David Levitch

Junior Year:

Last name is pronounced LEV-itch
A walk-on for this first two seasons and his senior year, he earned a scholarship for his junior year.
Saw action in 18 games as a junior, scoring in 10 appearances.
Finished with eight points while connecting on his two three-point attempts at Pittsburgh. It equaled his scoring total in the Cardinals’ previous 14 ACC games.
His father David played college basketball at Centre College.

Sophomore Year:

Logged minutes in 21 games as a sophomore, including gaining his first career starting role against FIU.
Played in all five post-season games, contributing a rebound and an assist against UC Irvine in the NCAA Second Round.
Scored a career-high nine points vs. Cal State Northridge, connecting on a career-best three three-pointers.
Made 3-of-4 free throws while playing a career-high 27 minutes in the Cardinals’ opener against Minnesota.

Freshman Year:

Saw action in 18 games as a freshman, including a pair of AAC Tournament contests.
Registered two points on a pair of free throws against Connecticut in the regular-season finale.
Scored a season-best four points against Rutgers (Feb. 16) while grabbing one rebound and totaling one assist.
Scored his first collegiate points on a three against Cornell with three minutes remaining in the game.
Made all six free throws in eight minutes of action against Kentucky Wesleyan.

High School:

Averaged 24.0 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists as a senior in helping North Oldham High School produce an 18-11 record. His scoring average ranked him seventh in the state.
Connected on 41.5 percent of his three-point attempts as a senior with his 68 threes ranking among the top 15 in the state.
Averaged 18.8 points, 4.2 assists and 3.2 rebounds as a junior while hitting 42.3 percent of his threes as North Oldham finished with a 19-11 record.
An All-Eighth Region selection as a junior and senior.
Scored a season-high 39 points against South Oldham as a senior, burying six three-pointers in the game. He scored a season-high 37 points against Spencer County as a junior.
Scored nearly 2,000 career points at North Oldham while burying 220 three-point goals in four years.
Played with former UofL walk-on Dillon Avare on the same AAU team before high school.
Seventh in the state in free throw percentage as a junior, connecting on 81.7 percent from the line (151-of-185).
Averaged 13.0 points and 3.2 assists as a sophomore when he scored a single-game high of 28 points on two occasions.
Was a standout performer on his AAU squad The Ville 2013, which won the adidas Super 64 tournament in Las Vegas in 2009 and won the Kentucky state championship on four occasions.
Participated in the 2013 Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic all-star game.
Was receiving attention from Stetson and Bellarmine among others before choosing to walk on with the Cardinals.

Personal:

Born Sept. 28, 1994 ... Son of Rhonda and David Levitch ... Has one younger brother, Jax ... Major is sport administration.
Personal goal at UofL is to win a national championship.
Enjoys playing golf in his spare time.
Chose to attend UofL because “it’s where I always wanted to play, my dream school.”
Best basketball advice given to him was “keep shooting.”
Most proud of his brother Jax.
His father has had the greatest influence on his athletic career.
Chose to wear No. 23 because “I can fly.”
When he played basketball as a kid, he pretended he was Steve Nash.
Few people know that he can dunk easily.
Feels Adam Sandler would be the best actor to play him in a movie.
If you walked into his dorm room, the first thing you would notice is his Seabiscuit poster.
Among reality shows, he feels he would fare best on Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
What impresses him the most about Coach Pitino is he is never wrong.
Would most like to meet Donald Trump.