Darin Mahoney

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-8
Weight:
225
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Heber City, UT
High School:
Wasatch HS

Darin finished his four year career at Weber State. He set a Weber State and Big Sky record by playing in 123 career games for the Wildcats, more than any player in the history of the Big Sky Conference. He finished his career second in WSU school history in career blocks with 100. He also finished 14th in school history in career rebounds with 570. Finished with a career scoring average of 3.4 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. Was named the WSU Male recipient of the Big Sky Scholar Athlete and earned Academic All-District honors as a senior.

2011-12 (Senior)
Appeared in all 32 games for the Wildcats during the season, one of just three players to appear in every game..Started in the final 26 games of the season...Posted a career-high of 14 points in WSU’s win at Sacramento State on Jan. 26...Averaged 4.1 points per game during the season...Finished sixth in the Big Sky in rebounding with an average of 6.3 per game...Totaled 201 rebounds on the season and had double figures in rebounding three times...Pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds in WSU’s home win over UT Arlington on Feb. 18...Finished seventh in the conference in blocked shots with an average of 0.9 per game...Had 29 blocks on the season...Shot 52 percent from the field and 75 percent from the free throw line...Also had career-highs of four assists and four steals during the game and had three blocks in a game two times...Earned Capital One Academic All-District VIII honors in February...Was the only player from the state of Utah and one of just two from the Big Sky to earn Academic All-District honors.

2010-11 (Junior)
Played in 31 of WSU’s 32 games and started 30 games on the season...Averaged 25 minutes played per game...Also averaged 4.0 points and 5.2 rebounds per game...Was second on the team in rebounding and 15th in the Big Sky in rebounding...Pulled down a team-high 55 offensive rebounds...Tied his career-high with nine rebounds at Saint Mary’s on March 11...Scored a career-high 19 points in WSU’s win at Southern Utah on Dec. 11, his only career-game in double figure scoring...In that game he was 8-14 from the field, career-highs in makes and attempts and also pulled down eight rebounds in that game...He also played a career-high 35 minutes in that game...For his performance in that game he was named Big Sky Player of the Week, his first career conference honor...Shot 45 percent from the field and was 77 percent from the free throw line during the season...Led the Wildcats and was sixth in the conference in blocked shot with 34 for an average of 1.1 per game.

2009-10 (Sophomore)
Played in 29 of WSU’s 31 games helping Weber State repeat as Big Sky regular season champions...Missed the Western State game at home and the road game at BYU...Had season-high eight points at Northern Colorado, vs. Idaho State and vs. Montana in the conference post-season tournament championship game...Made his first career three-point shot, banking in a 30-footer at the buzzer to end the first half at home against Utah...Ended the year 5-7 from behind the arc...40 percent (83) his 209 rebounds came on the offensive end.

2008-09 (Freshman)
Played in all 31 games for the Wildcats as a red-shirt freshman, helping Weber State capture the Big Sky regular season title…Played 15.1 minutes per game and averaged 2.5 points and 3.4 rebounds during the season…Played at least ten minutes in all but five games during the season…Scored a career-high of nine points on 4-4 shooting in WSU’s win over Portland State on February 14…Had a season-high of nine rebounds in the December 17 win over UC Santa Barbara…Shot 49.2 percent from the field, second best on the WSU team and was 50 percent from the field in Big Sky games…Recorded 20 blocked shots during the year, third most on the team…Was named to the Big Sky All-Academic Team.

2007-08
Sat out the season as a red-shirt after returning home from an LDS Church mission in Japan.

Wasatch High School
Played on two state championship teams at Wasatch High in Heber City, Utah under Coach Lonnie Magnusson his sophomore and junior seasons in Utah Class 3A…The Wasps finished second in state his senior year…Was the Class 3A MVP in 2004-05…Had 311 career blocked shots which ranks second all-time in the state of Utah behind former Emery High, BYU, and NBA player Shawn Bradley.

Personal
Full name is Darin Kenneth Mahoney.... Was born August 28, 1986 in Heber City, Utah...Parents are Scott and Virginia Mahoney...Is the oldest player on this year’s Wildcat team...Originally signed with the Wildcats in November 2003 but elected to serve a two-year LDS Church mission to Tokyo, Japan before enrolling in college...Graduated with a Bachelor of Integrated Studies and is now pursuing an MBA and MHA from Weber State.