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2023-24 UAA Men's Basketball Roster

Stephanie Burgoon
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3 Sawyer Storms

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-7
  • Weight 220
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Idaho Falls, Idaho
  • High School Idaho Falls HS
  • Previous Team Chaminade
  • Experience 1VL
  • Instagram storms_12
  • Twitter @StormsSawyer

Biography

2023-24 (Sr.): Started every game as fourth-leading scorer (9.8 ppg) and leading rebounder (6.4 rpg) and shot blocker (0.8 bpg) for Seawolf team that went 22-11 and reached NCAA Tournament … selected honorable mention All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference with league ranks of 9th in rebounding, 8th in assists (2.9 apg), 13th in blocks, 17th in FG% (.468), 18th in FT% (.719) and 20th in A/T ratio (1.6) … helped Seawolves lead GNAC and rank 11th nationally with 65.0 ppg allowed … scored double figures 16 times and grabbed at least five rebounds on 28 occasions … equaled season-high 17 points (6-10 FG, 4-4 FT), along with 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, to lead 71-69 victory over Western Washington … helped Seawolves to GNAC Tournament finals with 8 rebounds in first-round win over Saint Martin’s and 12 points (4-9 3FG), 2 assists and a key block in semifinal win over Northwest Nazarene … other top efforts included 17 points (6-8 FG), 7 rebounds and 6 assists in 83-67 win over Adams State; 14 points (5-6 FG, 4-4 FT), 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals in 66-52 win over Adams State; 15 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists in 84-78 win over GNAC regular-season champ MSU Billings; and 9 points (3-5 FG, 2-3 3FG), 9 rebounds and 5 assists in road win over Western Oregon … tied for 11th on UAA single-season list with 33 games started … career average of 2.95 assists per game ranked No. 19 on program list and set record for a non-guard … made GNAC All-Academic Team ... honored as squad's Jim Hajdukovich 'Iron Man' Award winner.

2022-23 (Jr.): Started 25 of 27 contests, producing 10.0 points, 3.0 assists, 1.4 steals and team bests of 4.6 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per game … earned honorable mention All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference with league ranks of 6th in FG% (.554), 8th in steals, and 9th in assists, assist/turnover ratio (1.8) and blocks … scored double figures 14 times, making at least one field goal in every outing … dished at least one assist in all but three games, including career-high nine in home loss to Western Washington … scored season-high 23 points (8-12 FG, 6-6 FT) to power win over Westminster and followed with 12 points (5-8 FG) and 5 rebounds in win over Texas A&M International, earning all-tourney honors at UAF/Mt. McKinley Bank Classic … other top outings included 21 points (6-6 FG, 1-1 3FG, 8-9 FT) and 4 assists in road win over WWU; 13 points (6-8 FG), 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals in home win over Central Washington; and 13 points (5-7 FG, 3-3 FT), 3 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks in road win over CWU … did not foul out of any game despite playing team-high 733 minutes … helped Seawolves to NCAA Div. II national team ranks of 2nd in turnover margin (+8.1) and turnovers forced per game (19.5), 7th in steals (9.9 spg), 13th in A/T ratio (1.5) and 14th in assists (17.1 apg).

BEFORE UAA: Played two seasons at NCAA Div. II West Region rival Chaminade from 2020-22 … averaged 4.3 points and 2.6 rebounds in 2021-22, posting season-highs of 19 points (7-12 FG, 5-8 3FG) against Biola and 17 points (7-10 FG, 3-5 3FG) in win over Alaska Fairbanks … started 10 of 12 games in Covid-shortened 2020-21 campaign, averaging 7.8 points and 4.1 rebounds … had career-bests of 24 points (9-15 FG, 5-8 3FG) and 5 steals against Hawaii Pacific and pair of 9-rebound games … played true freshman season at College of Southern Idaho in 2019-20, starting 29 of 31 games and averaging 5.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists … named All-NJCAA Academic.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was two-time all-area selection at Idaho Falls High … named second team all-state after averaging 17.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game as senior in 2016-17 … played AAU basketball for Idaho Select.

PERSONAL: Married to Brooklyn Anderson Storms … parents are Ryan and Cyndee Storms … has two sisters, Kerington Storms Masters and Raegan Storms Memmott … went on an LDS mission to Ghana from 2017-19.

MAJOR: Psychology ... graduated May 2024.

UAA Career Highs
Points – 23 vs Westminster, 11/25/22
Rebounds – 11 vs Cal Maritime, 11/4/23
Assists – 9 vs Western Washington, 1/12/23
Blocks – 3, twice (last: vs Cal State San Bernardino, 12/18/23)
Steals – 4, three times (last: at Seattle Pacific, 12/2/23)

NCAA Div. II Career Highs
Points – 24 vs Hawaii Pacific, 2/12/21
Rebounds – 11 vs Cal Maritime, 11/4/23
Assists – 9 vs Western Washington, 1/12/23
Blocks – 3, twice (last: vs Cal State San Bernardino, 12/18/23)
Steals – 5 vs Hawaii Pacific, 2/12/21

Career Statistics
Season           GP-GS  Min/Avg   FG-FGA  FG% 3FG-Att 3FG%  FT-FTA  FT%  OR- DR-REB/AVG  PF-D   A  TO  BK  ST PTS/ AVG
2020-21 CUH      12-10  192/16.0  32- 82 .390  12- 40 .300  17- 19 .895  25- 24- 49/4.1  31-2   8  17   5  12  93/ 7.8
2021-22 CUH (So) 27- 0  409/15.1  43-128 .336  20- 75 .267  11- 15 .733  19- 51- 70/2.6  48-0  20  31   9  16 117/ 4.3
2022-23 UAA (Jr) 27-25  733/27.1 102-184 .554  11- 40 .275  54- 80 .675  45- 80-125/4.6  70-0  80  44  24  37 269/10.0
2023-24 UAA (Sr) 33-33  951/28.8 109-233 .468  36-110 .327  69- 96 .719  72-138-210/6.4  90-2  97  62  25  29 323/ 9.8
UAA TOTALS       60-58 1683/28.1 211-417 .506  47-150 .313 123-176 .699 117-218-335/5.6 160-2 177 106  49  66 592/ 9.9
NCAA DII TOTALS  99-68 2284/23.1 286-627 .456  79-265 .298 151-210 .719 161-293-454/4.6 239-4 205 154  63  94 802/ 8.1

 

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