2022-2023 Valparaiso Beacons

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2022-2023 Valparaiso Beacons Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
3 Connor Barrett Jr GF 6-6 210 - Wilmette (IL) United States Brewster Academy
12 Ibra Bayu Fr F 6-8 200 Sep 21, 2002 Almere Netherlands Perkiomen School
4 Darius DeAveiro So PG 6-0 170 Mar 29, 2002 Brampton Canada Orangeville Prep
5 Nick Edwards Sr G 6-1 170 - Atlanta (GA) United States Grayson High School
11 Emil Freese-Vilien Sr C 6-10 255 Nov 5, 1999 Copenhagen Denmark Falkonergarden High School
14 Quinton Green Sr F 6-7 185 - Grove City (OH) United States N/A
32 Joe Hedstrom Sr 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 Sr PF 6-9 220 Mar 23, 2001 Edmonton Canada Jasper Place High School
15 Luke Morrill Sr G 6-2 195 - Lombard (IL) United States Montini Catholic High School
13 Maximus Nelson Fr F 6-8 215 - Appleton (WI) United States Appleton North High School
1 Cam Palesse Fr G 6-5 195 - Waukesha (WI) United States Waukesha West High School
33 Jerome Palm So C 6-10 230 - Almere Netherlands N/A
22 Brock Pappas Sr G 6-4 230 - Valparaiso (IN) United States Washington High School
2 Preston Ruedinger RS-So G 6-2 185 - Oshkosh (WI) United States Lourdes High School
20 Joe Vick Fr F 6-2 195 - Kouts (IN) United States Kouts High School

Recent Valparaiso Beacons History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 7-25 (3-17) 12th (MVC) 1st Rnd N/A
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

2022-2023 Valparaiso Beacons Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Ben Krikke NABC All-District (16) Second Team
Ben Krikke Academic All-American Second Team
Ben Krikke MVC All-Conference First Team
Ben Krikke MVC Most-Improved Team
Ben Krikke MVC Player of the Week (Jan 30, 2023)
Ben Krikke MVC Player of the Week (Feb 20, 2023)
Quinton Green MVC Newcomer of the Week (Jan 23, 2023)

2022-2023 Valparaiso Beacons Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters N. Edwards K. King Q. Green M. Nelson B. Krikke
Rotation P. Ruedinger   C. Barrett I. Bayu J. Palm
Rotation D. DeAveiro        
Lim PT L. Morrill C. Palesse J. Vick   E. Freese-Vilien
Lim PT         J. Hedstrom

2022-2023 Valparaiso Beacons Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Ben Krikke 32 35.7 19.4 5.9 2.1 0.5 0.9 2.2
Kobe King 32 35.2 16.2 4.1 1.7 0.7 0.3 2.1
Quinton Green 31 30.1 10.7 4.6 1.0 0.8 0.5 1.1
Nick Edwards 32 27.0 7.6 3.9 5.0 1.5 0.1 2.3
Maximus Nelson 31 18.1 4.6 3.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.7
Connor Barrett 31 16.8 4.1 1.7 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.5
Ibra Bayu 27 12.0 2.4 2.7 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.1
Joe Hedstrom 14 5.2 2.2 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4
Preston Ruedinger 9 20.6 2.1 2.3 1.0 0.9 0.0 1.0
Jerome Palm 23 13.4 1.9 4.0 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.4
Darius DeAveiro 25 15.4 1.8 1.6 2.7 1.1 0.0 1.4
Emil Freese-Vilien 10 6.3 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4
Cam Palesse 5 8.0 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
Luke Morrill 9 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
Joe Vick 2 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

2022-2023 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)
Vijay Blackmon Strength and Conditioning Coach 2022-2023 N/A
Ken DeAngelis Assistant Athletic Trainer 2021-2022 Athletic Trainer (Purdue-Northwest, 2013 to 2020)