Hofstra University Athletics

Earned his undergraduate degree from Purdue in communications...Working towards a master’s degree in higher education leadership and policy studies.  

At Hofstra:
2018-19: Colonial Athletic Association All-Defensive Team...CAA Championship All-Tournament Team...Started all 35 games...Averaged 8.5 points, 8.7 rebounds, 1.9 blocks and 0.7 assists per game...Had six double-doubles...Scored in double figures 16 times and reached double figures 13 times...Scored 18 points against Rosemont and 16 versus Charleston and James Madison...Pulled down 17 rebounds at VCU and at home against Towson...Notched seven blocked shots versus Towson, five versus James Madison and four on multiple occasions...Had first double-double of the season with 10 points and 12 rebounds at Stony Brook...Had 16 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks in CAA Championship Quarterfinals versus James Madison...Averaged 26.6 minutes per game.

At Purdue: 
2017-18: Played in 19 games...Averaged 1.8 points and 1.4 rebounds per game...Had five points against Fairfield and Tennessee State...scored four points against Texas Tech in NCAA Tournament...Pulled down four rebounds against Chicago State and Fairfield...Tallied two blocks Valparaiso and Tennessee State...Had two assists versus Chicago State...Played a season-high 15 minutes versus Texas Tech...Averaged 6.1 minutes per game...2016-17: Injured and did not appear in any games...2015-16: Played in 13 games...Averaged 1.8 points and 1.5 rebounds per contest...Played a season-best 14 minutes at Rutgers...Had double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds at Rutgers...Tallied five points versus Howard...Had two blocks and two rebounds against North Carolina A&T...Averaged 4.6 minutes per game...2014-15: Played in six games...Averaged 2.2 points and 2.0 rebounds per game...Had seven points in first career game against Samford...Added five points versus Grambling...Played 13 minutes against Samford and 12 versus Grambling...Had three rebounds versus Samford and Missouri...Tallied two assists versus Grambling...Had two blocked shots versus Samford...Averaged seven minutes per game.

High School/Personal: Attended Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts...Averaged 14.7 points, 11 rebounds and 3.5 blocked shots per game as a senior...Earned Eastern Independent League MVP, Team MVP and third straight Boston Globe All-Scholastic Team honors as a senior...Team captured NEPSAC Class B title...Has six brothers and one sister...Brother, Maurice, played basketball at Niagara...Uncle, Keith Butler, played collegiately at Temple and DePaul and uncle, Lamar Butler, played at George Mason...Lists Migos as his favorite musical group...Named Kevin Garnett as his favorite athlete and Black Panther as his favorite movie.

Career Highs:                    
PTS: 18 vs. Rosemont, 12/22/18                
REBS: 17, twice, most recently vs. Towson, 2/21/19            
ASTS: 4 vs. James Madison, 2/23/19                
FGM: 7, three times, most recently vs. James Madison, 3/10/19    
FGA: 11 vs. Charleston, 1/19/19                    
3FGM: 2 at Rutgers, 1/18/16                    
3FGA: 3 at Rutgers, 1/18/16                    
FTM: 4, twice, most recently vs. Towson, 2/21/19            
FTA: 6 vs. Towson, 2/21/19                    
OR: 8 vs. Northeastern, 3/12/19                    
DR: 14 at VCU, 11/24/18                    
TO: 5 at Marshall, 11/11/18                    
ST: 2, several times, most recently vs. James Madison, 3/10/19    
BS: 7 vs. Towson, 2/21/19                    
MIN: 43 vs. Towson, 2/21/19