WILLIAM & MARY MEN’S BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS

2020-21 QUICK FACTS

GENERAL INFORMATION WHEN REFERENCING WILLIAM & MARY AND TRIBE School Charter Name...... College of William & Mary William & Mary: preferred in all but formal treatments School Reference Name...... William & Mary W&M: most informal, use as second reference or on scorebug Location...... Williamsburg, Va. College of William & Mary: preferred formal treatment Founded...... 1693 (second oldest college in America) Please Do not use: WM, William and Mary, College of William and Enrollment...... 8,773 (6,256 undergraduate/2,517 graduate) Mary, The College of William and Mary, The College, Wm & Mary, Wm and Mary. Nickname...... Tribe Colors...... Green, Gold and Silver The William & Mary Athletics official nickname is the Tribe. While Arena (capacity)...... Kaplan Arena (8,600) the Griffin is the official mascot of William & Mary Tribe Athletics, Affiliation...... NCAA Division I do not reference teams or the school as the Griffins. Conference...... Colonial Athletic Association President...... Katherine A. Rowe (Carleton College, 1984) Chancellor...... Robert M. Gates (William & Mary, 1965) TEAM INFORMATION Director of Athletics... Samantha K. Huge (Gordon College, 1992) 2019-20 Record...... 21-11 (.656) Athletics Department Phone...... (757) 221-3400 2018-19 Conference Record/Finish...... 13-5 (.722)/2nd Ticket Office Phone...... (757) 221-3340 CAA Tournament Record...... 0-1 (.000) Starters Returning/Lost...... 1/4 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 10/5 BASKETBALL STAFF Head Coach...... Dane Fischer (Ithaca, 2002) Record at W&M...... 21-11 (.656) TEAM HISTORY Career Record...... Same First Year of Basketball...... 1905-06 Assistant Coaches...... Mike Howland (DePauw, 2002) All-Time Record...... 1254-1412 (.470) ...... Jason Kemp (UW-La Crosse, 2004) NCAA Tournament Appearances...... None ...... Julian Boatner (William & Mary, 2014) NIT Appearances...... 3 (1983, 2010, 2015) Director of Operations...... Nate Bollinger (Millersville, 2014) Last Postseason Appearance...... at Tulsa (3/17/15), L 67-70

MEDIA RELATIONS MEDIA INFORMATION Senior Associate AD, External Operations...... Kevin Dwan Multimedia Rights Partner...... Van Wagner Office Phone...... (757) 221-7557 Network...... Tribe Sports Network E-Mail...... [email protected] Web Broadcast...... Tune-In Associate AD, Media Relations & Strategic Comm...... Pete Clawson Office Phone...... (757) 221-3369 Flagship Radio Station...... “The Tide,” WYTD, 92.3 FM E-Mail...... [email protected] Address...... Director of Media Relations/Basketball Contact...... Kris Sears ...... 4732 Longhill Road, Suite 2201 Office Phone...... (757) 221-3368 ...... Williamsburg, VA 23188 Cell Phone...... (765) 860-1205 Phone...... (757) 565-1079 E-Mail...... [email protected] Fax ...... (757) 565-7094 Twitter...... @KSearsSID Email...... [email protected] Senior Associate Director...... Rob Turner Office Phone...... (757) 221-3370 Play-by-Play/Network Host...... Jay Colley E-Mail...... [email protected] Address...... 7 Forest Hill Drive, Williamsburg, VA 23185 Associate Director...... Jake Skipper Office Phone...... (757) 221-3344 SOCIAL MEDIA E-Mail...... [email protected] Twitter Assistant Director...... Andrew Phillips Tribe Men’s Basketball...... @WMTribeMBB Office Phone...... (757) 221-3344 Head Coach Dane Fischer...... @Dane_Fischer E-Mail...... [email protected] Assistant Coach Mike Howland...... @CoachMHowland Assistant Director...... John Moyer Assistant Coach Jason Kemp...... @CoachJasonKemp Office Phone...... (757) 221-3344 Assistant Coach Julian Boatner...... @JBoat2 E-Mail...... [email protected] Director of Operations Nate Bollinger...... @coach_nateb Assistant Director (Video)...... Tony Vaughn Tribe Athletics...... @TribeAthletics Office Phone...... (757) 221-3412 E-Mail...... [email protected] Facebook Media Relations Main Phone...... (757) 221-3344 Tribe Athletics...... @WMTribeAthletics Fax Number...... (757) 221-2048 Tribe Basketball...... @WMTribeMBB Website...... www.TribeAthletics.com Mailing Address...... PO Box 399 Instagram ...... Williamsburg, VA 23187 Tribe Athletics...... @TribeAthletics Overnight Shipping Address...... Kaplan Arena Tribe Basketball...... @WMTribeMBB ...... 751 Ukrop Way ...... Williamsburg, VA 23185 YouTube Tribe Athletics...... YouTube.com/TribeAthletics Trust | Hard work | Communication | Toughness | Focus WILLIAM & MARY MEN’S BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS

