Career Notes: Left UC Merced as the program's all-time assists (341) and steals (151) leader...Left as the only player in program history to average over nine points, four rebounds and three assists per game...Second player in program history to score 1,000 career points...Scored 200+ points in each of his four years...First player in program history to record a triple-double (12/6/2019)...Fourth Bobcat in program history to grab 400 rebounds...Played in 106 out of 107 possible games and made 95 starts...Posted career-high's of 20 points, eleven rebounds, eleven assists and five steals...2017-18 Cal Pac Defensive Player of the Year...Earned All-Cal Pac First Team honors in each of his final three seasons...3X Cal Pac Player of the Week...UC Merced Male Athlete of the Year finalist.
2019-20: All-California Pacific Conference First Team...One of four Bobcats to appear in all 28 games (started a career-high 26)...Led the Bobcats and ranked second in the Cal Pac (20th in NAIA) with a career-high 4.61 assists per game...Led all scorers with 18 points on 70% (7-10) shooting and led all players with six assists vs. William Jessup (11/11)...Was the Cal Pac's first winter Player of the Week for the 2019-20 season, earning the honor on November 25 after scoring 17 points and hauling in nine rebounds to go with five assists and three steals vs. Westcliff (11/21)...Eleven assists vs. Menlo College (11/26), becoming the first Bobcat since Christian Chapman in 2014 to accomplish the feat in a single-game...Registered first triple-double in program history, third in Cal Pac history, with 17 points, eleven rebounds and ten assists vs. Bethesda (12/6)...Strong showing at William Jessup (12/31) with 19 points, six assists and a season-high four steals...Missed just once and led all scorers with 18 points while also tallying a team-high nine rebounds and six assists in the Cal Pac opener vs. Pacific Union (1/4)...His first assist vs. Pacific Union broke the program's single-season assists record that was currently held by Cole Taira (2016-19)...Scored in double figures for a season-best three straight games (18 points vs. Cal Maritime, 1/18; 19 points vs. La Sierra, 1/23; 12 points vs. #23 UAV, 1/25)...Other notables from the stretch include grabbing eleven rebounds vs. Cal Maritime for a double-double and shooting 82% (9-11) from the field vs. La Sierra...Five assists vs. BenU Mesa (2/6)...Thirteen points, six rebounds and two steals vs. Simpson (2/13) on Senior Night...At Cal Maritime (2/15), had an all-around effort of 12 points, eight rebounds and led all players with five assists and three steals in the same game the Bobcats broke the program's single-season wins record and clinched a berth in the California Pacific Conference Championships...Stuffed the stat sheet with nine points, a team-high six rebounds and shared game-high with four assists at No. 12 University of Antelope Valley (2/20)...Became the second player in program history to join the 1,000 point club after hitting a triple at La Sierra University (2/22)...Joined the 1,000-point club (Aki Chambers and Haywood) just 24 miles from where he prepped at Diamond Ranch High School...Stuffed the stat sheet with ten points, seven rebounds and a program tournament-best seven assists vs. Cal Maritime (2/29) in the California Pacific Conference Championships semifinal game...Was good for eight points, four rebounds and shared game-high with four assists vs. University of Antelope Valley in the California Pacific Conference Championship game (3/2)
2018-19: As a junior, started 24 of 26 games and averaged a team-high 27.4 minutes per game...was a unanimous All-California Pacific Conference First Team selection...produced a career-high 9.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game...scoring and assists numbers led the team...3.1 assists per game was good for fourth in the conference...Led the team in assists on 14 occassions...Guided the Bobcats to their highest ever ranked win, scoring 13 points with four assists in a 79-62 win over No. 12 Oregon Tech on November 10..Had an eleven point, eight rebound and seven assist performance against Cal Maritime on January 10...Averaged 12 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals the week of February. 4 to become California Pacific Conference Player of the Week...Closed his junior campaign with a career-high 20 points against La Sierra on February 16...Finished fifth in program single-season history with 79 total assists...also added 35 steals, 1.4 per game...Became the program's all-time steals leader on Jan. 31 and goes into next year with 118.
2017-18: As a sophomore, started 24 of 28 games...named California Pacific Conference Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-Conference First Team honors...finished fourth in the conference with 45 steals and eighth with 70 assists...averaged 8.9 points and 3.7 rebounds per game...tallied 15 points and collected four steals against Life Pacific on December 29...contributed 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists against Benedictine University at Mesa on January 6 and earned California Pacific Conference Player of the Week honors...scored a season-high 18 points against Pacific Union (2/15) to help clinch a postseason berth.
2016-2017: As a freshman, played in 26 games while starting in 21 and averaged 30.3 minutes per game… averaged 9.3 ppg...finished the season with a 40.8% field goal percentage, 32.2% from the long range and 65.2% from the free throw line… scored in double digits on 12 seperate occasions, including a career high 19 points against Notre Dame De Namur on 11/2... finished with 89 rebounds and 63 assists...led the team with 38 steals
High School: Averaged 14.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game as a senior and led Diamond Ranch High School to its first CIF-Southern Section Division 3A championship.
Personal: Nicknamed Hollywood…Majoring in Psychology…Favorite food is Lasagna Classico from Olive Garden...Favorite team is the Los Angeles Lakers and favorite athlete is Lebron James…Favorite musicians include Drake and Chris Brown...Enjoys playing video games, especially 2K, FIFA & Madden…Favorite movie is Remember the Titans…Cousin Dane Cruickshank plays for the Tennessee Titans...Short-term goals include to guide his team to the Cal Pac Championship and win Cal Pac Player of the Year... Goal is to play professional basketball
