2015-16
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Campus and Student Life Physical Education and Athletics
General Information Table of Contents
2015-16 Schedule Date Nov. 14 Nov. 17 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Nov. 27 Nov. 28 Dec. 2 Dec. 5 Dec. 14 Dec. 19 Jan. 2 Jan. 9 Jan. 15 Jan. 17 Jan. 22 Jan. 24 Jan. 29 Jan. 31 Feb. 5 Feb. 7 Feb. 12 Feb. 14 Feb. 19 Feb. 21 Feb. 27 * UAA game
Opponent North Park Lake Forest Mount Union North Central Pacific Lutheran Puget Sound Wheaton Kalamazoo Illinois Wesleyan Albion Illinois Tech Washington-St. Louis* Carnegie Mellon* Case Western Reserve* New York U.* Brandeis* Emory* Rochester* Emory* Rochester* Carnegie Mellon* Case Western Reserve* New York U.* Brandeis* Washington-St. Louis* |
Site Chicago, Ill. Home Naperville, Ill. Naperville, Ill. Tacoma, Wash. Tacoma, Wash. Wheaton, Ill. Home Home Albion, Mich. Chicago, Ill. St. Louis, Mo. Pittsburgh, Pa. Cleveland, Ohio Home Home Home Home Atlanta, Ga. Rochester, N.Y. Home Home New York, N.Y. Boston, Mass. Home
Time 7 PM 7 PM 2:30 PM 2 PM 8 PM (PT) 2 PM (PT) 7 PM 3 PM 7 PM 3 PM (ET) 3 PM 3 PM 8 PM (ET) 12 PM (ET) 8 PM 11 AM 8 PM 12 PM 8 PM (ET) 12 PM (ET) 8 PM 12 PM 8 PM (ET) 12 PM (ET) 3 PM
Home games in bold
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Founded in 1890 Current president: Robert J. Zimmer 14,467 total students 2,168 faculty and other academic personnel 147,000 total alumni 50 majors and 29 minors in the undergraduate college 5 divisions and 6 professional schools for graduate study 89 Nobel Prize winners, including 7 current faculty UChicago Athletics claims 11 Rhodes Scholars, including four since 1996 17 individual national championships since 1989 55 UAA championships 72 NCAA tournament appearances Athletic Director: Erin McDermott Main Athletics Phone: 773-702-7684 Sports Information Office: 773-702-4638 Facebook.com/UChicagoMensBasketball Twitter: @UofCBasketball Instagram: @MaroonsMBB
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2015-16 Schedule 1 Team Roster 2 Coaching Staff 3 Player Bios 4-7 Players At Work 8-9 Foreign Travel 10 Alumni Reflections 11-12 Ratner Athletics Center 13 2014-15 Stats & Results 14 UAA Standings & Awards 15 History/Records 16-21 Opponent History 22 NCAA Tournament History 23 Traditions 24 Athletics at UChicago 25 The University 26 The UAA & NCAA Division III 27 Notables 28
2015-16 UChicago Senior Class
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Team Roster 2015-16 University of Chicago Maroons # 2 3 4 5 10 11 14 20 21 23 24 30 32 33 42 44 45 Inj. Inj.
Name Collin Barthel Scott Herlihy Nate Brooks Noah Karras Waller Perez Tyler Howard Jake Fenlon Alex Gustafson Max Jacobs John Steinberg Jordan Smith Ryan Shearmire Alex Voss Eric Robinson Justin Jackson Blaine Crawford Ryan Jacobsen Erik Muelheims Porter Veach
Pos. F G F G F G G G G G G F F F G F F G G
Ht. 6-8 6-1 6-6 6-4 6-5 6-0 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-6 6-5 6-8 6-4 6-8 6-5 6-0 6-0
Wt. 215 180 220 180 200 185 190 195 180 220 210 220 210 225 205 225 190 185 175
Yr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. So.
Hometown (High School) Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral) Southbury, Conn. (Holy Cross) Chicago, Ill. (Whitney Young) Lake Forest, Ill. (Lake Forest) Berwyn, Ill. (Morton) Sioux Falls, S.D. (Roosevelt) Rochester, N.Y. (McQuaid Jesuit) Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park-River Forest) Short Hills, N.J. (Millburn) Bellevue, Wash. (Sammamish) Chicago, Ill. (Whitney Young) West Linn, Ore. (West Linn) Loveland, Ohio (Moeller) Helotes, Texas (Brandeis) Marietta, Ga. (Lassiter) St. Paul, Minn. (The Blake School) St. Paul, Minn. (St. Thomas Academy) Spokane, Wash. (Saint George’s) Winnetka, Ill. (Vermont Academy)
Head Coach: Mike McGrath Assistant Coaches: Jason Petti, Bryan Joel, Rasheed Rosenje, Jonathan Chimino, Colin Chisolm
Top row (L-R): Erik Muelheims, Jake Fenlon, Alex Gustafson, Justin Jackson, Ryan Shearmire, Blaine Crawford, Collin Barthel, Ryan Jacobsen, Waller Perez, Noah Karras, Porter Veach. Seated (L-R): Max Jacobs, Eric Robinson, Alex Voss, Nate Brooks, Jordan Smith, John Steinberg, Scott Herlihy, Tyler Howard.
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Coaching Staff Head Coach Mike McGrath Mike McGrath starts his 17th season as head men’s basketball coach at the University of Chicago in 2015-16. He is the school’s all-time leader in wins with an overall record of 237-170, including a 142-84 mark in University Athletic Association (UAA) play. A three-time UAA Coach of the Year, McGrath has guided UChicago to a NCAA Division III Elite Eight berth and Sweet 16 appearance, as well as four UAA titles. McGrath garnered UAA Coach of the Year accolades in 2007-08 after leading the Maroons to their second-straight UAA championship and NCAA Division III tournament appearance. UChicago, which finished 18-8 overall and 11-3 in conference play, ranked 25th in the final D3hoops.com poll. In 2000-01, McGrath guided the Maroons to their best-ever NCAA Division III finish, as UChicago advanced to the Elite Eight round of the national tournament. McGrath enjoyed a highly-successful debut campaign in 1999-00, as he led the Maroons to a 23-4 record, the UAA title and a NCAA Division III Sweet 16 appearance. Over his career at UChicago, McGrath has been named Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Coach of the Year four times – 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008. McGrath spent seven years as an assistant coach to Pat Cunningham from 1992-99. During that time, McGrath helped lead the Maroons to an overall record of 107-73 (.594), including an 82-23 mark (.781) from 1995-99. Under Cunningham and McGrath, UChicago garnered two UAA championships and advanced to the NCAA Division III Sweet 16 on two occasions. During McGrath’s 23 years as head and assistant coach, UChicago teams have compiled a combined record of 344-243 (.586), won six conference championships, and made six national postseason appearances. McGrath is a 1992 graduate of DePauw University, where he spent three years as a student assistant coach. During his tenure at DePauw, the Tigers advanced to the 1990 NCAA Division III championship game. In 2003, McGrath and the other members of that team were inducted into the DePauw Athletics Hall of Fame. A native of Bartlett, Ill., McGrath earned a master’s degree in sports management from the United States Sports Academy in 2004. He resides in Chicago with his wife, Kari.
Assistant Coach Jason Petti Jason Petti enters his fifth season with the UChicago staff in 2015-16 after previously serving as volunteer assistant coach for two seasons. He was named a full-time assistant coach in May 2013. A graduate of North Central College, where he earned a degree in exercise science, Petti spent three years coaching at Wheaton-Warrenville South High School prior to joining the Maroons. During those three years, Petti served as a varsity assistant and head coach of the freshman team for three seasons.
Assistant Coach Bryan Joel Bryan Joel is entering his first season with the UChicago staff in 2015-16 as a Volunteer Assistant Coach. He started with the team in August 2015. Joel graduated from Caltech with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He was a two-year captain of the Caltech men’s varsity basketball team and helped lead them to their best conference season in 44 years. He is currently getting his master’s degree in sports administration/sports analytics from Northwestern University.
Volunteer Assistant Coaches
Rasheed Rosenje
Jonathan Chimino
Colin Chisholm
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Strength & Conditioning
Athletic Trainer
Jim White
Greg Nordlund
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Player Profiles Nate Brooks #4
Scott Herlihy #3
Forward | 6-6 | Senior Chicago, Ill. (Whitney Young)
Guard | 6-1 | Senior Southbury, Conn. (Holy Cross)
2014-15: Honorable Mention All-UAA ... Posted the No. 5 season field-goal percentage in school history (.574) ... Started all 25 games ... Averaged 8.3 points and a team-best 7.6 rebounds per game ... Compiled 10 games with double-digit points and five games with double-digit rebounds ... Scored a season-high 20 points at Dominican ... Posted 14 points with a season-best 16 rebounds versus Case ... Tallied 13 points and 10 rebounds against Rochester and Brandeis ... UAA All-Academic Team ... National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court.
2014-15: Played in 24 games ... Averaged 2.5 points and 0.8 rebounds per game ... Scored a season-high 12 points at NYU ... UAA All-Academic Team ... National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court. Personal: Majoring in Computer Science and Economics ... Dean’s List 2012-2015 ... Member of UChicago Careers in Business ... Student Alumni Committee.
2013-14: Started in 24 games and averaged 7.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game ... Shot a team-high 57.5 percent from the field ... Had seven games with double-digit points and three games with double-digit rebounds ... Scored a season-high 15 points versus Rose-Hulman ... Pulled down a season-high 12 rebounds against Trinity (Texas) ... Scored 14 points versus Whitman ... UAA All-Academic. 2012-13: Appeared in 20 games ... Averaged 3.9 points and 4.2 rebounds per contest ... Shot a team-best 53.4 percent from the field ... Tallied a season-high 14 points with nine rebounds at Illinois Wesleyan ... Scored 10 points with five rebounds at Kalamazoo and Lake Forest ... Pulled down 10 rebounds and blocked three shots versus Alma. Personal: Majoring in Public Policy and Psychology ... UChicago Careers in Business ...Dougan Scholar’s Certificate Program ... Member of Order of the “C” ... Maroon Key Society.
Eric Robinson #33
Jordan Smith #24
Forward | 6-8 | Senior Helotes, Texas (Brandeis)
Guard | 6-3 | Senior Chicago, Ill. (Whitney Young)
2014-15: Played in nine games ... Averaged 1.2 points and 0.9 rebounds per game ... Scored a season-best five points versus Case. 2013-14: Played in 24 games with one start while averaging 2.5 points and 1.8 rebounds per game ... Ranked second on the team with 12 blocks (0.5 per game) ... Tallied a season-high nine points versus Illinois Wesleyan ... Scored eight points against Case. 2012-13: Saw action in 13 games with averages of 1.1 points and 0.9 rebounds per game ... Scored six points in 10 minutes versus Maranatha Baptist. Personal: Majoring in Pre-med and Comparative Human Development ... Member of Pre-Medical Students Association ... Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students ... Colleges Against Cancer ... Organization of Black Students ... Cutting Edge Resident Student Organization.
2014-15: First Team All-UAA ... Started all 25 games ... Averaged a team-high 15.1 points per game to go with 3.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game ... Posted 18 games with doubledigit points and scored at least 20 points in eight games ... Ranked second on the team with 48 three-pointers ... Scored a career-high 30 points at Emory and 29 points at Rochester in back-toback games ... Collected 27 points at Lake Forest ... UAA Athlete of the Week (2/16) ... National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court. 2013-14: Honorable Mention All-UAA ... Started all 25 games and led the team with 11.2 points per game along with 3.4 rebounds per game ... Shot 40.9 percent from three-point range with a team-high 38 treys ... Recorded 15 games with double-digit points ... Scored a season-high 19 points in the season finale versus Washington-St. Louis ... Tallied 17 points against Trinity (Texas) and Emory. 2012-13: UAA Rookie of the Year ... Played in 23 games, including five starts ... Averaged 7.9 points and 2.7 rebounds per game ... Led the team in three-point percentage (.408) ... Scored a season-best 21 points versus Southwestern (Texas) ... Tallied 17 points with four assists and four rebounds against Trinity (Texas) ... Collected 15 points versus Marantha Baptist and at Rochester. Personal: Majoring in Economics and Public Policy ... Dean’s List 2012-2013, 2014-2015 ... Member of Organization of Black Students.
