15 - Tate Unruh
Tate Unruh
Height: 6-4
Weight: 175
Year: RS-Sophomore
Hometown: Branson, Mo.
High School: Branson
Position: G

2011-12:
Season stats
Scored a career-high 15 points in the season-opener against New Mexico State ... In that game against the aggies, the sophomore also racked up three assists, three rebounds and three steals ... Tied a career-high with five rebounds against Northern Iowa.

2010-11:
Season stats
After redshirting as a true-freshman, entered the 2010-11 season with high hopes as one of the best shooters to ever sign on with Northern Colorado Basketball ... Offseason knee surgery that never quite healed properly, though, sidelined him for much of the first half of the season ... Played in 21 games after Dec. 29 and and started two (vs. Eastern Washington and vs. Portland State) ... Averaged 10.6 minutes per game ... Shot 44.7 percent from the field, 41.9 from three point and 85.7 from the free throw line ... That three-point shooting percentage would have ranked him sixth in the Big Sky Conference had he taken enough shots to qualify in the category ... Averaged 2.9 points per game overall but 4.4 points per in the Bears' final 10 games of the year ... Averaged 3.1 points per game in 16 contests against Big Sky Conference opponents ... Shot a sizzling 44 percent from three (12-27) in Big Sky games ... Scored a career-high 13 points vs. Portland State at home on Feb. 5 ... Averaged 1.5 rebounds per game and grabbed a career-high five rebounds twice ... 1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio would have ranked him tied for fifth in the Big Sky Conference had he played enough games to qualify ... Recorded a career-high four assists in a big 86-77 road victory at Montana State on Feb. 10 ...

2009-10: Spent the year as a redshirt to gain strength.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2009 McDonald's All-American nominee for head coach Randy Bishop's Pirates ... Left Branson as one of the very best to ever play high school basketball in the state of Missouri ... Finished high school in 2009 as the second-best career free-throw shooter in state history (87.3 percent) as well as the fourth-best three-point shooter (46 percent his senior year) ... Finished Pirates career as record-holder in single-game three-pointers (nine), three-pointers in a season (97), three-pointers in a career (236) and free-throw percentage in a season (91 percent) ... Was All-Central Ozark Conference first-team selection in 2008 and 2009 ... Member of 2009 All-Ozarks Team ... Selected to all-district team in 2008 ... Member of National Honor Society ... Was a student-council representative ... Four-time member of Branson High's Honor Roll ... Was an academic all-conference selection.

PERSONAL: Last name pronounced "UN-roo" ... Born August 24, 1990, in Bartlesville, Okla. ... Parents are Kyle and Amy Unruh... Has five siblings: Abby, Darby, Thatch, Audra and Carly ... Undecided on major at Northern Colorado ... Also recruited by Toledo, Washburn and College of the Ozarks.