BABBITT'S GAME
Diversely talented player who turned in one of the best seasons in school history as a sophomore...became the first men's basketball student-athlete to earn Academic All-America honors...named the 2010 WAC Player of the Year and an honorable-mention All-American by the Associated Press...two-time first-team All-WAC selection who can score inside and out...broke the school single-season scoring record in 2009-10 and became the eighth player in school history to reach 1,000 points in two seasons...ranks 12th on Nevada career scoring list with 1,316 points...also ranks first in career free throw shooting at 89.3 percent (351-393) and fifth in career three-point percentage at 42.1 percent (75-178)...has led the Wolf Pack in scoring and rebounding each year and started all 68 games over the last two seasons.

AT NEVADA
2008-09 (Sophomore):  Was named the 2010 WAC Player of the Year, marking the fifth time in 10 years that Nevada has had the WAC Player of the Year...named an honorable-mention All-American by the Associated Press...earned second-team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America honors, the first Academic All-American in the history of Nevada men's basketball...first-team All-WAC and all-district selection by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the United States Basketball Writers Association for the second year in a row...also earned first-team All-WAC honors by the Sporting News and was a WAC All-Tournament selection...was named the team Most Valuable Player for the second year in a row and shared the team's prestigious Rock Award with teammate Armon Johnson...was one of 30 midseason candidates for the Naismith Award and a preseason candidate for the John R. Wooden Award...started all 34 games...led the Wolf Pack in scoring and rebounding for the second year in a row, averaging 21.9 points and 8.9 rebounds per game...ranked second in the WAC in both categories and finished ninth in the NCAA in scoring and 51st in rebounding...led the WAC and checked in at third in the nation in free throw shooting at 91.7 percent (199-217)...set the Nevada single-season scoring record with 743 points as well as the single-season scoring record for a sophomore, breaking the marks held by Nick Fazekas (721 in 2005-06 & 662 in 2004-05)...broke Nevada's single-season records for free throws made with 199 and free throw percentage at 91.7 percent...set the school record for consecutive free throws made, knocking down his final 34 free throw attempts of the season to surpass the 28 straight that Todd Okeson made in 2003-04...scored in double figures in all 34 games and had at least 20 points in 23 games...ranked 20th in the nation and led the WAC with 16 double-doubles this season...scored a career-high 33 points on March 12 vs. New Mexico State...also turned in 29 points in four other games...pulled down a career-best 17 rebounds Nov. 21 vs. Houston and led the team in rebounding in 24 games this season...made a career-best four three-pointers (4-of-5) March 6 vs. Louisiana Tech...was named the WAC Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 4-10 after turning in double-doubles in victories over New Mexico State and San Jose State (23.0 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.5 spg).was the WAC Preseason Player of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection by the league's media and coaches...also selected as one of five Mid-Major Preseason All-Americans by FoxSports.com...listed as the ninth-best power forward in the nation by the Sporting News.

2008-09 (Freshman): Was named the WAC Freshman of the Year...first-team all-district selection by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the United States Basketball Writers Association...named an honorable-mention high major All-American by collegehoops.net...earned first-team All-WAC honors and was the lone freshman on the WAC All-Newcomer team...named to the WAC All-Tournament squad and earned WAC All-Academic honors...shared Nevada's Most Valuable Player award with Armon Johnson...started all 34 games as a true freshman...became the first freshman in school history to lead the team in both scoring and rebounding...ranked third in the WAC and second among the nation's freshmen at 16.9 points per game...finished third in the WAC with 7.4 rebounds per game...led the WAC and ranked 24th in the country in free throw percentage at 86.4 percent (fifth on the Nevada single-season charts)...two-time WAC Player of the Week (Jan. 5-11 and Jan. 12-18)...set Nevada's single-season freshman records for points (573), field goals made (194) and attempted (425), free throws made (152) and attempted (176), free throw percentage (.864) and three-point field goal percentage (.429)...led the team with six double-doubles...scored in double figures in 31 of 34 games, including a team-high 11 20-point efforts...opened his college career with a double-double, turning in 20 points and 12 rebounds Nov. 15 at Montana State...paced the team in scoring 15 times and rebounding on 20 occasions...scored a season-high 30 points, including 12-of-13 free throw attempts, in the WAC Tournament quarterfinals on March 12...pulled down a season-best 13 rebounds Jan. 17 vs. Fresno State...nailed three three-pointers in a pair of games, including the game-winner as time expired Jan. 10 at Louisiana Tech.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2008 graduate of Galena High School in Reno...became the third player in Nevada prep history to be named a McDonald's All-American...earned second-team All-America honors from Parade Magazine...set the state career scoring record with 2,941 career points, breaking the mark set by Wolf Pack teammate Armon Johnson (2,616)...two-time Gatorade State Player of the Year (2007 & 2008)...three-time first-team all-state selection (2006-08)...averaged 29.9 points and 12 rebounds per game his senior year...also added 3.6 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.5 blocks per contest...named the Northern Nevada 4A Region Player of the Year as a junior and a senior...shared the honor with Johnson in 2007...was the High Desert League Player of the Year in 2007 and 2008...checked in at No. 3 on the Long Beach Press-Telegram's prestigious "Best of the West" team...was listed as the 24th-best player in the country by Scout.com...led Galena to the 2007 Nevada state championship...averaged 27.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game as a junior...served as a team captain in each of his last two years...coached by Tom Maurer.

PERSONAL
Plans to major in business administration...born in June of 1989 in Cincinnati, Ohio...the son of Bob and Laura Babbitt of Reno...has two sisters, Layne (17) and Leah (14)...enjoys playing golf and tennis...lists winning the 2007 state championship as his most exciting sports moment so far...full name is Luke Robert Babbitt.

BABBITT'S CAREER STATISTICS