2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

Hannah Wiest
Hannah Wiest
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
Hannah Wiest
Hannah Wiest
Hannah Wiest
Hannah Wiest
Noelle Meagher | Chadron State
Hannah Wiest

4 Sam Beskind

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 190
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Tucson, Ariz.
  • Highschool Catalina Foothills
  • Major Advanced Energy Systems (M.S.)

Biography

2023-24: Graduated in May 2024 with an M.S. in Advanced Energy Systems ... Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic All-Tournament Team ... RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (Jan. 15) ... First Team All-RMAC ... RMAC Academic Player of the Year ... CSC Academic All-District ... CSC Third Team Academic All-America ... NABC Honors Court member … One of two players to start all 33 games and lead team with 999 minutes for an average of 30.3 per night ... Averaged 8.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game and shot .403/.304/.827 ... Recorded career highs in three-point field goals (23), rebounds (202) and blocks (15) while posting 34 steals ... Led the RMAC in assists and assist/turnover ratio (2.3) ... 159 assists during the season are third-most in Mines history ... Season assist average good for fourth all-time at Mines ... 279 career assists ranked tied for eighth in program history ... Career assist average of 4.3 third-best in program history ... Scored in every game of the season and went for double figures on 10 occasions ... Had five games with 10 or more rebounds and 16 games with five or more assists ... Recorded his first collegiate double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds against Lubbock Christian on Nov. 10 ... Dished out 10 assists on Dec. 2 against Westminster and again on Dec. 31 against Northern New Mexico for the eighth and ninth games of 10+ assists by an individual in program history ... Tied his career high of three blocks on Jan. 4 against Colorado Christian ... Went for another double-double on Jan. 12 at CSU Pueblo with 15 points and 12 rebounds ... Scored a season-high 19 points in his third double-double of the season with a career-high 13 rebounds against Black Hills State on Feb. 9 ... Scored eight points with six assists, five rebounds, a block and a steal in his final collegiate game in the NCAA Tournament against Dallas Baptist on March 16.

2022-23: Bevo Francis Award Top 100 Watch List selection ... CSC Academic All-District ... Honorable Mention All-RMAC ... D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award recipient ... Started in all but one of the 32 games he played in his debut season at Mines ... Averaged 27.7 minutes, 9.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game ... 120 assists on the season were second in the RMAC while his assist/turnover ratio of 2.2 led the conference ... Shot .481/.338/.835 on the season ...135 rebounds were third on the team ... Scored 10 or more points in nine of the first 11 games of the season ... Set several career-high marks against Cal State Monterey Bay on Nov. 19 when he scored 25 points on 10-13 shooting including 4-6 from beyond the arc with seven rebounds, five assists and three steals ... Dished out a career-high seven assists three times against Colorado Mesa, MSU Denver and Chadron State ... Had a pair of five steal games against Kansas Wesleyan and MSUD ... Recorded three blocks at CMU on the RMAC Tournament on March 3 ... Went 8-9 from the line against South Dakota Mines on Dec. 9 ... Finished the season with 14 double-digit scoring games.

2021-22 (at Stanford): Earned a master's degree in Management Science and Engineering ... Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... Spirit of Stanford Award recipient ... Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll ... Appeared in 29 games with four starts ... Scored 11 points with 17 rebounds, eight assists and eight steals ... Played 10 or more minutes seven times, grabbed a career-best four rebounds against Dartmouth (Dec. 16).

2020-21 (at Stanford): Earned his undergraduate degree in Management Science and Engineering ... Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll member ... NABC Honors Court member ... Appeared in 11 games off the bench ... Was not charged a season of eligibility per NCAA COVID-19 guidelines.

2019-20 (at Stanford): Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll ... Appeared in 14 games off the bench ... Scored first points of his career with a triple against Long Beach State.

2018-19 (at Stanford): Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Standout guard for Catalina Foothills HS (Ariz.) ... Finalist for Arizona High School Boys Basketball Player of the Year ... Helped lead Catalina Foothills to 24 wins as a senior ... Averaged 22.1 points, 11.7 rebounds and 5.2 assists his final season with the Falcons ... Helped lead Catalina Foothills to the 4A semifinals his junior season ... Named the Kino Region Player of the Year as a senior ... Scored 1,383 career points in his high school career ... Won a gold medal with Team USA at the Maccabiah Games in Israel in 2017.

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Historical Player Information

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    2022-23Redshirt Senior

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    2023-24Graduate Student

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