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2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 50
Austin Phyfe
- Position:
- Forward
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Waverly, Iowa
- High School:
- Waverly-Shell Rock HS
Bio
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2022-23): Did not play due to illness ... 2023-24 MVC Most Courageous Award winner ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and Honor Roll ... Preseason Third Team All-MVC.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2021-22): Preseason Second Team All-MVC...State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Award...Senior CLASS Award Candidate... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and Honor Roll... Played in 30 games... Scored 161 points, averaging 5.4 PPG... grabbed 66 rebounds, averaging 2.2 RPG... had 33 assists, to go along with 13 blocks and 4 steals. shot 53.4% from the field, and 63.5% from the free throw line... Averaged 12.1 MPG... Scored season-high 20 points including 9 free throws vs Nicholls State (11/9/21)... Made season high 8 shots vs. Wyoming... Finished season with highest career FG percentage in program history (60.4%).
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2020-21): Third Team All-MVC... NABC Second Team All-District...MVC First Team Scholar Athlete...Started all 25 games...scored 309 points, averaging 12.4 points per game, shot 57.7 percent from the field and 32.0 percent from beyond the three point arc, hauled in 183 rebounds, averaging 7.3 rebounds per game, finished with 62 assists, 17 blocks, and 8 steals...knocked down 21 points against Missouri State (12/28/21) going 9-12 from the field...hauled in a season high 13 rebounds against Southern Illinois (01/30/21)...finished with 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists against Illinois State (02/27/21) going 9-18 from the field...finished with a season high 21 points against Illinois State (02/28/21).
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2019-20): First Team All-MVC... MVC First Team Scholar Athlete... NABC All-District Team... scored 346 points, averaging 11.2 points per game, shot 67.1 percent from the field, hauled in 255 rebounds, averaging 8.2 rebounds per game, finished with 65 assists, 29 blocks, and 16 steals... scored a season high 22 points against Northern Colorado (11/16/19) going 10-16 from the field... finished with a season high 4 blocks and 4 assists against Loyola (1/26/20).... recorded 3 steals at Evansville (2/1/20)... hauled in a season high 18 rebounds at Drake (2/29/20) to help secure an outright regular season championship...Season ended early due to COVID-19.
SOPHOMORE (2018-19): Redshirt...Suffered a season ending illness on December 1 against South Dakota State (12/1), but had suited up for seven of the eight games prior for the Panthers ... Due to a shortened season, Phyfe recorded his season high nine points and five rebounds against Penn Quakers (11/16) in the third game of the season ... Grabbed three boards and four points versus Old Dominion (11/19).
FRESHMAN (2017-18): Saw action in 28 games ... Made eight starts ... Shot 22-of-35 (62.9 percent) from the field in MVC play ... Knocked in two 3-pointers and scored 9 points in a 71-56 win vs. Missouri State (2/24) ... Had a streak of 14 consecutive free throws made snapped vs. Indiana State (2/3) ... Poured in 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds in his first career start in an 81-76 win over Valparaiso (1/13) ... Went 6-of-7 from the field and 8-of-8 at the free throw line vs. the Crusaders ... Scored 6 points and added 3 rebounds at Indiana State (1/10) ... Earned his first career steal vs. Iowa State (12/16) ... Scored 8 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in an 80-47 victory over Dubuque (12/10) ... Collected his first collegiate rebound in a 64-60 win over NC State (11/23) ... Scored 2 points and fouled out after 12 minutes of action at North Carolina (11/10) ... Scored 7 points, grabbed 5 rebounds in a 72-66 exhibition win over UNC Pembroke.
HIGH SCHOOL: The No. 2 recruit in the state of Iowa, according to IowaPreps.com ... First-team All-State pick in Class 3A after leading the state in rebounds (337) as a senior ... Joined the 1,000-point club as a prep ... Scored 496 points in 2016-17 (19.1 ppg) ... Led Waverly-Shell Rock to a 24-2 mark as a senior ... Named to the Eastern Iowa All-Star Team ... Earned second-team All-State honors from the Iowa Newspaper Association as a junior for head coach Nate Stegge ... Notched third-team all-state accolades as a sophomore ... Four-time All-Northeast Iowa Conference pick, including a trio of first-team honors ... Averaged 14.5 points, grabbed 8.4 rebounds and shot 64 percent from the field in leading Waverly-Shell Rock to an 18-6 record in 2015-16 ... Scored 13.7 points and grabbed 7.9 rebounds as a sophomore in helping the GoHawks to a 22-3 record and a berth into the state tournament ... As a freshman, he helped the GoHawks the state tournament and into the semifinals ... Played AAU for the Iowa Barnstormers ... Played varsity golf at Waverly-Shell Rock.
