Frank Kaminsky

The previous Wisconsin single-game record was 42 points, set by Ken Barnes (vs. Indiana on March 8, 1965) and Michael Finley (vs. Eastern Michigan on December 10, 1994).

At the conclusion of the regular season, Kaminsky was named to the First Team All-Big Ten.

Francis Stanley Kaminsky III (born April 4, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Partizan Belgrade of the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS), the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague.

He played college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers.

During his college basketball career, Kaminsky set the Wisconsin single-game record for points (43).

In 1998, when he was 5 years old, his aunt Karen Stack Umlauf and uncle Jim Stack worked for the Chicago Bulls, and he had access to the practice facility when Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman were on the team.

Until high school, Kaminsky participated in basketball tournaments organized by Serb National Federation as a member of the Serbian Eagles A.C.

Kaminsky attended Benet Academy in Lisle, Illinois.

He was named first-team all-state by the Chicago Sun-Times and IBCA and second-team all-state by the AP after averaging 14.2 points, 8.7 rebounds, 4.2 blocks and 2.8 assists during his senior season.

He led the Redwings to a 29–1 season after being defeated in the Sectional Semifinals by the East Aurora Tomcats that were led by Connecticut Huskies superstar and National Champion Ryan Boatright.

He was also named all-area, all-conference and East Suburban Catholic Conference Player of the Year.

He scored a season-high nine points against UMKC on November 22, 2011.

Kaminsky played in 32 games, starting the first two games of the season.

He finished the season averaging 4.2 points and 1.8 rebounds per game.

He led the team in free-throw percentage at 76.7%.

He posted a season-high 19 points at Illinois on February 3, 2013.

On November 19, 2013, Kaminsky broke the Wisconsin single-game scoring record with 43 points against North Dakota.

Kaminsky shot 16 of 19 from the field, including six of six from 3-point range and five of six from the free throw line.

On March 29, 2014, Kaminsky scored 28 points and had 11 rebounds as Wisconsin defeated #1 seeded Arizona 64–63 in overtime during the NCAA tournament to advance to the Final Four.

After the game, Kaminsky was named West Regional Most Outstanding Player.

Ahead of the 2014 season, Kaminsky was named the Big Ten preseason player of the year.

The Badgers were unanimously picked to win the Big Ten Championship.

The Badgers and Kaminsky validated those predictions.

The Badgers had a 36–3 record in games Kaminsky played.

They won the Big Ten regular season title with a 16–2 record and the Big Ten tournament title.

After becoming the first NCAA tournament 1-seed in school history, they made their way to their second consecutive Final Four.

There, they avenged their previous season's loss to Kentucky, upsetting the 38–0 Wildcats 71–64 behind Kaminsky's 20 points and 11 rebounds.

In the Badgers' first national championship game in 74 years, they lost a 9-point second-half lead and were defeated 68–63 by the Duke Blue Devils.

Kaminsky finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds.

He was the unanimous men's National College Player of the Year in 2015.

Kaminsky was drafted ninth overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2015 NBA draft.

He threw out the first pitch at a White Sox game against the St. Louis Cardinals on July 21, 2015, stating in a pre-game interview that a saying in his family was, "We have two favorite teams in the MLB, the White Sox and whoever is playing the Cubs."

Kaminsky played in 35 of 36 games as a freshman.

Kaminsky's jersey number, 44, was retired in a ceremony at Benet Academy on November 18, 2017.

Kaminsky has stated that his family had Chicago White Sox season tickets when he was a child and has described himself as a "die-hard White Sox fan."

He played with Charlotte for four seasons before signing with the Phoenix Suns as a free agent in July 2019.

With the Suns, he reached the NBA Finals in 2021.

Kaminsky's father, Frank Jr., played basketball at Lewis University.

His mother, Mary, played volleyball at Northwestern.

Kaminsky, who is of Polish and Serbian ancestry, grew up in Woodridge, Illinois in a Serbian community.