Sensational post player with extreme shot blocking potential … Has a 7-foot-6 wingspan … Long, athletic southpaw with an improving offensive game … Former four-star recruit and top-100 national prospect … Will play both front court positions as a junior.
2022-23 at Gardner-Webb: Played in and started 30 games for an average of 25.3 minutes per night...Averaged 11.0 points per game...His 5.7 rebounds per game were tied for 10th most in the Big South...Recorded 37 blocks, tied for the fifth most in the Big South and averaged 1.2 blocks per game...Averaged 1.9 offensive rebounds per game, the ninth most in the Big South...Recorded season high four blocks vs Presbyterian (2/4)...Pulled down season high 12 rebounds vs Campbell (2/11) while also scoring 15 points...Also had a season best five offensive rebounds against the Fighting Camels...Scored season high 20 points vs Bob Jones (12/19) while shooting 69.2 percent from the floor (9-for-13)...Recorded five double-doubles this season
2021-22 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 31 games with 30 starts for an average of 20.8 minutes a game...Averaged 9.3 points per game and 5.1 rebounds per game...Swatted 50 shots, the fourth most in the Big South Conference...Pulled down 59 offensive rebounds, an average of 1.9 per game, the sixth most in the conference...Scored a season high 20 points vs Carver (11/20) on a perfect 8-for-8 shooting from the floor and 4-for-5 from the free throw line...Also had nine rebounds...Hauled down nine boards vs Hampton (11/8)...Recorded a season-high four blocks off the bench vs UNC Asheville (2/23)
2020-21 at Gardner-Webb: Runner-up for 2021 Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors … Made 24 starts and played in all 26 games while averaging 19.5 minutes as a sophomore … Shot at a team-high 53.5 percent (69-of-129) from the floor (of players that totaled 100+ minutes) … Averaged 6.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game in the post … Finished second on the team with 37 blocks and tied for third with 113 rebounds … Scored in double figures six times … Hit at a 46.7 percent clip from the free throw line (21-of-45) … Twice tied a career-high with 13 points, including at Hampton (12/31) and again at home vs. Charleston Southern (1/24) en route to his first-career double-double … Also snatched a season-high 11 rebounds vs. the Buccaneers (1/24) … Racked up 39 offensive boards overall with six coming in a win at USC Upstate (2/22) … Notched a season-high four blocks in the opener at Western Kentucky (12/10) before matching that with another four blocks in a home win vs. Presbyterian … Compiled 16 blocks over a six-game stretch from late January to mid-February, including back-to-back games with three blocks apiece against High Point (1/29, 1/30) … Also recorded a career-high five of his 15 steals on the year vs. High Point (1/29) … Totaled 507:09 of action on the season.
2019-20 at Gardner-Webb: Saw action in all 32 games, logging one start … Averaged 15.7 minutes per game … Named to the Big South Conference’s All-Freshman Team … One of the league’s top sixth men … Averaged 6.1 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots per game … Shot a very efficient 64.1 percent from the floor … Scored in double figures six times, including a career-high 13 points vs. UT-Martin (11/26) … Also blocked five shots in that game … Narrowly missed a triple-double vs. Hampton (1/20), scoring 10 points to go with eight rebounds and a season-high eight blocked shots … Blocked three or more shots in six different games … Had a season-high 14 rebounds (10 offensive) vs. High Point (2/10) … Played 501 minutes on the season.
High School: Played final two high school seasons at powerhouse Putnam Science (Conn.) Academy under Coach Tom Espinosa … Is the highest rated recruit to sign with Gardner-Webb during the recruiting service era (since 2001) ... Rated as a four-star recruit in May 2019 by 274Sports.com … Shot blocker blessed with an eye-popping, 7-foot-5 wingspan … Rated as the No. 18 power forward prospect in the Class of 2020 nationally before reclassifying, and as the No. 3 overall prospect in Connecticut … Was rated a top-75 player nationally as a junior (No. 72) … Averaged 11.4 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game for Putnam Science in 2018-2019 … Helped team to a 38-2 record as a senior … A key reserve on the 2017-2018 squad that won the prep school National Championship, where he teamed with current Gardner-Webb standout Jose Perez … Played sophomore season at John Bowne (N.Y.) High in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens … Averaged 9.5 points, 12.8 rebounds and an eye-popping 6.3 blocked shots per game as a sophomore … Helped Wildcats to a 23-7 record and a PSAL Queens Borough championship that season … Posted three triple-doubles (points, rebounds, blocks) … Had 16 points, 11 rebounds and 11 blocks vs. Springfield Gardens High … Posted 14 points, 10 rebounds and 11 blocks vs. Campus Magnet High … Had 11 points, 10 rebounds and 10 blocks vs. Kennedy High … Had 13 points, 21 rebounds and six blocks vs. Beach Channel … Shot 53 percent from the floor on the season … Ran with the N.Y. Rens on the Nike EYBL summer circuit in 2018 … Ranked second on the team in blocked shots through 15 games played … Shot 58.7 percent from the floor for the summer … Helped NY Rens advance to the prestigious EYBL Peach Jam in North Augusta, S.C. … Also played for the N.Y. Jayhawks summer program earlier in his career … Garnered 15 Division I scholarship offers … Chose Gardner-Webb over St. Bonaventure, New Mexico and San Diego … Also drew heavy late interest from Georgia, Missouri, Minnesota, South Carolina, Penn State, Providence and South Florida … Collected offers from Rutgers, UConn, West Virginia, Houston, UMass, VCU, Rhode Island, Dayton and several others.
