Nikolas Tomas "Nik" Stauskas is a Canadian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. A native of Mississauga, Ontario, Stauskas played two seasons of National Collegiate Athletic Association competition for the Michigan Wolverines ending with the 2013?14 team before declaring for the NBA draft. Stauskas was drafted eighth overall in the 2014 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings. Stauskas, whose family is of Lithuanian heritage, has represented the Canadian national basketball team in youth competition. After spending two of his secondary school years in Ontario, Canada at Loyola Catholic Secondary School and representing the Canadian national team at the 2009 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship, Stauskas moved to South Kent, Connecticut to attend South Kent School for a year, but did not play basketball there due to a hip injury. He then transferred to St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts where he excelled at high school basketball for two years, leading the school to back-to-back New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Class AA Championship Games. 

October 7th, 1993 in Mississauga (Age 31)