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Saint Joseph's University

Saint Joseph's Hawks
Saint Joseph's Hawks

2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster

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Rich Schmitt
Rich Schmitt

33 Taylor Funk

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-8
  • Weight 215
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Lancaster, Pa.
  • High School Manheim Central

Biography

• 2020-21 Big 5 Most Improved Player
• 2020-21 Big 5 Leading Free Throw Shooter
• 2020-21 All-Big 5 First Team
• 2021-22 All-Big 5 Second Team
• 2021 Paycom Wooden Legacy All-Tournament Team
• Third all-time in career three-pointers (277)
• 22nd all-time in career points (1,439)

2021-22

• Started in 28 games
• Averaged 13.2 points per game, ranking second on the team
• Two-time Big 5 Player of the Week (11/15, 11/29)
• Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Week (11/15)
• Set a Paycom Wooden Legacy record for three-pointers in a game (eight) en route to scoring a season-high 29 points versus Georgetown
• Missed final two games of season due to injury

2020-21
• Reached 1,000 career points versus Dayton
• Averaged a career-best 17.4 points per game
• Lone Hawk to start all 20 games
• Led the team with 52 three-pointers
• Averaged 5.7 rebounds per contest
• Shot 48.2 percent from the floor
• Shot a team-best 83.8 percent from the foul line
• Ranked third in the A-10 in three-pointers per game (2.6), in scoring and free throw percentage and 19th in rebounding

2019-20:
• Missed final 25 games of the season due to injury
• Started seven contests
• Finished with an 11-point, 11-rebound double-double in win at UConn
• Scored a season-best 15 points at Loyola-Chicago

2018-19
• Starter in 24 of 33 games
• Averaged 8.4 points and 5.5 rebounds
• Hit for double figures 12 times
• Grabbed double-digit rebounds in three games
• Scored 12 points in overtime loss to Rhode Island
• Grabbed 12 rebounds in home game versus UMass
• Hit four three-pointers to tally 12 points in win over Richmond
• Posted first-ever double with 10 points and 12 rebounds at Saint Louis
• Had 11 points and eight rebounds against George Washington
• Scored 16 points in win at Princeton
• Tied career-high with 13 rebounds vs. Temple
• Averaged 17.3 points in the three games of the Myrtle Beach Invitational
• Had 20 points hitting 7-of-9 from the field, and a career-high 6-of-8 from beyond the arc, in the win over Wake Forest

2017-18
• Scored 11.9 points per game and averaged 4.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists
• Topped the team with an SJU freshman-record 84 three-point field goals
• Averaged 10.5 points in Atlantic 10 contests
• Scored in double figures in 19 games
• Made 21 starts
• SJU's leading scorer four times, vs. Princeton, VCU, Saint Louis, and UMass
• Recorded first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds in the Atlantic 10 quarterfinals against George Mason
• Poured in 17 points on a perfect shooting night (5-of-5 FG, 3-of-3 3FG, 4-of-4 FT) in road win over #17 URI
• Pulled down season-high 13 rebounds vs. George Mason... Hit his 72nd three-pointer of the season vs. Duquesne to set the freshman record
• Dropped 21 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the floor and 4-of-9 shooting from three-point range vs. Saint Louis
• Scored 18 points on 6-of-11 field goals and 4-of-8 threes in win over Dayton
• Tallied 15 points, with four three-pointers, at George Mason... Posted a team-high 19 points, including a key three in overtime, in win over VCU
• Matched season-high five three pointers in first collegiate start, vs. St John's
• Also hit five three-pointers at Temple
• Scored 13 points against #4 Villanova... Posted 15 points (6-of-10 FG), all in the second half, in win over Sacramento State
• Scored 11 points and tied season-high nine rebounds vs. Harvard
• Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (Nov. 20) after averaging 22.5 points in wins over UIC and Princeton
• Hit for season-high 23 points (5-of-6 3FG) in win over Princeton
• Poured in 22 points, with four three-pointers, and added a season-high nine rebounds in win over UIC
• Netted 11 of SJU's final 14 points of the second half, and had a three-pointer with 40.6 seconds left to send the game into overtime at UIC
• Scored 16 points on 4-of-8 shooting from three-point range in collegiate debut at Toledo
• Earned a spot on the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

High School/Personal:
• 2017 Associated Press All-State Class 5A First Team selection
• Averaged 24.3 points as a senior at Manheim Central to lead the Lancaster-Lebanon league in scoring for the second consecutive season
• Connected on 64 three-pointers
• School’s all-time leading scorer with 1,977 points, while hitting 229 career three-pointers
• All-Lebanon League First Team selection in 2017
• Team posted a 21-7 record in 2017
• Helped Manheim Central to an 84-26 record during his four years while reaching the District semifinals twice in his first two seasons
• Earned Associated Press All-State Class 5A Third Team honors in 2016
• Also averaged 21.3 points per game as a junior and 15.4 points his sophomore season
• Communication studies major

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 33

    2017-18Freshman

    Forward
    6'9" 225 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2018-19Sophomore

    Forward
    6'9" 232 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2019-20Junior

    Forward
    6'8" 230 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2020-21Redshirt Junior

    Forward
    6'8" 215 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2021-22Redshirt Senior

    Forward
    6'8" 215 lbs
    33