#5 Michael Kaufmann

About Michael: Born 9/13/91...Is the son of Lee and Julie...has one brother, Randy (played football at Buena Vista), as well as two sisters, Kayla and twin, Mary, who plays volleyball at Simpson.

High School Highlights: Three-time letterwinner in basketball for the Cyclones and was a two-time All-State selection, including a spot on the First Team as a senior. Helped lead the team to a state runner-up finish in 2008 and a fourth place finish in 2009.

In addition to basketball, he lettered three times in football and four times in both track and baseball. On the gridiron, he was the starting quarterback for the state championship team as a senior and was named First Team All-State and captain of Western Iowa Class 4A/3A offense. In track, he was a four-time state qualifier. On the diamond, he was the shortstop on the state runner-up team in 2008 and was named Third Team All-State in 2009.

Aside from athletics, he received the Hawkeye 10 Conference Citizenship Award, was Academic All-Conference in football, basketball, track and baseball, and was listed on the Honor Roll.

College Highlights: Is a two-time letterwinner for the Beavers. Michael stepped in and became the team’s starting point guard as a freshman in 2010-11. He scored 14 points, on 5-of-8 shooting, while also recording three steals, in his collegiate debut against Gustavus Adolphus. He finished the year ranked fifth in scoring, while leading the way in assists and steals. His 27 three-point buckets also ranked third. As a sophomore last year, he started all 27 of the team’s games and was fourth on the team in scoring. He ranked fifth in the IIAC in assists/game and 13th in steals/game, while sitting atop the league in assists/turnover ratio (1.93). He turned in a career-best 22 points, including 5-of-6 from downtown, during the team’s season-opener against Gustavus Adolphus. He later dished out a career-best nine assists versus Central on January 28. He’ll enter his junior campaign ranked 23rd on the program’s all-time assists list. His 87 assists last season ranked 21st in single-season history.

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