Keaton Nankivil Class: Senior Hometown: Madison, Wis. High School: Memorial Height / Weight: 6-8 / 240 Position: F Experience: 3V

Junior Keaton Nankivil made tremendous strides last season, emerging as a dangerous weapon in the Wisconsin arsenal. Nankivil, who had played a total of 46 minutes as a freshman, appeared in all 33 games as a sophomore including 20 starts, and started all 33 games in 2009-10. A former Wisconsin Mr. Basketball, Nankivil is tough on the glass and possesses an impressive jumping ability that allows him to play bigger than his 6-9 frame. He also showed off his soft touch from the perimeter when he made all five 3-point attempts vs. Purdue in 2009.

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In 2010, Nankivil scored a career-high 25 points at Purdue, tying a UW record with seven 3-pointers.

Honors: 2010 Academic All-Big Ten selection

2009-10: Scored in double figures nine times this season, including five times during Big Ten play ... Raised averages from 2.9 ppg and 1.8 rpg last season to 8.1 ppg and 4.7 rpg this year ... Averaged 4.5 points and 4.5 rebounds with zero FT attempts in first four Big Ten games before Jon Leuer's injury; averaged 11.9 points and 6.0 boards over the nine games without Leuer in the lineup ... Second on UW with 4.7 rebounds, led team with 68 offensive boards (2.1 offensive rpg) ... Shot .520 from the field during conference play, good enough for 6th in the Big Ten ... Averaged 0.9 blocks per game, which ranks 7th in the Big Ten ... Ranked 7th in the Big Ten with 2.1 offensive rebounds per game ... Scored 14 points (6-of-7 shooting) and tied a career high with 4 blocks at Indiana ... Registered a career high 25 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals and a block at Purdue. Tied a UW single-game record making seven 3-pointer (7-of-8 shooting) ... Scored 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting, adding a team-high 7 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals in career-high 42 minutes vs. Penn State ... Led UW with eight rebounds (including 4 offensive boards) and tallied 10 points, 2 assists and a block vs. Michigan ... Matched his career high with 11 rebounds at Penn State ... Tallied 14 points vs. Milwaukee and 12 points vs. Cal Poly in back-to-back games ... Dished out a career-high five assists to go along with eight points and four rebounds vs. Duke ... Posted 12 points and eight rebounds in just 17 minutes vs. Arizona

2008-09: Started 20 of 33 games this season, including his first career start vs. Long Beach State ... opened 20 of UW's first 21 games before an ankle injury sidelined him for one game ... made 9-of-14 (.643) 3-point attempts on the season ... shot .821 (23-of-28) from the free throw line ... scored a career-best 21 points in a career-high 32 minutes vs. Purdue, connecting on 5-of-5 3-pointers in the game ... averaged 4.5 points and 2.5 rebounds per contest ... grabbed a career-high 11 boards vs. Green Bay ... grabbed four rebounds and led the Badgers in scoring with 11 points vs. Connecticut in the Paradise Jam Tournament ... averaged 7.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 22.3 minutes per game during the Paradise Jam ... scored in double digits five times in 2008-09 ... tallied 14 points and four rebounds in an NCAA tournament opening round win over Florida State

2007-08: Played in 18 games as a true freshman ... grabbed a career-high five rebounds vs. Florida A&M in a personal-best 10 minutes of action ... had two assists in his first career game vs. IPFW

High School: Named Wisconsin's Mr. Basketball and Associated Press Player of the Year as a senior ... also named and player of the year ... averaged 16.8 points, 11 rebounds and 6.8 blocks per game ... led Madison Memorial to four straight Division 1 state appearances and a 94-8 overall record ... first-team all-state, averaging 16.3 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.2 blocks as a junior ... earned Big Eight Conference, all-area and all-city player of the year honors as well ... runner-up at Division 1 state tournament as a junior ... member of Memorial's Division 1 state championship team as a sophomore

Personal: Parents are Dick and Nancy ... mother, Nancy, attended Wisconsin ... has one brother, Cameron (14) ... played high school basketball with Mike Nelson (North Dakota State), Wesley Matthews (Marquette), Kori Vernon (UW-Whitewater) and Jerard Ajami (Northern Michigan) ... intends to major in engineering