The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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2011-12 basketball preview Meet The Wolverines Player Bios Of The 2011-12 Men���s Basketball Team ������ Seniors G ��� Stu Douglass 6-3 ��� 190 Carmel, Ind. Assistant coach LaVall Jordan: ���Stu is a leader. That���s the best part about what we have going on right now ��� the returners are doing most of the coaching as far as setting expectations. Stu actually stopped Cocah Beilein in a film session to point out something to one of our young guys that we had actually missed.��� Honors & Awards: Named captain for the 2011-12 season ��� Named captain for the 2010-11 season ��� Earned the University of Michigan���s Waymann Britt Outstanding Defensive Player award and Travis Conlan Sportsmanship award, and was a Big Ten Sportsmanship honoree in 2010-11 ��� Received the University of Michigan���s Travis Conlan Sportsmanship award in 2009-10. Year 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Career MIN 22.7 31.4 30.4 28.1 Career Stats PTSAST 6.1 2.1 6.8 2.5 7.1 1.7 6.7 2.1 STL 26 35 24 85 G ��� Zack Novak 3FG% .335 .329 .358 .341 6-4 ��� 210 Chesterton, Ind. Assistant coach Jeff Meyer: ���Zack knows the offense, he knows the defense and he gets guys going. I���ve seen growth with Zack not only in holding guys accountable, but now he���s gone to another level in leadership of unifying guys in the midst of holding them accountable. That���s a tough act to do, a balance, but he is accomplishing that.��� Honors & Awards: Named captain for the 2011-12 season, making him only the second three-time captain in school history ��� Named captain for the 2010-11 season ��� Earned National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court accolades, Academic All-Big Ten honors, the University of Michigan���s Athletic Academic Achievement award, Steve Grote Hustle award, Thad Garner Leadership award, Bodnar Academic Achievement awards, Loy Vaught Rebounding award, Outstanding Free Throw Shooting award, Iron Man award, Charge award, and was named to CoSIDA/Capital One Academic AllAmerica District IV First Team and CBS Sports��� Seth Davis��� All-Glue Guy Team in 2010-11 ��� Was named captain for the 2009-10 season, only the second Michigan sophomore to be named captain ��� Received Academic All-Big-Ten honors, earned the Michigan Athletic Academic Achievement award, Steve Grote Hustle award, Thad Garner Leadership award, Charge award, and was named to CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America District IV First Team in 2009-10 ��� Earned Michigan���s Athletic Academic Achievement award, Bodnar Academic Achievement award, and Iron Man award in 2008-09. Year 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Career MIN 28.2 33.2 35.0 32.1 Career Stats PTSREBAST 6.7 3.5 0.7 7.4 4.3 1.6 8.9 5.8 1.6 7.7 4.6 1.5 3FG% .344 .306 .385 .347 6-3 ��� 200 Kalamazoo, Mich. Assistant coach LaVall Jordan: ���He���s one of those guys that comes to work every day and pushes the blue [first] team, which is good. We need those guys.��� Honors & Awards: None. GP 7 5 12 Career Stats PTSREBAST 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 Career Stats MIN PTSREBAST 5.4 0.7 0.9 0.1 2.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 3.4 0.5 0.5 0.2 FG% .667 .429 .500 G ��� Josh Bartelstein 6-2 ��� 205 Highland Park, Ill. Assistant coach LaVall Jordan: ���He���s another one of those guys that comes to work every day and does a good job pushing the starters. Those guys are valuable members of this team.��� Honors & Awards: Received Academic All-Big Ten honors and the University of Michigan Athletic Academic Achievement award in 2010-11. GP 5 11 16 Career Stats PTSREB 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 FG% .000 .143 .091 3FG% .000 .200 .125 F ��� Blake McLimans FT% .500 .250 .333 * Person did not see action in 2008-09 ������ Juniors G��� Eso Akunne Year GP 2009-10 7 2010-11 16 Career 23 Year 2009-10 2010-11 Career G ��� Corey Person Year 2009-10 2010-11 Career them. It frustrates our guys defensively that they have almost the perfect possession and the next thing you know, Eso gets separation and knocks down a shot.��� Honors & Awards: None. 6-3 ��� 220 Ann Arbor, Mich. Assistant coach LaVall Jordan: ���He can create his shot with the best of 6-10 ��� 240 Hamburg, N.Y. Assistant coach Bacari Alexander: ���Blake has rededicated himself to give himself the opportunity to play more of a perimeter-oriented role with us, at the four spot versus the traditional five spot. He���s gotten strong in the weight room, which is nice to see, and it seems like his confidence has been through the room in the pre-season workouts.��� Honors & Awards: Earned the University of Michigan Athletic Academic Achievement award in 2010-11 ��� Received the University of Michigan���s Rudy Tomjanovich Most Improved Player award in 2009-10. November 2011��� ������ the wolverine��� 65