University of West Florida

2016-17 GSC All-Academic Team

2016-17: Started all 29 games this season...  Led team in minutes per game (32.3)...  Led team in three-pointers (64) and second on team in three-point percentage (38.6%)...  Led team in free-throw percentage (80%)...  Third on team in points per game (11.0)...  Scored season-high 19 points vs. West Georgia (01/14) and Delta State (02/02)...  Averaged 11 points per game...  Finished fifth in single-season three-point field goals with 64.... Finished tied sixth in single-season three-point field goals attempted with 166 and three-point field goal percentage at 43.7%...  Finished career ranked eighth in assists with 238, ninth in points with 879, fifth in field goal attempts with 714, tenth in three-point percent at 35.5%...  UWF career leader in three-pointers made and attempted with 146 and 411, respectively.

2015-16: Lead the team with 41 three-pointers as a junior... Also lead in 3-PT FG% at 43%... Finished third on the team with 46 assists... Was fifth on the team in field-goal percentage at 43%... Scored a season-high 21 points including five three pointers against Lee on Dec. 12, 2015. 

2014-15: Appeared in 24 games and made 13 starts for West Florida... Third on the team with 25.8 minutes per game and fourth with 9.0 points per game... Led UWF with 2.7 assists per game and finished 16th in the GSC... Shot 41.1% from the field and added 2.5 rebounds per game... Set a new career-high in points (23), rebounds (7), and assists (7) this season.

2013-14: Played in only three games in his sophomore season due to season ending shoulder injury and was awarded a medical redshirt… Scored nine total points, shooting a .429 percentage for three-point field goals.

2012-13: West Florida's only freshman that saw significant playing time, and UWF's only true freshman to play... One of four players to record minutes in every game on the season, averaging 18.2 per game... Started eight games... Averaged 4.9 points per game after totaling 138 points... Grabbed 51 rebounds for 1.8 per game... UWF's second-best free throw shooter averaging 80.6 percent... Dished out 45 assists... Scored a career-best 15 points against Shorter (1/3)... Career-high five rebounds against Valdosta State (1/19)... Six games with 10+ points.

High School: Four-year varsity letterwinner and three-year starter at Briarwood Christian School… set school records with 1,404 career points, 197 career three-pointers, 73 three-pointers made in a season, and eight three-pointers made in a game… as a senior averaged 18.2 points, five assists and four rebounds per game… also shot 41.2 percent from three-point territory his senior year… averaged 18.5 points per game as a junior to go along with 2.1 assists and 4.3 rebounds per contest… scored his 1,000th career point as a junior on Dec. 3, 2011 against Hueytown High School… three-time team Most Valuable Player and two-time Offensive MVP… named to the all-area and all-county teams three times each… named team captain his senior year.

Personal: Son of Chris and Leigh Laatsch… has six siblings, Katherine, Joshua, William, Allison, Mary Elizabeth and Austin… majoring in Sports Management... lists bowling as one of his favorite hobbies… hopes to be a coach after his playing career is over.

Fun facts: Says he'd give a year's scholarship to meet Pistol Pete... Lists his father as his biggest role model... Says if he could spend a day with any historical figure he'd choose Jesus... Has a twin sister... Lists his favorite movie as Hoosiers and his favorite animal as a clown fish.