UC Santa Cruz freshman forward with a long-frame, developmental upside
Salako is a **6-foot-6 freshman forward** at UC Santa Cruz who has seen limited 2025-26 action so far, averaging **0.8 points and 1.2 rebounds in 4.4 minutes** across 10 games, so the immediate production is small but the size, positional length, and developmental runway are the appeal.[1][2] As a high school player at Athenian, he showed he could put points on the board with a **19-point performance** in a balanced win, hinting at some scoring pop when given touches.[4]
