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2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster

Rebecca Wheeler
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35 Zack Ayers

35 Zack Ayers

  • Position:
    Forward
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-10 / 215
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Rochester, NY
  • High School:
    McQuaid Jesuit
  • Major:
    Business

Summary

Biography

At UR 2016-17: Showed a drastic improvement in senior season, being named 2nd Team All-UAA following the season...Started all 29 games...Was selected as Lexington Rochester Airport Tournament MVP and was a two-time UAA Athlete of the Week...Honored by USBWA on All-Rochester Area Honorable Mention...Finished the season averaging 12.9 ppg, 5.8 rpg adding a .570 field goal percentage (139-244) and 22 blocks...Added a .423 mark (30-71) from 3-point range and was .720 (67-93) from the free throw line...Third on UR in scoring and first in rebounding...Had best game of his career in NCAA Elite 8 contest against #1 Whitman, scoring 27 points and grabbing 15 rebounds, both of which were personal bests...Ranked 1st in the UAA in points per 40 minutes (25.9), 6th in 3-point percentage, 7th in field goal percentage and blocks and was also top-10 in total points (375) and total rebounds (168)...Posted 14th best field goal percentage in a single-season in UR history. 

At UR 2015-16: The junior appeared in all 25 games, starting 10 for Rochester...Scored 3.6 ppg and averaged 3.8 rpg...Shot 43.2% (32-74) from the floor, 72.4% (21-29) from the free throw line and made six 3-pointers...Chipped in 17 blocks, 13 assists and four steals...Scored a career-high 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds in season opener at Hobart when he played a career-high 28 minutes...Averaged 15 minutes per game...Named to NABC Honors Court following the season.

At UR 2014-15: Saw role expand as a sophomore, appearing in all 25 games off the bench...Averaged 4.1 ppg, 3.3 rpg while shooting 37-94 (39.4%) from the floor...Added 10-39 3-pointers, 18-31 free throws, 19 assists, 13 blocks and nine steals...Career high 11 points at Case Western Reserve on Feb. 22...Ranked 14th in the UAA in blocks per game (0.5).

At UR 2013-14: Made 15 appearances for UR as a freshman, averaging 3.7 ppg and 2.8 rpg...Combined to shoot 47.4% (18-38) from the floor, 80% (12-15) from the free throw line and make seven 3-pointers...Added seven blocked shots...Posted a double-double, 10 points and 11 rebounds in Chuck Resler Tournament Consolation Game vs D'Youville on Nov. 16.

HS: Attended McQuaid Jesuit HS where he earned two varsity letters in basketball for the Knights...Named team captain his senior season when he was team MVP...Named All-Conference and All-County his junior year...Earned All-Conference, All-County and All-State as a senior...Career highs are 32 points and 17 rebounds...Helped Knights to League title in 2012-13...Member of the National Honor Society.

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