2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster
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Alex Olesinski
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-10
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Roswell, N.M.
- High School:
- La Lumiere School [IN]
Bio
Career
Played in 99 games through four seasons (three starts) … averaged 2.5 points and 2.6 rebounds per game … shot 44.3 percent from the field and 31.0 percent from 3-point territory … averaged 11.7 minutes per game.
2019-20
Played in 26 games (three starts) … averaged 1.3 points and 1.7 rebounds in 8.7 minutes per game … shot 34.3 percent from the field … scored a season-high five points in three games … recorded a season-high five rebounds at Notre Dame (Dec. 19) … was named to the Pac-12 Conference’s Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19
Played in 17 games … averaged 2.3 points and 2.4 rebounds in 10.6 minutes per game … shot 44.8 percent from the field … missed the first 13 games of the season with a stress fracture in his right foot (sustained in September 2018) … scored a season-high 12 points and grabbed a season-best seven rebounds in the team’s regular-season finale at Utah (March 9) … shot 4 for 6 from the field and registered a career-high four blocks in the game at Utah.
2017-18
Played in all 33 games … averaged 4.5 points and 3.9 rebounds in 17.9 minutes per game … shot 52.6 percent from the field and 36.4 percent from three-point territory … was named an honorable mention on the Pac-12 All-Academic Team … scored in double figures in two games … scored a career-high 14 points in a win at California (Jan. 6), making 3 of 4 three-point attempts … also registered 10 points in the Bruins’ first home game, an overtime victory against Central Arkansas (Nov. 15) … grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds against South Carolina State (Nov. 17) … twice made a career-high four field goals (on five attempts) – versus South Carolina State (Nov. 17) and at California (Jan. 6) … recorded eight rebounds at Stanford (Jan. 4) and against Oregon State (Feb. 15).
2016-17
Redshirted … sustained a stress reaction in his left foot in early November … as a result, was unable to play through November and December and decided to take a redshirt year.
2015-16
Played in 23 games … averaged 1.2 points and 2.0 rebounds in 7.0 minutes per game … scored a season-high seven points in the team’s season-opening overtime loss against Monmouth (Nov. 13), connecting on 3 of 6 shots from the field and his only three-point field goal attempt … grabbed a season-high seven rebounds in 13 minutes off the bench against Wake Forest at the Maui Jim Maui Invitational (Nov. 25) … totaled at least five rebounds in five games … played a season-high 19 minutes off the bench in a loss to Kansas at the Maui Jim Maui Invitational (Nov. 24).
High School
Two-year varsity basketball letterwinner at La Lumiere School (La Porte, Ind.) under head coach Shane Heirman … was a two-year varsity basketball letterwinner (freshman, sophomore seasons) at Roswell High School in Roswell, N.M. … as a senior at La Lumiere in 2014-15, averaged 13.5 points, 10.1 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, shooting 44 percent from three-point range … helped lead La Lumiere to a 25-3 record in 2014-15 … as a junior in 2013-14, averaged 9.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, shooting 44 percent from beyond the arc … in 2013-14, La Lumiere made its third straight trip to the Dick’s Sporting Goods High School National Tournament, posting a 23-3 overall record and earning a No. 5 final national ranking by USA Today.
Personal
Full name: Alex Jan Olesinski … born in Roswell, N.M. …. parents are Jan and Maria Olesinski … is the youngest of three children … has one older brother, Marek, and one older sister, Anna … brother, Marek, was a four-year basketball player at the Air Force Academy (2012-15) … sister, Anna, competed on the track and cross country teams at the Air Force Academy (2012-15) … his mother was a member of the Polish National Basketball Team (1986-87) … his father was a member of the Polish National Pentathlon Team (1976-87) … earned his undergraduate degree in political science before pursuing his master’s degree in education.
Played in 99 games through four seasons (three starts) … averaged 2.5 points and 2.6 rebounds per game … shot 44.3 percent from the field and 31.0 percent from 3-point territory … averaged 11.7 minutes per game.
2019-20
Played in 26 games (three starts) … averaged 1.3 points and 1.7 rebounds in 8.7 minutes per game … shot 34.3 percent from the field … scored a season-high five points in three games … recorded a season-high five rebounds at Notre Dame (Dec. 19) … was named to the Pac-12 Conference’s Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19
Played in 17 games … averaged 2.3 points and 2.4 rebounds in 10.6 minutes per game … shot 44.8 percent from the field … missed the first 13 games of the season with a stress fracture in his right foot (sustained in September 2018) … scored a season-high 12 points and grabbed a season-best seven rebounds in the team’s regular-season finale at Utah (March 9) … shot 4 for 6 from the field and registered a career-high four blocks in the game at Utah.
2017-18
Played in all 33 games … averaged 4.5 points and 3.9 rebounds in 17.9 minutes per game … shot 52.6 percent from the field and 36.4 percent from three-point territory … was named an honorable mention on the Pac-12 All-Academic Team … scored in double figures in two games … scored a career-high 14 points in a win at California (Jan. 6), making 3 of 4 three-point attempts … also registered 10 points in the Bruins’ first home game, an overtime victory against Central Arkansas (Nov. 15) … grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds against South Carolina State (Nov. 17) … twice made a career-high four field goals (on five attempts) – versus South Carolina State (Nov. 17) and at California (Jan. 6) … recorded eight rebounds at Stanford (Jan. 4) and against Oregon State (Feb. 15).
2016-17
Redshirted … sustained a stress reaction in his left foot in early November … as a result, was unable to play through November and December and decided to take a redshirt year.
2015-16
Played in 23 games … averaged 1.2 points and 2.0 rebounds in 7.0 minutes per game … scored a season-high seven points in the team’s season-opening overtime loss against Monmouth (Nov. 13), connecting on 3 of 6 shots from the field and his only three-point field goal attempt … grabbed a season-high seven rebounds in 13 minutes off the bench against Wake Forest at the Maui Jim Maui Invitational (Nov. 25) … totaled at least five rebounds in five games … played a season-high 19 minutes off the bench in a loss to Kansas at the Maui Jim Maui Invitational (Nov. 24).
High School
Two-year varsity basketball letterwinner at La Lumiere School (La Porte, Ind.) under head coach Shane Heirman … was a two-year varsity basketball letterwinner (freshman, sophomore seasons) at Roswell High School in Roswell, N.M. … as a senior at La Lumiere in 2014-15, averaged 13.5 points, 10.1 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, shooting 44 percent from three-point range … helped lead La Lumiere to a 25-3 record in 2014-15 … as a junior in 2013-14, averaged 9.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, shooting 44 percent from beyond the arc … in 2013-14, La Lumiere made its third straight trip to the Dick’s Sporting Goods High School National Tournament, posting a 23-3 overall record and earning a No. 5 final national ranking by USA Today.
Personal
Full name: Alex Jan Olesinski … born in Roswell, N.M. …. parents are Jan and Maria Olesinski … is the youngest of three children … has one older brother, Marek, and one older sister, Anna … brother, Marek, was a four-year basketball player at the Air Force Academy (2012-15) … sister, Anna, competed on the track and cross country teams at the Air Force Academy (2012-15) … his mother was a member of the Polish National Basketball Team (1986-87) … his father was a member of the Polish National Pentathlon Team (1976-87) … earned his undergraduate degree in political science before pursuing his master’s degree in education.
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