PERSONAL: Born March 30, 1999 ... Son of Steve and Lisa Phyfe ... His father, Steve, played basketball for the Panthers from 1987-1990 ... His sister, Aftin, was a member of the UNI swimming and diving team...Double major in Elementary and Mid-Level Education.
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2021-22): Preseason Second Team All-MVC...State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Award...Senior CLASS Award Candidate... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and Honor Roll... Played in 30 games... Scored 161 points, averaging 5.4 PPG... grabbed 66 rebounds, averaging 2.2 RPG... had 33 assists, to go along with 13 blocks and 4 steals. shot 53.4% from the field, and 63.5% from the free throw line... Averaged 12.1 MPG... Scored season-high 20 points including 9 free throws vs Nicholls State (11/9/21)... Made season high 8 shots vs. Wyoming... Finished season with highest career FG percentage in program history (60.4%).
REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2020-21): Third Team All-MVC... NABC Second Team All-District...MVC First Team Scholar Athlete...Started all 25 games...scored 309 points, averaging 12.4 points per game, shot 57.7 percent from the field and 32.0 percent from beyond the three point arc, hauled in 183 rebounds, averaging 7.3 rebounds per game, finished with 62 assists, 17 blocks, and 8 steals...knocked down 21 points against Missouri State (12/28/21) going 9-12 from the field...hauled in a season high 13 rebounds against Southern Illinois (01/30/21)...finished with 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 5 assists against Illinois State (02/27/21) going 9-18 from the field...finished with a season high 21 points against Illinois State (02/28/21).
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2019-20): First Team All-MVC... MVC First Team Scholar Athlete... NABC All-District Team... scored 346 points, averaging 11.2 points per game, shot 67.1 percent from the field, hauled in 255 rebounds, averaging 8.2 rebounds per game, finished with 65 assists, 29 blocks, and 16 steals... scored a season high 22 points against Northern Colorado (11/16/19) going 10-16 from the field... finished with a season high 4 blocks and 4 assists against Loyola (1/26/20).... recorded 3 steals at Evansville (2/1/20)... hauled in a season high 18 rebounds at Drake (2/29/20) to help secure an outright regular season championship...Season ended early due to COVID-19.
SOPHOMORE (2018-19): Redshirt...Suffered a season ending illness on December 1 against South Dakota State (12/1), but had suited up for seven of the eight games prior for the Panthers ... Due to a shortened season, Phyfe recorded his season high nine points and five rebounds against Penn Quakers (11/16) in the third game of the season ... Grabbed three boards and four points versus Old Dominion (11/19).
FRESHMAN (2017-18): Saw action in 28 games ... Made eight starts ... Shot 22-of-35 (62.9 percent) from the field in MVC play ... Knocked in two 3-pointers and scored 9 points in a 71-56 win vs. Missouri State (2/24) ... Had a streak of 14 consecutive free throws made snapped vs. Indiana State (2/3) ... Poured in 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds in his first career start in an 81-76 win over Valparaiso (1/13) ... Went 6-of-7 from the field and 8-of-8 at the free throw line vs. the Crusaders ... Scored 6 points and added 3 rebounds at Indiana State (1/10) ... Earned his first career steal vs. Iowa State (12/16) ... Scored 8 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in an 80-47 victory over Dubuque (12/10) ... Collected his first collegiate rebound in a 64-60 win over NC State (11/23) ... Scored 2 points and fouled out after 12 minutes of action at North Carolina (11/10) ... Scored 7 points, grabbed 5 rebounds in a 72-66 exhibition win over UNC Pembroke.HIGH SCHOOL: The No. 2 recruit in the state of Iowa, according to IowaPreps.com ... First-team All-State pick in Class 3A after leading the state in rebounds (337) as a senior ... Joined the 1,000-point club as a prep ... Scored 496 points in 2016-17 (19.1 ppg) ... Led Waverly-Shell Rock to a 24-2 mark as a senior ... Named to the Eastern Iowa All-Star Team ... Earned second-team All-State honors from the Iowa Newspaper Association as a junior for head coach Nate Stegge ... Notched third-team all-state accolades as a sophomore ... Four-time All-Northeast Iowa Conference pick, including a trio of first-team honors ... Averaged 14.5 points, grabbed 8.4 rebounds and shot 64 percent from the field in leading Waverly-Shell Rock to an 18-6 record in 2015-16 ... Scored 13.7 points and grabbed 7.9 rebounds as a sophomore in helping the GoHawks to a 22-3 record and a berth into the state tournament ... As a freshman, he helped the GoHawks the state tournament and into the semifinals ... Played AAU for the Iowa Barnstormers ... Played varsity golf at Waverly-Shell Rock.
PERSONAL: Born March 30, 1999 ... Son of Steve and Lisa Phyfe ... His father, Steve, played basketball for the Panthers from 1987-1990 ... His sister, Aftin, was a member of the UNI swimming and diving team...Double major in Elementary and Mid-Level Education.
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