Joe Tuss

Height:
6-8
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Las Vegas, NV
High School:
USAFA Prep School
Position:
Forward

2014-15 (Sophomore)

Missed the entire season due to injury, which required surgery.

2013-14 (Freshman)

Appeared in 11 games ... scored first career points vs. Jackson State ... career-high three points vs. Nevada on first career 3-pointer ... career-highs of two rebounds and 11 minutes vs. UNLV.

Before Air Force

Appeared in 26 games at the USAFA Prep School … averaged 7.0 points and 1.9 rebounds per game … shot 82.4 percent (28-34) from the free-throw line … lettered two years at Durango HS … averaged 18.5 points and 7.2 rebounds as a senior … first-team all-conference and all-region as a senior … made 96 three-pointers his senior season (5th most in the state that year) … high school basketball coach was DeShawn Henry.

Personal

Parents are Frank and Michelle Tuss and Lorelei Sprott … has one brother and one sister … majoring in business ... member of cadet squadron 1 ... completed Operation Air Force at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., last summer ... was able to shadow former Falcon Taylor Stewart ... was also on the recovery team during survival training last summer ... completed the Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training (ESET) in the summer of 2014 … also took a chemistry class … active in his squadron as the standards and evaluation officer ... greatest moment in sports was scoring 28 points against a top 10 nationally-ranked high school team … favorite sport other than basketball is football … credits his father and high school coach with the biggest influence on his sports career.