PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Selected by the Hawks in the first round (19th overall) of the 2018 NBA Draft as an early-entry candidate • Signed to a contract on July 1, 2018. • LAST SEASON (2018-19): Named to NBA All-Rookie Second Team after averaging 9.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg and 2.9 apg in 27.3mpg (.419 FG%, .385 3FG%, .732 FT%) in 75 contests (59 starts) • Among qualifying NBA rookies, ranked third in 3FG% (36th in the NBA), sixth in apg, seventh in spg and mpg, 10th in ppg and 12th in rpg • Scored in double-figures 37 times (including three games with at least 20 points) and had two double-digit rebounding nights • Recorded six games with at least five 3FGM, the second-highest total among rookies • His 136 3FGM are second in Hawks rookie history and the sixth-most in NBA history by a rookie age 20 or younger • Missed two games (1/21-23) due to a sore neck, two games (2/22-23) with a left ankle sprain and two games (1/8, 4/5) due to mid-back pain • SEASON HIGHS: 29 pts @PHI (1/11), 10 rebs (2x), 7 assts (3x), 3 stls (3x), 1 blk (25x), 11 FGM (2x), 6 3FGM @IND (12/31), 3 FTM (3x), 44 mins @WAS (1/2).

BEFORE NBA

In two seasons at Maryland, played in 65 games (all starts) and averaged 12.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 31.9 minutes (.466 FG%, .394 3FG%, .748 FT%) • Honorable Mention All-Big Ten and Academic All-Big Ten as a sophomore in 2017-18 averaging 14.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 34.4 minutes (.503 FG%, .417 3FG%, .758 FT%) in 32 starts • Ranked eighth in the Big Ten in three-point field goals per game (2.3) and ninth in threepoint percentage • His 76 three pointers made was the fifth-highest total in a single season in school history, and his 3FG% ranked seventh • Had four games with 20-or-more points • Started all 33 games as a freshman in 2016-17, compiling 9.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.7 apg and 1.0 spg in 29.4 mpg (.420 FG%, .371 3FG%, .714 FT%).

PERSONAL LIFE

Parents are Tom and Erin Huerter • Has a brother, Thomas, Jr., and two sisters - Meghan and Jillian • Thomas, Jr. is a graduate transfer at Catholic University this season • His father led Siena to its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 1989, helping lead the 14th-seeded Saints to an 80-78 upset win over the third-seeded Stanford Cardinal in the first round in the NCAA Tournament in 1989 • Nickname is “Red Velvet” • Starting center fielder on his high school baseball team who captured the state championship his senior year • High school baseball teammate, Ian Anderson, was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the first round (third overall) in the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft • Majored in Letters & Sciences at Maryland

Kevin Huerter

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