Jeremy Sochan

Sochan was born in the United States, in Guymon, Oklahoma. His mother Aneta was a Polish basketball player who went there to study. In Oklahoma, she met Sochan's father, Ryan Williams, who is American. Sochan spent most of his childhood in Milton Keynes, England, where he took his first steps in basketball.[1]

Sochan began his high school career at La Lumiere School in Indiana, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he left America.[1]

Sochan committed to playing college basketball for Baylor in July 2020.[2]

On January 8, 2022, Sochan sprained his ankle during a game against TCU and missed several games.[3] Following the season, he earned the Big 12 Sixth Man Award and was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team.[4] His team would later get a #1 seed in the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, but lose in the second round. As a freshman, he averaged 9.2 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game. On April 15, 2022, Sochan declared for the 2022 NBA draft, forgoing his remaining college eligibility.[5]

In 2020, Sochan joined the German club OrangeAcademy of the ProB alongside his fellow countryman Igor Miličić Jr.[1]

Sochan had represented Poland nationally at the junior level.[1] As part of Poland's under-16 national basketball team, he led his team to the title at the 2019 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B in Montenegro. There, he became tournament MVP.[6]

Sochan has been a member of the Polish national basketball team. In his first game at the EuroBasket 2022 qualification, he led Poland over Romania 88–81 when he became the youngest player to ever play for Poland. He played 29 minutes in which he scored 18 points, including a four-point play (3 pointer plus foul and free throw) at the end and a game-deciding block.[6]

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