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                        Biography
                    
                                                
                        Senior (2023-24): Appeared in all 32 games for the Lakers... Totaled 120 points, 36 assists, 31 rebounds, and 21 steals... Named to the 2024 GLIAC Academic Excellence Team.
Junior (2022-23): Appeared in all 27 games for the Lakers... Averaged 17.1 minutes per game and 1.85 points per game... Totaled 50 points, 29 rebounds, and 18 assists... named to the 2023 GLIAC Winter Academic Excellence Team.
Sophomore (2021-22): Played in 25 games for the Lakers... Averaged 10.7 minutes and 1.8 points per game... Finished the season scoring 45 points on a 35.7 shooting percentage... Totaled 21 rebounds, 15 assists, and seven steals... Named to the 2022 GLIAC Winter All-Academic Excellence Team.
Freshman (2021): Played in 18 games for the Lakers... Averaged 5.3 minutes per game and 0.9 points per game… Finished the season scoring 17 points on a 35.7 shooting percentage, including a 45.5 mark from three… Totaled six rebounds, and four assists.
High School: Graduated from Traverse City West High School in Traverse City, Mich. in 2020… Competed in the Big North Conference and was coached by Sanders Frye… Posted 17.0 points per game during his senior season with a 41.6% shooting percentage… Also recorded 2.0 rebounds per game, 2.1 assists per game, and 1.8 steals per game in his senior season… Served as team captain during his junior and senior seasons… Received Second Team All-Conference honors as a junior… Named to the Record Eagle’s Second Team All-Region as a junior… Received First Team All-Conference honors as a senior… Division I All-State Honorable Mention as a senior… Named Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM) Best Division I Honorable Mention as a senior… Named BCAM Academic All-State as a senior. 
Personal: Son of Paul and Kitty Soma… Has one brother, Paul Jr., and one sister, Rose… Also played baseball and football in high school… Was a member of the National Honor Society in high school… Hobbies include golfing and going to the beach… Majoring in finance and economics.
Single Game Highs:
Points - 14 (vs SVSU, 1/6/22)
Field Goals - 4, three times (vs GVSU, 1/18/24)
Three Pointers - 4, three times (vs GVSU, 1/18/24)
Rebounds - 4, three times (vs Algoma, 12/14/23)
Assists - 4 (at Quincy, 12/18/22)
Steals - 3, twice (vs SVSU, 2/17/24)
Blocks - 1, twice (at Drury, 11/12/22)
                     
                
                
                
                
                
                    
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                            Historical Player Information
                        
                        
                            
                                
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                                                    2020-21Freshman
                                                    
                                                
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                                                        180 lbs
                                                    
                                                
                                             
 
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                                                    2021-22Sophomore
                                                    
                                                
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                                                        180 lbs
                                                    
                                                
                                             
 
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                                                    2022-23Junior
                                                    
                                                
                                             Guard 
                                                
                                                    
                                                        6'1"
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                        180 lbs
                                                    
                                                
                                             
 
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                                                    2023-24Senior
                                                    
                                                
                                             Guard 
                                                
                                                    
                                                        6'1"
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                        180 lbs
                                                    
                                                
                                             
 
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                                                    2024-25Fifth Year
                                                    
                                                
                                             Guard 
                                                
                                                    
                                                        6'1"
                                                    
                                                
                                                    
                                                        180 lbs