2021-2022 Valparaiso Beacons

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2021-2022 Valparaiso Beacons Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
21 Trevor Anderson Sr SG 6-3 200 Nov 24, 1997 Stevens Point (WI) United States Stevens Point High School
3 Connor Barrett So GF 6-6 205 - Wilmette (IL) United States Brewster Academy
4 Darius DeAveiro Fr PG 6-0 170 Mar 29, 2002 Brampton Canada Orangeville Prep
13 Sheldon Edwards So SG 6-4 180 - West Palm Beach (FL) United States Palm Beach Lakes Community High School
11 Emil Freese-Vilien Jr C 6-10 255 Nov 5, 1999 Copenhagen Denmark Falkonergarden High School
20 Tyler Fricke So GF 6-1 170 - Arlington Heights (IL) United States Buffalo Grove High School
10 Eron Gordon Sr PG 6-3 200 Nov 7, 1997 Indianapolis (IN) United States North Central High School
32 Joe Hedstrom Jr C 7-0 240 - Hopkins (MN) United States Hopkins High School
35 Kobe King Sr SG 6-4 195 Sep 27, 1998 La Crosse (WI) United States Central High School
0 Thomas Kithier Sr C 6-8 235 Jun 20, 1999 Macomb (MI) United States Clarkston High School
23 Ben Krikke Jr PF 6-9 220 Mar 23, 2001 Edmonton Canada Jasper Place High School
15 Luke Morrill Jr G 6-2 195 - Lombard (IL) United States Montini Catholic High School
1 Cameron Palesse RS-Fr G 6-5 195 - Waukesha (WI) United States Waukesha West High School
22 Brock Pappas Sr G 6-4 230 - Valparaiso (IN) United States Washington High School
2 Preston Ruedinger Fr G 6-2 185 - Oshkosh (WI) United States Lourdes High School
12 Kevion Taylor Sr GF 6-5 220 Jan 12, 1999 Milwaukee (WI) United States Whitnall High School
33 Trey Woodyard Fr F 6-6 190 - London (OH) United States London High School
5 Keyondre Young RS-Fr F 6-9 180 - Del City (OK) United States Del City High School

Recent Valparaiso Beacons History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2022-2023 11-21 (5-15) 10th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2021-2022 14-18 (6-12) 7th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 10-18 (7-11) 5th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 19-16 (9-9) 6th (MVC) Runner Up N/A
2018-2019 15-18 (7-11) 8th (MVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2017-2018 15-17 (6-12) 10th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 24-9 (14-4) 1st (Horizon) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2015-2016 30-7 (16-2) 1st (Horizon) 3rd Rnd NIT Runner Up
2014-2015 28-6 (13-3) 1st (Horizon) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2013-2014 18-16 (9-7) 4th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2012-2013 26-8 (13-3) 1st (Horizon) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2011-2012 22-12 (14-4) 1st (Horizon) Runner Up NIT 1st Rnd
2010-2011 23-12 (12-6) 4th (Horizon) 3rd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2009-2010 15-17 (10-8) 4th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 9-22 (5-13) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 22-14 (9-9) 4th (Horizon) 3rd Rnd CBI 2nd Rnd
2006-2007 16-15 (9-5) 3rd (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 17-12 (8-8) 4th (Summit) 2nd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 14-16 (10-6) 3rd (Summit) 1st Rnd N/A
2003-2004 18-13 (11-5) 1st (Summit) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2002-2003 20-11 (12-2) 1st (Summit) Runner Up NIT 1st Rnd

2021-2022 Valparaiso Beacons Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Ben Krikke MVC All-Conference Third Team
Sheldon Edwards MVC All-Bench Team
Preston Ruedinger MVC All-Freshman Team
Kobe King MVC All-Newcomer Team
Sheldon Edwards MVC Most-Improved Team
Thomas Kithier MVC Newcomer of the Week (Nov 15, 2021)

2021-2022 Valparaiso Beacons Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. DeAveiro P. Ruedinger K. King K. Taylor B. Krikke
Rotation E. Gordon S. Edwards     T. Kithier
Lim PT L. Morrill B. Pappas T. Woodyard K. Young E. Freese-Vilien
Lim PT   T. Anderson C. Barrett   J. Hedstrom
Lim PT     T. Fricke    

2021-2022 Valparaiso Beacons Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Ben Krikke 29 29.1 14.2 4.5 1.6 0.8 0.8 1.5
Kobe King 23 32.1 14.0 4.7 1.3 1.0 0.4 1.7
Kevion Taylor 32 34.6 12.8 2.8 1.6 0.9 0.2 1.9
Sheldon Edwards 32 25.7 11.4 4.2 1.3 1.1 0.8 1.4
Thomas Kithier 22 25.5 10.1 6.6 2.2 0.7 0.6 1.9
Trevor Anderson 19 27.3 9.2 3.8 2.4 0.5 0.0 0.9
Keyondre Young 8 9.8 4.6 1.5 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4
Preston Ruedinger 19 19.9 3.3 1.5 1.7 0.7 0.1 0.4
Eron Gordon 32 19.5 3.2 3.1 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.9
Luke Morrill 4 3.8 2.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
Joe Hedstrom 14 5.6 2.2 0.7 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.5
Connor Barrett 13 8.5 2.1 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Darius DeAveiro 29 16.7 1.8 2.0 1.7 0.8 0.0 0.8
Trey Woodyard 27 7.3 1.2 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3
Brock Pappas 4 3.2 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5
Emil Freese-Vilien 7 3.6 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.6

2021-2022 Valparaiso Beacons Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Matt Lottich Head Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Valparaiso, 2013 to 2016)
Luke Gore Associate Head Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Valparaiso, 2002 to 2016)
Rob Holloway Assistant Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Eastern Illinois, 2016 to 2018)
Matt Bowen Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Director of Basketball Operations (Valparaiso, 2018 to 2019)
Mark LaBarbera Athletic Director 2004-2005 N/A
Bob Brooks Director of Strength and Conditioning 2021-2022 N/A
Peter Funk Director of Basketball Operations 2021-2022 Graduate Assistant (Valparaiso, 2019 to 2021)
Ken DeAngelis Assistant Athletic Trainer 2021-2022 Athletic Trainer (Purdue-Northwest, 2013 to 2020)