2016-2017 Grand Canyon Antelopes

2016-2017 Grand Canyon Antelopes Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
1 Fiifi Aidoo Fr G 6-2 200 Apr 5, 1996 Helsinki Finland Helsinki Basketball Academy
40 Nehemiah Allen Fr GF 6-6 170 Jun 19, 1995 Lake Oswego (OR) United States Lake Oswego High School
2 Joshua Braun Jr G 6-4 220 Jul 7, 1994 Anthem (AZ) United States Phoenix Westwind Academy
10 Shaquile Carr Jr PG 6-2 170 Jul 12, 1995 Las Vegas (NV) United States Canyon Springs High School
22 Adrian Carrion Jr PG 5-11 170 Jan 7, 1996 Seville Spain Canarias Basketball Academy
23 Darion Clark Sr F 6-7 235 Apr 9, 1994 Conyers (GA) United States Oak Hill Academy
4 Oscar Frayer Fr PF 6-6 195 Jan 15, 1998 Hayward (CA) United States Moreau Catholic High School
5 Matt Jackson RS-Jr F 6-8 230 May 17, 1995 Melbourne Australia Diamond Valley College
42 Gerard Martin So SG 6-7 225 Sep 18, 1995 Manly Australia Australian Institute of Sport
15 Christopher Miller Jr G 6-4 197 Oct 1, 1994 Peoria (AZ) United States Greenway High School
35 Kenzo Nudo Fr SG 6-4 200 - Scottsdale (AZ) United States Chaparral High School
0 Dewayne Russell Sr G 5-11 155 Feb 10, 1994 Peoria (AZ) United States / Italy Peoria High School
13 Ibrahima Sankare RS-Fr G 6-7 210 Jun 1, 1996 Thies Senegal SEED Academy
21 Kerwin Smith So F 6-10 214 Sep 21, 1995 Dallas (TX) United States Woodrow Wilson High School
15 Cheick Sy-Savane Jr G 6-3 180 - Centereach (NY) United States Centereach High School
12 Boubacar Toure So C 6-11 241 Dec 31, 1995 Dakar Senegal Phase 1 Academy
24 Keonta Vernon Jr F 6-6 240 Oct 24, 1994 Tulare (CA) United States Tulare Union High School
3 Juwan Washington Jr G 6-1 170 - Las Vegas (NV) United States Cheyenne High School

Recent Grand Canyon Antelopes History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 30-5 (17-3) 1st (WAC) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2022-2023 24-12 (10-7) 6th (WAC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2021-2022 23-8 (12-5) 5th (WAC) 4th Rnd N/A
2020-2021 17-7 (11-3) 1st (WAC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2019-2020 13-17 (8-8) 5th (WAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 20-14 (10-6) 3rd (WAC) Runner Up CBI 1st Rnd
2017-2018 22-12 (9-5) 3rd (WAC) Runner Up CBI 1st Rnd
2016-2017 22-9 (11-3) 2nd (WAC) N/A N/A
2015-2016 27-7 (11-3) 2nd (WAC) N/A CIT 3rd Rnd
2014-2015 17-15 (8-6) 2nd (WAC) N/A CIT 1st Rnd
2013-2014 15-15 (10-6) 3rd (WAC) N/A CIT 1st Rnd
2008-2009 N/A N/A (Summit) N/A N/A
2003-2004 N/A N/A (Summit) N/A N/A

2016-2017 Grand Canyon Antelopes Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Joshua Braun Academic All-American First Team
Joshua Braun WAC All-Conference First Team
Dewayne Russell WAC All-Conference First Team
Gerard Martin WAC All-Defensive Team
Joshua Braun WAC Player of the Week (Feb 27, 2017)
Dewayne Russell WAC Player of the Week (Dec 5, 2016)
Dewayne Russell WAC Player of the Week (Feb 13, 2017)
Dewayne Russell WAC Player of the Week (Nov 21, 2016)

2016-2017 Grand Canyon Antelopes Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Russell J. Braun O. Frayer G. Martin K. Vernon
Rotation S. Carr F. Aidoo   K. Smith D. Clark
Rotation   K. Nudo      
Lim PT A. Carrion C. Miller N. Allen    
Lim PT J. Washington C. Sy-Savane      

2016-2017 Grand Canyon Antelopes Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Dewayne Russell 28 38.3 21.2 3.8 5.4 1.5 0.1 2.7
Joshua Braun 22 33.7 17.5 4.6 1.4 0.5 0.4 1.5
Keonta Vernon 31 24.4 9.3 7.0 1.0 1.1 0.5 1.3
Oscar Frayer 31 24.6 7.9 4.5 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.4
Darion Clark 20 19.0 7.8 6.6 0.2 0.8 0.3 1.4
Gerard Martin 31 29.2 5.1 4.1 2.5 1.4 0.3 1.5
Shaquile Carr 30 18.4 4.7 2.2 2.4 0.7 0.0 1.9
Fiifi Aidoo 28 16.0 4.6 2.1 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.9
Kerwin Smith 31 14.5 4.4 3.6 0.0 0.2 0.1 1.0
Kenzo Nudo 9 13.0 3.9 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 1.1
Cheick Sy-Savane 2 2.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Juwan Washington 3 1.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Adrian Carrion 5 5.4 1.2 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.4
Christopher Miller 2 6.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nehemiah Allen 6 3.0 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0

2016-2017 Grand Canyon Antelopes Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Dan Majerle Head Coach 2013-2014 Assistant Coach (Phoenix Suns, 2008 to 2013)
Todd Lee Associate Head Coach 2014-2015 N/A
T.J. Benson Assistant Coach 2012-2013 N/A
Chris Crevelone Assistant Coach 2013-2014 N/A
Mike Vaught Athletic Director 2014-2015 N/A
Luke DallaRiva Director of Basketball Operations 2014-2015 N/A
Dethie Fall Assistant Director of Basketball Operations 2015-2016 N/A
Steven Gonzalez Assistant Director of Sports Information 2015-2016 Communications Assistant (Northern Arizona, 2014 to 2015)
Imani Suber Assistant Director of Sports Information 2016-2017 N/A
Geordie Hackett Head Athletic Trainer 2014-2015 N/A
Mark Oshidari Director of Communications 2016-2017 Associate Director of Communications (Saint Mary's, 2010 to 2016)