Wichita State Athletics

Individual Awards / Accolades:
2x WSU Lettermen (2022, 2023)
2x American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week (2021-22)
2023 Shelley Cox Academic Leadership Award*
2x Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2021, Fall 2022)
2x AAC All-Academic Team Selection (2021-22, 2022-23)
*=WSU men's basketball honor
 

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Versatile player on both sides of the ball; big enough to bang on the low block and has the athleticism and shooting touch to play out on the perimeter as a stretch-four… Described as a high-IQ basketball player with a great feel for the game.

2023-24 (Junior):
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Named to the Fall and Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll with a 4.0 GPA... Played in all 34 games, making 14 starts... Came off the bench in the final 20 games of the season... Averaged 8.8 points and 5.9 rebounds... Dished out 40 assists... Shot 47.1% from the field... Nine games with 10 or more points, including a pair of 20-point outings... Two double-doubles and five games with double digit rebounds... Led Wichita State in rebounding 13 times... Had his best game in over a month vs. Tulsa (Feb. 21), finishing with 16 points and 7 rebounds in only 18 minutes... Just missed a double-double with 10 points and 8 rebounds vs. Florida Atlantic (Feb. 11)... Finished with 10 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals at Tulsa (Jan. 31)... Chipped in 12 points and 4 rebounds at South Florida (Jan. 21)... Came off the bench at Temple (Jan. 7) and scored 12 of his 14 points after halftime... Grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds vs. South Dakota State (Dec. 9)... AAC Weekly Honor Roll on Nov. 27... Back-to-back 20-point games after a season-high 25 vs. Norfolk State (Nov. 25)... Tallied his second double-double with 23 points and a career-high tying 12 rebounds vs. Saint Louis (Nov. 19)... Scored all 16 of his points after halftime at Coastal Carolina (Nov. 16)... Registered his first double-double of the season with 16 points and 11 rebounds vs. WKU (Nov. 9)... Just missed a double-double in the season opener vs. Lipscomb (Nov. 6) with 9 points and 11 boards.

2022-23 (Sophomore):
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team... Named to the Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll... A breakout performer over the second half of his sophomore season… Started all but one of his 31 games and averaged 8.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.0 steal in 26.8 minutes… Grabbed a team-high 67 offensive boards and ranked fifth among American Athletic Conference regulars in offensive rebound percentage (9.8)… Also ranked 10^th in the AAC in block percentage (3.15), per KenPom, totaling 23 for the year… Scored in double figures 12 times… Grabbed double-digit rebounds on four occasions and posted a pair of double-doubles… Struggled from the perimeter but shot 54.5% from inside the arc… Also ranked second on the team with 73 fouls drawn… Posted a 1.54 assist-to-turnover ratio (60A, 39TO)… Was one of the major keys to WSU’s second-half offensive renaissance as the staff began playing to his strengths as a passer and facilitator… Averaged 11.1 points and 6.8 rebounds over the final 19 games (up from 5.0 ppg and 4.1 rpg in the first 12 contests) along with 2.4 assists, 1.1 blocks and 1.3 steals… That stretch began with a breakout performance against East Carolina (Dec. 31) when he logged his first career double-double with 21 points on 9-of-13 shooting and 11 rebounds… Put up his second double-double less than two weeks later in WSU’s 14-point second-half comeback at South Florida (Jan. 8), finishing with 14 points, 10 boards and five assists… Set career-highs in a double-overtime victory over SMU (Feb. 12) with 28 points on 13-of-15 shooting in nearly 41 minutes of action… Made the Fall 2022 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (3.0+ semester GPA)... Winner of WSU's men's basketball's 2023 Shelley Cox/ KAKE-TV Academic Leadership Award.

2021-22 (Freshman):
Made a strong impression in his rookie year, twice winning American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week honors… Learned the ropes while backing up fourth-year center Morris Udeze… Appeared in all 28 games and averaged 5.4 points and 2.7 rebounds in 14.1 minutes… Shot 45.8 percent from the field (55-of-120), including 30.2 percent from three (16-of-53), and made 24-of-37 free throws (.649)… Was the team’s most-efficient scorer, per KenPom, with a 112.1 O-Rating… On a per-40-minute basis, averaged 15.2 points and 4.3 offensive rebounds… Earned AAC Freshman of the Week honors after contributing 12 points in a neutral court victory over UNLV in Las Vegas (Nov. 21) and another 10 points and seven boards in the Shockers’ Nov. 26 win at Missouri... Scored in double-figures four times with a season-high 14 points in the Dec. 14 win over Alcorn State... Scored 12 points and seat season-highs for rebounds (9) and blocks (3) against Prairie View A&M (Dec. 22) to earn AAC Freshman of the Week for a second time... Made the Fall 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll Qualifier (3.0+ semester GPA) and the 2021-22 AAC All-Academic Team (3.0+ GPA during the academic year).

High School:
Played three seasons just up the road from Wichita State at Sunrise Christian Academy in Bel Aire, Kan.… Consensus three-star recruit and top-25 center in the Class of 2021… No. 195 overall in 247Sports’ composite rankings… One of at least four 2021 Division I signees on the roster… Helped his team to a 21-4 record and a runner-up finish at GEICO Nationals… Originally signed with Minnesota but was released from his letter of intent following a coaching change… Chose WSU on May 4, 2021 over finalists Utah and SMU and also drew interest from Ohio State, Georgia, Vanderbilt and others… Coached by Luke Barnwell… Arrived in the U.S. at age 16; has grown two inches and packed on more than 25 pounds… In August of 2018, represented his home country (Sweden) in the 2018 FIBA U16 European Championship in Sarajevo and averaged 13.1 points and 11.6 rebounds over eight games… In the summer of 2021, helped Sweden win the U-20 Nordic Cup. He scored a game-high 21 points on 4-of-4 three-point shooting and grabbed eight rebounds in the championship game to secure MVP honors.
 
Personal:
Born July 18, 2002 in Sweden.... Son of Eddie and Nette Pohto... Has a sister, Chantelle, and a brother, Casper.... Sport management major.