Hawk Item – Preferred walk-on… father, Parker, coached alongside Fran McCaffery at Notre Dame for seven seasons in the 1990’s… competed against and met classmate, Riley Mulvey (St. Thomas More), for the first time a couple days after verbally committing to Iowa… Laketa’s grandfather, Don, played basketball at Wichita State (1952-55) for head coach Ralph Miller, who eventually went on to become the head coach at Iowa (1964-70).
2023-24 Honors —Academic All-Big Ten. 2023-24 — Appeared in four games, averaging 2.9 minutes… totaled four points and one assists… made his only field goal attempt — a 3-pointer — scoring four points in the win over Florida A&M (12/16)… letterwinner.
2022-23 Honors — Academic All-Big Ten. 2022-23 — Saw limited action in four games… totaled four points and four rebounds… letterwinner.
2021-22 — Competed in 12 games… sank one 3-pointer in three contests (Alabama State, Western Michigan, Northwestern)… made 3-of-5 (.600) from 3-point range… his 3-pointer in the final seconds against Northwestern in the Big Ten Tournament Second Round was the team’s 19th of the game, establishing a new single-game record in the tournament… letterwinner.