2020-21 ROSTER Starters Returning (1) Ht. Wt. Cl. Pos. G-GS PPG RPG Other 12 Luke Loewe 6-4 183 Sr. G 32-32 10.7 2.1 .544 FG%; .439 3P%; 1.7 APG CAA All-Defensive Team

Starters Lost (4) Ht. Wt. Pos. G-GS PPG RPG Reason 2 Tyler Hamilton 6-4 210 G 32-25 3.2 2.7 Exhausted Eligbility Entering 2nd year of MBA program 5 Bryce Barnes 5-11 189 G 30-29 8.3 2.7 Exhausted Eligbility Entering 2nd year of MBA program 11 Andy Van Vliet 7-0 231 F/C 32-32 13.2 8.7 Graduation 3rd Team All-CAA 13 Nathan Knight 6-10 253 F/C 32-32 20.7 10.5 Graduation Lou Henson National Mid-Major Player of the Year; Basketball Times National Mid-Major Player of the Year; Lute Olsen All-American, Lefty Driesell Defensive All-American; CAA Player of the Year; CAA Defensive Player of the Year, VaSID State Player of the Year; Senior CLASS Award Finalist; 1st Team All-CAA; 1st Team NABC All-District, 1st Team USBWA All-District; 1st Team VaSID All-State, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Finalist

Other Returning Players (8) Ht. Wt. Cl. Pos. G-GS PPG RPG Other 4 Miodrag Dronjak 6-3 188 Sr. G 3-0 1.7 0.3 .500 FG%, .333 3P% 10 Rainers Hermanovskis 6-4 206 So. G 31-0 1.2 1.3 0.5 APG; .394 FG%; .318 3P% 11 Thornton Scott 6-5 185 Jr. G 19-10 7.3 3.2 4.4 APG; .788 FT%; .329 3P% 15 Miguel Ayesa 6-5 195 So. G 30-0 4.6 0.9 0.4 APG; .373 3P%; .397 FG% 21 Quinn Blair 6-7 225 Jr. F 32-0 4.8 2.1 0.5 APG; .466 FG%; .789 FT% 22 Thatcher Stone 6-6 195 So. G/F 8-0 0.9 0.8 0.1 APG; .333 FG%; 2 stl 24 Austin Washburn 6-4 173 Jr. G 4-0 1.5 0.5 0.3 APG; 1 Stl 30 Mehkel Harvey 6-9 221 Jr. F/C 10-0 1.2 1.3 .500 FG%; 4 blk

Other Returning Players Lost (1) Ht. Wt. Cl. Pos. G-GS PPG RPG Reason 0 Jihar Williams 6-5 201 Jr. G 6-0 2.2 0.8 Transferred

Newcomers (5) Ht. Wt. Cl. Pos. Hometown/High School/Previous School 0 Kurt Samuels Jr. 6-5 229 Fr. F Alexandria, Va. / St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes 1 Jake Milkereit 6-5 192 Fr. G Dallas, Texas / Bishop Lynch 5 Yuri Covington 6-1 188 Fr. G Wilkes-Barre, Pa. / National Christian Academy (Md.) 23 Connor Kochera 6-5 184 Fr. G Arlington Heights, Ill. / Saint Viator 35 Ben Wight ^ 6-9 205 RFr. F/C Columbus, Ohio / Thomas Worthington

^ Redshirted during the 2019-20 season

ROSTER BY POSITION ROSTER BY HEIGHT PERCENTAGES RETURNING Guards (10): Miguel Ayesa, Yuri 6-9: Mehkel Harvey, Ben Wight Points: 36.7% (840-of-2288) Covington, Miodrag Dronjak, Rainers 6-7: Quinn Blair Rebounds: 31.8% (367-of-1154) Hermanovskis, Connor Kochera, Luke 6-6: Thatcher Stone Assists: 42.1% (183-of-435) Loewe, Jake Milkereit, Thornton Scott, 6-5: Miguel Ayesa, Connor Kochera, Jake Blocked Shots: 14.8% (19-of-128) Thatcher Stone, Austin Washburn Milkereit, Kurt Samuels Jr., Thornton Scott Steals: 31.2% (43-of-138) Forwards (5): Quinn Blair, Mehkel 6-4: Rainers Hermanovskis, Luke Loewe, 3-Pointers Made: 57.3% (137-of-239) Harvey, Kurt Samuels Jr., Thatcher Stone, Austin Washburn Free Throws Made: 28.4% (115-of-405) Ben Wight Miodrag Dronjak 6-3: Field Goals Made: 35.8% (294-of-822) Mehkel Harvey, Ben Wight Yuri Covington Centers (2): 6-1: Field Goal Shooting: 45.2% (294-of-651) 3-Point Shooting: 36.2% (137-of-378) ROSTER BY STATE ROSTER BY CLASS 73.2% (115-of-157) California (1): Mehkel Harvey Seniors (2): Miodrag Dronjak, Luke FT Shooting: 46.0% (2941-of-6400) Illinois (1): Connor Kochera Loewe Minutes: Massachusetts (1): Thatcher Stone Starts: 26.3% (42-of-160) Michigan (1): Quinn Blair Juniors (4): Quinn Blair, Mehkel Harvey, New York (1): Thornton Scott Thornton Scott, Austin Washburn Ohio (1): Ben Wight Pennsylvania (1): Yuri Covington Sophomores (3): Miguel Ayesa, Rainers Texas (1): Jake Milkereit Hermanovskis, Thatcher Stone, Virginia (2): Austin Washburn, Kurt Samuels Jr. Redshirt Freshman (1): Ben Wight Wisconsin (1): Luke Loewe Freshmen (4): Yuri Covington, Connor ROSTER BY COUNTRY Kochera, Jake Milkereit, Kurt Samuels Jr. Latvia (1): Rainers Hermanovskis Serbia (1): Miodrag Dronjak Spain (1): Miguel Ayesa

