Cal State San Marcos Athletics

ACADEMIC AWARDS

• CCAA All-Academic (2022-23)
• CCAA Winter Academic Honor Roll (2022-23)
• Big Blue Award (Fall 2022)

• NCAA All-West Regional Tournament Team (2022-23)
• CCAA All-Tournament Team (2022-23)
• All-CCAA second team (2022-23)

• Played in 27 games and made 18 starts while playing 880:18 minutes and averaging 32.6 per game.
• Was second on the team in scoring at 14.5 points per game and 53 3-point field goals.
• Averaged 3.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.1 steals, a 43.9 field-goal percentage (134-of-305), a 40.2 3-point field-goal percentage (53-of-132) and a CCAA-leading 92.2 free throw percentage (71-of-77).
• Free throw percentage ranked sixth in all of NCAA Division II.
• Scored a season-high 27 points with five assists against Cal State Dominguez Hills (Jan. 21).
• Had a season-high seven rebounds with 12 points against Cal Poly Humboldt (Feb. 23).
• Was CSUSM's leading scorer in all four postseason games against Chico State (March 3), Cal State San Bernardino (March 4), Azusa Pacific (March 10) and Cal State San Bernardino (March 11) with 31, 26, 24 and 24 points, respectively.

• Played and started all 32 games.
• Averaged 14.7 points, 5.0 assists, 4.1 rebounds, a 48.3 field-goal percentage and a 43.7 3-point field-goal percentage.
• Earned Freshman of the Year, All-State first-team, All-League first-team and All-Defense first-team honors.
• Helped his team go undefeated in league play, win the league championship and finish runner-up at state.

• 2020 graduate of Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California.
• Played for coach Patrick Schneider.
• Was the CCS Player of the Year and earned All-League and All-State first-team honors.
• Helped win the CCS Championship once and the WCAL Championship twice.

• Played for DBA Drive (2013-20) and Lakeshow (2020-21)

• Born and raised in San Jose, California.
• Son of Chris and Gisette Denker.
• Has one younger brother, Rex.
• Dad played basketball at Boise State and Oregon.
• Wants to play professionally and coach after graduating.
• Enjoys golf, TV, music and is a professional Beyblader.
• His dad is his greatest influence.
• Favorite movie is The A-Team.
• Roots for the San Francisco Giants, San Francisco 49ers and Boston Celtics.
• Favorite athletes are Kobe Bryant and Tom Brady.
• Most memorable moment is scoring 24 points while wearing his Kobe Bryant shoes with inscriptions honoring Kobe and his daugther Gigi.
• Played on the Puerto Rican National Team when he was younger.
• Majoring in Communication.