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Player Profiles John Steinberg #23
Alex Voss #32
Guard | 6-4 | Senior Bellevue, Wash. (Sammamish)
Forward | 6-5 | Senior Loveland, Ohio (Moeller)
2014-15: Played in 17 games ... Averaged 2.5 points and 1.0 rebounds per game ... Scored a season-high 10 points versus IIT ... UAA All-Academic Team ... National Association of Basketball ... Coaches (NABC) Honors Court. 2013-14: Played in all 25 games with 3.2 points and 1.5 rebounds per game ... Scored a seasonhigh 12 points versus Lake Forest ... Tallied 11 points at IIT ... UAA All-Academic. 2012-13: Appeared in 17 games ... Averaged 3.1 points and 1.1 rebounds per game ... Made 43.3 percent of his three-pointers (13 of 30) ... Netted four three-pointers en route to a season-high 12 points at NYU ... Scored 11 points versus Trinity (Texas). Personal: Majoring in Economics ... Dean’s List 2013-2015 ... Active UCIB member 2013-2016 ... Neighborhood schools program member.
2014-15: Second Team All-UAA ... Started in all 25 games ... Ranked second on the team with 11.0 points per game along with 5.8 rebounds ... Made a team-high 58 three-pointers (42.3 percent), which ranks No. 10 in school history for a season ... Scored a career-high 22 points with seven rebounds at Case ... Totaled 20 points versus Carnegie Mellon ... Posted a season-high 11 rebounds with seven points at Lake Forest ... Tallied 15 points and nine rebounds versus Emory ... UAA All-Academic Team ... National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court. 2013-14: Played in all 25 games with 6.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game ... Posted seven games with double figures in points ... Scored a season-high 17 points at Washington-St. Louis ... Collected three games with 13 points on the season. 2012-13: Played in 15 games ... Averaged 2.9 points and 1.7 rebounds per contest ... Scored 10 points in the season finale at Washington-St. Louis ... Pulled down four rebounds in three different occasions ... Totaled six points at NYU. Personal: Majoring in Public Policy ... Dean’s List 2013-2015 ... VCA at Ratner and intramurals superviser ... Member of UChicago Sports Business Team ... Project Rosseau... Whatever It Takes ... Order of the “C” Representative.
Blaine Crawford #44
Alex Gustafson #20
Forward | 6-8 | Junior St. Paul, Minn. (The Blake School)
Guard | 6-3 | Junior Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park-River Forest)
2014-15: Played in 25 games ... Averaged 5.2 points and 4.4 rebounds per game ... Scored a career-high 21 points with eight rebounds against IIT ... Tallied 10 points in a game on five different occasions ... Grabbed a career-best 11 rebounds versus WPI.
2014-15: Played in 11 games ... Averaged 1.2 points and 0.5 rebounds per game ... Scored a season-high five points against Bethany (W.V.) ... Collected four points, three rebounds and three assists versus IIT.
2013-14: Played in nine games with 1.2 points and 1.3 rebounds per game ... Tallied season highs of four points and five rebounds at IIT. Personal: Majoring in Political Science ... Dean’s List 2014 ... Served on the Organization of Black Student’s Executive Board as the First Year Representative, then as Treasurer ... Involved in Student Government ... UChicago Students for Hillary ... UC Democrats ... Institute of Politics.
2013-14: Played in 11 games with 1.5 points and 1.8 rebounds per game ... Recorded season-highs of 12 points and nine rebounds at IIT. Personal: Majoring in Public Policy ... Dean’s List 2014 ... Phi Gamma Delta ... Sports Business Club Member.
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Player Profiles Tyler Howard #11
Waller Perez #10
Guard | 6-0 | Junior Sioux Falls, S.D. (Roosevelt)
Forward | 6-5 | Junior Berwyn, Ill. (Morton)
2014-15: Started all 25 games ... Averaged 8.1 points, 5.2 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game ... Tallied the No. 3 season steals total in school history (46) ... Posted the No. 4 season assist total in school history (129) ... Compiled nine games with double figures in points ... Scored a career-high 17 points versus WPI ... Totaled 11 points, 10 assists and five rebounds versus Carnegie Mellon ... Tallied 10 assists and seven points against IIT ... UAA All-Academic Team.
2014-15: Started all 25 games ... Averaged 10.0 points and 4.1 rebounds per game while shooting 50.9 percent from the field ... Collected doubledigit points in 10 different contests ... Scored a career-high 25 points with five rebounds versus Beloit ... Pulled down a career-best 14 rebounds and scored 19 points at Emory ... Posted 14 points and 11 rebounds versus WPI ... Tallied 18 points and five rebounds against Rochester ... Named to the All-Hoopsville Classic Team.
2013-14: Played in eight games with 2.6 points and 0.4 rebounds per game ... Posted season highs of nine points and three assists at IIT.
2013-14: Played in 10 games with 1.7 points and 0.6 rebounds per game ... Scored a season-high seven points at IIT.
Personal: Majoring in Public Policy and Psychology ... Dean’s list 2013-2015 ... Brother and Cabinet member of Phi Gamma Delta ... Executive official of the Order of the “C” ... Member of UChicago Sports Business team ...Student Ambassador for World Sport Chicago.
Personal: Majoring in Economics and Public Policy ... Member of Organization of Black Students and OMSA Student Advisory Board.
Collin Barthel #2
Jake Fenlon #14
Forward | 6-8 | Sophomore Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral)
Guard | 6-4 | Sophomore rochester, ny. (mcquad, jesuit)
2014-15: Played in 25 games ... Averaged 5.6 points and 6.1 rebounds per game ... Scored a season-high 14 points versus Case ... Posted 13 points and six rebounds against Emory ... Pulled down a season-best 15 rebounds versus Washington-St. Louis ... Compiled eight points, 13 rebounds and four steals against IIT.
2014-15: Played in 21 games ... Averaged 4.9 points and 0.8 rebounds per game ... Ranked third on the team with 32 three-pointers made (36.8 percent) ... Scored a season-high 14 points at Kalamazoo ... Tallied 12 points at WashingtonSt. Louis.
Personal: Majoring in Economics ... Dean’s List ... Member of the Order of the “C” as a Representative for the team ... Phi Gamma Delta ... Leading corespondent for the team as volunteers at MertoSquash, an inner-city after school program ... Unanimously decided as top employee as a Visitor Control Assistant at Ratner Athletics Center.
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Personal: Majoring in Economics ... Dean’s List 2014 ... Phi Gamma Delta ... Member of Undergraduate Investment Banking Club ... Member of Economic and Financial Modeling Club.
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Player Profiles Erik Muelheims
Ryan Shearmire #30
Guard | 6-0 | Sophomore Spokane, Wash. (Saint George’s)
Forward | 6-6 | Sophomore West Linn, Ore. (West Linn)
2014-15: Missed the season due to injury.
2014-15: Missed the season due to injury.
Personal: Double Majoring in Environmental Studies and Public Policy ... Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity ... Member of UChicago Careers in Business.
Personal: Major undecided ... Dean’s List 2014 ... Member of Undergraduate Investment Banking Group ... UChicago Careers in Business ... Sports Business Team ... Team Representative for “It’s On Us” Initiative to stop sexual assault ... Phi Gamma Delta.
Porter Veach
Justin Jackson #42
Guard | 6-0 | Sophomore Winnetka, Ill. (Vermont Academy)
Guard | 6-4 | Freshman Marietta, Ga. (Lassiter)
2014-15: Played in two games ... Averaged 1.5 points per game ... Scored three points versus Bethany (W.Va.).
Personal: Majoring in Economics ... Averaged 21 points and 6 rebounds per game as a senior ... All-Region selection as a senior, two-time All-Conference ... Earned three varsity letters in basketball ... Four-time player of the month.
Personal: Economics major ... Member of Undergraduate Investment Banking Group.
Max Jacobs #21
Ryan Jacobsen #45
Guard | 6-2 | Freshman Short Hills, N.J. (Millburn)
Foward | 6-5 | Freshman St. Paul, Minn. (St. Thomas Academy)
Personal: Major undecided ... Played four years of basketball and baseball in high school ... Averaged 21 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.1 steals per game as a senior ... Scored 1,125 career points... Two-time All-Essex County, First Team All-Conference twice, Second Team All-Conference ... Essex County Scholar-Athlete Award, Men of Essex Scholar-Athlete Award.
Personal: Majoring in Economics ... Averaged 20.2 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game as a senior ... Earned three varsity letters ... AllConference selection twice ... Team MVP, team captain ... UST Holiday Tournament First Team ... All-Conference Academic Team ... High Honor Roll four times.
Noah Karras #5 Guard | 6-4 | Freshman Lake Forest, Ill. (lake forest) Personal: Major undecided ... Averaged 12 points per game as a senior while shooting 47 percent from the field, 40 percent from threepoint range and 84 percent from the free throw line ... Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) All-State Honorable Mention ... First Team All-Area, All-Conference ... Earned two varsity letters ... Senior Shootout All-State Game ... AllTournament selection at the Josh Tosh Holiday Tournament ... Honor Roll.
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Players At Work Nate Brooks
Blaine Crawford
Worked At: Piper Jaffray
Worked At: U.S. Senate
As An: Investment Banking Summer Analyst
As An: Intern
Experience: Supporting the current investment
Experience: Weekly research on the committee
banking team and interacting with clients.
meeting topic, assisting in the committee meeting planning process, note taking, and attending hear-
“After being introduced to the firm through a
ings and other events around the capital.
UChicago basketball alum, I immediately clicked with the team at Piper Jaffray and secured a job
“It’s great getting a behind the scenes look at
offer. Without the help of the alum, it would have
how Congress does their job. Getting access to the
been much harder to find such a great job.”
hearings and floor debates along with the different members is amazing.”
Alex Voss
Alex Gustafson
Worked For: Ariel Investments
Worked At: Belvedere Trading
As An: Equity Research Intern
As An: Operations Intern
Experience: Researching securities, talking to man-
Experience: Rotating every two weeks through
agement, listening to earnings calls and interpreting
different operations divisions (recruiting, HR,
financials/building financial models.
accounting, compliance, and one more of his choosing), completing projects and helping out
“I love this opportunity for many reasons. I spent
with anything else.
an hour or so today getting shots up with Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education. I now
“It’s very interesting because not only am I learning
know John Rogers (our CEO) and Mellody Hobson
and gaining experience throughout the day, but
(our President and one of Time Magazine’s 100
I also attend the education classes offered to the
most influential people), and have been asked by
trader-trainee summer interns. Belvedere treats
both for input in important meetings with clients, CEO’s and current investors.
their employees very well and offers several perks both in and out of the office.
Finally, I have been able to apply a lot of the material I have learned taking
Overall, it has been a great experience so far and I am excited to continue my
Booth classes to the real world and meet a bunch of great (and really smart)
time here.”
people in the process.”
Ryan Shearmire Worked For: CWC Advisors As An: Investment Analyst Intern Experience: Conducting stock research including business model analysis and
“Besides being assets on the court, our student-athletes also make sure that they succeed in the real world. By taking a rigor-
balance sheet analysis, analyzing equities and funds for the firm’s small cap and large cap portfolios, assisting in the launch of the firm’s new online investing website: Exceptional Portfolios. “This summer, I learned what makes a company valuable, evaluated upside potential, and analyzed what influenced the price of their stock. This internship was an invaluable experience that will help me both in my classes and in my job opportunities going forward.”
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ous course load and studying hard, they position themselves to attain highly sought after internships and jobs.” - Head Coach Mike McGrath
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Players At Work Tyler Howard
Eric Robinson
Worked At: UBS Financial Services
Worked For: Thirty Million Words Initiative
As A: Wealth Management Intern
As A: Research Assistant
Experience: Assisting the First Vice President of
Experience: Helping to listen to recorded naptimes
Wealth Mangement by generating and analyzing
for kids to decide if a child is napping or not,
portfolio reports, as well as researching UBS invest-
handling and organizing the data to determine the
ing strategies by utilizing modern portfolio theory.
amount of times parents and kids communicate in a day, suggesting ways to improve speeding up a
“I’ve gained exposure to mutual funds, hedge funds,
child’s learning development.
annuities, and methods of legal tax aversion strategies through participating in wholesale meetings
“I like my job because we're helping children with
and conference calls. My favorite part about intern-
hearing disabilities catch up with their peers and for
ing with UBS is being able to explore many different
those with normal hearing, aid them in improving
financial career paths. Although I work directly with Wealth Management, I interact and learn from employees in Executive Management, Fund Management, Financial Advising and Wholesales on a daily basis.”
their development. The end goal is that they learn more vocabulary early on and so are set up to succeed more in the future. This is very important to me.”
Waller Perez
Jake Fenlon
Worked At: McGladrey LLP
Worked At: Five Star Bank
As An: International Services Office Intern
As A: Mortgage Loan Processor
Experience: Gathering foreign quote rates of
Experience: Verifying, compiling and typing ap-
different services (tax, audit, consulting, etc.) and
plication information for mortgage loans, reviewing
populating them into spreadsheets for future use,
residential loan application files to verify that
updating country profile slides, and overseeing the
application data is complete and meets establish-
projects of the other interns.
ment standards.
