Jiri Hubalek

Position:
Center
Height:
6-11
Weight:
240
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Prague, Czech Republic
High School:
Marshalltown CC

Awards & Honors
ISU Sixth Man Award (06)
ISU Most Improved Player (07)
Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (07)
Las Vegas Classic All-Tournament Team (07)
Third-Team All-Big 12 (08)
Big 12 All-Underrated Team (08)
ISU Outstanding Rebounder Award (08)
Louis Menze Outstanding Senior Award (08)

2007-08 (Senior)
Third-team all-Big 12 pick...named to the Kansas City Star’s Big 12 all-underrated team...led the team in scoring (12.4 ppg) and rebounding (7.3 rpg)...ranked sixth in the Big 12 in rebounding (7.3 rpg)...led ISU in rebounding in 16 of 32 games...recorded five double-digit rebounding efforts and four 20-point games...shot 46.1 percent from the field (140-304 FG) and 72.5 percent (103-142 FT) from the charity stripe...posted career highs in points (27) and rebounds (15) vs. Texas Southern...scored ISU’s first 16 points of the second half to help ISU defeat Purdue in the Las Vegas Classic...earned all-tournament honors at the Las Vegas Classic...posted back-to-back 20-point games vs. Texas and Oklahoma...went 8-of-13 from the floor en route to 24 points vs. No. 12 Texas...recorded third double-double of the season with 17 points and 15 boards vs. Texas Tech...finished career ranking 19th all-time on ISU’s career blocked shots chart (48).

2006-07 (Junior)
Second-team academic all-Big 12 selection...averaged 11.2 points and 6.8 rebounds in 25 games, starting the last 16 games of the year...missed the first six games of the year due to an NCAA rules infraction...won ISU’s Most Improved Player Award...ranked 10th in the Big 12 in rebounding (6.8 rpg)...in conference games only, ranked seventh in the Big 12 in rebounding (7.7 rpg)...second on the team in double-doubles (4) and blocks (23)...shot 44.5 percent from the field (109-245 FG) and 68.4 percent (54-79 FT) from the charity stripe...tallied three-straight double-doubles vs. North Dakota State, Missouri and Nebraska...posted 19 points and 11 boards vs. North Dakota State...had 17 points and 10 caroms vs. Kansas State...was 11-for-16 from the floor en route to a career-high 26 points in ISU’s win over Oklahoma...also had nine boards vs. the Sooners...tallied his second 20-point game vs. Texas Tech, recording 25 points behind a 9-of-17 effort from the floor.

2005-06 (Sophomore)
Started 20 games, averaging 8.6 points and 3.9 rebounds...shot 51.5 percent from the field (104-202 FG), second-best on the team...tallied two double-doubles...averaged 12.5 ppg in his last four games...posted a double-double (11 points and 10 boards) in season opener vs. Mountain State...was 6-for-7 from the floor en route to 14 points vs. Howard...had 14 points (5-for-9) and seven boards at Drake...in the championship game of the Rainbow Classic, scored 15 points vs. Colorado State...posted 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting from floor vs. Texas Tech...scored 16 points vs. Texas A&M on 7-for-10 shooting...scored 14 points and was 2-of-5 from the three-point range vs. Kansas...tallied 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting in just 18 minutes vs. Baylor...recorded 15 points and seven rebounds vs. Missouri...posted a double-double with 14 points and a career-high 12 rebounds vs. Colorado.

At Marshalltown CC
Redshirted his first season and competed just one year at Marshalltown CC...earned first-team all-Region XI honors, one of three freshmen on the first team...averaged 12.4 points and 8.6 rebounds...was second in the ICCAC in rebounds and fourth in blocked shots (31)...team finished 25-9...shot 61.4 percent from the field...led the ICCAC in player efficiency rating at 20.906...named MVP at the 2002 European Holland Nordic Basketball Tournament.

Personal
Born Nov. 25, 1982, in Prague, Czech Republic...son of Jiri Hubalek and Alena Hubalkova...graduated in December of 2007 with a liberal studies degree.