Hawk Item — Non-scholarship athlete.
Junior College (2013-15) — Started all 31 games, averaging 14 points and four rebounds, as a sophomore at Southeastern Community College his sophomore year… honorable mention all-region… member of Phi Theta Kappa honor society.
High School — Helped Danville High School post a 103-5 record during his four-year career (2009-13), including 27-1 records his sophomore, junior and senior seasons, four conference titles and two state runner-up finishes… finished his high school with 2,018 career points… school record holder in points per game (27.5), points in a half (34), single-season scoring (771) offensive rebounds (96), total rebounds (283), and field goals made (278)… posted career highs in scoring (42 and 45) in back-to-back games… 2013 Class 1A Player of the Year, first-team all-state, all-conference, all Sub-State, All-Hawkeye Newspaper, and all-state tournament honoree as a senior averaging a state-best 27.5 points, 10.1 rebounds, four assists, and 3.4 steals leading his team to a conference title and third place finish at the Iowa state tournament… 2012 Class 1A Co-Player of the Year and All-Hawkeye Newspaper Co-Player of the Year, first-team allstate, all-conference, all Sub-State, and all-state tournament team honoree as a junior averaging 18.5 points, seven rebounds, four assists, and three steals leading his team to a conference title and runner-up finish at the Iowa 1A state tournament… averaged 20.2 points, seven rebounds, five assists, and two steals while earning first team all-state, all-conference, all Sub-State, All-Hawkeye Newspaper, and all-state tournament team accolades on a team that won its conference title and was runnerup at the 2011 Iowa 1A state tournament… averaged nine points, four rebounds, and 3.1 assists in leading team to a conference title as a freshman in 2010… never lost a home game during his high school career… four-time team captain… IBCA Senior All-Star Game MVP… co-salutatorian, academic all-state (2013), two-time academic all-conference (2012 and 2013), earned the Presidential Award for Excellence in 2013 and was a member of the National Honor Society (2011-13).
Personal — Born 12/27/94 in Iowa City… accounting major… parents are Kirk and Karen Soukup… identical twin brother, Michael, also plays on the Iowa basketball team… father played football at Iowa Wesleyan University… high school coach was Ken Laffoon… AAU coaches were former Hawkeyes Duez Henderson and Jason Price.