Harvard University

Sophomore (2024-25)

Won the team’s Hamilton Fish ’10 Most Improved Player Award … Played in all 27 games; one of five Crimson to do so … Made 26 starts … Earned Ivy League Player of the Week on Feb. 17 … Averaged 11.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.6 blocks, and 32.7 minutes per game … Shot 44.1 percent from the field, 38.2 percent from 3-point distance, and 73.4 percent from the free throw line … Ranked second in the Ivy League and 60^th in the NCAA in blocks per game (1.59) … Stood sixth in the conference in minutes per game (32.7) … Led the team in blocks per game (1.59), while ranking second in minutes per game (32.7), 3-point percentage (32.7), and rebounds per game (5.0) and third in points per game (11.0) … Dropped a career-high 31 points with seven rebounds and three assists vs. Columbia (Feb. 15); shot 12-of-15 from the floor, 4-of-6 from 3-point distance, and 3-of-3 from the free throw line … Scored 21 points with five rebounds and four assists vs. Cornell (Feb. 14); hit 9-of-14 field goals … Netted 17 points and made 5-of-7 3-pointers at Navy (Nov. 8) … Posted 17 points and knocked down 3-of-6 treys vs. Colgate (Nov. 22) … Notched 16 points, eight rebounds, and six blocks at Iona (Dec. 29) … Grabbed a season-high 11 rebounds at Northeastern (Nov. 13) … Participated in the US-China Summer Basketball Exchange from August 5-12, 2024 at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

First-year (2023-24)

Played in 22 games with nine starts; missed the team’s last five games due to injury … Averaged 25.4 minutes, 6.8 points, and 4.2 rebounds per game … Earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Jan. 2 … Scored in double figures seven times … Posted three double-doubles … Tallied 16 points and five rebounds vs. UMass Boston (Nov. 6) … Scored 15 points vs. Brown (Jan. 15) … Contributed 13 points and six rebounds vs. Dartmouth (Feb. 10) … Notched a double-double on 11 points and 10 rebounds vs. Albany (Jan. 2) … Registered a double-double on 11 points and 10 rebounds vs. Iona (Dec. 30) … Compiled a double-double on 10 points and 10 boards at Indiana (Nov. 26) at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

Before Harvard

Earned Second Team All-State and Second Team All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference honors as a senior … Gained Gonzaga DC Classic All-Tournament Team accolades twice … Captured Team MVP plaudits in 2022-23 … Served team as a captain as a senior … Earned four varsity letters … Helped team win 2020 DCSAA state title … Competed on the AAU level for Team Takeover … Earned multiple DCSAA Academic Achievement Awards … Enjoys piano and golf … Son of Leila Batties and Thomas Batties Sr.


Thomas Batties II with Smitha Haneef, Managing Director for Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS)