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2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

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21 Mitchell Kershner

21 Mitchell Kershner

  • Position:
    Guard
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-3 / 195
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Powell, OH
  • High School:
    Olentangy Liberty
  • Major:
    Biomedical Engineering

Summary

Biography

At UR 2023-24: Appeared in 25 games, making 19 starts...Averaged 4.8 points and 3.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game, playing 24.9 minutes per contest...Shot 33.9 percent (43-for-127) from the field and a team-best 90.5 percent (19-for-21) from the free-throw line...Made 15 three-pointers and tallied 34 assists, 26 steals and six blocks to go along with 120 points and 80 rebounds...Shot 5-for-10 from the field and 3-for-7 from three, scoring a season-high 13 points at St. John Fisher on Nov. 18...Scored 10 points and added a career-high four assists at No. 19 WashU on Jan. 14...Tallied eight points and eight rebounds vs. No. 10 NYU on Feb. 2...Selected as UR's Peter DiPasquale Male Scholar-Athlete Award winner...CSC Academic All-District selection...Named UAA Winter All-Academic for the fourth-year in-a-row...Third-straight NABC Honors Court selection.

At UR 2022-23: Regular starter during the season, appearing in all 26 games, making 20 starts as a senior...Scored 7.1 ppg, added 3.3 rpg and made a team-best 34 3-pointers...Added a .457 (63-138) field goal percentage, .370 (34-92) mark from distance and .706 (24-34) percentage from the free throw line...Chipped in 26 assists, 19 steals and two blocks...Eight games with 10 or more points, including 17 in UR's NCAA Tournament 1st Round game vs. Nichols where he ended with his first career double-double, adding 11 rebounds...Averaged 22.9 minutes per game...Shot great in UR's win over Texas-Dallas during the UR Chuck Resler Tournament, making 6-of-7 overall and 5-of-6 from 3-point range, leading to 17 points...Honored for his academic prowess as College Sports Communicators Academic All-District, UAA All-Academic and Phi Beta Kappa...Part of the NABC Honors Court for the second straight year.

At UR 2021-22: Poised for a breakout campaign as a junior before an injury cut short his season after 11 games...Ended fourth on the team in scoring at 8.9 ppg...Added 4.0 rpg...Shot 50.7% from the field (36-71), 37.8% from three (17-45) and 81.8% from the free throw line (9-11)...Had five straight games with 10+ points, including a career-high 19 against Olivet in the Holiday Inn Rochester Downtown Tournament, earning him tournament MVP accolades...Eight rebounds against Stockton (11/27) and Olivet (11/28) established new career-high...UAA All-Academic and NABC Honors Court member.

At UR 2020-21: Was a key reserve and logged time in all six contests as a sophomore, finishing the year with a 7.0 ppg scoring average...Scored 10+ points in four contests, with a season-high 11 coming at Nazareth (2/26) and against St. John Fisher (3/10)...Added 3.3 rpg, 1.2 apg and shot 50% (16-32) from the floor...Made six 3-pointers and was 66.7% (4-6) from the 3-point line during the season...Member of UR's contingent on the UAA All-Academic Team for the winter season.

At UR 2019-20: Made impact during rookie season for Rochester, appearing in 16 games...Found 10 or more minutes of playing time in each of the last five games of the season...Put together a season-high 11 points in a win over NYU on Feb. 16...Finished 6-of-13 from deep on the season for a 46.2% shooting percentage. 

HS: Olentangy Liberty HS graduate...Participated in basketball, football and track and field for the Patriots...Basketball team captain as a senior...Earned team Most Improved during junior season...Earned All-OCC and All-District honors as a senior when he averaged 10 ppg, 4 rpg and 2 apg...Scored a single-game career high of 24 points...Helped team win conference, section, district and regional titles, reaching Division 1 State Final Four...Member of the National Honor Society, named a Scholar Athlete and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Presidential Award.
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