Background: The 2024 Iowa Class 2A Boys Basketball Player of the Year … averaged 27.3 points, 8.5 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game as a senior … set 12 school records in basketball and led Estherville Lincoln Central High School to a conference title in 2024 … A 2024 Northwest Iowa Boys All-Star Team selection … scored nearly 2,000 points during his prep career … A back-to-back First Team All-State selection … averaged 27.2 points and 8.4 rebounds as a junior … had a 5.1 assist per game clip as a sophomore … ELC’s all-time leading scorer … earned three all-conference selections and was a four-time all-district choice in basketball … was a Second Team All-State choice as a sophomore … a member of ELC’s A Honor Roll each year of prep tenure … a three-sport athlete for his high school … a standout in football serving as quarterback and defensive back … also was an all-state performer in baseball during the summer … his father, Troy, spent six years as an assistant coach at SDSU in the 2000s … his brother, Will, was a member of the Stephen F. Austin baseball team ... plans to major in business.