Hartwick College Athletics

2018-19: Received Empire 8 Honorable Mention … received Barry Lewis Award ... selected Team Most Valuable Player ... named Empire 8 Player of the Week on 1/21 … selected to the Hilton Scranton Invitational All-Tournament Team … named Hartwick “Hawk of the Week” on 11/27 and 1/22 … started in all 23 games he played in … averaged 32.9 minutes per game … scored 12.6 points per outing, third-highest on the team scoring average ranked thirteenth in the Empire 8 … made 37.2% from the floor on 99-for-266 shooting … hit 39 three-pointers, third-most on the team … connected on 30% from downtown on 39-of-130 … hit 72% from the free-throw line on 52-of-72 shooting … averaged 4.4 rebounds per game … 123 assists led the team … ranked third in the Empire 8 in assists per game … added 23 steals and 12 blocks, both ranked third on the team … recorded four double-doubles … reached double digits in scoring 16 times … dished 10 assists or more five times … scored a season-high 24 points in games against Ursinus (11/18) and Utica (1/15) … also dropped in 21 points versus Nazareth (1/25) … connected on a season-best four three-pointers versus St. John Fisher (1/5) … recorded double-double of 12 points and a career-high 12 assists in 95-79 victory over Bard (11/13) … also had double-doubles against Skidmore (15 pts., 10 ast.), Alfred (10 pts., 10 ast.), and Elmira (17 pts., 11 ast.) … had a season-high nine rebounds versus Nazareth (1/4) … season-best three steals versus Bard (11/13), Stevens (1/8), and Sage (2/18) … ranks thirteenth in scoring with 1,330 points in Hartwick program history … also ranks fifth in three-pointers made (190) and assists (468) … sixth in steals (123).

2017-18: Received Empire 8 Honorable Mention … named a Hartwick “Hawk of the Week” on 12/18 and 2/12 … named Team MVP ... one of two Hawks to start in all 25 games … finished season with averages of 13.8 points and 3.9 rebounds per game … led team in assists (126) … tied for team lead in three-point baskets (57) … ranked second on team in both steals (28) and field goals made (112) … ranked second in assists per game (5.0) in E8 … fifth in minutes played (33.2) … tied for sixth in three-pointers per game (2.3) … tenth in free-throw percentage (.774), eleventh in scoring, and tied for eleventh in steals per game (1.1) … reached double figures in points in 20 of 25 games … scored a career-best 30 points against Nazareth on February 2 … hit 1,000-point mark for his career against Utica (2/8) … cracked program’s top-10 in both career assists (100) and steals (345).

2016-17: Selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team … named to 2017 Empire 8 All-Conference Second Team … started each contest for the Hawks … regular season Empire 8 leader in steals with 52 … corralled 2.1 steals per game … ranks fifth all-time in steals in a season in ’Wick history … averaged 17.8 points per game on 47.1 percent shooting which ranked second on the team … put up 19 ppg inside the league on 46.2 percent shooting … sank 55 triples for second-most on the team … connected on 40.4 percent of his shots from beyond the arc … 4.2 assists per game … blocked 22 shots, the second-most on the squad … a 72.4 percent free-throw shooter … led guards in rebounding effort with 100 (4.0 rpg) … recorded double-digits in scoring in all but four contests … four-game stretch with 20-plus points (21 vs. LaGrange 12/19, 27 vs. Elmira 1/3, 24 vs. Utica 1/5, 21 vs. Ithaca 1/7) … used a perfect scoring performance from the floor (8-of-8 FG, 6-of-6 3-pt FG) accompanied by four boards, two assists, a rejection, and a steal to establish a game-high 25 points against Elmira (1/28) … logged a double-double of 24 points and 11 assists against Nazareth (2/17) … played 32.2 minutes per game.

2015-16: One of four players to play in all 28 games … made 10 starting appearances … averaged 8.9 points and 2.6 rebounds per game … played 27.1 minutes per game … tied for a season-high on the team with 113 assists … shot .455 (86-for-189) from the floor in his freshman campaign … 39 three-pointers ranked fourth on the team … shot .394 (39-for-61) from three-point range … totaled 250 points, 73 rebounds, 20 steals, and 10 blocks … reached double figures in scoring in 14 games … netted a season-high 22 points in game against Eastern Connecticut (11/28) … added 19 points in win at Houghton (1/30) … recorded at least one assist in all 28 games … dished out a season-best nine assists in victories over SUNY Cobleskill (11/29) and Houghton (1/5) … notched at least five assists 10 times … had a season-high four three-pointers against Alvernia on 11/20 … sank at least two three-pointers in 13 games … season-high six boards against Stevens (2/16) and again versus St. John Fisher (2/27) in the Empire 8 title game … tied for third in the Empire 8 Conference in assists … ranked sixth in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.8) … seventh in assists per game (4.0).

Prior to Hartwick: Attended Cohoes High School … played basketball, football, soccer and baseball for the Tigers.

Personal: Son of John and Erin LaForest … Biology major.