2018-2019 Western Carolina Catamounts

2018-2019 Western Carolina Catamounts Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
15 Josh Cottrell Fr G 6-2 185 - Hayesville (NC) United States Hayesville High School
4 Carlos Dotson Jr C 6-7 265 Sep 20, 1996 Spartanburg (SC) United States Dorman High School
10 Douglas Elks RS-So GF 6-5 200 - Raleigh (NC) United States Ravenscroft School
11 Kam Gibson Fr G 6-3 190 Aug 2, 2000 Cincinnati (OH) United States Walnut Hills High School
12 Marc Gosselin Sr F 6-7 205 May 29, 1996 Lyon France Cite Scolaire Internationale de Lyon
2 Matt Halvorsen So G 6-1 183 - Kingsport (TN) United States Christ School
3 Jason McMillan Jr G 5-11 165 - Cherokee (NC) United States Cherokee High School
5 D.J. Myers Fr F 6-6 200 - Raleigh (NC) United States Hargrave Military Academy
35 Yalim Olcay Jr F 6-8 225 - Izmir Turkey SPIRE Sports Academy
44 Adam Sledd Jr PF 6-8 220 - Roanoke (VA) United States Virginia Episcopal School
0 Maurice Smith RS-Jr F 6-7 225 - Lauderdale Lakes (FL) United States Northeast High School
33 Onno Steger Jr SF 6-5 205 Feb 22, 1998 Columbus (OH) United States Upper Arlington High School
21 Marcus Thomas So G 6-3 185 - Mint Hill (NC) United States Moravian Prep

Western Carolina Transfers Sitting Out 2018-2019

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Mason Faulkner Jr SG 6-1 190 Jun 11, 1998 Glasgow (KY) United States Northern Kentucky

Recent Western Carolina Catamounts History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 22-10 (11-7) 4th (SoCon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 18-16 (10-8) 4th (SoCon) 3rd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2021-2022 11-21 (5-13) 10th (SoCon) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 11-16 (4-13) 9th (SoCon) 1st Rnd N/A
2019-2020 19-12 (10-8) 5th (SoCon) 3rd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 7-25 (4-14) 8th (SoCon) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 13-19 (8-10) 6th (SoCon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 9-23 (4-14) 8th (SoCon) 1st Rnd N/A
2015-2016 16-18 (10-8) 5th (SoCon) 3rd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2014-2015 15-17 (9-9) 4th (SoCon) 3rd Rnd N/A
2013-2014 19-15 (10-6) 5th (SoCon) Runner Up N/A
2012-2013 14-19 (9-9) 5th (SoCon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2011-2012 17-18 (8-10) 7th (SoCon) Runner Up N/A
2010-2011 18-15 (12-6) 3rd (SoCon) 3rd Rnd N/A
2009-2010 22-12 (11-7) 4th (SoCon) 3rd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2008-2009 16-15 (11-9) 5th (SoCon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 10-21 (6-14) 9th (SoCon) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 11-20 (7-11) 6th (SoCon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 13-17 (7-7) 7th (SoCon) 1st Rnd N/A
2004-2005 8-22 (3-13) 12th (SoCon) 1st Rnd N/A
2003-2004 13-15 (6-10) 9th (SoCon) 1st Rnd N/A
2002-2003 9-19 (6-10) 9th (SoCon) 1st Rnd N/A

2018-2019 Western Carolina Catamounts Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Carlos Dotson All-SoCon Third Team (Media)
Kam Gibson SoCon All-Freshman Team (Coaches)
Kam Gibson SoCon All-Freshman Team (Media)
Onno Steger SoCon Player of the Week (Feb 5, 2019)
Carlos Dotson SoCon All-Conference Third Team (Coaches)
Carlos Dotson Cancun Challenge Mayan Division All-Tournament Team

2018-2019 Western Carolina Catamounts Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters M. Halvorsen K. Gibson O. Steger M. Gosselin C. Dotson
Rotation M. Thomas     A. Sledd  
Lim PT J. Cottrell   M. Smith D. Myers  
Lim PT J. McMillan     Y. Olcay  

2018-2019 Western Carolina Catamounts Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Carlos Dotson 31 27.7 13.9 9.5 1.5 0.7 0.5 3.4
Kam Gibson 32 30.8 13.6 2.1 1.9 0.5 0.2 2.2
Matt Halvorsen 32 34.0 11.6 3.3 2.8 0.5 0.1 2.5
Onno Steger 32 29.9 11.2 4.8 2.0 0.6 0.2 2.4
Marcus Thomas 31 20.5 8.8 3.2 1.3 0.6 0.3 2.1
Marc Gosselin 32 20.2 5.5 4.7 1.2 0.4 0.3 1.6
Josh Cottrell 32 12.3 3.3 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.6
Maurice Smith 4 10.2 2.5 4.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0
D.J. Myers 30 15.8 2.3 2.4 0.7 0.5 0.1 1.6
Adam Sledd 31 9.2 1.9 1.8 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.7
Yalim Olcay 11 3.7 0.7 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2
Jason McMillan 13 4.9 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4

2018-2019 Western Carolina Catamounts Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Mark Prosser Head Coach 2018-2019 Associate Head Coach (Winthrop, 2013 to 2018)
Brigham Waginger Assistant Coach 2011-2012 Director of Basketball Operations (Western Carolina, 2010 to 2011)
Monty Sanders Assistant Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Elon, 2013 to 2018)
Tony Rack Assistant Coach 2018-2019 Director of Basketball Operations (Northern Kentucky, 2015 to 2018)
Matt Erps Video Coordinator 2018-2019 N/A
Randy Eaton Athletic Director 2014-2015 N/A
Evan Barr Director of Sports Performance 2016-2017 N/A
Brett Ferguson Director of Basketball Operations 2018-2019 Video Coordinator (Michigan State, 2013 to 2015)
Steven Honbarger Director of Sports Medicine 2006-2007 N/A
Denise Gideon Director of Media Relations 2007-2008 N/A
Steven Grandy Director of Media Relations 2018-2019 Associate Director of Communications (USC Upstate, 2016 to 2018)