Ohio Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year 2024-25

Senior (2024-25): Played and started in 17 games…Averaged 32.9 minutes per game on 10.8 PPG and 7.8 RBG…Totaled 42 assists, 28 blocks, and 29 steals…Was second on the team in FG% with 56.3%...Led the team in rebounds per game.

Junior at Texas State (2022-23): Played in 12 games for the Bobcats ... Averaged 4.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game ... Recorded 13 blocks, nine assists and five steals ... Averaged 14.0 minutes per game ... Had a season-high eight points, 3 steals vs Mary Hardin-Baylor (12/13) ... Ended the season with 51 points, 13 blocks, and 38 rebounds.

Sophomore at Florida (2021-22): Played in 21 games for the Gators ... Averaged 1.7 points and 1.8 rebounds per game ... Made 48.3% in shot attempts ... Recorded 16 blocks, nine steals and four assists... Averaged 7.8 minutes pergame ... Season-high eight points vs Oklahoma St. (1/29) ... Season-high five blocks at Missouri (1/19) ... Ended the season with 35 points, 16 blocks, and nine steals.

Freshman at Trinity Valley CC (2020-21): Played in 25 games with 23 starts for the Cardinals ...  Received All-Region XIV honorable mention honors ... Averaged 9.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game ... Recorded 13 double-digit scoring games ... Pulled 10 or more rebounds in eight games ... Season-high 23 points at Tyler Junior College (3/17) ... Ended the season with 56 blocks, 66.3 FG percentage, and 172 total rebounds.

High School: 2019 graduate of Caprock High School in Amarillo, Texas ... Played four years for the Longhorns ... First-team All District ... Playoff appearances 3 years in a row.

Personal: Son of Elizabeth Deng and Michael Gatkek…Majoring in Applied Communications