Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk
#10 Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk
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Position: Guard
Height: 6-8
Weight: 195
Class: Senior
Hometown: Cherkasy, Ukraine High
School: Cherkasy First City Gymnasia
PRONUNCIATION
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OVERVIEW
Entered his name in the 2017 NBA Draft without an agent … Has played in 97 games for Kansas with 31 starts and a 6.3 career scoring average … His 122 3-pointers made rank 20th on the KU career chart … Two-time Academic All-Big 12 selection … As a Jayhawk, has won three Big 12 regular-season titles, one Big 12 Tournament and has advanced to two NCAA Tournament Elite Eights.
CAREER HONORS
• Academic All-Big 12 [2015-16 First Team, 2016-17 Second Team]
• Julius Erving Award Watch List [2015-16]
2016-17 (JUNIOR)
• Academic All-Big 12 Second Team selection.
• Started 25 games and averaged 9.8 points per contest.
• Ranked eighth in the Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage at 38.9 percent.
• Was also eighth in the conference in 3-point field goals made at 1.9 per game.
• Made three or more shots from beyond the arc in 11 games with four or more treys in four outings.
• Pulled down 3.0 rebounds per game and also averaged 1.9 steals per contest.
• Had 19 games of 10 or more points, including four of the last five games of the season.
• Led Kansas in steals in eight games.
• Set a career high with seven assists at West Virginia (Jan. 24).
• Pulled down a career-high nine rebounds at Oklahoma (Jan. 10).
• Scored all 11 of his points, including the game-winning field goal, in the second half against Kansas State (Jan. 3).
• Played a career-high 37 minutes at TCU (Dec. 30) with 12 points.
• Had a season-high 20 points, including four 3-pointers, with six rebounds at UNLV (Dec. 22).
2015-16 (SOPHOMORE)
• Logged 12.8 minutes in 35 games.
• Earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors.
• Averaged 5.8 points per game, which ranked sixth on the team.
• Shot 45.0 percent from 3-point range.
• Of his 67 field goals made, 55.2 percent were from 3-point range (37).
• Had seven games of 10 or more points, including a career-high 23 points against Austin Peay (March 17) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Made multiple 3-pointers in six games, including 6-for-11 vs. Chaminade (Nov. 23), 3-for-4 at Kansas State (Feb. 20) and 4-for-5 vs. Austin Peay (March 17).
• Averaged 1.3 rebounds per contest and had five games with four boards.
• Was the youngest player on the KU roster for the second-straight season.
2014-15 (FRESHMAN)
• Played 26 games with six starts.
• Was the youngest player to start in the Bill Self era at 17 years old.
• Had three games with 10 or more points.
• Was 4-for-7, 2-for-5 from 3-point range, in scoring 10 points, with a season-high five rebounds versus Rider (Nov. 24).
• Scored 11 points and pulled down four rebounds in the championship game of the Orlando Classic against Michigan State (Nov. 30).
• Was 3-for-4 from beyond the arc in scoring 11 points against Lafayette (Dec. 20).
• Led Kansas in steals three times.
• Began his collegiate career at 17-years-old – the youngest in the history of the Big 12.
UKRAINE NATIONAL TEAM
2016 U20 European Championship
• Competed for Ukraine in the 2016 U20 European Championship in Finland, July 16-24.
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
• Represented Ukraine at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain.
• Played in four games in the FIBA Basketball World Cup including 11 minutes versus Team USA, scoring three points.
2014 U18 European Championship
• Averaged 16.0 points and 4.1 rebounds in earning all-tournament honors at the U18 European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, in summer 2014.
2013 U16 European Championship
• Competed for Ukraine at the 2013 U16 European Championship, being named to the all-tournament team after averaging 25.2 points and eight rebounds per game.
Miscellaneous
• Played in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague from 2012 to 2014 for the Cherkasy Mavpy.
• Played opposite former KU teammates Kelly Oubre Jr. and Cliff Alexander in the World Select Team’s loss to Team USA at the 2014 Nike Hoops Summit.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended high school at Cherkasy First City Gymnasia.
• Also lettered in soccer and ping pong in high school.
PERSONAL
• Born Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk in Cherkasy, Ukraine.
• Parents are Inna and Iurri Mykhailiuk … Mother is a high school biology teacher… Father is a college history professor.
• Fluent in three languages (Russian, Ukrainian and English).