2012-13 Men's Basketball

20 Adam Folker

  • Height 6-9
  • Weight 225
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Markham, Ontario

Biography

2011-12:  He ranked first in the Big West Conference in field-goal percentage at .569 in league games...he earned the Big West "Best Hustle" Award for the season...led the 'Eaters in rebounding at 6.7 boards per game and shot 56.3 percent from the field for all games...he averaged 8.2 points, scoring a career-high 28 on 11-of-14 shooting in a Feb. 25 overtime win over Cal State Northridge...pulled down a career-high 15 rebounds in a Jan. 24 win over Seattle University...he ranked fourth in the Big West in rebounding at 7.3 in conference games...he leads all returning players in the Big West with 411 career rebounds.

2010-11:  Was injured in the second exhibition game and missed the remainder of the season....had 12 rebounds in UCI's two exhibition contests.

2009-10: Played in all 32 games with nine starts during his sophomore season...averaged 2.9 points and 4.2 rebounds...he pulled down a career-high 14 rebounds in a Jan. 2 win over UC Santa Barbara...had 12 games of at least six boards...scored a career-high 14 points against Long Beach State Jan. 21...hit 7 of 9 field goals in that win...shot 48 percent from the field for the season...recorded three steals in Feb. 27 victory over Cal State Northridge.

2008-09: Played in 29 games with 10 starts as a freshman at UCI...averaged 1.8 points and 2.2 rebounds...pulled down 11 boards in the Jan. 3 win over Cal State Fullerton...scored a season-high seven points in wins over Cal State Bakersfield (Jan. 21) and Cal State Fullerton (Jan. 3)...in his first collegiate start, he recorded six points and nine rebounds in Dec. 21 loss at Missouri State...had a high of four assists in a Jan. 8 loss at UC Santa Barbara...of his 64 total rebounds on the season, 36 were off the offensive glass.

High School: He averaged 31 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 blocked shots for Coach Andrew Bos at Markham District High School in Markham, Ontario...the two-time team MVP scored 50 points against G.L. Roberts at the Pickering Tournament and a tourney-record 44 against Samford at the Bishop Ludden Tournament in New York...was named to the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) "Fab Five" list by the Toronto Star, recorded the highest number of 25-plus scoring games (30) in the GTA and was selected to the All-Ontario first team, the All-Ontario Academic team and All-Canadian first team...was a three-year starter.

Personal: A business economics/computer science major...a three-time, Big West Scholar-Athlete...twice has been named to the Big West Academic All-Conference team for winter sports...parents are Gary and Helen Folker.

CAREER HIGHS AT UC IRVINE

Points:  28 vs. Cal State Northridge, 2/25/12
Rebounds:  15 vs. Seattle University, 1/24/12
Assists:  4 vs. UC Santa Barbara, 1/8/09
Steals:  3 vs. Cal State Northridge, 2/25/12 & Cal State Northridge, 2/27/10
Blocked Shots:  2 on 3 occasions (vs. UC Davis, 1/7/12

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2011-12Redshirt

    Center
    6'9" 230 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2012-13Senior

    Center
    6'9" 225 lbs
    20