CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Two-time top-10 semifinalist for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award.
• 2020-21 All-Mountain West First Team selection.
• 2019-20 All-MWC Second Team choice.
• Scoring average increase as a sophomore in 2018-19 (12.8 ppg) was the second-largest jump in Division I.
SENIOR (2020-21)
• Finished fourth in the Mountain West in scoring (17.0 ppg) for the second straight season.
• Ranked fifth in the MWC in three-pointers made per game (2.43).
• Shot 44.4% from the field, 38.2% from three-point range and 85.6% from the free throw line (second in the MWC).
• Sank 9-for-9 from the field vs. New Mexico, tied for the second-most field goals without a miss in program history (Dec. 23).
• First Bronco to score at least 20 points in five consecutive games since 2008 (Reggie Larry).
STRENGTHS
• Intriguing combination of size, length and skill.
• Very fluid and agile for his size.
• Shoots with range and can attack off the bounce.
• Affects the game at both ends of the court with his length.
PERSONAL
• Former ball boy for the Houston Rockets.
• Father, Derrick, was the 33rd pick in the 1994 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers, played two-plus seasons in the NBA and had a long pro career overseas.
• Derrick Alston Sr. is the head coach of the NBA G League’s Westchester Knicks.
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Alston arrived at Boise State as a 148-pound walk-on in 2016 before blossoming into one of the nation’s top small forwards.
QUOTE
“He just does whatever the game needs him to do and whatever the game tells him to do that night. … His versatility and his consistency has been probably the most impressive thing.”
-Boise State head coach Leon Rice, to the Idaho Statesman
— Profile by NBA Communications