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2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

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23 Takai Hardy

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-7
  • Weight 220
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Fairfield, Calif.
  • Prev School Sunrise Christian Academy
  • High School Vanden
  • Major Communication

Biography

AWARDS
  • 2023-24 Big Sky All-Academic Team

2024-25
  • Played in 22 games, including two starts, averaging 8.5 minutes per game
  • Averaged 2.2 points per game, shooting 38.3 percent from the field and 54.5 percent from the foul line
  • Tallied 48 points, 38 rebounds, five assists, and two blocks
  • Recorded a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds at UC Davis (12/18/24)
2023-24
  • Appeared in 25 games, averaging 7.3 minutes per game
  • Totaled 57 points, 36 rebounds, three steals and two blocks
  • Recorded personal best 10 points on 4-10 shooting in a season-high 17 minutes of action to help lead Idaho to an 86-76 comeback win over Northern Arizona (2/24/24)
  • Tallied the fourth most offensive rebounds on the team at 18

SUNRISE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
  • Played one season of post-graduate basketball at Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kansas
  • Averaged 13 points and seven rebounds per game while shooting 40 percent from behind the three-point line
  • Helped lead Sunrise to a runner-up finish at the National Prep Championships in 2023

VANDEN HIGH SCHOOL
  • Four-year varsity letter winner at Vanden High School in Fairfield, California under head coach Michael Holloway
  • Three-time All-State, Two-time All-League and MEL Most Valuable Player honoree
  • Averaged 14.8 points and 10.7 rebounds per game
  • Recorded over 1,200 points and 1,000 rebounds over the course of his high school career
  • Led the Vikings to three section championships and three MEL League titles 
  • Tied school record with 24 rebounds in a single game 
  • Named team captain his junior and senior season
  • Played on the West Coast Elite AAU team 
  • Competed alongside Idaho teammate Miles Klapper on the Lakeshow AAU team

PERSONAL
  • Son of Tameka and Eric Emerson
  • Has one sister, E’Nyah 
  • Likes to make music in his free time
  • Hobbies include playing guitar and rapping 

MIC'D UP WITH TAKAI HARDY
 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2023-24Freshman

    Forward
    6'7" 220 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2024-25Sophomore

    Forward
    6'7" 220 lbs
    23
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