2016-2017 Toledo Rockets

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2016-2017 Toledo Rockets Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
2 Taylor Adway So PF 6-8 220 Oct 15, 1996 Chicago (IL) United States Hillcrest High School
3 Lucas Antunez Jr PG 6-3 175 Jun 14, 1995 Madrid Spain Findlay College Prep
10 Daniel Dzierzawski Jr PG 6-0 170 - Hamilton Canada Cathedral High School
33 Zach Garber Sr FC 6-10 245 Aug 26, 1994 Carey (OH) United States Vanlue High School
0 James Gordon IV RS-Fr SF 6-6 250 Dec 29, 1997 Chicago (IL) United States Simeon Career Academy
4 Fred John, Jr. RS-So F 6-6 225 Sep 6, 1996 Southfield (MI) United States Southfield-Lathrup High School
30 Luke Knapke Fr C 6-11 245 Jan 10, 1997 Maria Stein (OH) United States Marion Local High School
25 Jordan Lauf Sr G 6-5 200 Feb 22, 1994 Napoleon (OH) United States Napoleon High School
35 Nate Navigato So SF 6-8 215 Aug 12, 1996 Geneva (IL) United States Geneva High School
5 Justin Roberts Fr PG 5-10 189 Apr 6, 1997 Lawrence (KS) United States Lawrence High School
13 Jaelan Sanford So PG 6-4 195 Feb 22, 1997 Evansville (IN) United States Reitz High School
20 Matt Schaffer Fr G 6-1 180 Nov 15, 1997 Sylvania (OH) United States Sylvania Southview High School
23 Steve Taylor, Jr. Sr F 6-9 240 Feb 15, 1993 Chicago (IL) United States Simeon Career Academy
1 Jonathan Williams Sr G 6-3 200 Feb 25, 1995 Southfield (MI) United States / Poland Southfield-Lathrup High School

Toledo Transfers Sitting Out 2016-2017

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Tre'Shaun Fletcher Sr GF 6-7 205 Oct 5, 1994 Tacoma (WA) United States Colorado

Recent Toledo Rockets History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 20-12 (14-4) 1st (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2022-2023 27-8 (16-2) 1st (MAC) Runner Up NIT 1st Rnd
2021-2022 26-8 (17-3) 1st (MAC) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2020-2021 21-9 (15-4) 1st (MAC) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2019-2020 17-15 (8-10) 7th (MAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 25-8 (13-5) 2nd (MAC) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2017-2018 23-11 (13-5) 2nd (MAC) Runner Up N/A
2016-2017 17-17 (9-9) 7th (MAC) 2nd Rnd CBI 1st Rnd
2015-2016 17-15 (8-10) 9th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 20-13 (11-7) 4th (MAC) 4th Rnd N/A
2013-2014 27-7 (14-4) 1st (MAC) Runner Up NIT 1st Rnd
2012-2013 15-13 (10-6) 3rd (MAC) N/A N/A
2011-2012 19-17 (7-9) 7th (MAC) 3rd Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2010-2011 4-28 (1-15) 12th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 4-28 (1-15) 12th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 7-25 (5-11) 11th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 11-19 (7-8) 8th (MAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2006-2007 19-13 (14-2) 1st (MAC) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2005-2006 20-11 (10-8) 5th (MAC) Runner Up N/A
2004-2005 16-13 (11-7) 2nd (MAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 20-11 (12-6) 3rd (MAC) 3rd Rnd NIT 2nd Rnd
2002-2003 13-16 (7-11) 12th (MAC) 1st Rnd N/A

2016-2017 Toledo Rockets Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Steve Taylor, Jr. NABC All-District (14) Second Team
Jonathan Williams NABC All-District (14) Second Team
Steve Taylor, Jr. All-MAC Second Team
Jonathan Williams All-MAC Third Team
Jaelan Sanford MAC Player of the Week (West) (Nov 13, 2017)
Steve Taylor, Jr. MAC Player of the Week (West) (Nov 21, 2016)
Steve Taylor, Jr. MAC Player of the Week (West) (Feb 6, 2017)
Jonathan Williams MAC Player of the Week (West) (Jan 9, 2017)
Jonathan Williams MAC Player of the Week (West) (Dec 19, 2016)

2016-2017 Toledo Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Williams J. Sanford J. Lauf S. Taylor, Jr. L. Knapke
Rotation D. Dzierzawski   N. Navigato   Z. Garber
Lim PT J. Roberts   F. John, Jr. T. Adway  
Lim PT L. Antunez        
Lim PT M. Schaffer        

2016-2017 Toledo Rockets Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Jonathan Williams 32 34.3 19.6 3.0 3.2 0.8 0.1 2.7
Steve Taylor, Jr. 33 32.1 15.3 12.2 3.7 0.3 0.5 3.5
Jaelan Sanford 34 35.9 13.6 2.1 3.1 0.7 0.5 1.9
Nate Navigato 34 27.8 9.5 2.9 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.9
Jordan Lauf 34 33.6 8.3 6.2 1.9 1.0 0.1 0.9
Daniel Dzierzawski 7 15.6 7.1 2.0 1.6 0.3 0.0 2.4
Luke Knapke 34 19.2 6.9 4.2 1.2 0.2 0.8 1.3
Zach Garber 16 15.4 3.6 4.4 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.9
Taylor Adway 30 6.8 2.6 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5
Justin Roberts 30 9.0 1.2 0.5 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.4
Lucas Antunez 17 5.2 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.5
Matt Schaffer 8 1.9 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fred John, Jr. 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2016-2017 Toledo Rockets Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Tod Kowalczyk Head Coach 2010-2011 N/A
Jason Kalsow Assistant Coach 2010-2011 N/A
Jeff Massey Assistant Coach 2014-2015 N/A
DeAndre Haynes Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Kent State, 2012 to 2016)
Mike O'Brien Athletic Director 2002-2003 N/A
Steve Murray Director of Strength and Conditioning 2014-2015 N/A
Kyle Barlow Director of Basketball Operations 2014-2015 N/A
Gretchen Buskirk Associate Head Athletic Trainer 2014-2015 N/A