BEFORE NBA

COLLEGE: Played in 74 games (33 starts) in two seasons at UConn, accruing averages of 9.8 points (64.5% FG, 22.2% 3-PT, 55.8% FT), 6.5 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 2.1 blocks in 17.6 minutes per game … Won back-to-back national championships with the Huskies in 2024 and 2023 … 2023-24: In 35 appearances (33 starts) during his sophomore season, averaged 13.0 points (63.9% FG, 25.0% 3-PT, 58.3% FT), 7.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 2.5 blocks in 22.6 minutes per game … Named the 2024 NCAA East Region Most Outstanding Player in addition to being a 2024 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team selection … Ranked eighth in the country in blocks per game (2.46) and field goal percentage (63.9) … Recorded six double-doubles, including a pair in the NCAA Tournament … Scored 20 or more points four times and had at least 15 points on 13 occasions … Posted a career-high 29 points (12-13 FG) on Nov. 27 vs. New Hampshire … Posted a 22-point, 16-rebound double-double in the BIG EAST Tournament title game on March 16 against Marquette … Set a UConn single-game NCAA Tournament record with eight blocks while adding 14 points and 14 rebounds in the NCAA Second Round on March 24 vs. Northwestern … 2022-23: Recorded 6.9 points (65.5% FG, 51.7% FT), 5.6 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 13.0 minutes per game … Logged UConn’s third-highest field goal percentage for a single season (65.5) … Received Big East All-Freshman Team honors and was named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week twice … Named MVP of the 2022 Phil Knight Invitational Tournament after posting a double-double in the championship game … Tallied four double-doubles.

PERSONAL LIFE

Son of Bill Clingan and the late Stacey Porrini Clingan … His mom, who passed away from breast cancer in March 2018, was a basketball star at the University of Maine … Has one younger sister, Olivia … Hometown is Bristol, Conn. … Loves to fish.