Career Highs
Points 19, at Columbia 2/28/20
FG 8, at Columbia 2/28/20
FGA 10, three times
3FG: 3, eight times
3FGA 6, at Howard 12/22/19
FT 4, at Howard 12/22/19
FTA 5, vs. Boston U., 12/21/17
Rebounds 6, twice
Assists 3, nine times
Blocks 1, three times
Steals 4, vs. Yale 2/17/18
Minutes 35, at Cal State Fullerton 11/26/17
Senior (2020-21)
Did not compete due to season cancelation by the Ivy League.
Junior (2019-20)
Ivy League Honor Roll (March 2) ... Played in all 29 games and started six times ... Averaged a career-high 6.2 points and 17.5 minutes ... Grabbed 1.4 rebounds and had a personal-record 25 steals ... Reached the double-figure scoring plateau six times, including three times in his final four games (12.3 ppg) ... Started the first four games and two of the last three games of the campaign ... Scored 14 points on three different occasions (vs. Maine - Nov. 10, at George Washington - Dec. 21, vs. Yale - March 7) ... Pulled down a season-high five rebounds with 11 points at San Francisco (Dec. 30) ... Enjoyed his best game of the season at Columbia (Feb. 28) when he scored a career-high 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting, including 3-of-4 from three-point distance ... Tied his career high with three treys six times, including in three of the last four games of 2019-20.
Sophomore (2018-19)
Appeared in all 31 games, including six starts … Averaged 2.8 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game … Scored a career-high 15 points with three assists against Northeastern (Nov. 9) … Had a season-best three steals in Harvard’s win at Saint Mary’s (Nov. 24) … Tallied 11 points with five rebounds against Penn (March 1) … Had eight points and five rebounds in the second round of the NIT at NC State (March 24) … Helped Harvard to its second-straight Ivy League Championship, its seventh in nine seasons, and a berth in the NIT for the second-consecutive season.
Freshman (2017-18):
College Sports Madness Ivy League Preseason Freshman of the Year … One of two players to appear in every game, averaged 3.4 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.1 assists for his first season … Recorded 20 steals … Had a career-high nine points against Manhattan (Nov. 18), Cal-State Fullerton (Nov. 26) and Princeton (Feb. 23) … Had a career-high four steals against Yale (Feb. 17) … Helped Harvard to its sixth Ivy League championship in program history, and its second-ever berth in the NIT.
Rio Haskett with Harold Shawn, the Program Director, Hiphop Archive & Research Institute. Harold has welcomed a number of our players over the years to check out the archives and to study the countless historic pieces of art, music and other, that the Hiphop Archive boasts. Rio, in particular, has a strong interest in music, and has recorded several albums.
Before Harvard
Three-year starter and senior captain at L.C. Bird … Played AAU for Team Loaded VA on the Adidas circuit … Two-time first team all-conference … Two-time all-region first team selection … Two-time first team 5A all-state honoree … 804 All-Star Game selection … Helped L.C. Bird to a 90-11 record … 2016 Virginia 5A State tournament runner-up … Led LC Bird to the 2017 Virginia 5A state title … Father, Mario Haskett Sr., played basketball at St. Paul’s College.
