Aljaž Kunc

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Position:
Forward
Height:
6-8
Weight:
215
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Ljubljana, Slovenia
High School:
Elevation Preparatory Academy (Fla.)
Prev School:
Washington State

Awards & Honors
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (23)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F21, S22, F22, S23)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (23)
NABC Honors Court (22, 23)

2022-23
Appeared in 23 games, including 16 starts, for the Cyclones ... missed a 10 game stretch, including the first nine Big 12 games, with a broken finger ... fourth on the team in 3-point percentage (32.5%) and free throw percentage (73.8%) ... led the Cyclones with 4.1 rebounds per game ... drew 14 charges, the second most on the team and finished his career with 33 at ISU ... scored in double figures in seven games, including a pair of games with over 20 points ... scored a career-high 22 points in a victory over No. 22 TCU, going 5-of-8 from 3-point range ... connected on a career-high 8-of-12 field goal attempts in a win over McNeese, finishing with 21 points ... grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds in a victory over North Carolina A&T ... had a career-high six assists in a win over North Dakota ... had three blocks and three steals against Milwaukee ...ISU was 10-5 when Kunc hit a 3-pointer.

2021-22
Played in all 35 games, making 10 starts and averaging 6.0 points and 4.1 rebounds per game ... made 37 3-pointers while shooting at a career-best 38.9 percent clip behind the arc ... reached double figures in eight games ... scored a career-high 21 points against Grambling, going 7-for-7 from the field and 5-for-5 behind the arc ... matched the school record for field goal percentage in a game, becoming the 11th player in school history to make at least seven field goals without a miss ... made 5-of-9 3-pointers and finished with 19 points against Kansas State ... scored 13 points in win over Texas Tech ... scored 11 points and pulled down seven boards to go along with four assists and three blocks as ISU defeated No. 9 Memphis to win the NIT Season Tip-Off ... pulled down a season-high nine rebounds in NCAA Tournament against Miami.

2020-21 (Washington State)
Played in 23 games, making seven starts for the Cougars … battled an ankle injury throughout the year that limited his action … averaged 6.3 points and 4.3 rebounds in 19.9 minutes per game … once healthy, saw his minutes increase to 30 per game and averaged 8.9 points and 7.4 rebounds, reaching double figures in five of the season’s final eight contests … posted seven double-digit scoring efforts … had a season-high 15 points at Arizona State … pulled down a career-high 14 rebounds against Arizona … tallied 13 points, connecting on 3-of-5 3-pointers, against UCLA … shot a team-best 87.2 percent at the line … went 9-for-9 at the line in the season opener against Texas Southern.

2019-20 (Washington State)
Started 18 games, including the first 17 of the season, while playing in 29 contests … averaged 4.7 points and 3.4 rebounds … reached double-figure points in four games … scored 13 points in games against Omaha, Cal Riverside and Incarnate Word … hit a pair of 3-pointers and scored 12 points against UCLA … hit 21 3-pointers on the season, but was 15-for-33 (45.5 percent) on threes from the corner.

2018-19 (Washington State)
Saw action in 31 of 32 games as a freshman, making one start … averaged 2.6 points and 1.8 rebounds … scored a season-high 14 points, going 4-for-5 from the field and 2-for-3 behind the arc, against USC … pulled down a season-high five rebounds against Washington.

High School
Attended Elevation Preparatory Academy in Sarasota, Florida, in 2018 … came to the United States from Slovenia for his final year of high school … competed with Slovenia in the 2016 FIBA U18 European Championships … previously played for Jance Prit from 2014-17 in Slovenia.

Personal
Born July 30, 1999, in Ljubljana, Slovenia … son of Andrej and Karmen Kunc … pursuing degrees in information systems and business analytics.