Indiana State University Athletics

2023-24
Avila missed the first two games to open the season, the sophomore started each game the rest of the season (37). He improved in all but one category from his freshman year. Avila moved into ninth in single-season scoring with a team-high 644 points on 53.6% shooting from the field. The center shot 39.4% from deep and 80.8% from the charity stripe, grabbing 6.6 rebounds per game and 4.1 assists per game. Averaging 17.4 points per game which led the team, he averaged nearly 10 more minutes per game in the year span. Avila tied former high school teammate Jayson Kent for the single-game scoring high of 35 points, where he helped clinch a share of the regular-season MVC title in a victory at Evansville on 14-for-24 shooting. Avila scored 20+ points 12 times in his sophomore campaign, helping secure his spot as ISU men's basketball 42nd player to reach the 1,000-point club with a total of 1,007 points. Adding to his accolades, Avila was the lone Sycamore selected to the All-MVC First Team, earned the MVC Championship All-Tournament Team, and was given the nod on the NIT All-Tournament Team.

2022-23
After missing the first two games of the season, appeared in the last 34 games while starting the last 29 of 30 games (did not start Senior Day)...Ranked fourth on the team in scoring with 363 points and 10.7 points per game...With 15 points in the season finale against Eastern Kentucky, took over fourth place on ISU’s all-time list of freshman scoring...Was named to the MVC All-Freshman Team...Ranked second on the team with a .540 field goal percentage...Scored a career-high 22 points at Drake Jan. 24...Pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds against Trinity Christian Nov. 27 as part of his first-career double-double...Scored in double figures in 19 games with two 20+ point outings.

Prep
A four-year letterwinner at Oak Forest High School ... One of the highest-rated commits for the Indiana State men's basketball program ... Rated as the sixth-best player in the state of Illinois and the 54th-best power forward nationally by 247Sports.com ... Finished his career as the Bengals all-time leading scorer ... Averaged 23.9 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.1 steals and two blocks to help Oak Forest to a 25-8 record as a senior ... Shot 72.1 percent from the field, 41.9 percent from deep and 84.4 percent from the free-throw line ... Earned 3A First Team All-State honors from IBCA, the Journal Star as well as the Chicago Sun-Times ... A Chicago Sun-Times All-Area selection ... Earned First Team All-State accolades from the Champaign News-Gazette in 2021 after averaging 25.8 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game while shooting 65 percent from the field during his COVID-shortened junior season.