Position: Guard
Height: 6-1
Weight: 195
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Mendota Heights, Minn.
Previous School: South Kent Prep (Conn.)

2007-08: Started all 30 games as a rookie... Named to the Northeast Conference All-Rookie Team... Earned Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week honors on Dec. 31 after averaging 10.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in wins over Saint Peter’s and UT-Pan Am... Ranked second on the team with 29 steals... Shot .786 from the free throw line in NEC play... Scored in double-figures on 11 occasions, including back-to-back career-high 18-point games against Wagner and Quinnipiac... Hit a personal-best three three-pointers and went 7-of-8 from the foul line against the Seahawks... Finished the regular season with three straight games with at least three steals, including a career-best four-steal, six-rebound effort in regular season finale against Robert Morris... Scored 12 points with three steals and five boards at St. Francis (N.Y.)... Had one of his best defensive games in win over Central Connecticut State, helping to force Tristan Blackwood into six turnovers and score just 10 points... Scored 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting against Quinnipiac... Scored all 12 of his points in the first half at Saint Francis (Pa.)... Dished out a career-high five assists at Wagner and grabbed four rebounds... Held Army’s leading scorer Jarell Brown to just four points... Started first collegiate game against Notre Dame and played 27 minutes.

Background: Played four seasons at St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights, Minn., for head coach Jack Zahr... Spent one season at South Kent School in South Kent, Conn., playing for Raphael Chillious... Led St. Thomas to a 27-5 record and third place finish at the state tournament as a senior... McDonald’s All-America nominee... Averaged 21.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game, earning all-state, all-conference and all-tournament honors... Earned First Team All-Defense honors... Also a member of the football and track and field teams.

Personal: Born on Aug. 1, 1988... Son of LaTwilla and David Hicks... Has a younger sister, DaVionna... Majoring in business management.