2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

0 Dylan Thoerner

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 200
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Irvine, Calif.
  • Prev School Tufts University
  • Major Finance

Biography

2023-24 (Graduate Student)
  • Big West Regular Season Champion
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
  • NABC Honors Court
  • Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Highest Honors)
  • UC Irvine Scholar Athlete
  • Team GPA leader
  • Played in all 34 games, making one start, seeing action on the floor for 10.7 minutes per game
  • Averaged 3.8 points per game and 0.9 rebounds per game
  • Totaled 10 steals and 10 assists
  • Notched his 1,000th career point with his first three-pointer in the win over No. 16/20 USC on Nov. 14
  • Tied his career best three steals and dished out a season best two steals on Nov. 17 versus Occidental
  • Poured in a season high eight points against Rice (Nov. 24) going 2-3 from three-point range
  • Went for a season high 14 points on 5-9 shooting from the floor over South Dakota (Dec. 16)
  • Attempted nine field goals and eight three-pointers, both season highs, on Jan. 25 at Long Beach State
  • Reset his season high three rebounds in the win over Hawai’i on Feb. 3
  • Knocked down a season best 4-4 from the free throw line at No. 25/RV San Diego State and vs. Cal Poly (Mar. 7)
  • Recorded his first start as an Anteater on Mar. 7

TUFTS UNIVERSITY
2022-23 (Senior)
  • National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-America Second Team
  • NABC District 1 First Team
  • D3hoops.com District 1 First Team
  • NESCAC First Team All-Conference
  • NESCAC All-Academic Team
  • Academic All-District Team selected by College Sports Communicators
  • U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Division III Player of the Week (February 21,2023)
  • D3hoops.com Team of the Week (February 21, 2023)
  • NESCAC Player of the Week (February 20, 2023)
  • Played and started in all 28 games, averaging 25.9 minutes per game
  • Advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship
  • Ranked 2nd in the NESCAC in three-point field goal percentage (0.430) and free throw percentage (0.838)
  • Led the team with 419 points on 0.497 shooting from the field
  • Averaged 15.0 points per game and 3.5 rebounds per game
  • Scored double-digit points in 20 games
  • Knocked down a three-pointer in all but five games
  • Scored a season high 33 points in game against Wesleyan on Feb. 10 and drained a career best eight three-pointers on a personal best nine attempts
  • Posted 30 points in NESCAC quarterfinal victory over Middlebury on Feb. 18
  • Played a season high 41 minutes at Middlebury on Feb. 18 while setting career bests in field goal attempts (16) and made and attempted free throws (11)
  • Grabbed nine boards in the second round of the Division III Men’s Basketball Championship at Keene State on Mar. 4
2021-22 (Junior)
  • D3hoops.com District 1 Third Team
  • NESCAC All-Conference First Team
  • NESCAC All-Academic Team
  • NESCAC Player of the Week on (January 24, 2022)
  • Played in 23 games making 22 starts, averaging 27.8 minutes per game
  • Shot at a 0.516 clip from the floor while averaging 15.5 points per game
  • Posted a career best 34 points at Brandeis on Dec. 4
2020-21 (Sophomore)
  • Season canceled due to COVID-19
  • NESCAC All-Academic Team
2019-20 (Freshman)
  • Played in all 29 games, averaging 15.7 minutes per game
  • Advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship
  • Tallied a career-high 21 points against Connecticut College on 8-9 shooting
  • Ranked third on the team in field goal percentage shooting an impressive 0.510 clip

Career Highs

  • Points: 34, at Brandeis (12/04/21)
  • Rebounds: 9, at Keene St. (03/04/23)
  • Assists: 8, at Clark (MA) (12/07/22)
  • Steals: 3, at Colby (02/08/22)
  • Blocks: 2, at New England College (01/28/20)
  • FG Made: 12, at Wesleyan (02/10/23)
  • FG Attempts: 15, at Middlebury (02/18/23)
  • 3FG Made: 8, at Wesleyan (02/10/23)
  • 3FG Attempts: 9, Twice (last at Wesleyan, 02/10/23)
  • FT Made: 16, at Brandeis (12/04/21)
  • FT Attempts: 16, at Brandeis (12/04/21)

Beckman High School
  • Beckman's career leader in points with 1,652 career points
  • Beckman Athlete of the Year
  • Second Team All-CIF selection
  • OC Register All-County Team member
  • All-Irvine Team honors
  • First Team Pacific Coast League selection (2017, 2018, 2019)
  • MVP of the Pacific Coast League (2019)
  • Open Gym Premier All-County Team
  • Two-time team captain
  • AP Scholar with Distinction Award winner
  • Scholar Athlete Award (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
  • Principal's Exemplary Honor Roll (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
  • California Scholastic Federation Club member
 
Personal
  • Mom competed in gymnastics and cheerleading at Indiana State
  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Tufts
  • Also played baseball in high school
  • Majoring in finance
  • Aspires to lay basketball professionally and become an investment analyst or portfolio manager

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