The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster
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
*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
Cleveland State Post Game Press Conference
Thursday, December 18
UAB vs Troy Postgame Press Conference
Monday, December 15
Jevon Jackson with the GAME WINNING Touchdown 🙌🤩 #uabfootball #collegefootball
Sunday, December 14
Toussom comes up clutch on 4th down🚫😤
Saturday, December 13
