CAREER TRANSACTIONS:
Not drafted by the NBA out of college in 2002…signed by the HEAT as a free agent on August 15, 2002.

COLLEGE:
Played two seasons each at Indiana (1997-99) and Iowa (2000-02), appearing in 119 games…averaged 15.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.54 steals while shooting 45.0 percent from the floor, 39.4 percent from three-point range and 81.1 percent from the foul line…ranks fourth in Iowa history in three-point field goals made (139) and fifth in three-point field goals attempted (332)…set Hawkeye records for free throw percentage in a season (.885 as a senior in 2001-02) and in a career (.873)…his 92 treys and 223 three-point field goal attempts in 2001-02 both rank second on the Hawkeyes’ all-time single-season lists…as a senior he earned a spot on the All-Big Ten Third Team, Verizon Academic All-America Third Team and shared Iowa’s team MVP award after leading the Hawkeyes in scoring (17.1 ppg) and steals (1.60 spg)…hit game-winning buzzer-beaters against Big Ten co-champs Wisconsin and Indiana on consecutive days of the Big Ten Tournament to lead Iowa to the championship game…as a junior was named to the All-Big Ten Honorable Mention Team and was a Verizon Second Team Academic All-American after averaging a career-high 18.1 points…was a two-time Big Ten Co-Player of the Week…missed the final 15 games of the season with a fractured kneecap…attended Arizona in the fall of 1999 before transferring to Iowa…as a sophomore at Indiana in 1998-99 he was selected to the All-Big Ten Third Team and GTE Academic All-America Team after averaging 16.1 points and pulling down a career-high 135 rebounds (4.0 rpg)…also set career-highs in both free throws made (118) and attempted (158)…as a freshman he was picked All-Big Ten Honorable Mention after averaging 12.8 points and shooting a career-high 49.8 percent from the floor…topped the Hoosiers in steals (48) and ranked second in minutes played…scored 29 points against Oklahoma in the 1998 NCAA Tournament, his Hoosiers’ high.

PERSONAL:
Full name is Lucas Andrew Recker…nickname is “Skywalker”, named after the Star Wars movie character Luke Skywalker…son of Martha Pepple and Clair Recker…family includes four sisters, all active in athletics…Maria plays basketball at Michigan State…Wendy and Annie played basketball at Indiana-Purdue and Fort Wayne and Jackie competes in basketball, track and volleyball at DeKalb High School where he starred…father played collegiate basketball at Bluffton College and resides in Washington, IA…graduated from the Iowa with a degree in sports studies…wants to pursue coaching or broadcasting when his playing career in over…enjoys golf, movies and spending time with his family…his favorite sport other than basketball is college football…lists “Hoosiers”, “Big Daddy”, “Happy Gilmore” and “Billy Madison” as his favorite movies…enjoys country music stars Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and Tim McGraw…is involved with the Children’s Hope Foundation and Read To Learn charities…his favorite food is Italian.