The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster
Ertel, Michael
Jersey Number 2
Michael Ertel
- Position:
- Guard
- Prev School:
- Louisiana Monroe
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- High School:
- Mt. Vernon
Bio
*Extra Year of Eligibility Granted due to the NCAA’s COVID-19 Policies
Super Senior Season at UAB (2021-22)*
Super Senior Season at UAB (2021-22)*
- Conference USA All-Tournament Team honoree
- Conference USA All-Academic Team honoree
- Played in 34 games with 13 total starts, earning a spot in the starting lineup in nine of UAB’s final 10 games
- Ranked third on UAB’s roster with 10.4 points per game
- Scored 13 or more points in UAB’s final six games, scoring 15 or more in all three of UAB’s C-USA Tournament victories
- Scored a UAB-best 26 points and played a career-high 54 minutes in UAB’s C-USA Tournament semifinals victory over Middle Tennessee (3/11/22)
- Scored 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field in UAB’s C-USA Tournament Championship victory over Louisiana Tech (3/12/22)
- Surpassed 2,000 career points with nine points and three steals at UTSA (2/24/22)
- Tallied a then season-high 25 points on 10-of-19 shooting from the field in UAB’s C-USA home opener against UTEP (12/30/21)
- Scored 20 points and made five 3-pointers on Senior Day against Louisiana Tech (3/5/22)
- Reached double figures in scoring 17 times
- Recorded a career-high five steals against Rhodes (11/14/21)
- Ranked third on UAB’s roster with 45 total steals
- Ranked third on UAB’s roster with 51 total assists
- One of four Blazers named to the 2021-22 NABC Honors Court — finished the 2021-22 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher
- Played in 29 games, making 25 starts
- Conference USA All-Championship Team
- UAB’s leading scorer with 13.2 ppg
- Eighth in C-USA with 13 field goals
- 11th in C-USA with 383 points
- Led UAB in scoring 11 times
- 23 double-figure scoring games
- Scored 1,500th career point and had season-high six rebounds vs. Chattanooga (12/19/20)
- 21 points and a season-high nine field goals vs. Rice (1/23/21)
- 22 points at North Texas (3/5/21)
- Season-high 22 points Rice (3/11/21)
- All-Sun Belt Second Team
- National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 23 Second Team
- Led the Warhawks in scoring (16.2 points per game), 3-point field goals (59), assists (81) and steals (30)
- Registered double figures in 27 of 29 games, including eight 20-point contests.
- Jan. 6, 2020 Sun Belt Player of the Week and Lou Henson Award National (Mid-Major) Player of the Week by CollegeInsider.com
- Averaged 25.0 points and 4.0 assists per game in ULM's victories over Troy and South Alabama
- Career-high 39 points and set a ULM record with 11 3-pointers vs. South Alabama
- 11 treys tied the Sun Belt record for a league game and tied the most made in the NCAA during the 2019-20 season
- All-Sun Belt Third Team
- Ten 20+ point games
- Averaged 15.5 points per game
- Season-high 26 points at Appalachian State
- 10 FGs and 25 points vs. Texas Southern
- Sun Belt Rookie of the Year
- Sun Belt All-Rookie Team
- Season-high 22 points vs. Troy
- Averaged 11.6 points per game
- 2017 Indiana Boys All-Star Team
- Played in North-South Indiana All-Star Classic
- Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Large School Senior All-State Team
- Averaged 19.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.5 assists as a senior
- Finished career as the second-leading scorer in Mt. Vernon history, with 1,282 points
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Tuesday, September 09
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