“I like this role because it requires one to be able
“I have been fortunate enough to attend a few
to handle multiple projects at the same time. I also
executive meetings and these experiences have
enjoy the additional responsibilities to oversee the
taught me a great deal about banking. A fun fact is
projects of the other interns. I got this internship
that I am the youngest employee of the bank by two
after building a good relationship with the director I met during my externship in the spring.”
years.”
Scott Herlihy Jordan Smith
Worked At: Capital Markets Trading
Worked For: JP Morgan Chase
As A: Network Engineer Intern
As A: Credit Research Summer Analyst
Experience : Designing and developing an
Experience: High Yield Energy Analyst work.
infrastructure to facilitate exercising control over
“I got this opportunity to learn from the industry’s best in a comfortable, diverse, team-oriented environment through networking at UChicago. I’ve gone on to accept their job offer.”
remote switches which are located in the databases corresponding to the major exchanges in the U.S. “In addition to my work, I enjoy being downtown in the city with several of my teammates. I typically commute to the city with either Tyler Howard or Alex Voss and get lunch every day with Alex Gustafson.”
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Foreign Travel at UChicago
UChicago in Australia in 2015
UChicago in New Zealand in 2015
Traveling to exciting destinations, both international and domestic, has been a significant feature of the UChicago basketball program. Most recently, the Maroons men’s and women’s basketball teams made a joint trip to Australia and New Zealand in September 2015. The trip to Australia and New Zealand is the fourth trip the Maroons have made, having also been to Italy in 2006, Argentina and Chile in 2009 and Ireland in 2012. “From a team standpoint, these trips accomplish two goals,” said Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike McGrath. “The players and coaches develop a stronger connection to one another while traveling in a foreign country and stepping outside of their comfort zone. On the court, the chance to compete in international play and the additional 10 days of practice prior to the trip really has an impact on our development as a team. “Additionally, a trip like this is an amazing cultural experience,” continued McGrath. “This isn’t a vacation. And we won’t only be playing basketball. There will be a lot of fun and basketball will be a focus, but much of what we’ll be doing is centered around learning about a different culture, which is a huge part of the University of Chicago experience. The guys will also get to be a part of something that many players before them did too; this will further build the connection between past and present Maroons, and contribute to what it means to be a basketball player at UChicago.” The team visited Queenstown and Christchurch in New Zealand, and Cairns and Sydney in Australia, where they had many great experiences on the trip. First, they went zip lining and took an ATV tour of the mountains in Queenstown. In Christchurch, there were a youth clinic, games against Canterbury, and dinner with the players on the opposing team. The highlight in Cairns was a snorkel/scuba cruise to the Great Barrier Reef, as well as a beach trip, getting up close with kangaroos and koalas at the zoo, and a team cookout along the ocean. Sydney afforded a trip to Bondi Beach, surfing lessons at Manly Beach, climbing the Sydney Harbor Bridge, a tour of the Sydney Opera House, and an amazing seafood dinner on the last night. The generosity of UChicago’s basketball alumni made the trip possible for the current players and staff. “Opportunities like these are possible because of the generosity of our alumni,” explained McGrath. “Our former players are very proud of the experience that they had at UChicago and want the current team to have the greatest opportunities possible while playing here. Most importantly, our alumni made great friends here and they want to help these guys develop the same connections.” On the final day in Australia, senior Jordan Smith reflected on the trip, “As the trip came to a close, it was clear to all of us that we would remember every moment of the past 14 days for the rest of our lives. We grew as individuals and as a team by taking some of our biggest fears head on and stepping out of our comfort zones at every opportunity. We couldn’t be more appreciative and thankful for the incredible experience. Go Maroons!” During the 2014-15 regular season, the Maroons logged more than 3,500 air miles as they navigated their 25-game slate with traditional weekend trips to UAA host cities New York, Boston, Atlanta, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Rochester.
UChicago in Ireland in 2012
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Maroons in South America in 2009
Maroons in Venice in 2006
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Alumni Reflections “I’m forever grateful for the deep bonds of friendship I formed
Class of 2001 (15th-year anniversary)
with my immediate classmates and the guys junior and senior to
- Mike Agema - Mark Allen - Brad Henderson - Ben Hoffart - Matt Loucks - Jim Waichulis
me, playing basketball at UChicago. We came from all walks of life and parts of the country, but we forged very deep relationships by pushing each other on the court and in the weight
Cumulative record: 88-19
room. Those friendships have not only survived the past fifteen
Team Accomplishments: • Three UAA Championships • Three NCAA Tournament appearances
years, they have in fact deepened. I look forward every year to my chances at reconnecting with my old teammates and their ever-growing families. They are one of the best things that have ever happened to me.” Brad Henderson and Family
- Brad Henderson, Class of 2001 “From a basketball perspective, I’m fortunate because I met some great friends, many of whom I still keep in touch with (or if I haven’t spoken to in a while, we pick up right where we left off). I also experienced some highs (Elite 8 in 2001) and lows (I think we won three games in my sophomore year), so that has helped put other life experiences in perspective. From an academic perspective, I think that UChicago certainly challenges students to have a more critical eye in terms of the learning
Individual Accomplishments: • Mike Agema: Ranks No. 8 in career blocked shots (34), H.M. All-UAA • Brad Henderson: Ranks No. 4 in career blocked shots (64), ranks No. 3 in blocked shots in a season (36), ranks No. 9 in career three-point field goal percentage (.397), All-UAA, NCAA Walter Byers Award winner, Rhodes Scholar • Matt Loucks: Most steals in a game (7) • Jim Waichulis: Ranks No. 8 in three-pointers made in a season (61), All-UAA
process. That inquisitive mindset is useful in many ways outside of the academic setting. As a teacher, I’ve also tried to instill that inquisitive mindset in my students -- ‘ask why and how in
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order to increase your depth of knowledge.’”
- Matt Loucks, Class of 2001
“The University of Chicago is a special place. I recently had the chance to spend some time with my former teammates from my class, having not seen at least one of them for about three years. Within seconds, it was as if we we were transported to the back of the bus on a snowy day, somewhere between Pittsburgh and Rochester, cracking the same dumb jokes we
Class of 2006 (10th-year anniversary) - Clay Carmody - Jason Hicks - Uche Okonkwo - Jon Todd Cumulative record: 52-48 Team Accomplishments: • Three UAA third-place finishes
told 10 years ago. Playing basketball at UChicago provides an incredibly rich, unique experience that creates a lifelong bond between you and those you share it with, and I firmly believe
Individual Accomplishments: • Clay Carmody: Ranks No. 10 in career blocked shots (33)
that it is an experience that cannot be replicated anywhere else.” Jon Todd’s Wedding
- Jon Todd, Class of 2006
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Alumni Reflections “From my freshman year to my current age, the University
Class of 2011 (5th-year anniversary)
of Chicago continues to play a huge role in my life. My best
- Paul Riskus
friends come from our basketball team; from San Francisco to
Team Accomplishments: • One UAA Championship • One NCAA Tournament appearance
Chicago, we continue making it a priority to spend time with each other. As a family, we’ve been through the roughest and best of times. What’s most important, however, is that we are there for each other and always will be. I am thankful for the friends I’ve made and wish the same for future Maroons!”
- Paul Riskus, Class of 2011
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McGrath Era Alumni - Current Occupations Class of 1998 Aaron Horne Dan Klock Jason Milesko Jeff Boulanger Rusty Loyd Matt Morycz Tim O’Toole
Interventional Cardiologist – The CVI Group MD, MBA – University of Chicago CEO – Bridgetown Natural Foods Founder/CEO – Milesko Enterprises MBA – Northwestern University Director of Core Application/Product Development – FactSet Research Systems, Inc. Head Men’s Basketball Coach – Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology MA – United States Sports Academy Senior Vice President – Imperial Capital Fixed Income Portfolio Manager – Wells Fargo
Class of 1999 Andy Strommen Craig Kelleher Matt Scott Travis Wenstrom
Financial Advisor – UBS Global Asset Management MBA – Columbia University CEO and Co-Founder – Millstreet Capital Management Partner – Wolverine Trading Global Markets/Equity Derivatives Trading
Class of 2000 Steve Murphy Kurt Riemer Eric Nelson
Senior Consultant – CGI Veterinarian DVM – University of Wisconsin Director of Index Trading – JP Morgan
Class of 2001 Mike Agema Mark Allen Brad Henderson Ben Hoffart Matt Loucks Jim Waichulis
Executive Director – NASDAQ OMX eSpeed Strength and Conditioning Coach – Skrapper Training Principal – Boston Consulting Group Vice President – Goldman, Sachs & Co. JD – Northwestern University Middle School ESL Teacher MBA – University of Chicago Trader – Volant Trading
Class of 2002 Jon Poyer Justin Slaughter Tyler Smithson
Sales & Distribution Manager – NorthStar Financial Services Group MBA – Brigham Young University Chief of Staff – Cook County Commissioner MA – Northwestern University Basketball Coach – East Side Basketball Club
Class of 2003 Derek Reich
Field Project Manager – Pangea Equity Partners JD – John Marshall Law School
Class of 2004 Scott Fisher Psychiatrist MD – Northwestern University Scott Green Investment Banking – Raymond James & Associates MBA – Emory University Michael Lowney Family Medicine Physician – Lowney Medical Associates MD – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Class of 2005 Brian Cuttica Mike Dolezal Justin Waldie
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Vice President of Sales – PointDrive Options Trader – HTG Capital Partners Attorney – Virtu Financial JD – Columbia
Class of 2006 Clay Carmody Jason Hicks Uche Okonkwo Jon Todd
Medical Resident – University of Miami MD – University of Illinois Sales & Trading – Dash Financial Consultant – Infosys Consulting MA – AGS Paris Economic Writer – NerdWallet MBA – Vanderbilt University
Class of 2007 Drew Adams Derek Brannon Jesse Meyer Jason Vismatas Brandon Woodhead
Assistant Basketball Coach – Army MA – Concordia University Irvine Index Option Trader – Morgan Stanley MBA – University of Chicago Program Director – University of Chicago Career Advancement MA – University of Iowa Associate – Iaffaldano, Shaw, and Young JD – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Financial Advisor – UBS Global Asset Management
Class of 2008 Kirk Ellsworth Nate Hainje Tim Reynolds Zach Sheline
Senior Counsel – Consumer Law Group JD – Michigan State University Assistant Public Defender – Alaska Public Defender Agency Financial Analyst – Red Hat, Inc. Professional Poker Player
Class of 2009 Adam Machones Tom Watson
Senior Director of Quantitative Trading – TransMarket Group LLC Real Estate Development Project Manager – Heartland Housing, Inc. MA – University of Illinois
Class of 2010 John Bonelli John Kinsella Marek Kowalewski Jake Pancratz
Futures Associate – Franklin Templeton Investments Analyst – Stout, Risius, Ross Senior Associate – Kaufman Hall Trading Assistant – JP Morgan
Class of 2011 Paul Riskus
High School Assistant Principal – CPS
Class of 2012 Chase Davis Attorney – Greene & Phillips Matt Johnson Law Student – University of Michigan Stephen Palmtag Analyst – JP Morgan Tommy Sotos Law Student – UCLA Steve Stefanou Analyst – Ross, Sinclaire & Associates Michael Sustarsic DiMeo Schneider & Associates – Research Associate Tom Williams Account Manager – Funding Circle Class of 2013 Matt MacKenzie
Research Associate – Ariel Capital Management
Class of 2014 Derrick Davis Sam Gage Charlie Hughes
Paralegal – Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin Analyst – Stout, Risius, Ross Inc. Project Assistant: Intellectual Property Litigation – Sidley Austin
Class of 2015 Ian Joyce Commercial Banking Associate – First Business Financial Services Royce Muskeyvalley Teach For America – Cleveland, Ohio
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Ratner Athletics Center In the fall of 2003, UChicago Athletics entered a new era with the opening of the $51 million Gerald Ratner Athletďťżics Center. Designed by famed architect Cesar Pelli, and named for Gerald Ratner (an outfielder at UChicago), the 150,000square-foot facility includes a 1,658-seat competition gymnasium which is home to the UChicago basketball, volleyball and wrestling teams. In addition to the competition gymnasium, the facility features the 50-meter Myers-McLoraine Pool, the Bernard J. DelGiorno Fitness Center, a dance room, classrooms, the Athletics Hall of Fame, locker rooms and offices. In 12 years under Head Coach Mike McGrath, the Maroons have posted a 105-47 overall record and a 61-23 UAA mark at Ratner.
