Pepperdine University Athletics

2023-24 PENN STATE HARRISBURG: National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court ... Named to the All-Classic Team of the Penn State Harrisburg Tip-Off Classic presented by Comfort Inn & Suites Harrisburg - Hershey South after recording back-to-back double-doubles in victories over Marymount (Va.) (11/11) and St. John Fisher (11/12) ... Posted a double-double with a career-high 20 points and 13 rebounds in a win over Penn State Berks (1/6) ... Recorded a 13-point, 13-rebound double-double in a victory at CCNY (12/4).

2022-23 PENN STATE HARRISBURG: NABC Honors Court ... United East Scholar-Athlete ... Appeared in all 26 games during his junior campaign, starting 13 of them … Recorded a double-double when he scored a career-high 13 points and grabbed a dozen rebounds in a season-opening victory over Chatham (11/12) … Averaged 4.2 points and 5.0 rebounds in 14.3 minutes per contest ... Racked up 109 total points, 131 rebounds, and 16 blocks on the year. 

2021-22 PENN STATE HARRISBURG: United East Scholar-Athlete ... Appeared in all 28 games during his first collegiate campaign … Averaged 2.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per contest … Took on a larger role late in his rookie season after emerging as the team's top backup big … Scored a career-high 10 points on 71.4 percent shooting to go along with four blocks in an NCAA Tournament First Round victory over No. 9 St. Joseph (Conn.) (3/4) … Netted five points and grabbed eight rebounds in a United East Championship Game victory over Lancaster Bible (2/26). 

2020-21 PENN STATE HARRISBURG: North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Scholar-Athlete ... No season due to COVID-19.

PERSONAL: Attending Graziadio School of Business to obtain his master's degree ... Son of Joan and Charles Leiba ... Chose Pepperdine "after (his) conversation with Coach Rigot, where he expressed his belief in (his) game and ability to develop under him and Coach Schilling. That, in addition to being able to pursue a Master’s Degree in Business from the Graziadio School, made it the perfect fit!" ... Names his parents as his biggest heroes "because they taught (him) how to navigate life. (He) wouldn’t be the man (he is) without them." ... Says cooking is his secret talent.

FAVORITES: Favorite NBA player is Lebron James ... NBA team is the Knicks ... Book is The Simple Path to Wealth ... Movie is "Step Brothers" ... TV show is "Outer Banks" ... Food is oxtail and jerk chicken ... Musical artist is Drake ... Sport other than basketball is volleyball.