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Jersey Number 15
Michael Duax
- Position:
- Guard/Forward
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Dubuque, Iowa
- High School:
- Dubuque Hempstead HS
Bio
2023-24: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVC Honor Roll ... Field of 68 Almanac's MVC Preseason Breakout Player ... Appeared in all 33 games with five starts ... Scored 126 points, averaging 3.8 points per contest with 14.1 minutes per game ... Pulled down 84 rebounds (2.5 per game), dished out 19 assists (0.6 per game), recorded 13 steals (0.4 per game) and blocked one shot ... Shot 51% from the floor (49-96), 55% from beyond the three-point arc (11-20) and 51.5% from the free throw line (17-33) ... Scored a season-high 12 points against both Belmont (11/29/23) and UIC (1/10/24) where he made five field goals in each game ... Grabbed a season-high seven rebounds at South Florida (11/19/23) and posted a three-steal performance vs. UIC (1/10/24) ... Sank a pair of three-point baskets against Alcorn State (12/17/23).
2022-23: MVC All-Freshman Team ... MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and Honor Roll ... Played in all 32 games with 28 starts ... Scored 321 points, most among Panther freshmen and one of three UNI freshmen to score 230+ points on the season ... Second most points scored among MVC freshmen ... Averaged 10 points per game ... Shot 57.4% from the field (135-235), 30.7% from beyond the three-point arc (12-39) and 55.7% from the free throw line (39-70) ... Grabbed 150 rebounds, averaging 4.7 rebounds per contest ... Recorded 35 assists, 42 steals, and 8 blocks ... Averaged 29.5 minutes per game ... Notched 3 double-doubles ... Scored a career-high 21 points at UIC (1/21/22) ... Scored the game-winning layup at the buzzer and pulled down a season-best 12 rebounds at Valparaiso (1/4/22).
2021-22: Redshirt ... MVC Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Duax played three seasons with Dubuque Hempstead High School and competed under coach Curt Deutsch. He recorded 1,209 points, 424 rebounds, 195 assists, 139 steals, and 47 blocks for the Mustangs while starting all 63 appearances. Duax finished his prep career as the two-time Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division Player of the Year and a two-time IPSWA Class 4A First Team honoree. As a senior, he was a Des Moines Register All-State Elite Team and Class 4A First Team selection and the Telegraph Herald All-Area Boys Basketball Player of the Year while averaging 21.9 points per game and ranking second among Class 4A players in field goals made (166) and third in total points scored (416). In his junior season, he averaged 21.0 points per game and finished second in Class 4A for field goal attempts (373), third in field goals made (187), and fifth in total points (482). Duax also averaged 14.8 points per game as a sophomore. He was a McDonald’s All-America nominee, a team captain, a National Honor Society member, and a part of the Dubuque Area Youth Leadership Council before signing with UNI over interest from South Dakota State and Western Illinois among others.
PERSONAL: Michael is the son of Bob and Katie Duax. Father Bob played football at UNI in the 1980s ... Majoring in Biology.
2022-23: MVC All-Freshman Team ... MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and Honor Roll ... Played in all 32 games with 28 starts ... Scored 321 points, most among Panther freshmen and one of three UNI freshmen to score 230+ points on the season ... Second most points scored among MVC freshmen ... Averaged 10 points per game ... Shot 57.4% from the field (135-235), 30.7% from beyond the three-point arc (12-39) and 55.7% from the free throw line (39-70) ... Grabbed 150 rebounds, averaging 4.7 rebounds per contest ... Recorded 35 assists, 42 steals, and 8 blocks ... Averaged 29.5 minutes per game ... Notched 3 double-doubles ... Scored a career-high 21 points at UIC (1/21/22) ... Scored the game-winning layup at the buzzer and pulled down a season-best 12 rebounds at Valparaiso (1/4/22).
2021-22: Redshirt ... MVC Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Duax played three seasons with Dubuque Hempstead High School and competed under coach Curt Deutsch. He recorded 1,209 points, 424 rebounds, 195 assists, 139 steals, and 47 blocks for the Mustangs while starting all 63 appearances. Duax finished his prep career as the two-time Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division Player of the Year and a two-time IPSWA Class 4A First Team honoree. As a senior, he was a Des Moines Register All-State Elite Team and Class 4A First Team selection and the Telegraph Herald All-Area Boys Basketball Player of the Year while averaging 21.9 points per game and ranking second among Class 4A players in field goals made (166) and third in total points scored (416). In his junior season, he averaged 21.0 points per game and finished second in Class 4A for field goal attempts (373), third in field goals made (187), and fifth in total points (482). Duax also averaged 14.8 points per game as a sophomore. He was a McDonald’s All-America nominee, a team captain, a National Honor Society member, and a part of the Dubuque Area Youth Leadership Council before signing with UNI over interest from South Dakota State and Western Illinois among others.
PERSONAL: Michael is the son of Bob and Katie Duax. Father Bob played football at UNI in the 1980s ... Majoring in Biology.
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