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2014-15 Review Statistics Player Smith Voss Perez Brooks Howard Barthel Crawford Fenlon Herlihy Steinberg Gustafson Robinson Joyce Veach
GP-GS 25-25 25-25 25-25 25-25 25-25 25-0 25-0 21-0 24-0 17-0 11-0 9-0 6-0 2-0
Chicago Opponents
FG-FGA Pct. 122-323 .378 98-213 .460 85-167 .509 81-141 .574 74-175 .423 41-119 .345 43-94 .457 35-99 .354 21-54 .389 15-36 .417 5-15 .333 4-7 .571 3-6 .500 1-1 1.000
25 628-1450 25 604-1427
3FG-A 48-153 58-137 11-43 0-0 12-62 19-54 0-1 32-87 16-44 9-26 0-4 0-1 0-1 1-1
Pct. .314 .423 .256 .000 .194 .352 .000 .368 .364 .346 .000 .000 .000 1.00
FT-FTA 85-122 22-33 70-112 46-96 42-90 40-59 43-78 0-0 2-4 4-4 3-6 3-3 0-0 0-0
Pct. .697 .667 .625 .479 .467 .678 .551 .000 .500 1.000 .500 1.000 .000 .000
Reb 87 144 102 191 80 153 110 16 18 17 6 8 5 0
RPG 3.5 5.8 4.1 7.6 3.2 6.1 4.4 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.0
Ast 52 33 37 31 129 32 8 2 17 6 4 2 2 1
.433 206-614 . 336 .423 136-434 .313
360-607 327-458
.593 .714
1010 836
40.4 33.4
356 292
TO Blk 53 3 30 0 30 3 45 14 80 6 15 5 15 7 6 2 11 0 8 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 303 268
42 55
Stl 11 18 10 10 46 17 5 4 8 1 3 0 1 0 134 149
Pts 377 276 251 208 202 141 129 102 60 43 13 11 6 3
PPG 15.1 11.0 10.0 8.3 8.1 5.6 5.2 4.9 2.5 2.5 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.5
1822 1671
72.9 66.8
Results Overall: 16-9 Date 11/15/14 11/18/14 11/22/14 11/23/14 11/29/14 11/30/14 12/03/14 12/06/14 12/13/14 12/17/14 01/03/15 01/10/15 01/16/15 01/18/15 01/23/15 01/25/15 01/30/15 02/01/15 02/06/15 02/08/15 02/13/15 02/15/15 02/20/15 02/22/15 02/28/15
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UAA: 8-6
Opponent at Lake Forest at Dominican vs. WPI at Stevenson BELOIT BETHANY (W.V.) WHEATON (Ill.) at Illinois Wesleyan at Kalamazoo NORTH PARK IIT WASHINGTON-ST. LOUIS * ROCHESTER (N.Y.) * EMORY * at Brandeis * at New York U. * CASE WESTERN RESERVE * CARNEGIE MELLON * at Case Western Reserve * at Carnegie Mellon * at Rochester (N.Y.) * at Emory * BRANDEIS * NEW YORK U. * at Washington-St. Louis *
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Home: 10-2 W/L W W L W W W L L W W W W W W L L W W W L W L L W L
Score 75-68 70-48 79-81 73-71 82-63 78-52 51-62 56-61 72-53 90-86 84-31 63-43 88-81 80-74 58-59 68-85 81-72 86-65 79-73 48-73 72-63 82-85 63-78 77-60 67-84
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Road: 6-6 High Points (27) Smith (20) Brooks (21) Smith (17) Perez (25) Perez (16) Howard (17) Perez (15) Smith (14) Fenlon (23) Smith (21) Crawford (16) Voss (21) Smith (19) Smith (16) Smith (20) Smith (21) Smith (20) Voss (22) Voss (15) Smith (29) Smith (30) Smith (13) Voss, Brooks (18) Voss (13) Voss
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Neutral: 0-1 High Rebounds (11) Voss (7) Barthel (11) Perez, Crawford (8) Voss (7) Crawford (9) Brooks, Voss (9) Brooks (9) Brooks (9) Voss (8) Brooks (13) Barthel (15) Barthel (10) Brooks (9) Voss, Brooks (7) Brooks (10) Brooks (16) Brooks (6) Crawford, Brooks (9) Brooks (7) Voss (10) Brooks (14) Perez (10) Brooks (10) Brooks (9) Voss
* UAA game Home game in CAPS
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2014-15 Review UAA Standings Team Emory Wash.-St. Louis UChicago New York U. Case Rochester (N.Y.) Carnegie Mellon Brandeis
UAA W L Pct. 10 4 .714 9 5 .643 8 6 .571 8 6 .571 6 8 .429 6 8 .429 5 9 .357 4 10 .286
Overall W L Pct 22 6 .786 20 6 .769 16 9 .640 19 9 .679 15 10 .600 10 15 .400 14 11 .560 9 16 .360
All-UAA Team First Team Name David Fatoki Michael Florin Alex Foster Hakeem Harris Evan Kupferberg Dane McLoughlin Jordan Smith
School Washington-St. Louis Emory Emory NYU NYU Case UChicago
Ht 5-10 6-0 6-8 6-1 6-6 6-6 6-3
Pos G G F G F F G
Yr Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr.
School Rochester (N.Y.) Washington-St. Louis Carnegie Mellon Washington-St. Louis Case Carnegie Mellon Emory UChicago
Ht 6-2 6-5 6-3 6-7 6-7 6-9 6-5 6-5
Pos G F G/F F G F F F
Yr Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. Jr.
Jordan Smith
Second Team Name Sam Borst-Smith Nick Burt Seth Cordts Matt Palucki Julien Person Jack Serbin Will Trawick Alex Voss
Honorable Mention Brandeis: Jordan Cooper; CWRU: Brian Klements; Emory: Josh Schattie, Jonathan Terry; NYU: Costis Gontikas, Ross Udine; Chicago: Nate Brooks; Rochester: Mack Montague; Washington-St. Louis: Luke Silverman-Lloyd.
Top Awards Player of the Year: Alex Foster (Emory) Defensive Player of the Year: Josh Schattie (Emory) Rookies of the Year: Jordan Cooper (Brandeis) & Ross Udine (NYU) Coaching Staff of the Year: Emory (Head Coach Jason Zimmerman; Assistant Coaches Chris McHugh, Pete Zaharis, Chad Hixon)
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History & Records UAA Records Individual
Team
Two Teams
Points 49 Matt Johnson, Chicago (vs. Emory, 1/27/12)
Points 132 Washington (vs. Emory, 2/14/93)
Points 243 Washington (132) 2/14/93 vs. Emory (111)
Field Goals 16 Six players - most recent: Funso Lafe, Case (vs. Carnegie Mellon, 1/23/04)
Field Goals 47 NYU (vs. Brandeis, 1/22/93)
Field Goals 89 NYU (47) 1/22/93 vs. Brandeis (42)
Field Goals Attempted 30 Rashad Williams, Brandeis (vs. NYU, 1/12/02) 3-Point Field Goals 10 Alan Aboona, Washington (vs. Emory, 1/11/13) 3-Point Field Goals Attempted 17 Matt Johnson, Chicago (vs. NYU, 2/20/11) Free Throws 19 John DiBartolomeo, Rochester (vs. Brandeis 1/27/13) Free Throws Attempted 21 Christian Manoli, Carnegie Mellon (vs. Emory, 1/17/14) Charlie Borsheim, Washington (vs. Emory, 2/14/93); Rob Novosel, Case (vs. Brandeis, 11/28/92) Offensive Rebounds 11 Uche Ndubizu, Rochester (vs. Carnegie Mellon, 12/1/07); Tim Garrett, Emory (vs. Washington, 1/6/89), (vs. Case, 11/21/87) Defensive Rebounds 17 Carson Oren (vs. Emory, 2/25/06) Total Rebounds 24 Greg Belinfanti, NYU (vs. Washington, 2/19/95) Assists 17 Rusty Loyd, Chicago (vs. Brandeis, 1/19/97) Blocked Shots 11 David Schaaf, Emory (vs. Brandeis, 2/9/01) Steals 10 Matt Maguire, Emory (vs. Carnegie Mellon, 3/1/98)
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Field Goals Attempted 95 Emory (vs. Rochester, 2/17/91) Field Goal Percentage .682 Washington (vs. Rochester, 1/2/91) 3-Point Field Goals 17 Chicago (vs. Brandeis, 2/6/09), (vs. Rochester, 1/21/07) 3-Point Field Goals Attempted 39 Emory (vs. Case, 2/25/06; vs. WashU, 1/29/12) 3-Point Field Goal Percentage .867 Brandeis (vs. Washington, 2/23/97) Free Throws 46 Washington (vs. Emory, 2/12/06) Free Throws Attempted 59 Washington (vs. Emory, 2/12/06) Free Throw Percentage (Min. 20 Att.) .962 NYU (vs. Washington, 2/2/01), Emory (vs. Chicago, 1/4/91) Rebounds 64 Emory (vs. Carnegie Mellon, 2/15/02) Assists 31 Rochester (vs. Case, 12/7/88)
Field Goals Attempted 165 NYU (90) vs. Brandeis (75)
1/22/93
3-Point Field Goals 27 Brandeis (14) vs. Emory (13)
2/1/04
3-Point Field Goals Attempted 59 Carnegie Mellon (27) 1/27/02 vs. Washington (32) Free Throws 71 Emory (25) 2/12/06 vs. Washington (46) Free Throws Attempted 94 Carnegie Mellon (36-52) 1/27/08 vs. Emory (32-42) Rebounds 110 NYU (47) 1/26/90 vs. Emory (63) Assists 57 NYU (28) 1/22/93 vs. Brandeis (29) Blocked Shots 18 NYU (12) 1/23/05 vs. Case (6) Brandeis (15) 2/7/92 vs. Emory (3) Steals 35 Emory (24) 1/11/03 vs. Case (11) Case (21) 1/19/90 vs. Chicago (14) Longest Game 3 OT Brandeis (81) 2/4/07 at Washington (75)
Blocked Shots 15 Brandeis (vs. Emory, 2/7/92) Steals 24 Emory (vs. Case, 1/11/03); Washington (vs. Case, 2/8/02)
Records on this page include statistics from UAA games only.
