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Joel Gerlach |
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2002-03 (Junior)
Started all 28 games ... scored double figures in each of last six games ... first career double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds vs. UNLV ... scored season-high 24 points in victory over Arkansas State ... tied for team lead with 21 points at UNLV ... tied his season-high with four 3-pointers made ... career-best four assists against UT-Pan American ... game-high 21 points at Wyoming ... season-high 40 minutes against UAB ... second on the team in scoring, averaging 12.1 points per game ... led team with 28 blocked shots ... finished season No. 3 in the MWC in three-point field goal percentage (42.7 percent) ... honorable mention all-MWC selection ... enters the 2003-04 season with 76 consecutive starts.
2001-02 (Sophomore)
Started all 28 games ... first Mountain West Conference Player of the Week of the season ... scored career-high 28 points against Missouri in Guardians Classic ... shot 9-for-10 from the field, 5-for-6 from three-point range ... hit 18 of his first 20 shots from the floor during the tournament ... all-tournament selection at McCaffrey Classic, 11 points against Montana State; 13 points, six rebounds vs. Fresno State ... game-high 23 points against UNLV, 9-for-10 from the line ... career-high 41 minutes against Arkansas State ... 19 points against BYU on 6-of-7 shooting, 3-for-4 from three-point land ... followed with game-high 20 points on 6-of-8 shooting vs. CSU ... 17 points and six rebounds against Wyoming at the MWC Tournament.
2000-01 (Freshman)
Appeared in 23 games, starting the last 20 ... finished second in the MWC in scoring among freshman with an 8.6 average ... named conference freshman of the year at the MWC Tournament by league media ... averaged 10.8 points in MWC games, third best on team ... scored a career-high 26 points on 9-of-13 shooting at Wyoming ... most points by an Air Force freshman since Ray Dudley in 1987 (28) ... fifth on the team with 197 points ... scored in double figures in six of the last eight games.
Before Air Force
Lettered three years in basketball and track ... Named second-team all-conference in basketball ... All-conference performer in track ... High school coach was Steve Hyatt.
Personal
Son of Jon and Christa Gerlach ... has a younger sister, Nova (19) ... nickname is Tunde ... completed summer seminar and was an Interceptors squadron training officer at Basic Cadet Training last summer ... also recruited by Northern Colorado and the Colorado School of Mines ... element leader in his squadron this year ... hobbies include music and movies ... credits his father as having the biggest influence on athletic career ... person in history he'd most like to meet is Martin Luther King, Jr. ... member of cadet squadron 24.
