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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

2021-22 Men's Basketball

11 TJ Askew

  • Height 6-7
  • Weight 195
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Nakui, Papua New Guinea
  • High School Santa Fe Christian
  • Position F
  • Major Environment Economics & Politics (EEP)

Biography

At CMS
2021-22 season (Senior)
Earned Second-Team All-SCIAC honors ... Was twice named the SCIAC Defensive Player of the Week and once earned the Offensive Player of the Week honor
... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Appeared in 23 games, making 23 starts for the Stags ... Averaged 15.2 points on the season (second best on the team) and led the team with blocks (1.7 per game) ... Recorded a career-high 26 points, along with six rebounds, four assists, two steals and three blocks in a win over Pacific (Ore.) ... Recorded 23 points, seven rebounds and two blocks in a big non-conference win over Linfield.

2020-21 Season (Junior)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ...
Stags did not compete due to COVID-19.

2019-20 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 23 games for the Stags ... Had a career-high eight points on 4-6 shooting in a win over Lewis & Clark at the David Wells Classic, to go along with a career-best seven rebounds ... Scored seven points, including the go-ahead three-point play with just under a minute remaining, in a 56-53 win over Cal Maritime ... Scored seven points in the regular season finale at Chapman.

2018-19 (First Year)
Appeared in 16 games, including eight SCIAC contests, for a total of 52 minutes ... Had a high of five points against West Coast Baptist in eight minutes ... Knocked down a three-pointer against No. 7 Springfield for his first collegiate points. 

Prior to CMS
Attended Santa Fe Christian School in Solano Beach, California, where he was a member of the basketball team ... Also played for Coastal Elite Basketball ... Earned all-conference honors ... An honor roll member and a presidentail scholar in the classroom ... Participated in humanitarian trips to Rwanda, Papua New Guinea and Costa Rica while in high school. 

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna College, where he studies Environment, Economics, and Policy with a sequence in Data Science ... Grew up in Papua New Guinea until the age of 11 ... Last summer, worked as a Project Operations Intern at BlocPower, a climate tech startup in Brooklyn, NY. 



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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2018-19Freshman

    G/F
    6'6" 180 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2019-20Sophomore

    G/F
    6'6" 180 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2020-21Junior

    G/F
    6'6" 180 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2021-22Senior

    F
    6'7" 195 lbs
    11