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History & Records Year by Year Records No Conference Affiliation (1903-05) Year 1903-04 1904-05
W-L 7-0 9-3
Pct. 1.000 .750
Coach Wilfred Childs Wilfred Childs
Big Ten Conference (1905-46)
Overall
Year 1905-06 1906-07 1907-08 1908-09 1909-10 1910-11 1911-12 1912-13 1913-14 1914-15 1915-16 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 1920-21 1921-22 1922-23 1923-24 1924-25 1925-26 1926-27 1927-28 1928-29 1929-30 1930-31 1931-32 1932-33 1933-34 1934-35 1935-36 1936-37 1937-38 1938-39 1939-40 1940-41 1941-42 1942-43 1943-44 1944-45 1945-46
Big Ten
W-L Pct. 5-5 .500 21-2 .913 23-2 .920 12-0 1.000 10-3 .769 13-5 .722 12-6 .667 20-6 .769 19-9 .679 20-5 .800 15-11 .577 13-15 .464 14-10 .583 21-6 .778 27-8 .771 14-6 .700 15-15 .500 6-9 .400 10-7 .588 3-14 .176 5-11 .313 6-11 .353 8-9 .471 5-11 .313 5-12 .294 8-9 .471 2-15 .118 2-16 .111 5-15 .250 2-18 .100 6-14 .300 4-16 .200 6-12 .333 9-11 .450 5-14 .263 6-14 .300 2-19 .095 0-21 .000 1-19 .050 7-8 .467 6-14 .300
W-L Pct. Place 3-5 .375 4th 6-2 .750 1st 7-1 .875 1st 12-0 1.000 1st 9-3 .750 1st 7-5 .583 3rd 7-5 .583 3rd 8-4 .667 3rd 8-4 .667 3rd 9-3 .750 2nd 4-8 .333 7th 4-8 .333 6th 6-6 .500 4th 10-2 .833 2nd 10-2 .833 1st 6-6 .500 8th 5-7 .417 6th 6-6 .500 6th 8-4 .667 1st 1-11 .083 10th 4-8 .333 8th 3-9 .250 8th 5-7 .417 6th 2-10 .167 9th 2-10 .167 8th 4-8 .333 7th 1-11 .083 10th 1-11 .083 9th 2-10 .167 10th 1-11 .083 10th 0-12 .000 10th 0-12 .000 10th 2-10 .167 10th 4-8 .333 7th 1-11 .083 10th 0-12 .000 10th 0-15 .000 10th 0-9 .000 10th 0-8 .000 10th - - - 0-12 .000 10th
Coach Wilfred Childs Joseph Raycroft Joseph Raycroft Joseph Raycroft Joseph Raycroft John Schommer Pat Page Pat Page Pat Page Pat Page Pat Page Pat Page Pat Page Pat Page Pat Page Amos Alonzo Stagg Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren J. Kyle Anderson J. Kyle Anderson Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren
No Conference Affiliation (1946-76) Year 1946-47 1947-48 1948-49 1949-50 1950-51 1951-52 1952-53 1953-54 1954-55 1955-56 1956-57 1957-58
W-L 4-13 2-16 10-8 10-8 0-18 0-15 1-16 6-9 6-13 7-9 6-11 11-7
Pct. .235 .111 .556 .556 .000 .000 .058 .400 .316 .438 .353 .611
Coach Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Nelson Norgren Joseph Stampf
1958-59 1959-60 1960-61 1961-62 1962-63 1963-64 1964-65 1965-66 1966-67 1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76
13-6 18-4 19-4 13-7 14-5 5-11 7-8 12-4 9-8 14-5 7-10 3-13 7-8 16-4 15-4 16-4 9-6 14-4
.684 .818 .826 .650 .737 .313 .467 .750 .529 .737 .412 .188 .467 .800 .789 .800 .600 .778
Joseph Stampf Joseph Stampf Joseph Stampf Joseph Stampf Joseph Stampf Joseph Stampf Joseph Stampf Joseph Stampf Joseph Stampf Joseph Stampf Joseph Stampf Joseph Stampf Joseph Stampf Joseph Stampf Joseph Stampf Joseph Stampf Joseph Stampf John Angelus
Midwest Conference (1976-87)
Overall
Year 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87
W-L Pct. 11-9 .550 7-12 .368 8-10 .444 5-13 .278 10-9 .526 10-10 .500 10-9 .526 11-9 .550 13-9 .591 8-13 .381 13-8 .619
MWC W-L Pct. Place Coach 3-5 .375 4th John Angelus 3-5 .375 4th John Angelus 4-6 .400 4th John Angelus 1-11 .083 5th John Angelus 5-7 .417 3rd John Angelus 3-10 .231 4th John Angelus 5-8 .385 3rd John Angelus 8-6 .571 3rd John Angelus 9-5 .643 2nd John Angelus 4-10 .286 5th John Angelus 8-6 .571 3rd John Angelus
University Athletic Association (1987-present)
Overall
Year 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
W-L Pct. 6-15 .286 7-15 .318 6-15 .286 7-17 .292 7-18 .280 11-14 .440 3-22 .120 11-14 .440 18-7 .720 23-5 .821 24-3 .889 17-8 .680 23-4 .852 24-4 .857 15-10 .600 15-10 .600 12-13 .480 10-15 .400 15-10 .600 20-6 .769 18-8 .692 6-19 .240 13-12 .520 10-15 .400 14-11 .560 11-14 .440 15-10 .600 16-9 .640
UAA W-L Pct. Place Coach 1-8 .111 8th John Angelus 5-8 .385 5th John Angelus 3-11 .214 8th John Angelus 3-11 .214 9th John Angelus 3-11 .214 6th Pat Cunningham 5-9 .357 5th Pat Cunningham 2-12 .143 6th Pat Cunningham 5-9 .357 6th Pat Cunningham 11-3 .786 2nd Pat Cunningham 13-1 .929 1st Pat Cunningham 14-0 1.000 1st Pat Cunningham 9-5 .643 2nd Pat Cunningham 15-0 .1000 1st Mike McGrath 14-1 .933 1st Mike McGrath 10-4 .786 3rd Mike McGrath 11-3 .786 3rd Mike McGrath 8-6 .571 3rd Mike McGrath 6-8 .429 5th Mike McGrath 8-6 .571 3rd Mike McGrath 11-3 .786 1st Mike McGrath 11-3 .786 1st Mike McGrath 6-8 .429 5th Mike McGrath 7-7 .500 3rd Mike McGrath 7-7 .500 3rd Mike McGrath 7-7 .500 5th Mike McGrath 5-9 .357 5th Mike McGrath 8-6 .571 3rd Mike McGrath 8-6 .571 3rd Mike McGrath
All-Time Coaching Records by Victories
by Winning Percentage
Coach Mike McGrath Joseph Stampf Nelson Norgren Pat Page John Angelus Pat Cunningham Joseph Raycroft Wilfred Childs Amos Alonzo Stagg John Schommer J. Kyle Anderson
Coach Joseph Raycroft Wilfred Childs John Schommer Amos Alonzo Stagg Pat Page Joseph Stampf Mike McGrath Pat Cunningham John Angelus Nelson Norgren J. Kyle Anderson
Years 1999–– 1957-75 1921-42, 44-57 1911-20 1975-91 1991-99 1906-10 1903-06 1920-21 1910-11 1942-44
W-L 237-170 208-118 185-430 161-76 146-177 114-91 66-7 21-8 14-6 13-5 1-40
Pct. .582 .638 .301 .679 .452 .556 .904 .724 .700 .722 .024
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Years 1906-10 1903-06 1910-11 1920-21 1911-20 1957-75 1999–– 1991-99 1975-91 1921-42, 44-57 1942-44
W-L 66-7 21-8 13-5 14-6 161-76 208-118 237-170 114-91 146-177 185-430 1-40
Pct. .904 .724 .722 .700 .679 .638 .582 .556 .452 .301 .024
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History & Records Individual & Team Records Individual
Highest 3-Point FG Percentage •Career: •Season:
Most Points •Career: 2,254 •Season: 636 •Game: 49
Derek Reich ('99-03) Derek Reich ('02-03) Matt Johnson (v. Emory, 2011-12)
Most Rebounds •Career: 934 •Season: 293 •Game: 23
Derek Reich ('99-03) Gene Ericksen ('62-63) Gene Ericksen (v. Carleton, ‘61-62); (v. Wis.-Oshkosh, ‘62-63)
Most Field Goals Made •Career: 792 •Season: 221 •Game: 19
Derek Reich ('99-03) Derek Reich ('02-03) Bill Lester (v. Aurora, ‘56-57)
Most Field Goals Attempted
.469 Tyler Smithson ('98-02) .559 Tyler Smithson ('00-01)
Most Free Throws Made •Career: 519 •Season: 156 •Game: 16
•Career: 205 •Season: 71 •Game: 8
Jesse Meyer ('03-07) Jesse Meyer ('06-07) J. Meyer (‘04-05) Clint Patterson (‘94-95) Matt Johnson (three times, ‘11-12)
Most 3-Point Field Goals Attempted •Career: •Season:
496 Jesse Meyer ('03-07) 193 Clint Patterson ('93-94)
(2000-01) (v. Grinnell, ‘95-96)
Most Rebounds •Season: •Game:
1010 60
(2014-215) (v. Ill. College, ‘94-95)
Most Field Goals Attempted
Derek Reich ('99-03) Derek Reich ('02-03) Fred Dietz (v. Illinois Tech, ‘68-69)
Highest Free Throw Percentage •Career: .854 Matt Johnson ('08-12) •Season: .891 Larry Liss ('61-62) Matt Johnson (‘11-12)
Most Assists
Most Steals
Most 3-Point Field Goals Made
2,048 137
Most Field Goals Made
•Career: •Season:
.533 Derek Reich ('99-03) .650 Martin Campbell ('65-66)
•Season: •Game:
•Career: 679 •Season: 227 •Game: 21
Highest Field Goal Percentage
1,485 Derek Reich ('99-03) 421 Ali Lejlic ('93-94)
Most Points
Most Free Throws Attempted
•Career: 484 •Season: 168 •Game: 17
•Career: •Season:
Derek Reich ('99-03) Derek Reich ('02-03) Derek Reich (v. Wis.-Eau Claire, ‘00-01)
Team
•Career: 170 •Season: 64 •Game: 7
Rusty Loyd ('94-98) Rusty Loyd ('96-97) Rusty Loyd (v. Brandeis, ‘96-97)
Rusty Loyd ('94-98) Rusty Loyd ('95-96) James Holcomb (v. Wheaton, ‘90-91); Matt Loucks (v. Oberlin, ‘94-95)
•Season: •Game:
752 53
1,638 90
(1996-97) (v. National, ‘72-73)
(1994-95) (v. Grinnell, ‘95-96)
Highest Field Goal Pct. •Season: •Game:
.486 .723
(1972-73) (v. Grinnell, ‘94-95)
Most 3-Point Field Goals Made •Season: 285 •Game: 17
(2006-07) (v. Brandeis, ‘08-09), (v. Rochester, ‘06-07), (v. Kalamazoo, ‘06-07)
Most 3-Point Field Goals Attempted •Season: •Game:
721 37
(2006-07) (v. Coast Guard, ‘06-07)
Highest 3-Point FG Pct. (min. 5 made) •Season: •Game:
.436 .833
(1996-97) (v. Emory, ‘88-89)
Most Free Throws Made
Most Blocked Shots •Career: 136 •Season: 42 •Game: 7
•Season: •Game:
Craig Kelleher ('95-99) Craig Kelleher ('97-98) Craig Kelleher (v. Carnegie Mellon, ‘97-98)
•Season: 462 •Game: 40
(1999-00) (v. Principia, ‘71-72), (v. Valparaiso, ‘60-61)
Most Free Throws Attempted •Season: •Game:
603 67
(2000-01) (v. Valparaiso, 1914-15)
Highest Free Throw Pct. (10 made) •Season: •Game:
.783 .958
(1999-2000) (v. Case, ‘11-12)
Most Assists •Season: 437 •Game: 31
(1996-97) (v. Grinnell, ‘95-96), (v. Grinnell, ‘94-95)
Most Steals •Season: 237 •Game: 16
(1994-95) (v. Brandeis, ‘97-98), (v. Oberlin, ‘94-95)
Most Blocked Shots
From 1994-98, Aaron Horne (left) and Rusty Loyd (right) helped lead a resurgence of UChicago men’s basketball. The Maroons posted a 76-29 record during that time, with a pair of UAA championships and two trips to the NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen. Both players were inducted into the UChicago Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009.
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•Season: 80 •Game: 9
(1999-00) (v. Augustana, ‘12-13), (v. Kalamazoo, ‘05-06), (v. Emory, ‘04-05), (v. Thiel, ‘02-03), (v. Emory, ‘01-02)
Year-by-year statistics are incomplete prior to the 1957-58 season. The records listed in this program reflect the years 1958-present.
