Jeremy Sochan

About

Jeremy Juliusz Sochan ( SOH-han; born May 20, 2003) is a Polish-American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in the United States to a Polish mother and an American father, he was raised in England and played youth basketball for the Solent Kestrels and Itchen College. Sochan moved to the United States to attend La Lumiere School, a power forward in the 2021 class, he then started his professional career in Germany with OrangeAcademy of the ProB in 2020. He played college basketball for the Baylor Bears during the 2021–22 season and was selected ninth overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2022 NBA draft. In 2026, Sochan won an NBA Championship with the New York Knicks. Sochan plays for the Poland national team after playing for Poland teams as a junior.

Sochan was born in Guymon, Oklahoma. His mother, Aneta Sochan, was a Polish basketball player for Polonia Warsaw who played Division II college basketball at Panhandle State. While there, she met Sochan’s father, Ryan Williams, who played for the men’s basketball team. Williams died in a car accident in 2017. Sochan has a younger…