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#55 - Jesse Gutekunst |
C - Senior Hagerstown, Md. South Hagerstown 6-8 |
2006-07: First team all-Mid-Atlantic Region ... first team all-CAC ... selected as PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player of the Year ... averaged 19.0 points and 11.4 rebounds per game ... second all-time with 1,188 points ... Hood's career leader in rebounding and blocks ... one of three players to start all 29 games ... became the first Hood College men's basketball player to register a triple-double, finishing with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 12 blocks on Jan. 10 vs. Marymount ... his 12 blocks set a school record and were the most in a single game in NCAA Division III ... 19 double-doubles ... listed 15th in field goal percentage (.619), 30th in blocked shots (2.0 bpg), fifth in rebounding (11.4 rpg) in the final NCAA rankings ... ranked first in the CAC in rebounding and field goal percentage... named PrestoSports/Pride of Maryland Player of the Week twice (Jan. 22 and 29) ... CAC Player of the Week twice (Jan. 16 and 22) ... member of D3Hoops.com team of the week twice (Jan. 17 and Feb. 19) ... reached double figures in scoring 26 times this season... set the single game school record for rebounds in a game with 22 against St. Mary's College on Feb. 22.
2005-06: One of five Blazers to play in all 25 games ... made 11 starts ... ranked 25th in the country with 2.2 blocks per game, 46th with a 58.7 shooting percentage (138-of-235) and 51st with 9.0 rebounds per game ... finished second on the team in scoring at 14.4 points per game ... Also ranked second with 31 steals ... added 36 assists ... hit 73.3 percent (77-of-105) from the free-throw line ... led the team with 10 double doubles, including six straight from Nov. 19 to No. 30 ... scored in double digits 20 times ... team's leading rebounder in 15 games and the top scorer in four games ... scored a career-high 31 points and grabbed a school-record 22 rebounds versus Mt. Aloysius Nov. 22 ... blocked a season-high six shots against Penn State Altoona Nov. 30.
2004-05: Tied for 15th in the nation with 2.6 blocks per game (64 in 25 contests) ... averaged 11.0 points and 8.1 rebounds ... led Hood with five double doubles ... scored 20 or more points four times, including a then-career-high 25 against Albright ... Hood's top rebounder in 13 games ... pulled down a then-career-best 18 boards versus Waynesburg ... played in all 25 games, starting 15.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played four years of basketball and three years of baseball at South Hagerstown High School ... His coach at South Hagerstown, the legendary Bob Starkey, was also Hood head coach Tom Dickman's coach at Shepherd College ... Lettered in basketball his junior and senior years and led the Rebels to the Maryland Class 2A state semifinals each year ... Averaged 11.3 points, 13.2 rebounds, 3.6 blocks and 2.5 steals per game as a senior ... Had 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds against Lansdowne in the 2A state semifinals ... Led the Rebels baseball team to the state championship in 2003 ... Made the All-Washington County team and the All-Area boys basketball second team his senior season ... Member of the Honor Roll all four years.
PERSONAL: Majoring in accounting ... Jesse Charles Gutekunst was born Sept. 10, 1986.