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History & Records Career & Season Statistical Leaders Points Career
2,254 1,406 1,334 1,324 1,303 1,293 1,283 1,272 1,220 1,127
Season
636 566 565 506 487 479 461 442 435 435
Assists Derek Reich Jerry Clark Aaron Horne Keith Libert Frank Edwards Bill Lester Matt Krapf Ali Lejlic Jay Alley Matt Johnson
1999-03 1970-74 1994-98 1981-85 1970-74 1954-57 1988-92 1990-94 1975-79 2008-12
Derek Reich Derek Reich Derek Reich Matt Johnson Derek Reich Ali Lejlic Matt Corning Matt Johnson Alexi Giannoulias Bill Lester
2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 2011-12 1999-00 1993-94 2007-08 2010-11 1994-95 1956-57
Scoring Average Career
21.5 19.3 19.3 18.1 17.0 16.3 14.1 14.1 14.0 13.9
Season
25.5 25.4 22.6 22.6 20.7 20.7 20.2 20.2 19.9 19.2 19.2
934 840 807 696 646 637 588 547 536 524
Season
293 261 260 255 250 248 241 230 221 217
484 332 324 310 283 268 235 229 227 222
Season
168 155 134 129 115 113 109 108 101 100 100
Rusty Loyd Jake Pancratz Aaron Horne Brandon Woodhead Tyler Smithson Nate Hainje Brian Cuttica Royce Muskeyvalley Matt Johnson Jason Sears
1994-98 2006-10 1994-98 2003-07 1998–02 2004-08 2001-05 2011-15 2011-12 1991-94
Rusty Loyd Rusty Loyd Rusty Loyd Tyler Howard Jake Pancratz Brandon Woodhead Jake Pancratz Tyler Smithson Jason Sears Aaron Horne Matt Benz
1996-97 1997-98 1995-96 2014-15 2007-08 2005-06 2009-10 2000-01 1992-93 1995-96 1992-93
Rusty Loyd Aaron Horne Craig Kelleher Jake Pancratz James Holcomb Brandon Woodhead Jason Milesko Matt Morycz Jason Sears Eric Chilenskas
1994-98 1994-98 1995-99 2006-10 1987-91 2004-07 1994-98 1994-98 1991-94 1987-91
Rusty Loyd Rusty Loyd Tyler Howard Jason Sears Rusty Loyd Aaron Horne Jason Sears James Holcomb James Holcomb Aaron Horne
1995-96 1996-97 2014-15 1992-93 1997-98 1994-95 1993-94 1990-91 1989-90 1995-96
Steals
Derek Reich Bill Lester Jerry Clark Frank Edwards Keith Libert Jay Alley Martin Campbell Gary Pearson Aaron Horne Matt Krapf
1999-03 1954-57 1970-74 1970-74 1981-85 1975-79 1964-68 1956-60 1994-98 1988-92
Bill Lester Derek Reich Derek Reich Jerry Clark Jerry Clark Frank Edwards Derek Reich Matt Johnson Jay Alley Frank Edwards Ali Lejlic
1956-57 2002-03 2001-02 1972-73 1973-74 1972-73 2000-01 2011-12 1976-77 1973-74 1993-94
Rebounds Career
Career
Career
170 158 115 104 103 97 97 89 87 84
Season
64 50 46 45 44 42 42 41 41 40
Derek Reich is the all-time leading scorer in UChicago history (2,254 points)
Blocked Shots
Derek Reich Gene Ericksen Craig Kelleher Gary Pearson Frank Edwards Keith Libert Nate Hainje Martin Campbell Eric Chilenskas Dave Witt
1999-03 1959-63 1995-99 1957-60 1970-74 1981-85 2004-08 1964-68 1987-91 1983-87
Gene Ericksen Gene Ericksen Gene Ericksen Derek Reich Gary Pearson Gary Pearson Derek Reich Derek Reich Craig Kelleher Craig Kelleher
1962-63 1960-61 1961-62 2001-02 1959-60 1958-59 2000-01 2002-03 1996-97 1995-96
Career
136 91 80 64 57 49 39 34 34 33 33
Season
42 37 36 32 32 31 31 31 26 25
Craig Kelleher Mike Dolezal Eric Chilenskas Brad Henderson Tim Reynolds Derek Reich Steve Stefanou Mike Agema Ali Lejlic Clay Carmody Derrick Davis
1995-99 2001-05 1987-91 1998-01 2004-08 1999-03 2008-12 1998-01 1990-94 2002-06 2010-14
Craig Kelleher Mike Dolezal Brad Henderson Tim Reynolds Craig Kelleher Craig Kelleher Craig Kelleher Eric Chilenskas Eric Chilenskas Lin Shannon
1997-98 2002-03 1999-00 2007-08 1995-96 1998-99 1996-97 1990-91 1987-88 1988-89
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History & Records Career & Season Statistical Leaders Field Goals Made Career
792 585 562 545 541 508 505 483 472 384
Season
221 204 201 198 184 177 171 169 168 160
Field Goal Percentage
Derek Reich Jerry Clark Frank Edwards Ali Lejlic Keith Libert Jay Alley Aaron Horne Matt Krapf Craig Kelleher Dave Witt
1999-03 1970-74 1970-74 1990-94 1981-85 1975-79 1994-98 1988-92 1995-99 1983-87
Derek Reich Derek Reich Ali Lejlic Derek Reich Jerry Clark Jerry Clark Scott Fisher Derek Reich Frank Edwards Ali Lejlic
2002-03 2001-02 1993-94 2000-01 1973-74 1972-73 2003-04 1999-00 1972-73 1992-93
Free Throws Made Career
519 280 276 263 258 251 244 244 236 219 211 211
Season
156 137 131 131 125 113 105 101 97 94
Derek Reich Aaron Horne Fred Dietz Matt Johnson Joel Zemans Matt Corning Keith Libert Gary Pearson Jerry Clark Matt Krapf Nate Hainje Gene Ericksen
Derek Reich Derek Reich Matt Johnson Fred Dietz Derek Reich Matt Corning Matt Johnson Derek Reich Aaron Horne Gary Pearson
205 197 185 171 154 151 148 146 137 128
Season
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71 68 68 67 67 66 61 61 60 58
.533 .516 .516 .516 .508 .493 .479 .477 .473 .472
Derek Reich Matt Corning Ali Lejlic Keith Libert Frank Edwards Charlie Hughes Jerry Clark Nate Hainje Rob Omiecinski Rusty Loyd
Season (min. 5 attempts per game)
.650 .615 .582 .578 .574 .565 .560 .558 .556 .550
Martin Campbell Eric Chilenskas Ali Lejlic Mark Phelan Nate Brooks Martin Campbell Carey Hines Peter Leinroth Eric Chilenskas Dave Witt
1999-03 2004-09 1990-94 1981-85 1970-74 2010-14 1970-74 2004-08 1982-86 1994-98
1965-66 1990-91 1992-93 1989-90 2014-15 1964-65 1975-76 1979-80 1987-88 1983-84
Free Throw Percentage 1999-03 1994-98 1965-69 2008-12 1959-63 2004-09 1981-85 1956-60 1970-74 1988-92 2004-08 1959-63
2002-03 2000-01 2011-12 1968-69 2001-02 2007-08 2010-11 1999-00 1995-96 1959-60
3-Pt. Field Goals Made Career
Career (min. 450 attempts)
Career (min. 150 attempts)
.854 .817 .810 .806 .799 .787 .771 .769 .767 .764
Matt Johnson Larry Liss Mike Clifford Rob Omiecinski Dan Hayes Tyler Smithson Jon Poyer Brandon Woodhead Jay Alley Derek Reich
Season (min. 2.5 attempts per game)
.891 .891 .889 .875 .863 .861 .859 .847 .829 .820
Matt Johnson Larry Liss Brandon Woodhead Tyler Smithson Derek Reich Matt Johnson Matt MacKenzie Doug Petersen Mike Clifford Larry Liss
2008-12 1959-63 1983-87 1982-86 1974-78 1998-02 1998-02 2003-07 1975-79 1999-03
Matt Johnson is UChicago’s all-time leader in career and season free throw percentage
2011-12 1961-62 2004-05 2001-02 1999-00 2010-11 2010-11 1965-66 1986-87 1962-63
3-Pt. FG Percentage
Jesse Meyer Jake Pancratz Andy Strommen Jason Milesko Clint Patterson Derek Reich Matt Johnson Nate Hainje Jim Waichulis Brian Cuttica
2003-07 2006-10 1995-99 1994-98 1992-95 1999-03 2008-12 2004-08 1998-01 2001-05
Jesse Meyer Jesse Meyer Clint Patterson Matt Johnson Clint Patterson Andy Strommen Matt Johnson Jim Waichulis Jake Pancratz Alex Voss
2006-07 2005-06 1993-94 2011-12 1994-95 1998-99 2010-11 2000-01 2007-08 2014-15
Career (min. 125 attempts)
.469 .455 .440 .414 .414 .413 .405 .398 .397 .395
Tyler Smithson Andy Strommen Derek Reich Matt Loucks Matt Morycz Jesse Meyer Kurt Riemer Rusty Loyd Brad Henderon John Kinsella
Season (min. 1.5 attempts per game)
.559 .527 .511 .510 .487 .478 .475 .467 .458 .453
Tyler Smithson Andy Strommen Jon Poyer Brandon Woodhead Jesse Meyer Alexi Giannoulias Derek Reich James Horning Matt Loucks Tyler Smithson
1998–02 1995-99 1999-03 ‘92-95,01 1994-98 2003-07 1996-00 1994-98 1998-01 2006-10
2000-01 1996-97 2000-01 2003-04 2004-05 1994-95 1999-00 1991-92 1993-94 2001-02
Andy Strommen ranks second in school history in three-point percentage and third in three-pointers made
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History & Records Honor Roll Rhodes Scholar Brad Henderson Sean Mahoney John McDonough Edwin Hubble
2001 1984 1928 1910
NCAA Walter Byers Award Brad Henderson
2000-01
NCAA Postgraduate Scholar Aaron Horne Keith Libert Jerry Clark Dennis Waldon
1997-98 1984-85 1973-74 1968-69
Big Ten Era All-America Bill Haarlow Bill Haarlow Fritz Crisler Bob Birkhoff Paul Hinkle Arthur Hoffman Pat Page Pat Page John Schommer Pat Page John Schommer Albert Houghton John Schommer James Ozanne
All-UAA 1st & 2nd Team
Derek Reich
Jordan Smith Alex Voss Royce Muskeyvalley Matt Johnson Matt Johnson Jake Pancratz John Kinsella John Kinsella Matt Corning Nate Hainje Jake Pancratz Nate Hainje Brandon Woodhead Jesse Meyer Brandon Woodhead Scott Fisher Derek Reich Scott Fisher Derek Reich Jon Poyer Derek Reich Jim Waichulis Tyler Smithson Brad Henderson Derek Reich Kurt Riemer Andy Strommen Aaron Horne Rusty Loyd Matt Morycz Craig Kelleher Rusty Loyd Aaron Horne Matt Morycz Aaron Horne Rusty Loyd Alexi Giannoulias Ali Lejlic Ali Lejlic Matt Krapf Matt Krapf
2002-03
NCAA Division III All-America Nate Hainje Derek Reich Derek Reich Derek Reich Aaron Horne Rusty Loyd
2007-08 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1997-98 1997-98
NCAA Division III Statistical Champion Andy Strommen*
1996-97
*3-point field goal percentage
All-Midwest Conference 1935-36 1934-35 1924-25 1920-21 1919-20 1909-10 1909-10 1908-09 1908-09 1907-08 1907-08 1906-07 1906-07 1904-05
NCAA College Division All-America Jerry Clark Gene Ericksen Joel Zemans Joel Zemans
NCAA Division III Player of the Year
1973-74 1962-63 1961-62 1960-61
Mike Clifford Tom Redburg Rob Omiecinski Dave Witt Mike Clifford Keith Libert Nick Meriggioli Rob Omiecinski Keith Libert Keith Libert Keith Libert Kenneth Jacobs Jay Alley Bret Schaefer Jay Alley Jay Alley
1986-87 1986-87 1985-86 1985-86 1984-85 1984-85 1984-85 1984-85 1983-84 1982-83 1981-82 1979-80 1978-79 1978-79 1977-78 1976-77
UAA Player of the Year Nate Hainje Derek Reich Derek Reich Derek Reich Derek Reich Andy Strommen
1974 All-American Jerry Clark
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2007-08 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-90 1998-99
1st 2014-15 2nd 2014-15 2nd 2013-14 1st 2011-12 1st 2010-11 1st 2009-10 2nd 2009-10 2nd 2008-09 1st 2007-08 1st 2007-08 2nd 2007-08 1st 2006-07 1st 2006-07 2nd 2006-07 2nd 2005-06 1st 2003-04 1st 2002-03 2nd 2002-03 1st 2001-02| 2nd 2001-02 1st 2000-01 1st 2000-01 2nd 2000-01 1st 1999-00 1st 1999-90 2nd 1999-00 1st 1998-99 1st 1997-98 1st 1997-98 1st 1997-98 1st 1996-97 1st 1996-97 2nd 1996-97 2nd 1996-97 1st 1995-96 2nd 1995-96 2nd 1994-95 1st 1993-94 2nd 1992-93 1st 1989-90 2nd 1988-89
The 1959-60 Men’s Basketball Team
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History & Records Series Records vs. All Opponents Opponent Adrian Albion Allegheny Alma Armour Tech Augustana (Ill.) Aurora
W 1 4 1 1 10 1 11
L First 0 1997-98 5 1950-51 0 1999-00 2 1963-64 4 1906-07 6 1916-17 4 1953-54
Last 1997-98 2012-13 1999-00 2012-13 1939-40 2013-14 2004-05
Opponent Illinois College Illinois Tech Illinois Wesleyan Indiana Iowa Iowa State Iowa Wesleyan
Babson Beloit Benedictine (Ill.) Berry Bethany Blackburn Bradley Brandeis Brigham Young Brown Butler
1 0 2007-08 11 25 1904-05 17 4 1955-56 1 0 2011-12 1 0 2014-15 0 1 1969-70 3 3 1930-31 31 24 1962-63 0 1 1930-31 0 1 1969-70 2 8 1920-21
2007-08 2014-15 2002-03 2011-12 2014-15 1969-70 1961-62 2014-15 1930-31 1969-70 1934-35
Johns Hopkins Judson
Calvin Carleton Carnegie Mellon Carnegie Tech Carroll Carthage Case Western Reserve Central Chicago Teachers Clark Coast Guard Coe Colby Colgate Colorado College Columbia Concordia (Mich.) Concordia (Wis.) Concordia Chicago Cornell (Iowa) Cornerstone Curry
1 0 2000-01 8 11 1929-30 39 17 1931-32 0 1 1931-32 3 1 1935-36 0 4 1978-79 35 11 1964-65 0 1 1965-66 10 10 1939-40 0 1 1973-74 1 0 2006-07 9 19 1946-47 1 0 2005-06 0 1 1921-22 11 5 1961-62 1 0 1907-08 3 1 1979-80 0 1 2003-04 10 9 1951-52 4 6 1930-31 3 0 1982-83 0 1 1950-51
2000-01 2009-10 2014-15 1931-32 1995-96 2002-03 2014-15 1965-66 1960-61 1973-74 2006-07 2011-12 2005-06 1921-22 2000-01 1907-08 1987-88 2003-04 2007-08 2006-07 1984-85 1950-51
2 7 1935-36 5 10 1921-22 1 0 1996-97 7 6 1959-60 0 2 1960-61 3 0 1964-64 8 1 1980-81 0 1 1962-63 0 1 1977-78 3 0 1959-60 0 1 1977-78
1943-44 2007-08 1996-97 2010-11 1961-62 1966-67 2014-15 1962-63 1977-78 1961-62 1977-78
DePaul DePauw Defiance Denison Detroit Mercy Detroit Tech Dominican (Ill.) Drake Drexel Dubuque Duke Earlham Eckerd Edgewood Elmhurst Emory Eureka Florida Tech Franklin George Williams Georgia Grinnell Hanover Harvard Haverford Hope Illinois Illinois-Chicago
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2 0 2 3 36 0
0 2 2 11 21 1
1999-00 1983-84 1987-88 1952-53 1986-87 1979-80
2009-10 1985-86 2009-10 1992-93 2014-15 1979-80
0 1 1971-72 1971-72 1 0 2011-12 2011-12 9 1 20
5 0 11
1 0 2 1
1943-44 1940-41 1946-47
0 2010-11 1 1950-51 1 1977-78 4 1957-58
1982-83 1940-41 1995-96 2010-11 1950-51 1998-99 2006-07
28 35 1904-05 1945-46 16 14 1948-49 1971-72
W 5 36 7 13 16 0 0
L 3 51 16 21 29 1 3
First 1964-65 1940-41 1991-92 1907-08 1903-04 1926-27 1965-66
Last 1994-95 2014-15 2014-15 1945-46 1945-46 1926-27 1981-82
8 2
6 1
1959-60 1967-68
2000-01 1982-83
Kalamazoo Kendall Kentucky Kenyon King’s Point Knox
15 11 1965-66 2 0 1967-68 0 2 1932-33 2 1 1947-48 1 0 1958-59 17 27 1946-47
2014-15 1970-71 1934-35 2002-03 1958-59 1984-85
Lake Forest Lawrence Lewis and Clark Lewis Institute Loras Loyola (Ill.)
