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Rated among the Top 25 high school players in Minnesota by Breakdown Magazine ... led Washburn to a Class 3A state championship as a senior and was named a member of the All-Tournament team at the state tournament ... played for coach Reggie Perkins, a former Harlem Globetrotter ... scored 24 points against Holy Angels to lead Washburn to its first state tournament since 1994 with a 63-52 victory in the Section 6 championship game ... scored 25 points in the state semifinal game against St. Paul Johnson ... had seven 20-point games as a senior with a season-best of 26 points against Minneapolis North in a 69-62 win ... netted a career-best 39 points as a junior while playing for St. Paul Central as a junior ... averaged 17 points per game at Central and helped lead the Minutemen to a 21-7 record overall and an 11-1 mark in the St. Paul City Conference ... also averaged 14 points per game as a sophomore. Personal
has not declared a major at Texas State ... born August 17, 1991 in Fargo, N.D. ... son of Christine Tholkes and Arthur Hale ... chose to attend Texas State after being recruited by SMU, Fairfield and McNeese State.