Malik Hluchoweckyj

Photo by: Christine Nelson, BGSU Marketing & Communications

Photo by: Larry Clapper

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Position:
Guard
Height:
6-1
Weight:
175
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Omaha, Neb.
High School:
Bellevue West

2015-16
Played in eight games off the bench for the Falcons as a true freshman … Totaled 45 minutes on the season … Averaged 1.9 points and 0.6 rebounds per game … Recorded 15 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals for the year … Shot 50 percent (6-of-12) from the field overall on the season … Was a perfect 2-of-2 from the free throw line … Poured in a career-high six points in the home win over Oakland City (Ind.) … Scored three points in the season opening win against New Orleans … Also had two points versus Urbana and at both SEMO and Wright State … Recorded a season-high two rebounds at SEMO and versus the OCU Mighty Oaks … Passed out two assists at SEMO … Logged a season-high 11 minutes in the win at home over Oakland City.

High School
Named to the 2015 Nebraska Associated Press All-State Class A First-Team and a First-Team Super-State selection as a senior ... Led his team to a 20-7 overall record and a No. 3 ranking in the state of Nebraska his senior season in which he averaged 15.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.5 steals per game ... Was named to the First-Team Super-State after leading the Thunderbirds to the Class-A State Championship Title for the first time since 2005 his junior year ... Was also the first junior to be named to The World-Herald’s All-Nebraska First-Team since 2012, as he averaged a team-best 15.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game ... Guided his team to a 22-6 overall record and a No. 1 ranking in the state and No. 64 nationally in 2013-14 ... Also led Coach Bob Franzese’s OSA Crusaders AAU team to a 34-6 record in 2014 ... Also lettered in both football and track & field at Bellevue West H.S., where he was heavily recruited on the gridiron as a wide receiver and cornerback from schools such as Kansas, Nebraska and Wisconsin.

Personal
Malik De'shawn Hluchoweckyj was born on October 15, 1996 in Laguna Beach, Calif. … Son of Edward Jacobs and Andrea Hluchoweckyj … Intends to major in criminal justice.