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2024-25 MIT Men's Basketball Roster

Gil Talbot
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Gil Talbot

1 Spencer Lin

  • Position G
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Menlo Park, Calif.
  • High School Menlo Atherton
  • Major Computer Science, Economics, & Data Science, and Business Analytics

Biography

Career Highs
  • Points - 27 vs. UMass Dartmouth (Nov. 19, 2022)
  • Rebounds - 12 at Springfield (Jan. 20, 2024)
  • Assists - 10 (Three times) Most recently at Emerson (Jan. 16, 2025)
  • Steals - 4 (Twice) Most recently vs. Salem St. (Nov. 19, 2024)
  • Blocks - 1 at Salve Regina (Jan.27, 2024)

Accolades:
  • 3x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
  • 2024-25 NEWMAC Sportsmanship Team
  • 2024-25 NABC Honors Court
2024-25:
  • Started 24 games
  • Led the team in points with 279 and assists with 100
  • Grabbed the second-most rebounds on the team with 115
2023-24:
  • Team captain
  • Appeared in 25 games with 18 starts
  • Posted 11 games with double-digit scoring, including three of 20 points or more
  • Collected two double-doubles against Macalester and Wheaton
  • Scored a season-high 24 points against Coast Guard, shooting 4-for-7 from three
  • Snagged a career-high 12 rebounds against Springfield
  • Averaged 10.7 points while posting a 37.3 % clip from three and 6.8 rebounds per game (sixth in NEWMAC)
  • Averaged 3.7 assists per game (second in NEWMAC), playing 36.1 MPG (first in NEWMAC, #18 in DIII NCAA Men's Basketball)
2022-23:
  • Team captain
  • NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Week (Nov. 21)
  • Appeared in 23 games with 22 starts
  • Posted 11 games with double-digit scoring, including three of 20 points or more
  • Also finished with two double-doubles as he registered 10 assists at Clark and vs. Springfield
  • Averaged 10.4 and 4.0 assists per game (second in NEWMAC)
2021-22:
  • Appeared in 24 games with one start at Wheaton
  • Scored a season-high 21 points in a road win at Lesley on Nov. 13, 2021
  • Averaged 4.5 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game
Before MIT:
  • Two-time All-Conference
  • Two-time team captain
  • Received the Harker Scholar-Athlete Award
  • Team MVP
  • Led team to an undefeated record in the conference as a sophomore and junior with a 24-0 mark
  • Two-time Peninsula Athletic League champs
  • Invited to play for the NorCal Asian All-American All-Star Game and also invited to North-South Basketball which is where the top 10 Asians chosen in NorCal play against the top 10 Asians chosen in SoCal
  • Voted MVP of North-South Basketball
  • Co-President and Co-Founder of the Chess Club at Menlo Atherton High School
  • Vice President of Menlo Atherton Root Beer Float Club
  • Principal's Honor Roll student every year
  • Three-time Math Contest Finalist
Personal:
  • Product Analyst, Hedge Fund and Quantitative Strategies Intern at PIMCO
  • Software Engineer Intern at ServiceNow
  • Wealth Management Intern at IEQ Capital
  • Member of Sigma Chi fraternity
  • UROP at the MIT Sports Lab
  • Member of MIT Sloan Business Club (SBC)
  • Member of the MIT Chess Club
Favorite Sports Memory:
  • Being undefeated in our conference two years in a row
Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
  • Going coast to coast for an and-one game-winner against Coast Guard

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2021-22First Year

    G
    6'4" 185 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2022-23Sophomore

    G
    6'4" 190 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2023-24Junior

    G
    6'4" 195 lbs
    1
  • 1
    C

    2024-25Senior

    G
    6'4" 195 lbs
    1
    C