57 25 1 7 2 5
2014-15 1986-87 2000-01 1955-56 2011-12 1977-78
32 11 0 2 2 4
1904-05 1904-05 2000-01 1904-05 2007-08 1935-36
MacMurray 7 4 1960-61 Madonna 0 1 2003-04 Maranatha Baptist 4 0 1975-76 Marian (Ind.) 1 0 1997-98 Marian (Wis.) 1 1 1981-82 Marquette 4 15 1930-31 Mercer 1 0 1924-25 Methodist 0 1 1996-97 Michigan 10 23 1917-18 Michigan-Dearborn 1 0 1978-79 Michigan State 1 0 1926-27 Minnesota 27 34 1903-04 Missouri 0 1 1969-70 MIT 2 1 1961-62 Monmouth (Ill.) 3 5 1927-28 Moody Bible 1 0 1995-96 Mount Mercy 0 1 1980-81 Mount Senario 2 0 1974-75 Mount Union 0 1 1993-94 MSOE 2 2 2006-07
1998-99 2003-04 2012-13 1997-98 1982-83 1942-43 1924-25 1996-97 1945-46 1978-79 1926-27 1945-46 1969-70 1986-87 1986-87 1995-96 1980-81 1992-93 1993-94 2009-10
National Education Navy Nazareth Niles North Central North Park Northeastern Illinois Northern Iowa Northern Michigan Northwestern (Ill.) Northwestern (Wis.) Notre Dame Nova Southeastern NYU
6 0 1971-72 0 1 1924-25 1 1 1980-81 14 1 1970-71 6 11 1933-34 6 2 1960-61 1 2 1967-68 0 1 1984-85 0 1 1958-59 29 28 1903-04 9 0 1971-72 0 4 1932-33 0 1 1987-88 31 26 1986-87
1973-74 1924-25 1989-90 1979-80 1996-97 2014-15 1988-89 1984-85 1958-59 1993-94 1977-78 1936-37 1987-88 2014-15
Oakland Oberlin Ohio State Ohio Northern Ohio Wesleyan Olivet
0 1 1968-69 6 5 1905-06 15 26 1912-13 0 1 1998-99 3 1 1929-30 1 0 1980-81
1968-69 1995-96 1945-46 1998-99 2004-05 1980-81
Penn 3 2 1907-08 Pittsburgh 0 1 1927-28 Princeton 2 0 1920-21 Principia 2 2 1969-70 Puget Sound 0 2 1976-77 Purdue 22 34 1903-04 Purdue-Calumet 0 1 1993-94 Purdue-North Central 6 0 1971-72
1919-20 1927-28 1940-41 1972-73 1984-85 1945-46 1993-94 1975-76
Opponent Queen’s
W 0
L 1
First 1987-88
Rhodes Ripon Robert Morris (Ill.) Rochester (N.Y.) Rockford Rollins Roosevelt Rose-Hulman
1 1 2001-02 9 17 1957-58 1 1 1994-95 27 30 1959-60 2 2 1967-68 2 1 1975-76 12 1 1967-68 3 1 1999-00
Last 1987-88 2011-12 1999-00 1995-96 2014-15 1988-89 1985-86 1977-78 2013-14
St. Ambrose St. John’s (Minn.) St. Joseph’s (Ind.) St. Martin’s St. Mary’s (Md.) St. Mary’s (Mich.) St. Mary’s (Minn.) St. Norbert St. Olaf St. Thomas (Fla.) St. Thomas (Minn.) St. Xavier Savannah College Seattle Pacific Siena Heights Simpson South Florida Southern Illinois Southwestern (Texas) Springfield Stetson Stevenson
1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
0 1978-79 2 2008-09 4 1949-50 2 1976-77 0 1996-97 1 1987-88 0 2004-05 9 1983-84 0 1957-58 1 1987-88 1 1961-62 1 1988-89 0 1995-96 1 1976-77 0 1979-80 0 1960-61 1 1973-74 2 1933-34 2 2002-03 0 2003-04 1 1978-79 0 2014-15
1978-79 2010-11 1950-51 1984-85 1996-97 1987-88 2004-05 2009-10 1957-58 1987-88 1963-64 1988-89 1996-97 1976-77 1979-80 1960-61 1973-74 1946-47 2012-13 2003-04 1978-79 2014-15
Thiel Toledo Transylvania Trinity (Texas) Trinity Christian Trinity International Tufts Tulane
1 1 1 3 7 8 1 0
0 2002-03 0 1919-20 0 2007-08 2 2002-03 1 1976-77 3 1969-70 0 1961-62 4 1965-66
2002-03 1919-20 2007-08 2013-14 1988-89 1992-93 1961-62 1968-69
Union Upper Iowa Utah
2 0 1959-60 1960-61 1 0 1981-82 1981-82 0 1 1939-40 1939-40
Valparaiso Vanderbilt
1 0
Wabash Washington & Lee Washington-St. Louis Wayne State (Mich.) Webster Western Illinois Western Michigan Western Reserve Westminster (Pa.) Wheaton (Ill.) Whitman William Paterson William Penn Winona State Wisconsin Wisconsin Lutheran Wis.-Eau Claire Wis.-Oshkosh Wis.-Platteville Wis.-River Falls Wis.-Stevens Point Wittenberg Wooster WPI Yale
1 1
1960-61 1922-23
5 4 1956-57 1 0 2013-14 19 48 1907-08 4 3 1958-59 1 0 1994-95 1 1 1931-32 0 3 1940-41 1 1 1964-65 0 1 1977-78 13 20 1933-34 1 0 2013-14 1 0 1993-94 1 0 1995-96 2 0 1910-11 21 44 1903-04 1 2 1989-90 1 1 1953-54 1 0 1962-63 1 1 1961-62 0 1 1997-98 0 3 1999-00 1 1 1973-74 0 2 1989-90 1 0 2014-15 2 0 1923-24
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1961-62 1922-23 1999-00 2013-14 2014-15 1964-65 1994-95 1945-46 1942-43 1965-66 1977-78 2014-15 2013-14 1993-94 1995-96 1911-12 1945-46 1991-92 2000-01 1962-63 1997-98 1997-98 2007-08 1997-98 2000-01 2014-15 1938-39
History & Records NCAA Tournament History 2007-08
1999-00
1973-74
Division III Tournament
Division III Tournament
College Division Tournament
First Round (Collegeville, Minn.) Wis.-Stevens Point 67, Chicago 53
Second Round (Chicago, Ill.) Chicago 75, Ripon 68
First Round (Springfield, Ohio) Wittenberg 82, Chicago 58
2006-07
Round of 16 (Buena Vista, Iowa) Wis.-Stevens Point 63, Chicago 49
1960-61
Division III Tournament
College Division Tournament
First Round (Aurora, Ill.) Hope 76, Chicago 54
1997-98
2000-01
Second Round (Chicago, Ill.) Chicago 67, Wabash 62
Round of 16 (Chicago, Ill.) Chicago 55, Lincoln 42
Second Round (Chicago, Ill.) Chicago 74, Wis.-Eau Claire 67
Round of 16 (Platteville, Wis.) Wis.-Platteville 78, Chicago 63
Quarterfinals (Evansville, Ind.) Southeast Missouri 67, Chicago 41
Round of 16 (Chicago, Ill.) Chicago 62, Lewis & Clark 52
1996-97
Quarterfinals (Chicago, Ill.) Illinois Wesleyan 77, Chicago 68
First Round (Chicago, Ill.) Chicago 59, Benedictine 52
Division III Tournament
Division III Tournament
First Round (Chicago, Ill.) Chicago 64, MacMurray 59
Division III Tournament
Second Round (Chicago, Ill.) Chicago 78, Wabash 70 Round of 16 (Bloomington, Ill.) Methodist 74, Chicago 70
2001 NCAA Division III Quarterfinalists
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Traditions The “C” Logo The University of Chicago athletics emblem underwent several changes during the institution’s early years. The first football team in 1892 sported no recognizable emblem on its uniforms. In an effort to provide the team with an identity, the letters “UC” were cut out of brown paper and pasted on the players’ uniforms. In the spring of 1893, the emblem was modified into the form of a monogram that the baseball team incorporated on its uniforms. A single letter was used for the first time in 1894 when the football and track squads displayed an oblong “C” on their uniforms. That emblem remained in existence until 1897 when it was replaced by a “C” in large, round type. Then in 1898, Maroon teams adopted the Chicago “C” emblem, which has been worn to the present day.
1892
1893
1894-96
1897
1898––
Maroon, Maroons & The Phoenix
The Order of the “C” The Undergraduate Order of the C is the body of varsity lettermen whose object is to support the cause of athletics at the University. This association works together to “keep the memory of the University athletic life and which shall perpetuate the athletic honor and traditions of our Alma Mater.” All undergraduate University men who have been awarded the right to wear the “C” are eligible for membership in this organization. They become members in full standing upon signing the roll of membership at the annual meeting. The annual banquets for the OOC began in 1904 and were initially organized by legendary football coach Amos Alonzo Stagg and the University’s first president, William Rainey Harper. In 1906, the OOC formally adopted a constitution and elected its first officers, making it the nation’s oldest varsity lettermen’s group.
Fight Song: “Wave the Flag” Wave the Flag (For Old Chicago) is the fight song for the Maroons. It was traditionally sung at midfield after each home victory. The lyrics were written by Gordon Erickson in 1929.
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“Wave the flag of old Chicago, Maroon the color grand. Ever shall her team be victors, Known throughout the land. With the grand old man to lead them, Without a peer they’ll stand. Wave again the dear old banner, For they’re heroes, every man!”
Maroon and “Maroons” became the University of Chicago’s official color and nickname, respectively, at a meeting of students and faculty on May 5, 1894. Before the University held its first classes on October 1, 1892, the Board of Trustees had selected goldenrod (yellow) as the school’s official color. By 1894, however, Chicago’s legendary football coach Amos Alonzo Stagg believed that a change was necessary. “The yellow ran, soiled easily, and had a regrettable symbolism which our opponents might not be above commenting upon,” said Stagg in his autobiography, Touchdown! Because maroon was not already in use by any major school in the Midwest, Stagg and his associate J.E. Raycroft brought a selection of maroon shades to the 1894 meeting of students and faculty. The meeting attendees made a choice from those ribbons, and the baseball team appeared in that color during its final games of the 1894 season. On July 21, 1894, the first mention of a U. of C. athletic team as “Maroons” appeared in the Chicago Tribune in an article about the baseball team. The Phoenix – which is featured as part of the University’s official coat of arms, or shield – serves as the school’s mascot. The University of Chicago Board of Trustees adopted the shield in 1910.
