2016-17 Men's Basketball Roster
Dunn, Mario
Jersey Number 1
Mario Dunn
- Class:
- Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 185
- Hometown:
- Oakland, Calif.
- High School:
- Salesian HS
Bio
2016-17 (Senior): Naseby Rhinehard Award winner (most inspirational player)… Season captain… Served as a player/coach and trusted advisor to the UM coaching staff after never fully recovering from a wrist injury during his junior season… Played a reserve role off the bench, competing in 25 contests… Shot .405 from three-point range, connecting on 15-of-37 long-range attempts… Totaled 66 points on the season… Recorded 33 rebounds, 31 assists and 13 steals (fourth), in addition to seven blocked shots… Scored a season-most 12 points in a win over Milwaukee (Dec. 3), shooting 4-for-4 from long range… He also added two blocks and a steal in the milestone game.
2015-16 (Junior): Missed the entire nonconference season recovering from wrist surgery… Made his debut on 12/21 against Montana Western, dishing out five assists in his first game back… Played in 21 games, staring two… Averaged 17.2 min/game… Averaged 4.2 points-per-game… Dished out 27 assists and eight steals… Posted a team-high 5 assists vs Portland State on 2/6/16… posted a season-high 10 points in two different contests, once at Nevada in the CBI postseason tournament, once against Sacramento State in the Big Sky tournament.
2014-15 (Sophomore): Big Sky All-Conference Honorable Mention… John Eaheart Award for Most Outstanding Defensive Player… Started in all 33 of Montana’s games that year, averaging 31.7 minutes per contest, the second highest average minutes on the team… Led the team in steals with 59 on the season, the third most in the Big Sky Conference… Grizzlies’ fourth-highest scorer with 290 points… UM’s fourth leading three point shooter, averaging .366 percent… Averaged 48.8% from the field and 36.6% from three-point range… Pulled down a total of 127 rebounds last season, making him the Grizzlies’ third-best rebounder… He dished out 126 assists in ’14-’15, the most on the team and seventh most in the league.
2013-14 (Freshman): He started 16 games as a true freshman and played in all 30… He was the Grizzlies' fifth leading scorer, averaging 6.3 points a game… He shot 53.2% from the field and 43.8% from three-point range.... He tied for the second most steals on the team with 27. He started in 15 of 16 Big Sky Conference games. He scored in double figures in six games
HIGH SCHOOL: Dunn was a three-year letterman at Salesian High School… His junior team went 34-2 en route to winning the state championship in Division IV…. An all-conference selection and team captain as a senior… His high school team did not keep individual player statistics…. Rated a 3-star prospect by Scouthoops.com… High school coach was Bill Mellis... Starting point guard for the Oakland Soldiers AAU team, the top-ranked AAU squad in the nation in 2013.
PERSONAL: His major is business. Birth date: April 7, 1995. His parents are Mario Dunn Sr. and Carolyn-Lewis Dunn of Oakland.
CAREER HIGHS:
Points: 17 in two games
Rebounds: 11 vs Northern Arizona, 3/13/15
Assists: 7 in three games
Field goals: 6 in four games
Field goal attempts: 12 vs. Weber State, 2/21/15
3-point field goals: 5 vs. Eastern Washington, 2/5/15
3-point field goal attempts: 6 vs. Eastern Washington, 2/5/15
Free throws: 7 in two games
Free throw attempts: 8 in two games
Blocks: 4 at Portland St., 1/11/14
Steals: 5 vs. Montana Tech, 1/13/15
Minutes played: 47 at Portland St., 1/11/14
2015-16 (Junior): Missed the entire nonconference season recovering from wrist surgery… Made his debut on 12/21 against Montana Western, dishing out five assists in his first game back… Played in 21 games, staring two… Averaged 17.2 min/game… Averaged 4.2 points-per-game… Dished out 27 assists and eight steals… Posted a team-high 5 assists vs Portland State on 2/6/16… posted a season-high 10 points in two different contests, once at Nevada in the CBI postseason tournament, once against Sacramento State in the Big Sky tournament.
2014-15 (Sophomore): Big Sky All-Conference Honorable Mention… John Eaheart Award for Most Outstanding Defensive Player… Started in all 33 of Montana’s games that year, averaging 31.7 minutes per contest, the second highest average minutes on the team… Led the team in steals with 59 on the season, the third most in the Big Sky Conference… Grizzlies’ fourth-highest scorer with 290 points… UM’s fourth leading three point shooter, averaging .366 percent… Averaged 48.8% from the field and 36.6% from three-point range… Pulled down a total of 127 rebounds last season, making him the Grizzlies’ third-best rebounder… He dished out 126 assists in ’14-’15, the most on the team and seventh most in the league.
2013-14 (Freshman): He started 16 games as a true freshman and played in all 30… He was the Grizzlies' fifth leading scorer, averaging 6.3 points a game… He shot 53.2% from the field and 43.8% from three-point range.... He tied for the second most steals on the team with 27. He started in 15 of 16 Big Sky Conference games. He scored in double figures in six games
HIGH SCHOOL: Dunn was a three-year letterman at Salesian High School… His junior team went 34-2 en route to winning the state championship in Division IV…. An all-conference selection and team captain as a senior… His high school team did not keep individual player statistics…. Rated a 3-star prospect by Scouthoops.com… High school coach was Bill Mellis... Starting point guard for the Oakland Soldiers AAU team, the top-ranked AAU squad in the nation in 2013.
PERSONAL: His major is business. Birth date: April 7, 1995. His parents are Mario Dunn Sr. and Carolyn-Lewis Dunn of Oakland.
CAREER HIGHS:
Points: 17 in two games
Rebounds: 11 vs Northern Arizona, 3/13/15
Assists: 7 in three games
Field goals: 6 in four games
Field goal attempts: 12 vs. Weber State, 2/21/15
3-point field goals: 5 vs. Eastern Washington, 2/5/15
3-point field goal attempts: 6 vs. Eastern Washington, 2/5/15
Free throws: 7 in two games
Free throw attempts: 8 in two games
Blocks: 4 at Portland St., 1/11/14
Steals: 5 vs. Montana Tech, 1/13/15
Minutes played: 47 at Portland St., 1/11/14
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