2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster

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21 Nick Hamilton

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 201
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Inglewood, Calif.
  • Last School(s) Westchester HS

Biography

Career Highlights:
- Pac-12 All-Academic First Team (2018)
- NABC Honors Court (2017)

As a Senior (2017-18): Pac-12 All-Academic First Team honoree…Started seven games and played in 31 contests, averaging a career-high 14.3 minutes with 1.9 points and rebounds…Set a career-best 4 assists against Portland State, then matched the total at USC…Logged a career-high 2 steals at UCLA…Also had a career-high 5 rebounds against Portland State…Went a perfect 7-7 from the floor in a personal-best 16-point outing against Saint Mary’s…Recorded a steal and a rebound against Cal Poly…Earned his first career start against UC Riverside, pulling down 2 rebounds in 11 minutes of play…Joined Cal as a walk-on but was awarded a full athletic scholarship by Wyking Jones on Jan. 19, 2018 for his final season of eligibility

As a Junior (2016-17): Saw action in 12 games, including season-high minutes at Utah and vs. CSU Bakersfield… Tallied his first minutes of the season (1) against South Dakota State… Recorded his first collegiate assist vs. Alcorn St…Nailed his first collegiate three-pointer against UC Davis for a career-best 3 points in 2 minutes…Went 0-2 from the floor in Cal’s NIT First Round loss to CSU Bakersfield with a career-long eight minutes of play

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2015-16): Did not play in 2015-16 as he was recovering from a preseason knee injury

As a Freshman (2014-15): Played in five games as a freshman … scored a career-best two points in a career-long five minutes vs. Arizona State … made collegiate debut in season opener vs. Alcorn State … also saw time against Kennesaw State, Cal Poly, UCLA and the Sun Devils.

High School: Two-year starter for Westchester High School in Los Angeles … averaged 11 points, 10 rebounds and three steals per game in leading the Comets to a 30-6 record and a berth in the Southern California Regional Finals as a senior during the 2013-14 season … selected to play in the Collision XVI All-Star game, pairing the top players in Los Angeles against the top players in the CIF southern section, where he was named the Student-Athlete of the Year ... lone underclassman to start at Westchester his junior season, guiding the Comets to a City Championship and second-round appearance in the state playoffs en route to a 29-5 record … MaxPreps All-Tournament selection after guiding his team to the Holiday Classic title his junior season ... two-time All-City selection by the Los Angeles Times and All-Western League pick by the coaches … played AAU ball with both Double Pump and Fastbreak in Southern California … straight-A student who maintained a 4.2 cumulative grade point average during his high school career … recipient of the Gates Millennium Scholarship, a prestigious honor limited to 1,000 students around the nation ... also a two-year member of the varsity volleyball team, serving as the Comets’ middle blocker.

Personal: Born May 22, 1996 … parents are Mark and Sheila … youngest of six men in the family … two older brothers played football at the college level with Robert playing at Oregon from 2002-06 and Christopher playing at Moorpark College from 2003-05

Major: Double Major in Legal Studies and Media Studies

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2013-14Freshman

    Guard
    6'4" 185 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2014-15Freshman

    Guard
    6'4" 185 lbs
    25
  • 21

    2015-16Sophomore

    Guard
    6'4" 192 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2016-17Junior

    Guard
    6'4" 192 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2017-18Senior

    Guard
    6'3" 201 lbs
    21