Meet the Basketball Cats: Joe Petrakis

Welcome to our annual meet the Catamount Men's Basketball Team.

During the countdown, we'll highlight each player on the official roster, starting with the freshmen, then moving up class by class, countdown the days until "Tip-Off". 

It's 22 days until the Cats tip off the season on November 9th against the Bowling Green Falcons in the Ramsey Center.

Today, we meet another junior:

#33 Joe Petrakis

POSITION Forward
HEIGHT 6-10
WEIGHT 224
CLASS Redshirt Junior

COLLEGE  Kansas State
HOMETOWN Wichita, Kan.







Prior to Western Carolina: Spent the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons at Kansas State…As a redshirt sophomore he played in 11 games and averaged 1.5 points and 0.9 rebounds per game…Tallied a season-best six points off the bench against Oklahoma on Jan. 9, 2021…Used a redshirt during the 2019-20 season…Played the 2018-19 campaign at Dodge City Community College, playing in all 30 games with 12 starts…Averaged 4.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, 0.5 rebounds, and 14.7 minutes per game.

High School: Attended Valley Center High School where he was a three-year letterwinner…Averaged 12.4 points and 10.5 rebounds along with two blocks per game as a senior, earning honorable mention all-conference honors…Also lettered in soccer as a freshman and golf as a junior