freshman of the Week a league-high five times – Nov. 27, Jan. 15, Jan. 24, Feb. 12 and March 4... Scored in double figures 20 times and had six games with 20+ points including a season-high 28 points in a March 3 win over Illinois State, the highest scoring output by a Valpo freshman since Alec Peters in March 2014... Had back-to-back double-doubles on Jan. 14 at Illinois State and Jan. 17 at Evansville including a season-high 13 boards in the Jan. 14 win in Bloomington-Normal... Ranked 19th in the MVC in scoring average at 13.2 ppg, 20th in rebounding at 5.4 rpg, ninth in field-goal percentage at 50.2, ninth in blocked shots per game at 0.9 and 10th in offensive rebounds per game at 1.94... In league-only play, ranked 14th in scoring average at 14.6, 19th in rebounding average at 5.74, seventh in field-goal percentage at 51.9, tied for 14th in blocks per game at 0.74 and tied for ninth in offensive rebounds per game at 2.0.
Prep: Averaged 11.2 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 2022-23 at Link Year Prep in Branson, Mo. after graduating from Blue Valley Southwest.
Personal: Has a twin brother Carson, who is a similar height and transferred to Valpo for the 2024-25 season after starting his career at Wright State. He said many people think they are identical, but they are fraternal twins… Majoring in business… Valpo head coach Roger Powell Jr. said he has similarities to Alec Peters and Drew Timme.
