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Jersey Number 33
Nash Stark
- Position:
- Forward
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-7 / 230
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Nashville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Lipscomb Academy
Under the new 5-for-5 model, Stark is a freshman with 5 years to play 5 seasons.
HONORS
CAREER OVERVIEW
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
GETTING TO KNOW NASH
What age did you start playing basketball?
3
Why are you passionate about basketball?
Proclaim Jesus Christ on my platform
What’s the significance of your uniform number?
Larry Bird is my favorite player
Why did you come to K-State?
Coach Alexander
Three words to describe your game
Control, scrappy, shooter
A player you pattern your game after
Steph Curry
What have you learned about yourself while playing basketball?
You have to do the hard work to reach your goals
What do you want to develop the most in your game?
Athleticism
What’s something personal that would surprise people about you?
I’m good at almost any sport
Besides basketball, tell me something that you are passionate about
Jesus Christ and Golf
Aside from playing professional basketball, what is something that you want to accomplish in your post-basketball life?
Have a family
Who is the best basketball player ever?
Michael Jordan
Name your top musical artist
Ella Langley, Treaty Oak, Oliva Dean
Ideal vacation spot
Beach
What a non-basketball skill you take pride in?
Ping pong
What do you do to relax? Or to get away from basketball?
Golf
Last concert that you went to?
Treaty Oak
Comfort TV show?
The Office
Most used app on your phone
Instagram
Most used emoji?
Crying emoji
HONORS
- 2026 Tennessean All-Midstate Large Class Second Team
- 2026 All-615 Preps Large Class Second Team
- 2026 DIIAA All-Region Team
- Tennessean Player of the Week (Jan. 18, 2026)
- 2025 TSWA DII-AA All-State Team (baseball)
- 2025, 2026 Tennessean All-Midstate Large Class Second Team (baseball)
CAREER OVERVIEW
- Two-sport athlete who joined the team in the summer of 2026.
- Scored more than 1,000 points during his prep career at Lipscomb Academy, leading the Mustangs to a 27-5 record and an appearance in the Division II Class AA State Quarterfinals as a senior in 2025-26.
- A talented baseball player where he was a part of the 2025 state championship team.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Prepped at Lipscomb Academy, where he led the Mustangs to a 27-5 record and an appearance in the Division II Class AA State Quarterfinals as a senior in 2025-26.
- Named to the 2026 All-Midstate Large Class Second Team by the Tennessean as a senior.
- Selected to the All-615 Preps Large Class Second Team and DIIAA All-Region as a senior.
- Eclipsed 1,000 career points as a senior in 2026.
- Averaged 17 points on 55.4 percent shooting inside the arc with 9.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game along with 35 steals… Also connected on 31.9 percent from 3-point range and 76.8 percent from the free throw line.
- Was nominated as the Tennessean Player of the Year on Jan. 18, 2026 after posting 25 points, 10 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks in an 81-77 win over Montgomery Bell Academy before registering 31 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and five 3-pointers in a 77-61 win over Christ Presbyterian Academy.
- Averaged 13.7 points and 9.3 rebounds as a junior in 2024-25.
- Played alongside Cam Blivens, who was a finalist for the Mr. Tennessee Basketball DII-AA and currently plays football at Clemson.
- Played baseball for the Mustangs, where he was part of the 2025 state championship team nearly hitting for the cycle in the championship game.
- Named to the Division II-AA All-State Team in baseball as a junior in 2025.
- Selected to the Tennessean All-Midstate Large Class Team in baseball in 2025 and 2026.
- Delivered a bases-clearing single in the bottom of the seventh inning against Christian Brothers as a senior in 2026, spearheading a 7-run comeback with two outs to save the Mustangs’ season and punch their ticket back to the TSSAA State Tournament.
- Coached by Kevin Starks.
PERSONAL
- Nashua Franklin Stark was born on Sept. 12, 2007, in Franklin, Tenn. … Parents are Zac and Beth Stark… Has a brother, Rocco, and a sister, Sage.
- Majoring in business administration.
GETTING TO KNOW NASH
What age did you start playing basketball?
3
Why are you passionate about basketball?
Proclaim Jesus Christ on my platform
What’s the significance of your uniform number?
Larry Bird is my favorite player
Why did you come to K-State?
Coach Alexander
Three words to describe your game
Control, scrappy, shooter
A player you pattern your game after
Steph Curry
What have you learned about yourself while playing basketball?
You have to do the hard work to reach your goals
What do you want to develop the most in your game?
Athleticism
What’s something personal that would surprise people about you?
I’m good at almost any sport
Besides basketball, tell me something that you are passionate about
Jesus Christ and Golf
Aside from playing professional basketball, what is something that you want to accomplish in your post-basketball life?
Have a family
Who is the best basketball player ever?
Michael Jordan
Name your top musical artist
Ella Langley, Treaty Oak, Oliva Dean
Ideal vacation spot
Beach
What a non-basketball skill you take pride in?
Ping pong
What do you do to relax? Or to get away from basketball?
Golf
Last concert that you went to?
Treaty Oak
Comfort TV show?
The Office
Most used app on your phone
Most used emoji?
Crying emoji
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