Moritz Wagner (basketball)

Moritz Wagner
No. 13 – Michigan Wolverines
Position Power forward
League Big Ten Conference
Personal information
Born (1997-04-26) April 26, 1997
Berlin, Germany
Nationality German
Listed height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight 240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
College Michigan (2015–present)

Victor Moritz Wagner (born April 26, 1997 in Berlin) is a German basketball player. He has been attending the University of Michigan since 2015. He is playing his sophomore season for the 2016–17 Wolverines team. Wagner stands 6’11’’ (211 cm) tall and plays the forward position.

Career

Wagner started his basketball career in the youth ranks of Alba Berlin. In the 2011-12 season, he made his first appearance on the club’s under-16 Bundesliga team and emerged into a key player on the team the following season.[1]

In 2013-14, Wagner gained his first experiences at the senior level, playing for Berlin’s second team in the Regionalliga, the fourth-tier of German basketball,[2] while also competing for the club’s under-19 Bundesliga squad,[3] helping the team capture the German championship.[4]

In 2014-15, he landed a spot on Berlin’s Bundesliga roster and made his debut in the German top-flight on October 2, 2014, scoring six points in 6:15 minutes of play against BG Göttingen.[5] He also saw (little) playing time in the Euroleague.[6] However, Wagner mostly saw action on the club’s second team and on the under-19 Bundesliga squad that season.

Wagner announced his decision to join the University of Michigan Wolverines for the 2015–16 season in April 2015.[7] By opting to go to college, he turned down an offer to play professionally.[8] On March 16 in the First Four round of the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Michigan defeated Tulsa, 67–62. After blocking 2 shots all season, Wagner posted 4 blocks and had a season-high 8 rebounds against Tulsa.[9][10] He finished his freshman year with per game averages of 8.6 minutes, 2.9 points and 1.6 rebounds.[11]

International career

Wagner won gold with the German national team at the 2014 under-18 European Championships (Division B) in Bulgaria.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Teams der JBBL Nordost". NBBL und JBBL (in German). Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  2. ↑ "BBL GmbH". www.basketball-bund.net. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  3. ↑ "Teams der NBBL Nordost". NBBL und JBBL (in German). Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  4. ↑ "TOP4: ALBA Berlin krönt sich zum NBBL-Meister « Deutscher Basketball Bund". www.basketball-bund.de. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  5. ↑ "Beko BBL - 23302 Moritz WAGNER". www.beko-bbl.de. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  6. ↑ "WAGNER, MORITZ - Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL". www.euroleague.net. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  7. ↑ "Wolverines pick up German prospect Wagner". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  8. ↑ Schwager, Christian. "Alba Berlin : Der Wechsel von Albas Talent Moritz Wagner ist eine Systemfrage | Berliner Zeitung". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  9. ↑ "Balanced Attack, Robinson Double-Double Lead U-M Past Tulsa". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  10. ↑ "Zak Irvin leads another late rally as Michigan beats Tulsa". ESPN. Associated Press. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  11. ↑ "2015-16 Michigan Basketball Michigan Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 24, 2016)" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  12. ↑ "Victor Moritz Wagner profile, U18 European Championship Men 2014 | FIBA.COM". FIBA.COM. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
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