Rutgers University Athletics

Fourth-year senior ... preferred walk-on from a New Jersey basketball family with strong Rutgers ties … hard-working and tenacious performer who was one of the most productive high school players in the Garden State.

2017-18:  Played in 17 games, making one start, averaged 6.2 minutes per game ... scored 15 points and added six rebounds and five assists ... played 18 minutes against CCNY in season opener, with two points and an assist ... made a three-pointer against Indiana (Feb. 5) ... scored a career-high six points with two assists at No. 15 Ohio State (Feb. 20) ... made first career start on Senior Day, playing a career-high 25 minutes ad scoring four points with two assists against Illinois (Feb. 24)

2016-17: Played in 11 games averaging 4.7 minutes per contest … contributed five assists … played career-high 20 minutes versus Iowa (Jan. 31), depositing 1-of-2 FGAs.

2015-16: Saw action in 18 games, playing 84 minutes ... scored nine points on 3-10 shooting with six assists and five rebounds ... made first career three-pointer and had two rebounds in 12 minutes at George Washington (Dec. 12) ... made first career field goal in victory over Rutgers-Newark in season opener (Nov. 13).

2014-15: Saw action in seven games … scored first career point versus Indiana (Feb. 22) ... played 11 minutes at Iowa (Feb. 19) with first career rebound and steal ... played six minutes against Sacred Heart (Dec. 23) with first career assist... Logged 13 minutes at Seton Hall (Dec. 6) ... played five minutes off bench in win at Clemson (Dec. 1) ... made collegiate debut in final minute of win over Fairleigh Dickinson (Nov. 19).

Scholastic: A 2014 graduate of Spotswood (N.J.) High School … averaged 26.0 points, 2.1 steals and 3.4 assists-per game as a senior team captain to earn Newark Star Ledger First Team All-Middlesex County and Home News Tribune Second Team All-Area accolades … totaled 728 points in 2013-14 under head coach Steve Mate to lead Middlesex County in scoring while ranking third in the state … scored in double figures every game, including 20 or more in 25 games and 30 or more seven times … helped Spotswood to a 22-6 record and its first GMC Blue Division title while earning Greater Middlesex County All-Conference honors … posted 1,693 career points to become the Chargers’ all-time leading scorer as a three-year starter … was named The Sentinel Player of the Year as a senior … a two-time MSG Varsity All New Jersey honorable mention choice … a Star Ledger Second Team All-Middlesex County and Home News Third Team All-Area selection as a junior … was honored by the NJSIAA as one of the state’s top scholar-athletes.

Personal: Son of Rick and Diana Dadika … major is finance … is one of five family members to score 1,000 career high school points, including his father, his cousin and two uncles … father scored 1,023 points at Rutgers from 1985-90 under Bob Wenzel and was named Third Team All-Atlantic 10 and to the league’s all-tournament team while helping the Scarlet Knights to the 1989 A-10 title and an NCAA tournament berth.