University of Alaska Anchorage Athletics

2021-22 (Jr.): Voted Second Team All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference after helping UAA to 15-9 overall record and third-place league … produced nine 20-plus scoring efforts, tallying double figures in 23 of 24 games and ranking 5th in the GNAC with 18.3 ppg ... in other GNAC stats categories, ranked 3rd in 3FGs per game (2.7) and steals per game (1.7), 5th in FT% (.836), 14th in assists (2.6 apg) and 11th in A/T ratio (1.9) ... scored career-high 28 points in GNAC Tournament semifinal loss to Alaska Fairbanks … scored 23 points (7-12 FG, 4-8 3FG, 5-6 FT) and tied UAA single-game record against Div. II opponent with 7 steals in road win over MSU Billings … other top junior efforts included 21 points and 3 assists in GNAC Tourney quarterfinal win at Seattle Pacific; 21 points, 10 rebounds and 5 steals in OT loss at Central Washington; and 22 points (6-12 3FG) in road win over eventual GNAC regular-season champ Saint Martin’s … among UAA’s career leaders, finished junior season 25th in points (971), 7th in 3FGs made (161), 12th in 3FG% (.426) and 20th in steals (90) … ended season with streak of 39 straight games with a three-pointer – 4th-longest in program history … repeated as GNAC All-Academic Team honoree.

2020-21: Team did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic ... repeat selection to GNAC All-Academic Team.

2019-20 (So.): Emerged as 3rd-leading scorer with 12.9 ppg for Seawolf team that went 20-14 and made GNAC Tournament title game, earning honorable mention All-GNAC accolades ... boosted by 48-of-87 3FG shooting over last 15 games, would have finished 2nd in NCAA Div. II with .509 3FG% had he made just two more treys (thereby reaching statistical minimum of 2.5 makes per game) ... tallied double figures in 23 games, with five of his six 20-plus efforts coming after Jan. 29 ... dished 5 or more assists on seven occasions ... posted GNAC ranks of 2nd in 3FG%, 6th in 3FGs per game (2.4), 6th in A/T ratio (2.5) and 16th in FG% (.502) ... top performances included 21 points (8-10 FG, 5-7 3FG) in loss to Arkansas-Monticello; 19 points (4-6 3FG, 5-5 FT), 6 rebounds and 7 assists in home win over Alaska Fairbanks; 16 points (4-4 3FG), 3 assists and 5 steals in 81-80 road win over MSU Billings; 22 points (5-7 3FG), 9 rebounds, 6 assists and no turnovers in home win over Saint Martin’s; 23 points (8-16, 3-7 3FG, 4-4 FT), 8 rebounds and 6 assists in 40 minutes of road win over UAF; 20 points (6-8 3FG) and 4 assists in home win over MSUB; and 22 points (9-12 FG, 3-5 3FG), 3 assists and 2 steals in GNAC Tourney title-game loss to Western Washington ... on UAA single-season lists, finished 3rd in 3FG%, 12th in 3FGs made (83) and t-8th in games played (34).

2018-19 (Fr.): Played in all 28 games, including a pair of starting assignments ... found scoring column 20 times, including three double-digit performances ... scored season-high 14 points (4-6 FG, 3-3 3FG, 3-4 FT) in loss at Northwest Nazarene ... other top efforts included 11 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in road loss to eventual GNAC champ Saint Martins; and 12 points (4-8 FG, 2-4 3FG) and 2 assists in loss to Lake Superior State.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Named 2017-18 Alaska Gatorade Player of the Year and earned back-to-back Class 3A player-of-the-year honors from Alaska coaches ... averaged more than 20 points, 4 steals and nearly 4 assists per game as senior, leading Grace to 24-11 record and 3A State runner-up finish ... averaged 23.8 ppg as junior, leading Grizzlies to 21-6 record and first 3A state title in 16 years ... was No. 2 scorer (16.3 ppg) and steals leader (2.3 spg) at 2017 ASAA 3A State Tournament, shooting 14 of 27 overall and 12 of 14 on free throws ... powered 34-33 title-game upset of top-ranked and unbeaten Monroe Catholic, scoring 17 points (8-11 FG), along with two assists and three steals, while playing entire 32 minutes ... named to all-conference team all four seasons … played AAU for Team 907.
 
PERSONAL: Born July 24, 1999 ... son of Randy and Lana Karlberg ... father played basketball and baseball and mother ran cross country at Bethel (Kan.) College in early 1980s ... brother Leif played basketball at NAIA The Master’s College from 2009-13 and cousin Colton Lauwers played at UAA from 2011-14 ... has three brothers and three sisters.

MAJOR: Journalism & Public Communications
 
CAREER HIGHS
Points – 28 vs Alaska Fairbanks, 3/4/22
Rebounds – 10 at Central Washington, 2/12/22
Assists – 7, twice (last: vs Hawaii Hilo, 11/28/21)
Blocks – 2 at Seattle Pacific, 1/2/20
Steals – 7 at Montana State Billings, 1/27/22

CAREER STATS
Season        GP-GS  Min/Avg    FG-Att  Pct  3FG-Att  Pct   FT-FTA  Pct  OR- DR-Reb/Avg   PF-D    A  TO  B   S  Pts/Avg
2018-19 (Fr)  28- 2  298/10.6   32- 83 .386   13- 41 .317   17- 22 .773   6- 15- 21/0.8   32-0   26  18  0  12   94/3.4
2019-20 (So)  34-28  895/26.3  156-311 .502   83-163 .509   44- 54 .815  26- 73- 99/2.9   81-3   85  34  7  38  439/12.9
2021-22 (Jr)  24-24  817/34.0  156-348 .448   65-174 .374   61- 73 .836  36- 74-110/4.6   52-0   62  32  2  40  438/18.3
TOTAL         86-54 2011/23.4  344-742 .464  161-378 .426  122-149 .819  68-162-230/2.7  165-3  173  84  9  90  971/11.3