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California Institute of Technology

2024-25 Caltech Men's Basketball Roster

Bob Paz
Bob Paz

24 James Downs

  • Height 6-2
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Huntington Beach, Calif.
  • High School Huntington Beach
  • Position G
  • Major Applied and Computational Mathematics; Minor in Computer Science

Biography

Research and STEM Activities

Completed internship at Palantir Technologies in Summer of 2024... Served as a 2023 Analytics Intern at a company developing a research project for the U.S. Air Force... Completed Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2022 where he analyzed features in Jupiter's atmosphere and created image processing software...President and Head Programmer of HS Robotics Club...Founder and President of the Mathcounts Club at former middle school.

Prior to Caltech

Academic Honors: National AP Scholar Award... National Honor Society... California Scholarship Federation... Model United Nations Awards Outstanding Achievement and Research... National Merit Commended Scholar.

Athletic Honors: HS Varsity Basketball Team Captain... Bill Jenkins Hustle Award.

Personal

Son of April and Tom Downs... Has one younger brother, Benjamin... Favorite aspect of Caltech is the collaborative nature... Likes that Caltech Athletics has struck the perfect balance of understanding the rigorous academic commitments that all students have while still providing the resources for teams to compete in the SCIAC.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 42

    2021-22First-Year

    G
    6'2"
    42
  • 24

    2022-23Sophomore

    G
    6'2"
    24
  • 24

    2023-24Junior

    G
    6'2"
    24
  • 24

    2024-25Senior

    Guard
    6'2"
    24