McKendree University Athletics

2017-18 SEASON: Played in each of the Bearcats' 28 games with 27 starts at center...was third on the team in scoring at 11.6 points per game and was second in rebounding at 6.5 per contest...had a season-high 32 points in McKendree's GLVC win at Drury on Dec. 2...posted 14 games with at least 10 points, including four games with 20 or more points...pulled down a season-high 14 rebounds at home versus Maryville on Jan. 11...had five double-digit rebounding efforts and posted five double-doubles...led team and was eighth in the GLVC in field goal percentage, hitting 59.6 percent of his attempts from the floor...tied for the team lead with 14 blocks.

2016-17 SEASON: Appeared in all 26 games with 17 starts at center...averaged 11.2 points and 6.1 rebounds per contest...registered a season-high 33 points and 22 rebounds in the Bearcats' non-conference game at Trevecca Nazarene on Nov. 26...that effort made him one of a handful of players in NCAA Division II to post at least 30 points and 20 rebounds in the same game...scored in double figures in each of the Bearcats' first 18 games of the year...posted five games with double-digit rebounding efforts...led team in field goal percentage, knocking down 61.6 percent of his tries from the field...had game-high totals of 32 points and 14 rebounds in McKendree's exhibition upset of NCAA Division SIUE on Nov. 5...earned Academic All-GLVC honors.

2015-16 SEASON: Did not play.

BEFORE McK: Helped Mater Dei High School to a fourth-place finish at the IHSA Class 2A state tournament as a senior...led the Knights in both scoring at 15.7 points per game and rebounding at 7.4 boards per contest as a senior...shot 64 percent from the field and added nearly 50 blocked shots...was a first-team All-Area selection and a second-team All-State choice as a senior...averaged 13 points and 6.2 rebounds per outing as a junior at Mater Dei.

PERSONAL: Is the son of Randy and Lynn Gerling.