Personal
An international student from Finland ... tool and manufacturing engineer major.
Before BYU
Played with the Finnish Olympic team ... toured American courts and averaged 29 points a game against touring American AAU teams.
Stats
Year GP FG % FT % RBD. TP Avg. Frosh 14 128 53 86 77 211 342 24.4 1966-67 24 117 52 93 80 175 327 13.6 1967-68 24 169 48 92 71 231 410 17.0 1968-69 28 164 47 91 65 248 419 15.0
Held the freshman scoring record with 24.4 points per game.
A candidate for All-American honors ... Was first-team All-WAC ... ranked among the league's best in all departments ... was second in scoring and rebounding for BYU ... was 80% effective from free throw line.
Led '68 team in scoring with 17 points per game ... named second all-WAC ... highest scoring game was against Oklahoma City with 29 points.
Scored enough points to become the third highest scorer (behind Joe Nelson and Dick Nemelka) in BYU history ... his three-year total of 1,156 also produced the third best scoring average over a three-year span with 15.2 points per game.