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HAWAI'I HILO VULCANS ATHLETICS

2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

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22 Jake Kosakowski

  • Class Senior (Redshirt)
  • Position Forward
  • Ht / Wt 6-6 / 202
  • Hometown Chicago, Illinois
  • High School Whitney M. Young Magnet HS
  • Previous UC San Diego
  • Major Anthropology
  • Seasons 2023-2025

Biography

[D1 + D2] CAREER NUMBERS

124

GAMES

946

POINTS

263

3-PT

307

FG

.407

3PT %


HIGHLIGHTS
» Program All-Time Career Rank No. 5 (140 3-Pointers)
» 2024-25 NCAA Division II Rank No. 5 (.461 Three-Point Percentage)
» Program Single-Season (24-25) Rank No. 5 (82 3-Pointers)
» Career High (D-II): 21 Points (7-8 3PT) vs Biola (Jan. 11, 2025)
» 2021-22 NCAA Division I Leader (.473 Three-Point Percentage) (UC San Diego)
» Career High (D-I): 26 Points (8-14 3PT) vs Long Beach State (Feb. 24, 2022)

AWARDS & ACCOLADES
» 2024-25 All-PacWest Third Team
» PacWest Conference Defender(s) of the Week (Jan. 12-20, 2025)
» 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District Team
» 2022-23 CSC Academic All-District Team (UC San Diego)

STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2023-24 D2 Athletics Directors Association Achievement Award
» 2023-24 NABC Honors Court
» 2023-24 Academic All-PacWest Team
» 2023-24 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2023 (Spring) B.A. Communication (UC San Diego)
» 2022-23 NABC Honors Court (UC San Diego)
» 2021-22 NABC Honors Court (UC San Diego)


2024-25 (Redshirt Senior): Started all 27 games played in, finishing the regular season at No. 5 in Division II with a .461 three-point shooting percentage. PacWest Ranks (Conference-Only Contests): No. 1 3-Pointers (59), No. 1 3-Pointers Per Game (3.0), No. 2 Three-Point Percentage (.450). ... Missed the first five games before making official season debut with 17 points (5-8 3PT) in a 116-66 win vs Northwest Indian (Nov. 22). Hit three 3-pointers (11 total points), including two in the final minutes with the go-ahead basket at the 1:26 mark as part of a 17-point comeback in a 65-64 win vs Adelphi (Nov. 29). Splashed five 3-pointers (17 total points) in a 82-63 win vs Chaminade (Dec. 7). Made six 3-pointers (21 total points) in a 96-52 win vs Nobel (Dec. 12). Made four 3-pointers (12 points) in a 103-47 win vs Fontbonne (Dec. 14). Posted career highs (D-II) of 21 points on seven 3-pointers (six in a row) in an 87-82 win vs Biola (Jan. 11). Splashed 6 of 8 three-point attempts (four in a row) for 20 points in a 69-63 win vs Azusa Pacific (Jan. 18). Totaled 16 points with four 3-pointers in a 72-68 win vs Vanguard (Jan. 20). Splashed six 3-pointers for 20 points in a 70-65 OT win vs Academy of Art (Feb. 24) ... Named to All-PacWest Third Team ... Helped Vulcans to fourth consecutive PacWest Championships postseason tournament appearance.

2023-24 (Redshirt Junior): Played in all 31 games, starting all but one. Finished fifth on the team in scoring (222 Points, 7.2 PT/G) with a team-leading 58 3-pointers (.392). PacWest Ranks (Conference-Only Contests): No. 4 Three-Point Percentage (.352), No. 14 3-Pointers (32), No. 16 3-PT/G (1.6) ... Hit five 3-pointers (15 points) in PacWest season-opening win vs Chaminade in OT (Nov. 16). Splashed a season-high six 3-pointers (20 points) to help the Vulcans eclipse 100 points in victory vs Northwest Indian (Nov. 25). Made four 3-pointers within the first 11 minutes of play in a 72-65 win vs San Francisco State in the Big Island Holiday Classic (Dec. 19). Finished with 14 points (four 3-Pointers) in a 69-65 win vs Chaminade (Feb. 3). Hit 4 of 5 3-pointers for 14 total points in a 84-72 win vs Biola at the PacWest Championships Quarterfinals (March 7) ... Selected to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team ... Helped Vulcans to third consecutive PacWest Championships postseason tournament appearance.

2019-2023* (UC San Diego): Appeared in 65 games with 20 starts over three seasons for the Tritons (NCAA D-I), totaling 416 points on .384 three-point shooting with 99 rebounds. Finished 2021-22 season ranked No. 1 in NCAA Division I at a .473 three-point shooting percentage.

*Student-athletes were not charged with use of a season of eligibility for the 2020-21 academic year due to the COVID-19 pandemic


BEFORE HAWAI‘I HILO
» Spent four seasons at University of California, San Diego
» 2018 graduate of Whitney M. Young Magnet High School (Illinois)
» Played four seasons of varsity basketball for coach Tyrone Slaughter
» 2017 Class 4A Illinois State Champion
» Played club for Mac Irvin Fire, Team Rose, Wisconsin Playground Warriors

PERSONAL
» Born June 2000 in South Carolina
» Parents: Gia Kubik
» Has a dog named Spirit
» Major: Anthropology

WHY HAWAI‘I HILO
» "For the opportunity to reinvigorate myself as a person and basketball player. To experience life in Hawai‘i while also pursuing things that are important to me (academics and basketball) is a combination I would have never thought of."

FAVORITES
» Hobbies: Writing (Currently Working On a Book)
» Sports Moment: "Game-tying 3-pointer to send the game to OT against UC Santa Barbara."
» Sports Teams: Oakland Athletics, Denver Nuggets, Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago White Sox
» Athletes: Nikola Jokic, LeBron James, Eddie Hall
» Movies: Soul, The Book of Eli
» Shows: Ted Lasso
» Musicians: Skepta, Burna Boy, Noah Kahan

All-PacWest

2024-25 Vulcans Men's Basketball Senior Day

Vulcan Challenge 2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2023-24Junior (Redshirt)

    Forward
    6'6" 202 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2024-25Senior (Redshirt)

    Forward
    6'6" 202 lbs
    22