Mason Degenkolb

Bio

2017-2018 at Taylor: One of two players to start all 31 games for Trojans … Battled through injuries to average 14.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.1 steals and 29.4 points per showing … Set new career-highs in assists and steals per outing … Shot career-best 90.1 percent from the free throw line to rank No. 3 among all NAIA Division II athletes and tops within the Crossroads League … Rated among the top-20 CL performers in scoring, assists and steals … Led Taylor in starts, minutes and free-throw percentage … Was second on squad with 460 points, 100 made free throws, 85 assists and 33 steals … Also made impact on the glass as one of team’s top rebounders, finishing third on club with 101 defensive boards … Pushed numbers to 16.7 points and 4.1 rebounds per game over TU’s 16 victories … Shredded non-league foes for 16.4 points per game on 47.5-percent shooting from the field and a 39.5-percent rate from beyond the arc … Averaged 16.3 points per game over 15 outings on Paul Patterson Court … Converted 42-of-44 free throws for a nearly automatic rate of 95.5 percent in games away from Odle Arena … Sank 13-of-13 free throw attempts during 101-97 win over No. 8 Trinity International in early NAIA Top-15 clash on November 4 … Effort was TU’s second-best single-game showing from the charity stripe in program history … Also went 11-of-11 in 93-73 win over Mount Vernon Nazarene on February 3 …Led Purple and Gold to 7-3 record when making at least five free throws … Pushed club to 13-9 mark when scoring in double figures … Netted at least 20 points in seven contests … Posted pair of 30-point gems … Had five-or-more rebounds in nine games … Swiped at least one steal in 23 contests … Scored 19 points in CL Tournament Quarterfinals against No. 5 Indiana Wesleyan on February 21 … Earned CL Player-of-the-Week honors with 20.7 points per game over TU’s first three contests … Named as a CL Preseason First-Team and CL Honorable Mention standout … Voted to the prestigious CoSIDA Academic All-District Team for work on the court and in the classroom.

2016-2017 at Taylor: Fearless competitor took over as program’s top scoring threat as a freshman … Started 28-of-30 games appeared in … Averaged 17.0 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals in 28.4 minutes of work per game … Shot 37.9 percent from deep and 82.4 percent from charity stripe … Led TU in scoring, as well as with 122 made free throws … Second on squad in minutes, free-throw percentage, steals and blocks with 12 …Ended third on roster with 47 made triples, 100 defensive rebounds and 65 assists … Scoring average was good for third-best in the CL and tops among all freshmen … Also rated top-15 in league rankings in three-point percentage and free-throw percentage in all games, as well as with 1.7 three-point makes per game and 1.3 steals per league game … Closed rookie campaign ranked No. 37 in NAIA in free-throw percentage … Ranked third among all NAIA Division II freshmen in scoring average … Jump-started career with 29 points on 10-of-14 shooting and career-best six-of-seven from deep in collegiate debut … Went on to net 12 20-point games and pair of 30-point showings … Scored in double-digits 22 times … Poured in career-best 33 points in 82-71 home win over Huntington on January 3 … Led TU to 8-3 mark when hitting at least two triples … Made at least eight free throws in six different contests … Excelled in front of home crowd by boosting numbers to 18.4 points per game on 48.5-percent shooting and a 42.9-percent clip from deep inside Odle Arena … Backed up Preseason CL All-Freshmen Team attention by being named the CL’s Freshman of the Year … Also touted as All-CL Second-Team and CL All-Freshmen Team standout … Named NAIA Honorable Mention All-American.

Prep: Earned four varsity letters for head coach Lou Lefevre at Tipton High … Also competed at the club level with the Indiana Elite for coaches Frank and Kristof Kendrick … Graduated as Tipton’s second-leading scorer with 1,726 career points … Earned pair of Honorable Mention All-Indiana awards with the Blue Devils … Three-time All-Hoosier Athletic Conference standout … Three-time Kokomo Tribune First-Team All-Area selection … Winner of THS Most Valuable Player award in each of final three seasons … Indiana Senior Top-60 Workout invitee … Participated in Indiana North/South All-Star Classic as a senior ... Also excelled in the classroom en route to claiming Academic All-Indiana honors as a senior … Four-year member of Academic Honor Roll … Member and Vice President of National Honor Society … Graduated third in class.

Personal: Son of Steve and Diane Degenkolb … Younger brother of Taylor Degenkolb, who scored 623 points for the TU women’s hoops team from 2012 through 2016 … Majoring in accounting.