2001-02:
Team's tallest player at 6-foot-4 ... Showed scoring and low-post abilities during team four-game European Excursion ... Led team in scoring by averaging 14.5 points per game... Scored 20 points against Blankenberge BBC (Belgium) and followed that performance with 19 points against Houthalen BBC (Belgium)... Solid shooter and is improving daily on playing with power... Has good hands and a lot of potential.
2000-01:
Played in 15 games, averaging 1.7 points and 1.9 rebounds per game ... Scored a career-high six points against Nebraska (2/13) ... Also pulled down career-high seven rebounds against the Cornhuskers... Scored five points and led the team with seven rebounds against Lipscomb (12/1) in Missouri's Unilever Lady Tiger Classic ... Had career-high five offensive rebounds against Oklahoma State (2/21) ... Finished contest with six total rebounds ... Scored four points against Southern Illinois (12/9) ... Snared three rebounds against Kansas (2/23) ... Blocked two shots against Wisconsin-Milwaukee (12/30) ... Shot 64 percent from the foul line (9-for-14).
HIGH SCHOOL
Averaged 20.8 points, 9.8 rebounds and four blocks per game as a senior at Collinsville High School (Ill.)... honored as Collinsville's Most Valuable Player... was 72 percent from the free throw line... set Collinsville records in career rebounds, blocked shots, shooting percentage and free throw percentage... set school's third-highest season scoring record... named first team all-state, all-conference, all-metro and all-area teams... honored as Belleville News-Democrat and Suburban Journals of Southern Illinois Player of the Year... helped Collinsville to a 25-4 record and a conference championship in 1999-2000... was a Taylorsville Thanksgiving Tournament all-tournament pick... tabbed Madison County Player of the Year by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch... tabbed the Scholar Athlete of the Year by the Maryville Voice... was a member of the IBCA and Gerald Pilz Midwest Regional all-star teams... was the All-Star South team MVP... named Athlete of the Week by Dobbs/Cardinals, St. Louis Post-Dispatch... honored as Collinsville MVP as a senior... was a three-year starter at Collinsville and a member of the regional championship teams as a junior and senior... a member of the prestigious "Who's Who Among American High School Students" academic group... played for coach Steve McFall.
PERSONAL
Undecided on a major... born Sept. 16, 1982... parents are Jeff and Tara Loftus.