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 ..............................................................kdwan@wm.edu 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 ............................................................pmclaw@wm.edu 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 ..............................................................kasear@wm.edu 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 ......................................................atphillips01@wm.edu 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 .........................................................acvaughn@wm.edu 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