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Athletics at UChicago Overview The Athletics program at the University of Chicago sponsors 19 intercollegiate sports, with more than 500 participants and 330 contests taking place each year. It is an NCAA Division III institution. UChicago’s sports teams are known as the Maroons and the school’s mascot is the Phoenix, the mythical bird featured as part of the University’s shield. In addition to the varsity sports program, the University of Chicago supports a wide range of extracurricular programs, including those that present significant opportunities for recreational and institutional participation. The University offers more than 75 intramural and sport clubs programs annually, and provides more than 20 free fitness classes each quarters, which are available to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff members and members of the greater community. Athletics at the University of Chicago considers the breadth of recreational, fitness, and competitive sports options offered as an important component of the well being of our community members.
The UAA The University of Chicago is a charter member of the University Athletic Association, an NCAA Division III conference formed in 1986 as a bold statement of what college athletics can and should be — highly desirable and possible for a group of committed institutions to seek excellence in athletics while holding the student-athlete and the institution’s academic mission as the center of focus. The eight members of the UAA include Brandeis University, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, Emory University, New York University, the University of Chicago, the University of Rochester, and Washington University in St. Louis. With its membership in the UAA, UChicago offers its student-athletes the opportunity to compete against athletes and teams from among the top research institutions in the country, as well as travel opportunities comparable to those offered by members of major Division I conferences. UChicago has played a major role in helping the UAA attain its goal of achieving the proper balance between athletics and academics. In “Reclaiming the Game: College Sports and Education Values,” author William Bowen – president of the Mellon Foundation which sponsored the research for the book – posed the question, “How has the UAA managed to mount what is, by all signs, a successful intercollegiate program without paying the academic price that is so evident in other similar college athletics conferences?” Bowen continued, “The active involvement of the University of Chicago, with its emphasis on core academic values, has without question been a help in achieving and maintaining this policy.”
Success On The Playing Field In 2014-15, UChicago finished 20th in the nation among 322 NCAA Division III institutions in the final standings for the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup, which recognizes the top overall athletic programs in the country. UChicago teams notched national top-15 finishes in men’s tennis (4th), women’s cross country (12th), women’s swimming and diving (13th) and men’s swimming and diving (14th). The Maroons also won UAA Championships in football, men’s soccer, women’s indoor track and field and women’s outdoor track and field. That same year, the Maroons also featured 36 All-Americans, 37 national qualifiers, 15 all-region selections, 6 UAA MVPs and 129 All-UAA performers.
Athletics & Academic Excellence The intercollegiate program at the University of Chicago directly supports the College’s commitment to excellence, and helps to produce scholar-athletes whose primary focus is on their academic achievements. The University of Chicago has a long history of outstanding student-athletes who have distinguished themselves in the classroom. During the University of Chicago’s early years as a member of the Big Ten Conference, the athletics program counted numerous distinguished scholar-athletes among its ranks, including 1910 Rhodes Scholar Edwin Hubble, a basketball player who later became a distinguished scientist for whom the Hubble Space Telescope is named. UChicago has furthered that tradition in recent years as its student-athletes have continued to compile an extraordinary record of academic and athletic accomplishment, highlighted by four Rhodes Scholars since 1996, and 295 UAA All-Academic Recognition Award recipients in 2014-15.
Award-Winning Facility In the fall of 2003, Chicago Athletics entered a new era with the opening of the $51 million Gerald Ratner Athletics Center. Designed by famed architect Cesar Pelli, the 150,000-square-foot facility includes a 1,658-seat competition gymnasium which is home to the Chicago basketball, volleyball, and wrestling teams. In addition to the competition gymnasium, the facility features the 50-meter Myers-McLoraine Pool, the Bernard J. DelGiorno Fitness Center, a dance room, classrooms, the Athletics Hall of Fame, locker rooms and offices. In short, the University of Chicago provides student-athletes with what might be the best balance in higher education: an extraordinary commitment to academic excellence recognized all over the world, a high-quality intercollegiate athletics program consistent with its academic mission, unique conference travel and competition, and outstanding athletics and recreational facilities.
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The University of Chicago Ranked in 2015 as the nation’s fifthleading university by U.S. News & World Report, the University of Chicago is one of the world’s great intellectual communities and centers of learning. It has achieved particular distinction in faculty scholarship, the training of graduate students, and for its renowned undergraduate education that emphasizes critical thinking, intellectual depth, and cultural breadth. Founded in 1890 by John D. Rockefeller, the University opened its doors for classes on October 1, 1892, with an enrollment of 594 students. President William Rainey Harper presided over a faculty of 103, which included eight former college presidents. Today, the University features a total enrollment of approximately 14,467 students — including 5,369 undergraduates — and a 2,168-member faculty. The University is private, nondenominational, and coeducational, and it includes the undergraduate College, four graduate divisions, six graduate professional schools, the library, the Graham Center of General Studies, and the University of Chicago Press. The University also features several cultural resources, including the Oriental Institute Museum, Court Theatre, Renaissance Society, and the Smart Museum of Art. Extending along both sides of the Midway Plaisance, which was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and used for the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, the University occupies a 190-acre campus. The English collegiate Gothic style set the general tone for the design and development of the campus. Around a series of tree-shaded quadrangles, imposing buildings of gray limestone with red-tile roofs, and deep-set rectangular windows show off elaborate ornamentation, gargoyles and chimeras, and decorated towers. These quadrangles are dominated by Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, with its 207-foot tower, and by the Joseph Regenstein Library, one of the largest academic libraries in the United States. Many campus structures have been designated national historic landmarks, including Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House and the site of the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear reaction marked by the Henry Moore sculpture Nuclear Energy. Chicago has had a major impact on American higher education — inventing the four-quarter system, developing extension courses and programs in the liberal arts for adults, establishing a coherent program of general education for undergraduates, and initiating a full-time medical school teaching faculty. Chicago also pioneered orientation week and gives the nation’s oldest teaching awards. Since the University’s founding, more than 80 recipients of the Nobel Prize have been students, researchers, or faculty. The University is located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, one of the world’s most exciting and vibrant cities. About 65 percent of the University’s faculty and their families and nearly all of its students live in the Hyde Park neighborhood. One of Chicago’s biggest tourist attractions, the Museum of Science and Industry, is located here, as well as the DuSable Museum of African-American History and the Weiss Museum of Judaica. Just 15 minutes north of Hyde Park is the Chicago Loop, where students and faculty regularly attend an array of theater, movies, art exhibits, museums, and restaurants. Some of Chicago’s main cultural attractions are the Art Institute, the Lyric Opera, the Chicago Symphony, the Goodman Theatre, and the Museum of Contemporary Art. Scores of other professional and community theater, dance, and visual arts organizations are active in the city. Architecturally, Chicago is the home of many major developments in 20th-century architecture and urban design. One of the nation’s greatest sports cities, Chicago is the home of two Major League Baseball teams – the White Sox and the Cubs – as well as the National Basketball Association Bulls, the National Football League Bears, the National Hockey League Blackhawks, the Major League Soccer Fire, and the Women’s National Basketball Association Sky.
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University President Robert J. Zimmer On July 1, 2006, Robert J. Zimmer became the 13th President of the University of Chicago. Prior to his appointment as President, Zimmer was a University of Chicago faculty member and administrator for more than two decades specializing in the mathematical fields of geometry, particularly ergodic theory, Lie groups, and differential geometry. As a University of Chicago administrator, Zimmer served as Chairman of the Mathematics Department, Deputy Provost, and Vice President for Research and for Argonne National Laboratory. He also served as Provost at Brown University from 2002-2006, returning to Chicago in 2006 to become President of the University. As President of the University, he serves as Chair of the Board of Governors of Argonne National Laboratory and Chair of the Board of Directors of Fermi Research Alliance LLC, the operator of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Among other boards, he is chairman of the Board of Directors of the Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He serves on the President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science, and is on the executive committee of the Council on Competitiveness. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. President Zimmer is the author of two books, Ergodic Theory and Semisimple Groups (1984) and Essential Results of Functional Analysis (1990), and more than 80 mathematical research articles. The recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, he served on the Board of Mathematical Sciences of the National Research Council from 1992 to 1995, and was on the executive committee from 1993 to 1995. Zimmer held the title of Max Mason Distinguished Service Professor of Mathematics at Chicago before leaving for Brown, where he was the Ford Foundation Professor of Mathematics in addition to being Provost. President Zimmer earned his A.B., summa cum laude, from Brandeis University in 1968 and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard University in 1975. He joined the Chicago faculty as an L.E. Dickson Instructor of Mathematics in 1977. He was also on the faculty of the U.S. Naval Academy from 1975 to 1977. He has held visiting positions at Harvard University and at institutions in Israel, France, Australia, Switzerland, and Italy.
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NCAA Division III
In 1987, Chicago became a charter member of a new and unique NCAA Division III conference, the University Athletic Association. Comprised of some of the nation’s leading research institutions, UAA members include Brandeis University, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, Emory University, New York University, the University of Rochester, and Washington University in St. Louis. Since its founding, the UAA has continued to serve as a bold statement of the vision of its founders — that the pursuit of academic and athletic excellence are complementary goals and can be achieved without the compromise of one by the other. Implicit in this vision are three assumptions: • The academic enterprise is the primary element. Student-athletes are just that — students first and athletes second. • Athletic excellence is not to be confused with a win-at-all-costs attitude. It properly relates to the caliber of experience offered to students who participate in intercollegiate athletics. • Athletics should not only complement the academic experience, but should also reflect the quality of the academic environment within which they exist. Division III is an approach to athletics — not a synonym for third-rate. Since joining the UAA, Chicago teams have captured 55 conference championships, made 72 NCAA tournament appearances, and posted 11 national top-four finishes. In addition, the Maroons have claimed 16 NCAA individual titles and three have been selected as the national player of the year.
The University of Chicago has competed at the NCAA Division III level since it was established in 1973. The largest of the three NCAA Divisions, Division III counted as members 450 institutions (19 percent public, 81 percent private) in 2014-15.
The UAA in Theory • Academic excellence and athletic excellence are not mutually exclusive. • The academic enterprise is the primary element. • Athletic excellence properly relates to the caliber of experience offered to students. • Athletic programs should reflect the quality of the academic environment within which they exist. • A consistent and challenging level of athletic competition should be provided for both women and men.
The UAA in Practice • In 2014-15, 26 student-athletes from UAA institutions were recognized as Capital One Academic All-Americans and 10 were named NCAA Postgraduate Scholars. • 204 UAA student-athletes received All-America honors with 20 garnering individual national championships. • In 2014-15 NCAA championship competition, 19 UAA teams finished in the top 10 in their national championships, while another 12 finished in the top 20.
What is the NCAA Division III? • Division III features student-athletes who are subject to the same admission standards, academic standards, housing, and support services as the general student body. Division III student-athletes are not permitted to receive athletically-related financial aid. • Division III offers an intense and competitive athletics environment for student-athletes who play for the love of the game, without the obligation of an athletics scholarship. • Division III athletics departments place special importance on the impact of athletics on the participants rather than on the spectators. The student-athlete’s experience is of paramount concern. • Division III athletics provides a well-rounded collegiate experience that involves a balance of rigorous academics, competitive athletics, and the opportunity to pursue the multitude of other co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities. • Division III places primary emphasis on regional in-season and conference competition, while also offering 36 national championships annually. • Division III playing season and eligibility standards minimize conflicts between athletics and academics, allowing student-athletes to focus on their academic programs and the achievement of a degree. • Division III athletics departments are dedicated to offering broadbased programs with a high number and wide range of athletics participation opportunities for both men and women. • Division III affords student-athletes the opportunity to discover valuable lessons in teamwork, discipline, perseverance, and leadership, which in turn make student-athletes better students and responsible citizens. • Division III encourages student-athletes to take advantage of the many opportunities available to them, both within and beyond athletics, so that they may develop their full potential as students, athletes, and citizens.
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UChicago Notables Over the years, there have been many notable University of Chicago alumni. From political figures to those in film to athletes, UChicago has been a breeding ground for fantastic talent. Here are some of the great minds who have passed through: Politics John Ashcroft - United States Attorney General, 2001-2005 David Axelrod - former Senior Advisor to United States President Barack Obama, 2009-2011 Lisa Brown - White House Staff Secretary, 2009-2011 Carol Moseley Braun - United States Senate, 1992-1998 Bernie Sanders - United States Senator, 2007 and current Presidential Candidate for 2016 Arts and Entertainment Anna Chlumsky - actress in My Girl and Veep Roger Ebert - film critic and Pulitzer Prize winner Indiana Jones - famed fictional character Hayden Schlossberg - writer of Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle Athletics Jay Berwanger - First Heisman Trophy Winner Adam Silver - NBA Commissioner
UChicago has also hosted many exciting athletic events. The Ratner Athletics Center competition gym has been the site for the McDonald’s All-American Games POWERADE Jam Fest over the past four years. The top 48 boys and girls in the country are invited to compete in a Skills Competition, Three-Point Shootout and Slam Dunk Contest. In years prior, participants included Jahlil Okafor and Greyson Allen. NBA player Jalen Rose was in attendance last year.
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