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2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster

Natalie Connelly
Natalie Connelly
Natalie Connelly
Natalie Connelly
Natalie Connelly
Natalie Connelly
Natalie Connelly
Michael Sudhalter
Natalie Connelly
Natalie Connelly

3 Nate West

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 165
  • Class Senior
  • Position G
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • Prev School Strake Jesuit HS

Biography

2019-20: D3hoops.com National Player of the Year ... National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III National Player of the Year ... DIII News National Player of the Year .... D3hoops.com First Team All-American ... NABC First Team All-American ... DIII News First Team All-American ... Small College Basketball Bevo Francis Award Finalist ... NABC All-South District ... D3hoops.com South Region Player of the Year ... D3hoops.com First Team All-South Region ... American Southwest Conference East Division Player of the Year ... ASC All-Conference ... First Team All-ASC East ... Most Valuable Player of ASC Championship Tournament ... Named to ASC Championship All-Tournament Team ... Named to Small College Basketball's Bevo Francis Award Top 25 Watch List (March 15) ... Named to Bevo Francis Award Top 50 Watch List (Feb. 15) ... Named to Bevo Francis Award Top 100 Watch List (Jan. 15) ... NABC Division III All-Star ... Dave Campbell's Texas Basketball Division III All-Texas Most Valuable Player ... United States Basketball Writers Association Division III National Player of the Week (Feb. 25, Jan. 28) ... Named American Southwest Conference East Player of the Week (Dec. 9, Jan. 20, Jan. 27, Feb. 3, Feb. 24) ... ASC co-Player of the Week (Nov. 25, Dec. 30) ... Named to D3hoops.com Team of the Week (Feb. 4 & Feb. 25) ... Named Preseason All-American by D3Hoops.com ... Tied school career scoring record of 2,393 points ... Set school season record for points (830) ... Became first player in ASC and third in school history to score 2,000 points in a career (Jan. 30) ... Broke the ASC and LeTourneau single game scoring mark when he scored 67 points on a league-record 21 field goals vs. Belhaven in the final regular season game (Feb. 22) ... Broke ASC career scoring record (Jan. 18) ... Broke ASC record for points in a season, doing so in ASC Championship game (Feb. 29) ... Broke ASC Championship Tournament record for most points in tournament history, scoring 95 in the three victories at Sul Ross State (Feb. 27-29) ... Broke ASC record for most three-pointers in a season, also breaking his own school record ... Broke ASC record for most triple-doubles (4) in a career (Jan. 18) ... Recorded ASC-record fifth career triple-double with 31 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds in win at Belhaven (Jan. 23) ... Broke LeTourneau school game record for assists in NCAA era with 13 (Jan. 18) ... His 67 points vs. Belhaven were the most in a Division III game in 2019-20 ... Scored 51 points vs. Whitworth in NCAA Tournament (March 6) ... Scored 47 points, had nine rebounds, seven assists and four steals in win over Louisiana College (Feb. 20) ... Scored 36 points in two games at ASC Championship Tournament ... Scored 38 points on 8 of 16 shooting, including 5 of 11 from 3-point range, and went 17-for-18 from the free throw line in exhibition at Stephen F. Austin (Nov. 6) ... Scored 33 points on 12 of 23 shooting, and had seven assists and four steals in win at Millsaps (Nov. 24) ... Had 10 assists in a win over Millikin at Rhodes Tip-Off Tournament (Nov. 17) ... Had 33 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists, three steals in win over East Texas Baptist (Jan. 30) ... Scored 25 points, matched career-high 13 assists and grabbed 10 rebounds for ASC record-setting fourth triple-double (Jan. 18) ... Recorded third career triple-double with 24 points, career-high 13 assists, while matching career-best 12 rebounds in win over Centenary (Dec. 3) ... Scored 34 points, and grabbed nine rebounds vs. No. 9 Wisconsin-Platteville (Dec. 27) ... Had 30 points on 11 of 17 shooting, 11 rebounds, eight assists and a steal vs. Whitman (Dec. 28) ... Had 30 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists, a block and a steal vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor (Feb. 15) ... LETU Male Athlete of the Year ... ASC Academic All-Conference ... Named to D3hoops.com Fourth Team All-Decade Team in 2021.

2018-19: Named to D3hoops.com All-South Region First Team ... Second Team National Association of Basketball Coaches All-South District choice ... ASC All-Conference selection ...First Team All-ASC East selection ... Named ASC East Division Player of the Week five times ... Appeared in 26 games, making 25 starts ... Averaged 24.1 points and 6.2 rebounds per game ... Scored career-high 41 points vs. Belhaven (Jan. 17) ... Grabbed career-high 12 rebounds at Belhaven (Feb. 9) ... Recorded his second career triple-double with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Sul Ross State (Dec. 6) ... Had a team-high 117 assists ... Scored in double figures in all 26 games ... Scored over 30 points in four games ... Scored 20 or more points in 18 games.

2017-18: Named to D3hoops.com All-South Region First Team ... First Team NABC All-South District ... Named ASC East Division Player of the Year ... Named to ASC All-Conference Team ... Named ASC East Division Player of the Week (Dec. 18 and Jan. 15) ... Appeared in all 29 games, starting 28 ... Averaged a team-best 18.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game ... Had single-game highs of 29 points vs. Louisiana College and 11 points vs. Texas-Tyler ... Recorded the second triple-double in school history with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists at Howard Payne.

2016-17: Named to the ASC East Division All-Freshman Team ... Named to ASC All-Tournament team after scoring 70 points in three games ... Leading freshmen scorer in conference at 14 ppg ... Appeared in all 28 games, starting 22 … Had a single game high of 26 points and seven rebounds in the conference tournament championship vs. Hardin-Simmons ... Scored 25 points and grabbed six boards against Sul Ross in the quarterfinals of the ASC Tournament.

Prior to LeTourneau: Averaged 14 points per game as a senior for head coach Dominic Amarosa at Strake Jesuit High School ... Two-time First Team All-District selection.

Personal: Son of Anna and Nathaniel West ... Accounting major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2016-17Freshman

    Guard
    5'10" 150 lbs
    10
  • 3

    2017-18Sophomore

    Guard
    5'10" 150 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2018-19Junior

    Guard
    5'10" 150 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2019-20Senior

    G
    5'10" 165 lbs
    3