2011-12:  Named a BIG EAST Academic All-Star... Played in 34 games and made three starts... Averaged 3.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game... Made collegiate debut with eight points and three rebounds vs. St. Francis... Scored eight points in 24 minutes vs. Saint Joseph's... Had six points and four assists in 27 minutes before fouling out vs. Northwestern... Grabbed a career-high five rebounds vs. Yale... Had eight points on the strength of two made three-pointers vs. Auburn... Grabbed four rebounds vs. Wake Forest... Scored four points vs. DePaul... Recorded a career-high 12 points on four made three-pointers at USF... Had six points on two made three-pointers at Villanova... Made first career start at Marquette... Scored a career-high 13 points on 5-for-6 shooting and 3-for-4 shooting from three-point range vs. St. John's... BIG EAST Academic All-Star

High School/Personal: Hails from Riga, Latvia... Led Rigas Hanzas High School to an 18-1 record, averaging 22.6 points, 7.6 rebounds and 5.3 assists while shooting 45% from behind the arc... Played at Canarias Basketball Academy (CBA) in the Canary Islands, Spain, the same school that produced current Pirates Patrik Auda and Aaron Geramipoor... Captained CBA to an 18-6 record, posting averages of 18.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game against elite international amateur competition... Represented Latvia as a part of the Under-20 national team at the 2010 European Championship in Croatia... Born April 29, 1991.