Martin Breunig

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Class:
Redshirt Senior
Ht./Wt.:
6-8 / 210
Hometown:
Leverkusen, Germany
High School:
Landrad-Lucas Prep
Previous School:
Washington

HONORS CANDIDATE

2015-16 (Senior): Big Sky Conference Preseason All-Conference selection… Breunig is Montana’s leading returning scorer, rebounder and shot blocker.

2014-15: (Junior) First Team All-Big Sky Conference… Big Sky Conference “Newcomer of the Year”… Carl E. Dragstedt Award (MVP) co-winner… Riley Wallace Award finalist… National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 6 First Team member… Enjoyed a breakout 2014-15 season finishing with Montana’s eighth highest single season points total with 534, and was the sixth highest scorer in the Big Sky Conference, averaging 16.7 points per-game… Fourth in the Big Sky in field goal percentage with .593 from 214 field goals on 361 attempts… Missed only one game in the season (12/21/14 vs. South Dakota), starting in all 32 games he played in… With 233 total rebounds (83 offensive/150 defensive) Breunig had the third-most single season rebounds in the last 20 years at Montana… Was the sixth-best rebounder in the Big Sky Conference, averaging 7.3 per-game… Led the Griz in blocked shots with 27, and also had 17 steals, a testament to his defensive capabilities.

2013-14 (Redshirt): Transferred from the University of Washington - sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules… Two-year letterman for the Huskies… Played in 30 career games for UW.

2012-13 (Sophomore): Played in 9 games at Washington… Scored just one point during the season... Saw just 3 minutes of action in Pac-12 play.

2011-12 (Freshman): Played in 21 games at Washington… Averaged 1.7 ppg ... Averaged 8.1 minutes per game during the non-conference schedule but fell to 3.6 minutes a contest in just 9 Pac-12 appearances ... averaged 40 minutes, 11.5 ppg and 7.7 rebounds.

CAREER HIGHS
Points: 31 at Weber State, (1/8/15)
Rebounds: 17 vs. Eastern Washington (3/14/15)
Assists: 6 at Eastern Washington (2/28/15)
Field goals: 14 at Weber State, (1/8/15)
Field goal attempts: 18 vs. Weber State, (3/12/15)
3-point field goals: 1 in two games
3-point field goal attempts: 2 at Colorado State (11/15/14)
Free throws: 10 vs. Davidson, (12/10/14)
Free throw attempts: 12 at California, (12/3/14)
Blocks: 3 at Boise State (11/18/14)
Steals: 2 in three games
Minutes played: 45 at Northern Colorado (2/14/15)

HIGH SCHOOL: He was an All-American All-Star at Landrad-Lucas Prep School. He played at St. John's Northwest Military Academy in Delafield, Wis., as a senior for coach Brian Richert in 2010-11 after coming over to the United States for the first time in August of 2010. He competed for the junior teams of Bayer Giants Leverkusen in Germany. Prior to coming to the U.S. he played in the NBBL (Nachwuchs Basketball Bundesliga) where he averaged 14.5 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.4 blocks, and 2.3 assists per game, while shooting 59% from the field. He also competed for the German under 18 national team at the FIBA European Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania during the summer of 2010.

PERSONAL: Major is communications… Birth date: Feb. 18, 1992… Parents are Michael Breunig and Pikul Brehm of Leverkusen… Full name is Martin Phong Ni Watt Breunig… Last name pronounced "BROY-nig"… Originally committed to play basketball at Maryland, chose Washington when coach Gary Williams retired.