Class: Sophomore	Height/Weight: 6-6 / 205
Home Town: Park Ridge, Ill.	Position/Event: Forward
High School: Maine South	B/T:

student-athlete bio:

2012-13: Second-team all-UAA … Averaged 9.5 points and 8.1 rebounds in 27 starts at forward … Scored in double figues in 15 games, with three double-doubles … Pulled down eight or more rebounds in 19 of 27 games played, and averaged a conference-best 8.4 boards in 14 UAA contests … Second in the UAA in rebounds (8.1) and fifth in minutes played (32.6) … Scored career-high 20 points in 77-62 win at MacMurray (1/2) … Had double-double of 17 points and career-high 13 rebounds in 71-66 win vs. Simpson (11/24) … Academic all-UAA.

2011-12: Started seven of 27 games played averaging 6.9 points and 4.2 rebounds per game … Shot 51.4 percent from the field and 79.5 percent from the foul line … Scored in double figures in six games as a freshman … Recorded first double-double with season-high 19 points and 10 rebounds in 99-88 win over No. 4 Emory (1/29) … Pulled down season-high 11 rebounds in 77-68 win over No. 17 Wheaton (Ill.) on Dec. 10.

HIGH SCHOOL: Averaged 19.6 points and nine rebounds per game at Maine South High School … Shot 81 percent from the foul line and 50 percent from the field as a senior … Ranked No. 64 in Illinois Final Hoops Report's 200-plus … Four-year letterwinner and team captain … Averaged 11.5 points and 6.1 rebounds for his career … Holds the Maine South single game (19), single-season (278) and career (726) rebounding records … 2009-10 Regional Champions, Sectional Champions and Elite 8 appearance … 2010-11 Bugle Newspapers All-Star Game … Two-time CSL South all-conference … Pioneer Press and Bugle Newspapers All-Area First Team … IBCA Fourth-Team All-State … Prairie State Achievement Award in math, science and reading.

PERSONAL: Majoring in systems engineering … Son of Ron Jr. and Mary Lou Palucki.