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2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster

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24 Steven Schaefer

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 165
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rapid City, S.D.
  • High School Stevens

Biography

2017-18 (Senior): Started all 30 games ... tied a career-high with 17 points and set a new career mark with five 3-pointers vs. Montevallo (11/4) ... tallied 15 points and played a career-high 39 minutes vs. Peru State (11/14) ... smashed his career-high with 30 points and six 3-pointers vs. Doane (11/22), when he also set a new career-mark with five assists in just 27 minutes ... followed-up his career-night with 16 points at Chadron State (11/25) ... finished with 15 points and six rebounds at Concordia-St. Paul (12/1) ... tallied 12 points at Minnesota State (12/2) ... scored 17 points, with a 5 for 8 night from deep vs. U-Mary (12/9) ... notched a game-high 21 points vs. Wayne State (12/19) ... scored 11 points, grabbed a career-high eight rebounds and blocked his first shot of the season at Sioux Falls (12/31) ... scored 16 points and added a career-high three steals vs. Concordia-St. Paul (1/6) ... finished with 17 points at MSU Moorhead (1/12) ... notched 19 points at Northern State (1/13) ... scored 16 points of 6 of 10 shooting vs. Winona State (1/20) ... one of five Vikings in double figures vs. Sioux Falls (2/9) adding 14 vs. SMSU (2/10) ... finished with 16 points at Winona State (2/16) and 17 points at Upper Iowa (2/17) ... scored eight points, with four rebounds in his final game vs. SMSU (2/24) in the NSIC Tournament quarterfinals
 
Augustana Career Records
• 3-point field goal percentage – 48.5 (145 for 299)

2016-17 (Junior): Named to Academic All-NSIC Team ... played in all 33 games ... averaged 8.0 points and 2.4 rebounds per game ... played 20.8 minutes per contest ... shot 52.5 percent from the field ... knocked down 55 of 98 3-point field goal attempts ... shot 56.1 percent from 3-point range which ranks second all-time in a single season at Augustana ... grabbed 80 rebounds ... dished out 37 assists ... scored in double-figures 15 times ... hit two or more 3-pointers in a game 18 times ... knocked down four 3-pointers and scored 16 points against East Central on Nov. 12 ... scored a season-high 17 points twice against Concordia-St. Paul (Dec. 2 & Jan. 7) ... put up 15 points and seven rebounds at Upper Iowa on Jan. 20

2015-16 (Sophomore): Earned Academic All-NSIC honors ... played in 27 games ... averaged 2.2 points per game ... knocked down 15 3-pointers on the season ... shot 45.5 percent from the field and 55.6 percent from 3-point range ... put up eight points in 10 minutes of action at Concordia-St. Paul on Dec. 5 ... scored seven points and grabbed three rebounds against SMSU on Jan. 3 ... scored a season-high nine points against Minnesota Crookston on Feb. 24

2014-15 (Freshman): Appeared in 27 games ... averaged 3.4 points and 1.5 rebounds per game ... shot 42.5 percent from the field ... hit 41.7 percent from 3-point range ... was a 71.4 percent shooter from the free throw line ... dished out 13 assists ... scored season-high nine points three times ... matched season-high with four rebounds against USF on Feb. 14 ... matched season-high with nine points against Upper Iowa on Jan. 24 ... hit season-high three 3-pointers and scored nine points at USF on Jan. 2 ... grabbed four rebounds against Minnesota Crookston on Dec. 13 ... scored seven points in first career game at Minnesota State on Dec. 5

High School: 2014 graduate of Rapid City Stevens High School ... four-year letterwinner ... three-year starter ... named Argus Leader Player of the Year in 2014 ... averaged 24 points, five rebounds and two assists senior season ... three-time all-conference selection ... two-time all-state honoree ... named Spirit of Su Award winner senior season ... finalist for South Dakota's Gatorade Player of the Year in 2014 ... set school records with 579 points and 62 3-point field goals at Stevens senior year ... named to the State AA All-Tournament team as a senior ... averaged 19 points, four rebounds and two assists as a junior ... posted 12 points, two rebounds and two assists per game sophomore season.

Personal: Born Oct. 6, 1995 ... son of Troy and Kim Schaefer ... biology major

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Historical Player Information

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    2014-15Freshman

    Guard
    6'3" 165 lbs
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    2015-16Sophomore

    Guard
    6'3" 180 lbs
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    2016-17Junior

    Guard
    6'3" 165 lbs
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    2017-18Senior

    Guard
    6'3" 165 lbs
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