2016-2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds

2016-2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
10 Jacob Calloway Fr SG 6-8 215 Apr 30, 1996 Juneau (AK) United States Thunder Mountain High School
3 DeCardo Day Fr PG 6-5 185 - Jackson (MS) United States Callaway High School
35 Brayden Holker Fr PF 6-9 225 - Sarasota Springs (UT) United States Westlake High School
33 Matthew Johnson So G 6-4 210 - Las Vegas (NV) United States Coronado High School
11 Will Joyce Sr SF 6-5 205 - Newark (NJ) United States Piscataway Township High School
22 Ivan Madunic Fr F 6-11 225 Nov 26, 1996 Split Croatia DME Academy
5 John Marshall Sr G 6-1 180 - Phoenix (AZ) United States Phoenix Westwind Academy
13 James McGee Jr G 6-2 200 - San Clemente (CA) United States Mater Dei High School
34 Christian Musoko Jr PF 6-8 245 Jun 21, 1995 Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Layton Christian High School
4 Neema Namdar Fr G 6-2 175 - Sandy (UT) United States Alta High School
2 Randy Onwuasor Jr G 6-3 210 Sep 5, 1995 Inglewood (CA) United States Inglewood High School
13 Race Parsons Sr G 6-4 185 - Monroe (UT) United States South Sevier High School
10 Adonis Saltes So G 6-2 180 - Pine Ridge (SD) United States Dakota Valley High School
44 Joel Swallow Fr FC 6-9 230 Sep 5, 1995 Howell (UT) United States Millard High School

Southern Utah Transfers Sitting Out 2016-2017

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Jadon Cohee Jr G 6-4 205 Jun 29, 1996 Langley Canada Seattle

Recent Southern Utah Thunderbirds History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 10-21 (5-15) 10th (WAC) N/A N/A
2022-2023 24-13 (12-6) 3rd (WAC) Runner Up CBI 3rd Rnd
2021-2022 23-12 (14-6) 2nd (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd The Basketball Classic 3rd Rnd
2020-2021 20-4 (12-2) 1st (Big Sky) 3rd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 17-15 (9-11) 7th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 17-17 (9-11) 7th (Big Sky) 3rd Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2017-2018 13-19 (5-13) 10th (Big Sky) 3rd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 6-27 (3-15) 11th (Big Sky) 2nd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 5-24 (3-15) 11th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 10-19 (7-11) 9th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2013-2014 2-27 (1-19) 11th (Big Sky) N/A N/A
2012-2013 11-20 (8-12) 6th (Big Sky) 1st Rnd N/A
2011-2012 14-17 (8-10) 6th (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A
2010-2011 11-19 (7-11) 8th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 7-22 (3-15) 9th (Summit) N/A N/A
2008-2009 11-20 (8-10) 5th (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 11-19 (9-9) 5th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 16-14 (6-8) 5th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 10-20 (8-8) 4th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2004-2005 13-15 (6-10) 8th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2003-2004 10-18 (6-10) 7th (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2002-2003 12-16 (5-9) 6th (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A

2016-2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Randy Onwuasor NABC All-District (6) Second Team
Randy Onwuasor All-Big Sky Second Team
Randy Onwuasor Big Sky All-Tournament Team
Randy Onwuasor Big Sky Newcomer of the Year
Randy Onwuasor Big Sky Player of the Week (Jan 2, 2017)

2016-2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Marshall J. McGee R. Onwuasor C. Musoko I. Madunic
Rotation D. Day   R. Parsons J. Calloway  
Rotation     W. Joyce B. Holker  
Lim PT N. Namdar M. Johnson   J. Swallow  
Lim PT A. Saltes        

2016-2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Randy Onwuasor 33 35.0 23.6 6.6 3.2 1.5 0.4 3.4
James McGee 33 33.8 14.2 2.7 2.5 0.8 0.1 1.8
John Marshall 32 30.0 7.6 4.4 2.9 1.3 0.2 1.7
Jacob Calloway 31 15.9 7.5 3.3 0.6 0.4 0.3 1.1
Race Parsons 19 21.8 7.3 3.3 1.1 0.5 0.1 1.3
Ivan Madunic 33 20.3 4.7 4.0 0.5 0.3 1.0 0.9
Christian Musoko 32 14.1 4.5 3.7 0.2 0.2 0.5 1.3
Brayden Holker 33 14.7 4.0 2.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.7
Will Joyce 28 14.2 3.9 3.7 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.7
DeCardo Day 27 12.1 3.1 1.1 0.7 0.2 0.0 1.2
Matthew Johnson 20 8.8 3.0 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3
Adonis Saltes 5 1.6 1.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
Neema Namdar 4 3.0 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0
Joel Swallow 3 2.3 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2016-2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Todd Simon Head Coach 2016-2017 Head Coach (UNLV, 2015 to 2016)
Andy Johnson Assistant Coach 2016-2017 N/A
John Wardenburg Assistant Coach 2016-2017 N/A
Patrice Days Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Wright State, 2015 to 2016)
Micah Fraction Special Assistant to the Head Coach 2016-2017 N/A
Jason Butikofer Athletic Director 2015-2016 N/A
Will Greenberg Director of Strength and Conditioning 2016-2017 N/A
Bryce Martin Director of Basketball Operations 2016-2017 Director of Basketball Operations (Santa Clara, 2015 to 2016)
Ray Jones Player Development Assistant 2016-2017 N/A