2023-2024 Longwood Lancers

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2023-2024 Longwood Lancers Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
24 Jaylen Benard Fr G 6-2 190 - Houston (TX) United States Cypress Ranch High School
0 Gavin Burns Fr F 6-9 225 - Roanoke (VA) United States Roanoke Catholic School
25 Michael Christmas Sr F 6-6 225 - Virginia Beach (VA) United States Landstown High School
13 Mateo Esmeraldo Fr PG 6-0 165 - Monroe (CT) United States Bridgton Academy
35 Jesper Granlund Sr SF 6-6 210 Feb 13, 2000 Helsingor Denmark / Finland N/A
11 Trey Hicks Jr F 6-8 210 - Louisville (KY) United States The Hill School
3 D'Avian Houston Sr G 6-1 212 Dec 26, 2001 Bellaire (TX) United States Episcopal High School
5 Johnathan Massie Jr F 6-6 188 - Houston (TX) United States Mansfield Legacy High School
20 Zach Murphy Fr G 6-2 170 - Midlothian (VA) United States St. Christopher's School
1 Walyn Napper Sr G 6-1 185 - Columbia (SC) United States Ridge View High School
8 Leo Nordberg Fr G 6-1 N/A Apr 3, 2004 Helsinki Finland N/A
7 Johan Nziemi Jr GF 6-6 225 - New York (NY) United States Woodstock Academy
4 Emanuel Richards Fr F 6-4 220 - Irmo (SC) United States Christ School
2 Saxby Sunderland So G 6-4 190 - Arlington (VA) United States Flint Hill School
34 Elijah Tucker Jr F 6-8 225 Mar 14, 2003 Canton (GA) United States Cherokee High School
12 Szymon Zapala Sr C 7-0 240 May 9, 2001 Zaborze Poland N/A

Recent Longwood Lancers History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 21-14 (6-10) 5th (Big South) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2022-2023 20-12 (12-6) 2nd (Big South) 2nd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 26-7 (15-1) 1st (Big South) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2020-2021 12-17 (10-10) 4th (Big South) 3rd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2019-2020 14-18 (9-9) 4th (Big South) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 16-18 (5-11) 9th (Big South) 1st Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2017-2018 7-26 (3-15) 10th (Big South) 2nd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 6-24 (3-15) 9th (Big South) 1st Rnd N/A
2015-2016 10-23 (5-13) 8th (Big South) 2nd Rnd N/A
2014-2015 11-23 (5-13) 9th (Big South) 3rd Rnd N/A
2013-2014 8-24 (3-13) 11th (Big South) 1st Rnd N/A
2012-2013 8-25 (4-12) 11th (Big South) 2nd Rnd N/A
2011-2012 10-21 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2010-2011 12-19 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2009-2010 12-19 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2008-2009 17-14 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2007-2008 9-22 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2006-2007 9-22 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2005-2006 10-20 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2004-2005 1-30 N/A (INDEP) N/A N/A
2003-2004 0-2 N/A (GWC) N/A N/A

2023-2024 Longwood Lancers Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Walyn Napper All-Big South Second Team
Walyn Napper Big South Tournament MVP
Michael Christmas Big South All-Tournament Team
Walyn Napper Big South All-Tournament Team
Szymon Zapala Big South All-Tournament Team
Emanuel Richards Big South All-Freshman Team
Johnathan Massie Big South Player of the Week (Feb 12, 2024)
Walyn Napper Big South Player of the Week (Dec 18, 2023)

2023-2024 Longwood Lancers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters W. Napper D. Houston J. Granlund M. Christmas E. Tucker
Rotation   J. Massie E. Richards   S. Zapala
Lim PT L. Nordberg S. Sunderland T. Hicks    
Lim PT J. Benard   J. Nziemi    
Lim PT M. Esmeraldo        

2023-2024 Longwood Lancers Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Walyn Napper 35 32.8 14.4 4.0 4.5 1.5 0.3 2.8
Johnathan Massie 34 25.4 11.3 5.2 1.8 1.2 0.4 1.6
Michael Christmas 35 27.3 11.3 6.1 0.9 0.5 0.2 1.5
Szymon Zapala 35 16.8 9.8 5.6 0.3 0.2 0.8 1.4
Elijah Tucker 34 18.3 7.9 4.3 0.3 0.6 0.2 1.4
D'Avian Houston 31 24.8 6.5 2.2 2.2 1.1 0.1 1.3
Jesper Granlund 35 26.9 4.6 2.3 1.6 0.6 0.2 0.7
Emanuel Richards 35 17.3 4.5 2.7 0.6 0.8 0.1 0.9
Johan Nziemi 28 7.2 3.1 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.3
Jaylen Benard 15 9.5 2.3 1.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.5
Saxby Sunderland 21 6.7 2.2 1.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2
Trey Hicks 1 7.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Leo Nordberg 15 6.5 1.5 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.3
Mateo Esmeraldo 11 3.4 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.2

2023-2024 Longwood Lancers Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Griff Aldrich Head Coach 2018-2019 Director of Basketball Operations (UMBC, 2016 to 2018)
Marty McGillan Assistant Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Winthrop, 2013 to 2017)
Ronnie Thomas Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (Guilford, 2015 to 2020)
Quinn McDowell Assistant Coach 2022-2023 Assistant Coach (Lehigh, 2019 to 2022)
Luke Toburen Director of Basketball Performance 2022-2023 N/A
Tim Hall Athletic Director 2022-2023 Athletic Director (SIU-Edwardsville, 2020 to 2022)
Joe Lupetin Director of Basketball Operations 2023-2024 Graduate Assistant (Longwood, 2022 to 2023)
Carly Fullerton Head Athletic Trainer 2016-2017 N/A
Leah Dunagan Athletic Trainer 2023-2024 Athletic Trainer (Utah State, 2022 to )
Sam Hovan Director of Communications 2022-2023 N/A