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High School
Matt Carlino was a three-year basketball letterman and graduated high school a year early to enroll at UCLA in for the 2010-11 season ... he averaged 13.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game while leading Bloomington South HS (Bloomington, Ind.) to a 23-1 overall record as a junior in 2009-10 ... the Panthers won the Conference Indiana title with a 7-0 mark under the tutelage of coach J.R. Holmes ... BSHS lost to Jeffersonville 58-56 in the 4A State Regional Finals and was ranked as the No. 1 team in the state for most of the season ... he was named to the Indiana Junior All-Star Team and to the All-Conference Indiana Team in 2009-10 ... Carlino compiled a 76-11 (.874) overall record during his prep career, which has included starting all three years for a No. 1 ranked team in the state ... he played his first two seasons at Highland High School in Gilbert, Ariz., where he was coached by his father, Mark Carlino ... while starting his first two years at point guard, he led the Highland Hawks to a 29-4 mark in 2008-09 (sophomore season) and a 24-6 record in 2007-08 (freshman campaign) ... as a sophomore, he averaged 19.7 points, 6.2 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2.7 steals per game while being named first team All-State and the Fiesta Region Player of the Year, as well as the East Valley Player of the Year ... HHS lost in the state finals 70-62 to St. Mary's High School (Phoenix) ... he scored 30 or more points six times in 2008-09, including a season-high 31 points in a 73-68 win over Chavez HS (LaVeen, Ariz.) also scored 31 points in an 89-59 win over Corona del Sol (Tempe, Ariz.) ... his team won the 5A1 League with a 7-1 mark ... as a freshman, he averaged 16.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.9 steals per game ... the Hawks tied for first in the 5A1 League with a 6-2 record ... he scored 20 or more points eight times and 30 or more three times on the year ... scored a career-high 35 points in a 104-85 win over Skyline HS (Mesa, Ariz.) ... he was named first team All-Fiesta Region and second team All-State in 2007-08.
Personal
Full name: Matthew Mario Carlino ... prefers Matt ... born in Lincoln, Neb., on May 3, 1992 ... parents are Mark and Brett Carlino ... has one younger sister, Cate (12) and one younger brother, Jack (15) ... chose to attend UCLA because of the university's academic and athletic prestige ... father, Mark, played basketball at Arizona State ... his uncle Brock Brunkhorst (on his mother's side), played basketball at the University of Arizona ... lists former Utah Jazz great, John Stockton, and New York Yankees' closer Mariano Rivera as the professional athletes he most admires ... has yet to declare a major.
