2023-2024 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos

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2023-2024 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
4 Cole Anderson Jr PG 6-4 185 Dec 11, 2002 Fresno (CA) United States Clovis West High School
31 Konner Baroni Jr GF 6-8 210 - Auburn (CA) United States Placer Union High School
7 Matija Belic So PF 6-7 205 May 16, 2003 Belgrade Serbia N/A
23 Ariel Bland Jr C 6-7 215 Feb 26, 2002 Oakland (CA) United States Golden State Preparatory School
26 Elia Bongiorno Fr G 6-2 190 - Arona Italy King's Academy
14 Kilian Brockhoff Fr PF 6-9 225 May 17, 2004 Vechta Germany N/A
10 Jason Fontenet, Jr. Fr F 6-6 190 - Scottsdale (AZ) United States Bella Vista College Prep
8 Gage Gomez Sr G 6-3 190 Mar 21, 2002 Arroyo Grande (CA) United States Arroyo Grande High School
18 Henry Hartwell So F 6-5 190 Nov 26, 2002 Sacramento (CA) United States El Camino High School
00 Koat Keat Tong So F 6-10 210 - Bentiu South Sudan Crean Lutheran High School
12 Evans Kipruto Sr F 6-8 250 - Nairobi Kenya N/A
13 Ajay Mitchell Jr PG 6-5 190 Jun 25, 2002 Liege Belgium Community School Sainte-Marie
34 Mezziah Oakman Jr C 7-0 230 - New York (NY) United States Mount Diablo High School
40 David Pickles Jr 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
99 Max Sheldon Jr G 5-11 180 Aug 10, 2001 San Marcos (CA) United States San Marcos High School
11 Ben Shtolzberg So G 6-4 195 - Sherman Oaks (CA) United States Notre Dame High School
21 Yohan Traore So C 6-11 235 Feb 15, 2003 Tours France Dream City Christian School

Recent UC Santa Barbara Gauchos History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 16-15 (9-11) 7th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
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

2023-2024 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Ajay Mitchell NABC All-District (9) First Team
Ajay Mitchell All-Big West First Team
Yohan Traore All-Big West Honorable Mention
Ajay Mitchell Big West Player of the Week (Dec 4, 2023)

2023-2024 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters C. Anderson J. Pierre-Louis A. Mitchell Y. Traore A. Bland
Rotation       J. Fontenet, Jr.  
Rotation       M. Belic  
Lim PT G. Gomez B. Shtolzberg K. Keat Tong E. Kipruto M. Oakman
Lim PT   M. Sheldon K. Baroni K. Brockhoff D. Pickles
Lim PT     H. Hartwell    

2023-2024 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Ajay Mitchell 29 31.5 20.0 4.0 4.0 1.2 0.4 2.6
Yohan Traore 30 28.8 14.5 5.1 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.7
Josh Pierre-Louis 30 30.4 11.4 4.8 3.2 1.5 0.3 2.9
Cole Anderson 31 31.7 10.3 1.8 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.8
Ariel Bland 31 21.2 6.0 5.9 1.2 0.5 1.2 1.3
Jason Fontenet, Jr. 31 23.2 5.1 4.1 1.5 0.6 0.2 1.3
Konner Baroni 3 4.0 4.3 3.0 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.0
Matija Belic 29 15.1 3.9 2.4 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.6
Ben Shtolzberg 23 13.4 2.9 1.3 1.1 0.3 0.0 1.0
Kilian Brockhoff 19 7.7 2.6 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.7
Gage Gomez 6 6.3 2.3 0.8 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
Evans Kipruto 25 8.8 1.8 2.1 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.6
Henry Hartwell 5 3.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
David Pickles 3 3.0 1.3 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Max Sheldon 3 3.3 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mezziah Oakman 1 4.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2023-2024 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)
Larry Lewis Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Head Coach (2018 to 2019)
Brian Eskildsen Assistant Coach 2023-2024 Assistant Coach (Georgia Tech, 2022 to 2023)
Derek Glasser Assistant Coach 2023-2024 Assistant Coach (Rice, 2020 to 2023)
Skye Ettin Assistant Coach 2023-2024 Assistant Coach (Princeton, 2016 to 2023)
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)
Andrew Payne Director of Basketball Operations 2023-2024 Director of Recruiting (UC Santa Barbara, 2022 to 2023)
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
Riley Quincy Athletic Trainer 2023-2024 N/A