Eric Mika

Eric Mika is a professional basketball player. He played for the G League Stockton Kings in the 2019-20 season and then professionally in Italy, Germany, China, Serbia, and France. He played for the Ignite until the end of the 2023–2024 season when it folded. “Formed in 2020, the Ignite squad was designed to give elite draft prospects an alternative route to the NBA, different from college basketball or other professional leagues. The team offered a season purely for honing the craft of basketball, earning salary and endorsement income opposed to going through classes at university or going overseas.”[1]

Mika expressed a desire to return to Brigham Young University to ​​complete his final season of eligibility. "The best years of my career was while I was a BYU Cougar," the 6'9" center told reporter April Fulstein, "Now that they found a place in the Big 12, I'd like to get back in the game."[2]

Mika, born in Boston, Massachusetts, played at Waterford School his freshman and sophomore seasons then transferred to Lone Peak High School in Utah for his junior and senior years. He played for BYU during his freshman year before serving as a full-time missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before returning to BYU and then declaring for the 2017 NBA draft.