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2021-22 (Junior Season)
- Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
- Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year
- First Team All Pac-12
- Tied the Arizona single-season record for blocked shots (102)
- Ranks 5th in Arizona history in career blocked shots (162)
Naismith Defensive Player of the Year semi-finalist ... Pac-12 Player of the Week (Nov. 22).

2020-21 (Sophomore Season)
Appeared in all 26 games and was in the starting lineup 19 times … averaged 5.3 points and 4.8 rebounds … blocked 35 shots on the season (1.35 bpg) … ranked fifth in the Pac-12 in blocked shots per game … had eight games with two or more blocked shots …  scored in double figures twice … shot 52.0 percent from the floor for the season … in Pac-12 play, he shot 54.1 percent from the floor … after shooting 35.0 percent (7-20) from the free throw line as a freshman, he improved to 62.5 percent (35-56) as a sophomore … opened the season with seven points and nine rebounds against Grambling (11/27) … logged four blocked shots and four rebounds against Northern Arizona (12/7) … his line showed six points, six rebounds and four blocked shots against CSU Bakersfield (12/9) … had nine points and six rebounds against UTEP (12/12) … registered 10 points and eight rebounds in the win over Colorado (12/28) … had six points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots in the win at Oregon State (1/14) … those three blocked shots at OSU started a string of four straight games with three blocked shots … went for nine points and eight rebounds in the home win over Oregon State (2/11) … was 5 of 6 from the floor on his way to a season-high 11 points against Washington (2/27).

Freshman Season (2019-20)
Appeared in 28 games off the bench, averaging 2.3 points and 2.4 rebounds per game… despite playing just 8.3 minutes per game, he finished second on the team with 25 blocked shots… in Pac-12 play, he led the team in blocked shots (16) despite playing just 8.7 minutes per game… over the last eight games of the season, he averaged 12 minutes per game and 4.0 points… in his first collegiate game, he scored four points and grabbed six rebounds against Northern Arizona (11/6)… finished with five points and a season-high 10 rebounds against Omaha (12/11)… in the win over Arizona State (1/4), he contributed eight points, six rebounds and two blocks… had five points and three blocked shots against Oregon State (2/20)… tallied two points and six rebounds against Oregon (2/22)… at UCLA (2/29), he registered eight points, three rebounds and two blocks… was 3-of-4 from the floor on his way to six points, two rebounds and two blocked shots against Washington (3/11) in the Pac-12 Tournament.

Prior to Arizona
A three-star recruit out of Sierra Canyon High School in California … joined fellow UA incoming freshmen Nico Mannion, Josh Green and Zeke Nnaji in winning a state championship as a senior in high school … he was a two-time all-area honoree by the Los Angeles Daily News … played junior year of high school at Lake Balboa Birmingham … played soccer through age 15 before picking up basketball.