At Eastern Washington: Saw action in 18 gamesat Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Wash. ... Averaged 15.4minutes per game, scoring 4.3 points and 2.3 rebounds per contest... Led the team in blocked shots per game with 0.7 blocks per gamein limited minutes.
At Merritt College: At Merritt College inOakland, Calif., Busch led the Bay Valley League in scoring with a20.9 average per game and also averaged 8.9 rebounds while making51 percent of his shots from the field in 2007-08 ... Hada game-high of 35 points during the 2007-08 season as he made228-of-443 shots from the floor for 51 percent ... Averaged 38minutes per game for the Thunderbirds ... Earned first teamAll-Bay Valley League honors after ranking in the top 10 in scoringin California ... Redshirted the 2006-07 season.
Santa Rosa JC: At Santa Rosa Junior College inSanta Rosa, Calif., he averaged 16 points and eight rebounds pergame in the 2005-06 season.
High Schoool: Graduated from San Leandro HighSchool in San Leandro, Calif. in 2005 ... led the team to thesecond round of the 2005 California Interscholastic FederationNorthern California Section playoffs ... San Leandro finished hissenior season 24-5 overall and 14-2 in the Hayward Area League forthe school''s first league title since 1989 ... Averaged 21.4points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.1 blocked shots per game asa senior while making 55 percent of his field goal attempts overall(105-of-190), 40 percent of his three-point attempts (32-of-81) and61 percent of his free throws (72-of-119) ... Earned honorablemention All-State honors as a senior, as well as his junior seasonwhen he averaged 18.5 points and 7.2 rebounds per game to help histeam to a 13-13 record ... Earned fourth team All-NorCal and secondteam All-Area honors as a senior ... The San FranciscoChronicle selected him as its athlete of the week after hescored 38 points in his school''s first win over Bishop O''Dowd inmore than 10 years.
Personal: Born April 23, 1987, in Oakland,Calif. ... Is the son of Taras Busch and Michelle Baker. Hehas one younger brother, Matt, and two younger sisters, Alexis andKaitlyn ... His brother Matt is playing basketball forRMAC-foe, Regis ... Is majoring in Sociology ... his nickname is"C-Busch."
