2021 NBA Draft Profile

Sam

Hauser

Position
F
Height/Weight
6-8 / 215 lbs
School/Club
Virginia
Country
USA
Status
Senior
Birthday
12/08/1997
Draft 2021

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• One of five finalists for the 2020-21 Julius Erving Award, honoring the nation’s top small forward.
• 2020-21 All-ACC First Team selection.
• 2018-19 All-Big East Second Team selection as a junior at Marquette.
• Led the Big East in free throw percentage (92.4) in 2018-19.
• Ranked third in NCAA Division I in three-point field goal percentage (48.7) as a sophomore in 2017-18.

2020-21
• Led Virginia in scoring (16.0 ppg) and finished second on the team in rebounding (6.8 rpg).
• Ranked first in the ACC and 15th in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (41.7).
• Finished second in the ACC in three-pointers made per game (2.5).
• Shot 50.3% from the field and 89.6% from the free throw line.
• Led Virginia to the ACC regular-season title.

STRENGTHS
• High-level shooter with a solid feel for the game.
• Moves exceptionally well without the ball.
• Has quick release and excels at shooting off the catch.
• Solid passer who makes quick decisions with the ball.

PERSONAL
• 2020-21 All-ACC Academic Team selection.
• Transferred to Virginia after three seasons at Marquette and sat out the 2019-20 season.
• Brother, Joey, played with Sam at Marquette in 2018-19 before transferring to Michigan State.

43.9
Hauser shot 43.9% from three-point range in four seasons of college basketball, making at least 40.0% every year.

QUOTE
“I knew I was pretty good at [shooting the ball] from a young age. I just kind of kept getting better as I got older.”
– Hauser, to The Virginian-Pilot

— Profile by NBA Communications