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ROSTER BREAKDOWN

NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Cl./El. Ht. Wt. Hometown / High School/Previous School 0 Kurt Samuels Jr. F Fr./Fr. 6-5 229 Alexandria, Va. / St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes 1 Jake Milkereit G Fr./Fr. 6-5 192 Dallas, Texas / Bishop Lynch 4 Miodrag Dronjak G 5th/Sr. 6-3 188 Kladovo, Serbia / Virginia Beach Friends Schools 5 Yuri Covington G Fr./Fr. 6-1 188 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. / National Christian Academy (Md.) 10 Rainers Hermanovskis G So./So. 6-4 206 Smiltene, Latvia / Riga Secondary School Nr.49 11 Thornton Scott G Jr./Jr. 6-5 185 Glen Cove, N.Y. / Holy Trinity 12 Luke Loewe G Sr./Sr. 6-4 183 Fond du Lac, Wis. / Fond du Lac 15 Miguel Ayesa G So./So. 6-5 195 Madrid, Spain / Doral Academy (Fla.)/ National Top Sports Institute 21 Quinn Blair F Jr./Jr. 6-7 225 Livonia, Mich. / Dearborn Divine Child 22 Thatcher Stone G/F So./So. 6-6 195 Medford, Mass. / Dexter Southfield/Cohasset 23 Connor Kochera G Fr./Fr. 6-5 184 Arlington Heights, Ill. / Saint Viator 24 Austin Washburn G Jr./Jr. 6-4 173 Powhatan, Va. / Powhatan 30 Mehkel Harvey F/C Jr./Jr. 6-9 221 Huntington Beach, Calif. / Ocean View 35 Ben Wight F So./Fr. 6-9 205 Columbus, Ohio / Thomas Worthington

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Cl./El. Ht. Wt. Hometown / High School/Previous School 15 Miguel Ayesa G So./So. 6-5 195 Madrid, Spain / Doral Academy (Fla.)/ National Top Sports Institute 21 Quinn Blair F Jr./Jr. 6-7 225 Livonia, Mich. / Dearborn Divine Child 5 Yuri Covington G Fr./Fr. 6-1 188 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. / National Christian Academy (Md.) 4 Miodrag Dronjak G 5th/Sr. 6-3 188 Kladovo, Serbia / Virginia Beach Friends Schools 30 Mehkel Harvey F/C Jr./Jr. 6-9 221 Huntington Beach, Calif. / Ocean View 10 Rainers Hermanovskis G So./So. 6-4 206 Smiltene, Latvia / Riga Secondary School Nr.49 23 Connor Kochera G Fr./Fr. 6-5 184 Arlington Heights, Ill. / Saint Viator 12 Luke Loewe G Sr./Sr. 6-4 183 Fond du Lac, Wis. / Fond du Lac 1 Jake Milkereit G Fr./Fr. 6-5 192 Dallas, Texas / Bishop Lynch 0 Kurt Samuels Jr. F Fr./Fr. 6-5 229 Alexandria, Va. / St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes 11 Thornton Scott G Jr./Jr. 6-5 185 Glen Cove, N.Y. / Holy Trinity 22 Thatcher Stone G/F So./So. 6-6 195 Medford, Mass. / Dexter Southfield/Cohasset 24 Austin Washburn G Jr./Jr. 6-4 173 Powhatan, Va. / Powhatan 35 Ben Wight F So./Fr. 6-9 205 Columbus, Ohio / Thomas Worthington

Head Coach Dane Fischer (Ithaca, 2002), Second season

Assistant Coaches PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Mike Howland (DePauw, 2002), Second season Jason Kemp (UW-La Crosse, 2004), Second season Miguel Ayesa Eye-ay-sa Miodrag Dronjak Me-o-drag Drawn-yack Julian Boatner (William & Mary, 2014), Third season Mehkel Harvey Ma-kel Rainers Hermanovskis Rye-ners Herman-ove-skus Director of Basketball Operations Connor Kochera Ko-Chair-ah Nate Bollinger (MIllersville, 2014), Second season Luke Loewe Loe - wee Jake Milkereit Milk-right Ben Wight White

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