2022-2023 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

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2022-2023 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
4 Cole Anderson So PG 6-4 185 Dec 11, 2002 Fresno (CA) United States Clovis West High School
32 Matija Belic Fr PF 6-7 205 May 16, 2003 Belgrade Serbia N/A
23 Ariel Bland So C 6-7 215 Feb 26, 2002 Oakland (CA) United States Golden State Preparatory School
50 Gage Gomez Jr G 6-3 190 Mar 21, 2002 Arroyo Grande (CA) United States Arroyo Grande High School
51 Henry Hartwell Fr F 6-5 180 Nov 26, 2002 Sacramento (CA) United States El Camino High School
11 Zach Harvey Sr SG 6-6 190 Feb 23, 2001 Topeka (KS) United States Prolific Prep
00 Koat Keat Tong Fr F 6-9 215 - Bentiu South Sudan Crean Lutheran High School
2 Andre Kelly Sr PF 6-9 255 - Stockton (CA) United States Lincoln High School
12 Evans Kipruto Jr F 6-8 250 - Nairobi Kenya N/A
14 Jakov Kukic Jr C 6-10 225 Jul 20, 2000 Split Croatia La Lumiere School
13 Ajay Mitchell So PG 6-4 180 Jun 25, 2002 Liege Belgium N/A
5 Miles Norris Sr PF 6-10 220 Apr 15, 2000 Chula Vista (CA) United States Brewster Academy
40 David Pickles So C 6-10 235 Dec 3, 2002 Mercer Island (WA) United States Mercer Island High School
1 Josh Pierre-Louis Sr PG 6-4 190 May 8, 2001 Roselle (NJ) United States Roselle Catholic High School
3 Ajare Sanni Sr G 6-3 180 Feb 24, 2000 Houston (TX) United States Clear Lake High School
53 Max Sheldon So G 5-11 180 Aug 10, 2001 San Marcos (CA) United States San Marcos High School
10 Calvin Wishart Sr G 6-2 185 Jul 1, 1999 Delano (MN) United States Delano High School

Recent UC Santa Barbara Gauchos History

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

2022-2023 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Ajay Mitchell NABC All-District (9) Second Team
Ajay Mitchell Big West Player of the Year
Ajay Mitchell All-Big West First Team
Miles Norris All-Big West Second Team
Ajay Mitchell Big West Tournament MVP
Ajay Mitchell Big West All-Tournament Team
Miles Norris Big West All-Tournament Team
Ajay Mitchell Big West Player of the Week (Jan 2, 2023)
Ajay Mitchell Big West Player of the Week (Feb 13, 2023)
Miles Norris Big West Player of the Week (Mar 5, 2023)

2022-2023 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters A. Mitchell C. Wishart J. Pierre-Louis A. Kelly M. Norris
Rotation C. Anderson        
Lim PT   G. Gomez A. Sanni M. Belic E. Kipruto
Lim PT   Z. Harvey H. Hartwell K. Keat Tong J. Kukic
Lim PT   M. Sheldon     D. Pickles
Lim PT         A. Bland

2022-2023 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Ajay Mitchell 35 34.0 16.3 2.7 5.1 1.3 0.3 2.2
Miles Norris 35 33.5 14.1 6.1 1.2 1.1 0.8 1.1
Josh Pierre-Louis 32 27.2 9.5 3.9 2.4 1.2 0.2 2.1
Andre Kelly 34 27.8 9.3 6.5 0.9 0.6 0.7 1.3
Cole Anderson 35 21.2 7.3 1.4 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.5
Calvin Wishart 35 26.0 7.2 2.9 2.9 1.0 0.1 1.5
Ajare Sanni 25 17.2 6.2 1.9 0.9 0.5 0.0 1.0
Zach Harvey 5 8.8 2.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6
Jakov Kukic 17 7.2 2.1 1.8 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4
Koat Keat Tong 22 13.4 2.0 4.0 0.3 0.5 0.2 1.0
Matija Belic 22 7.0 1.6 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.4
Evans Kipruto 19 5.6 1.5 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2
David Pickles 3 1.7 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gage Gomez 8 2.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
Henry Hartwell 2 2.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
Ariel Bland 2 3.5 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Max Sheldon 3 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2022-2023 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Joe Pasternack Head Coach 2017-2018 Associate Head Coach (Arizona, 2013 to 2017)
Ben Tucker Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Northern Arizona, 2016 to 2017)
Larry Lewis Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Head Coach (2018 to 2019)
Kelly Barsky Athletic Director 2022-2023 N/A
Luke Storey Director of Sports Performance 2019-2020 Head Strength and Conditioning Coach (Orlando Magic, 2018 to 2019)
Kristen Keller Associate Athletic Director of Communications 2022-2023 Director of Communications (Concordia (IL), 2021 to 2022)
Leroy Heu Head Athletic Trainer 2014-2015 N/A
Jackson Smidt Associate Head Athletic Trainer 2020-2021 N/A