Hana Vesela

Height:
6-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
Brimley HS
Hometown:
Pribor, Czech Republic

2018-19 -- Led the Mustangs in scoring (ranking No. 12 throughout the conference) with 11.2 points per game ... also was 11th in the Big West in blocks, averaging 0.6 (including four games with two rejections apiece) ... started all 18 games after joining the squad mid-year on Dec. 17, a 60-50 Cal Poly win at Seattle U ... secured 4.8 rebounds per game, including a career-best 12-board effort vs. UC Riverside on Feb. 21 ... junior year included nine double-digit scoring performances; scored a career-high 19 points in the 66-59 overtime win against Long Beach State on Feb. 6 in Mott Athletics Center ... displayed shooting range with a season-high trio of 3-pointers against UC Davis on Feb. 9 (going 3-of-4 from behind the arc).

Michigan State -- Helped the Spartans reach the NCAA Tournament as a sophomore, averaging 2.8 points and 1.1 rebounds while shooting .458 overall (as well as .455 from 3-point range and .714 from the free-throw line) in her 8.9 minutes per 21 appearances (including two starts) in 2016-17 ... also scored 13 points in 101 minutes as a freshman, when MSU advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... combined for her two seasons in East Lansing, played in 39 games (with three total starts), averaging 7.4 minutes as the Spartans went 46-21 (22-11 in Big Ten play).

Prep -- As a foreign exchange student at Brimley (Mich.) High School during her junior season of 2013-14, posted 15.9 points, 10.4 rebounds and 4.4 blocks per game, earning the Eastern Upper Peninsula League Player of the Year award ... helped the Bays win the EUPL title at 10-0 (21-4 overall) and qualify for the second round of Michigan’s Class D playoffs ... also played volleyball and competed in track & field, before completing her prep career at Gymnázium Dany a Emila Zátopkových (in Ostrava, Czech Republic) in 2015 ... played for the Czech Republic U-20 program at the 2016 FIBA European Championship in Podgorica, Montenegro (averaging 4.8 points and 3.0 rebounds in Division B), as well as the U-18 team at the 2014 tournament in Matosinhos, Portugal.

Personal -- Older brother Jan played for the Washington Wizards and Denver Nuggets in the NBA from 2011-14, and for Fenerbahçe in Istanbul, earned All-EuroLeague First Team honors in 2016 before winning its championship in 2017 ... chose Cal Poly as a transfer “because of the great staff & players” ... majors in Communications, with career aspirations of becoming a director of operations for a pro basketball team.