NDSU

2010-11 Season (Redshirt): Sat out the entire season in the Bison program after transferring from Texas State.

2009-10 Season (Freshman): Played in all 31 games including 10 starts as a true freshman at Texas State...Averaged 5.3 points per game, including a season- and team-high 22 points in a 17-point loss at DePaul...Texas State was 15-16 overall and went 9-7 in the Southland Conference for third place in the West Division.

High School: Graduated in 2009 from Washburn High School in Minneapolis...Rated among the Top 25 high school players in Minnesota by Breakdown Magazine...Played for coach Reggie Perkins, a former Harlem Globetrotter...Led Washburn to a Class 3A state championship his senior year and was named to the all-state tournament team...Scored 24 points against Holy Angels in the Section 6 championship game to lead Washburn to its first state tournament in 15 years...Transferred from St. Paul Central High School, where averaged 17 points per game as a junior and 14 points as a sophomore, and once scored 39 points in a single game.

Personal: Enrolled in university studies...Son of Christine Tholkes and Arthur Hale...Lists one brother and four sisters.