Jan Zidek Career Statistics
PEPPERDINE 2022-23: Played in 27 contests his senior season … Averaged 7.3 points off the bench for the Waves while pulling down 2.2 rebounds per contest … Recorded a season-high 22 points against LMU (2/25) where he went 4-for-4 from the three point line … Was instrumental in the Waves’ win over BYU (2/9), drawing attention inside, finishing with 14 points and five rebounds as well as going 60% from beyond the arc.
PEPPERDINE 2021-22: Finished second on the squad, and 14th in the WCC, with a 13.3 scoring average as a junior ... Also averaged 3.7 rebounds in 28.9 minutes while starting all 29 games in which he played ... Upped his scoring average to 14.7 points in league play (12th in the WCC) ... Was third in the league in free throw percentage (88.1%) ... Scored in double-figures 23 times and had five 20-point games ... Had a season-high 28 at Loyola Marymount (1/20) in 45 minutes ... Other season highs were seven rebounds (five times), four assists (twice), two steals vs. Gonzaga (2/16) and four three-pointers (twice) ... Named to the
Southern California Challenge All-Tournament team after averaging 18.5 points against Fresno State (11/22) and TCU (11/24).
PEPPERDINE 2020-21: Was third on the team at 9.4 points as a sophomore ... Also averaged 3.5 rebounds in 21.4 minutes ... Appeared in 22 games and made seven starts ... Was third on the team in three-pointers made with 37, and ranked eighth in the WCC at 1.7 three-pointers per game ... Scored in double-figures 11 times ... Scored a season-high 26 points at San Diego (2/27) and made eight three-pointers, one shy of the school record ... Had two double-doubles: 11 points and 11 rebounds vs. Saint Mary’s (2/13) and 13 points and 10 rebounds in the WCC quarterfinals vs. Santa Clara (3/6) ... Other season highs were three assists vs. Concordia (12/16), two steals vs. Gonzaga (1/30) and 39 minutes at Santa Clara (2/20).
PEPPERDINE 2019-20: Had a promising freshman season cut short due to a season-ending hand injury ... Averaged 5.5 points in 10.6 minutes over 15 games ... Scored in double-figures three times, including a season-high 16 vs. Providence (12/1) ... Had 10 points vs. Northern Arizona (12/21) and scored 11 at Gonzaga (1/4) in his final game of the season ... Made nine three-pointers in his final five games ... Other season highs were five rebounds (12/28 at San Jose State), two assists (twice), three three-pointers (1/4 at Gonzaga) and 26 minutes (12/6 vs. Idaho State).
CZECH REPUBLIC: Invited to the Czech Republic National Team camp in the lead-up to Olympic qualifying in summer 2021 (one of two U.S. collegiate players who went) ... Represented his home country at the 2016 U16 and 2018 U20 European Championships ... Was part of their U20 camp in summer 2019 ... Took part in the Adidas Next Generation Tournament in 2015-16 and 2016-17.
CLUB: Played with BK Wolves Radotin during the 2018-19 season, which won the championship in the Czech Republic’s second division ... Began playing with USK Praha (Prague) at the age of 9 and stayed with that club throughout his junior career.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Gymnazium Oty Pavla, located in Prague, Czech Republic, in 2019.
PERSONAL: Majoring in psychology ... Born in Prague, Czech Republic ... Son of Jiri Zidek and Martina Zidkova ... Has three siblings: Martin, Ela and Tim ... Father won a national championship playing for UCLA in 1995 (Lorenzo Romar was an assistant coach on that team), then was a first-round NBA Draft pick of the Charlotte Hornets, and played three seasons in the NBA before returning to Europe ... Grandfather, Jiri, starred for USK Slavia Prague in the 1960s and 1970s ... His father and grandfather became the first father-and-son combination ever to both play in the EuroLeague Finals ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because of “the coaching staff, location, DI basketball and the education.”
FAVORITES: Lists his father as his sports hero ... Favorites include Klay Thompson (pro basketball player), Golden State Warriors (pro basketball team), Shaqtin’ A Fool (TV show), burgers (food) and table tennis (sport other than basketball) ... Favorite thing about basketball is that “it’s a physical, competitive game.”
