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2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

NABC
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Jae Choi/UC San Diego
Arwyn Guinto/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Lizzy Cruz/UC San Diego Athletics
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Kai Eiselein
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego

12 Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones

  • Position Guard/Forward
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wellington, New Zealand
  • High School St. Patrick's College
  • Major Communications
  • College Muir

Biography

MEDIA
USA Today: Now Eligible for NCAA Tournament, UC San Diego Hoping to Bust March Brackets (March 13, 2025)
CBS Sports: Finally Eligible for March Madness, Division I's Most Unlikely Success Story Out to Prove It's Not Done Yet (March 5, 2025)
San Diego Union-Tribune: Guards Travel From New Zealand, Texas to Fuel Tritons (Jan. 3, 2025)

HONORS AND AWARDS
UC San Diego
2025 NABC Pacific District First Team
2025 Big West Player of the Year
2025 All-Big West First Team
NABC-Reese's Division I All-Star Game Participant
2024 Big West Newcomer of the Year
2024 Honorable Mention All-Big West
Three-time Big West Player of the Week
Lou Henson National Player of the Week (Jan, 27, 2025)

Division II
Named First Team PacWest Conference (three times)
PacWest Newcomer of the Year
PacWest Freshman of the Year
Second Team All Region (twice)
Academic All-PacWest selection (three times)

AS A SENIOR IN 2024-25
Established a new UC San Diego Division I single season record with 670 points ... Led the nation with 297 free throw attempts ... Named Tournament MVP after leading UC San Diego to Big West Championship (March 15) ... Participated in the NABC-Reese's Division I All-Star Game (April 4) ... Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Mar. 17) ... Became first Triton to be named Big West Player of the Year, also selected All-Big West First Team (March 11) ... Scored his 1,000th point as a Triton in the win over Hawai‘i (Feb. 22) ... Collected his 2,000th career point in a win at Cal State Bakersfield (Feb. 13) ... Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Feb. 10) ... Earned Lou Henson National Player of the Week honors (Jan. 27) ... Garnered Big West Player of the Week recognition (Jan. 27) ... Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Jan. 20) ... Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Jan. 6) ... Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Dec. 16) ... Named to Big West Preseason Coaches' Team (Oct. 15) ... Named to Big West Winter All-Academic List for excelling in the classroom.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2023-24
Named Big West Newcomer of the Year and Honorable Mention All-Big West (March 12) .... Garnered season's first Big West Player of the Week award (Nov. 13) ... Led UC San Diego in rebounding (5.8 per game) and third on the team in scoring (13.8) ... Was third in The Big West in field goal percentage (56.1%) and second in games against conference foes (59.0%) ... Recognized as UCU Athlete of the Week (Nov. 13) and again on Feb. 12.

AT HAWAI‘I-HILO 
Named First Team PacWest Conference 3 years ... PacWest Newcomer of the Year ... PacWest Freshman of the Year ... Second Team All Region twice ... Three-time Academic All-PacWest selection.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2020 graduate of St. Patrick's College ... Competed semi-pro for the Wellington Saints.

PERSONAL 
Born: January 5 in Wellington, New Zealand
Major: Communications
College: John Muir
Future plans: Intends to give back to his community after graduating from UC San Diego 
 
CAREER HIGHS
Points 37 at Dominican 1/27/23
FGM 15 at Dominican  1/27/23
FGA 23 at Dominican 1/27/23
3FGM 3 multiple times --
3FGA 5 multiple times --
FTM 16 vs. Alaska Anchorage 11/14/22
FTA 21 vs. Alaska Anchorage 11/14/22
Rebounds 18 vs. Chaminade 2/21/21
Assists 9 multiple times --
Blocks 4 at Chaminade 1/30/21
Steals 7 at Holy Names  2/15/22

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2023-24Junior

    Guard/Forward
    6'6" 200 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2024-25Senior

    Guard/Forward
    6'6" 200 lbs
    12

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