Vassar College Athletics

2019-20 Stats

2023 Matthew Vassar Outstanding Career Award Finalist
2022-23 All-Liberty League Second Team
2022-23 Liberty League All-Academic Team
2021-22 All-Liberty League Honorable Mention
2021-22 Liberty League All-Academic Team
2020-21 Liberty League All-Academic Team

2022-23: Team captain… All-Liberty League Honorable Mention… Started 23 games for the Brewers… Averaged 14.2 points a game… Shot .349 from three-point range… Shot .440 from the field… Scored a career-high 36 points against New Paltz (11/18)… Recorded 15 games with double figure points… Career-high 10 rebounds in a double-double against Ithaca (12/2)… Made seven assists against Union (1/10)… Tallied another 11 points versus Hobart (2/21)... Finished season with 340 points, 89 rebounds, 60 assists, and 13 steals.  

2021-22: Team captain… All-Liberty League Honorable Mention… Played and started all 27 games… Second on the team by averaging 14.3 points a game… Second on the team shooting .406 from three-point range… Shot .456 from the field… Scored a career-high 27 points in the Liberty League Tournament against Ithaca (2/26)… Recorded five games with 20 or more points… Career-high 11 rebounds against St. Lawrence (1/8)… Made six assists against Skidmore (1/14)… Finished season with 386 points, 148 rebounds, 68 assists, and 14 steals.  

2020-21: Season canceled due to COVID-19 ...

2019-20: Became the Brewers go-to point guard, starting 24 of their 26 games this season while averaging 25 minutes per game… picked up a Liberty League Rookie of the Week Honors (12/09/19) … averaged 9.8 points per game shooting .401 from the field… notched a career high 24 points against Ithaca (12/07/19) … reached a career high six assists twice against RIT (12/06/19) and Ithaca College (02/21/20)… tied for 21^st the league in assists per game (2.0)

PRIOR TO VASSAR: Lettered three years in basketball at Fordham Preparatory School...was a captain both his junior and senior years...was team MVP for basketball his senior year...made the City Championships three years in a row...also played baseball for two years.

PERSONAL: Parents are Tim and Nicole Mustafaj...has two siblings, Alexa and Arianna... chose Vassar because of the opportunity to play college basketball at a high academic institution.