2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster

Sean Lonergan
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 210
- Hometown:
- Fishers, Ind.
- High School:
- Fishers
• 3x Academic All-Big Ten (2015, '16, '17)
• 4x U-M Academic Achievement Award (2014, '15, '16, '17)
• 2x U-M's Morgan/Bodnar Award for Academic Achievement (2015, '16)
• 2x U-M's Travis Conlan Sportsmanship Award (2016, '17)
Senior (2016-17)
• Appeared in 17 games for the Maize and Blue his senior season
• Helped U-M to a Big Ten Tournament championship and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16, including an upset of No. 2 seed Louisville
• Was a valuable member of the scout team in practice
• Scored 11 points on the year, including four in a win over Kennesaw State (Dec. 3)
• Pulled down a pair of rebounds in the Marquette win (Nov. 17) in the 2K Classic
• Played in 2.1 minutes per game
Junior (2015-16)
• Elected to redshirt the season
• Became a valued member of U-M scout/practice squad
Sophomore (2014-15)
• Came off the bench in 17 games
• Helped U-M to highlighted season wins over Syracuse (68-65; Dec. 2) in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge; vs. Oregon (70-63; Nov. 24) in the semifinal of the Legends Classic and 24/23 Ohio State (64-57; Feb. 22)
• After losing Caris LeVert to a season ending injury, gave U-M a boost off the bench with a career-high 13 minutes at Rutgers (Jan. 20 -- first double-digit minutes of his career.
• Finished season scoring 10 total points with a career-best two points, two times -- Nicholls State (Nov. 29) and at Rutgers (Jan. 20), which was on a creative up-and-under lay-up
• Played in 3.4 minutes per game
Freshman (2013-14)
• Came off the bench in 11 games
• Valued member of U-M's practice/scout team
• Helped U-M to its fourth straight 20-plus win season (28-9)
• Helped U-M win its first outright Big Ten Championship in 28 years (1986), winning league by three games (15-3)
• Helped U-M to its first No. 1 seed at the Big Ten Tournament, advancing to championship game for first time in 16 years (1998) -- just U-M's second all-time championship game appearance
• Helped U-M earn the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament Midwest region, the program's fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance; advanced to the Elite Eight for second straight year, just missed second straight Final Four falling to Kentucky, 75-72, on a last second three-pointer
• Helped U-M defeated three straight top-10 opponents for the first time in school history -- at No. 3 Wisconsin (77-70, Jan. 18); against No. 10 Iowa (75-67, Jan. 22) and at No. 3 Michigan State (80-75, Jan. 25)
• Scored first career points with a pair of free throws against Coppin State (Nov. 29)
• Averaged 2.1 minutes per game
Prep
• Played at Fishers High School under coach Joe Leonard
• Hoosier Crossroads Conference (HCC) All-Conference honorable mention (2013)
• Indiana Academic All-State first team (2013)
• Noblesville Times Hamilton All-County Team (2013)
• The Bakers Life Fieldhouse Challenge All-Academic Team (2013)
• Fisher High School Team Captain and "Glass Cleaner" Team Award (2013)
• Boys Basketball Team High GPA, High Honor Roll and member of the National Honor Society
• Played two years on varsity averaging 11.1 points and 6.7 rebounds as a senior, including posting a season-best 20 points on two occasions and posted a double-double with 17 points, 11 rebounds against Avon
• Helped Fishers to two runner-up team finishes in the Hoosier Crossroads Conference (2012, '13)
• As a sophomore played on junior varsity, averaging 7.0 points and 5.0 rebounds, helping Fishers to an 18-3 record with 9-0 in Hoosier Crossroads Conference mark; posted a season-best double-double with 15 points, 10 rebounds against Avon
• Played AAU with the Fieldhouse Elite Jazz under coach Bryan Welsch
Personal Note
• Found and eventually was asked to walk-on team after playing with Spike Albrecht during summer pick-up game