2009-10 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Alex Schrempf
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 218
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Seattle, WA
- High School:
- Bellevue
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Alex Schrempf sat out the 2009-10 season and used his redshirt year.
High School
Schrempf earned four varsity letters in basketball for the Wolverines at Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Wash. ... his basketball coach was Chris O'Connor ... his Bellevue High team won the 2009 3A KingCo league championship during his senior season while going 27-2 on the year ... marking the first conference championship for Bellevue HS in 40 years, the Wolverines were undefeated in league play at 12-0 in 2009 and compiled an overall league mark of 42-14 during his prep career ... Bellevue HS posted an overall record of 78-29 (.729) in his four years ... Schrempf garnered first team All-State Tournament honors leading his squad to the semifinals, where Bellevue lost a heartbreaker 52-51 to Columbia River in overtime ... he had 16 points and 10 rebounds against Columbia River ... he was also named the MVP of the Oregon vs. Washington All-Star game as a senior ... he was also named the Co-MVP of Bellevue's team in 2009 as well as the MVP of the Martin Luther King Holiday Hoopfest ... he scored a season-high 28 points in the state tournament opening round victory over Foster ... as a senior in 2009, he averaged 15.3 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game ... he completed five double-doubles in 2009 including 25 points and a season-high 16 rebounds in a win over Bellarmine Prep ... he was sidelined for almost half of his junior season (2007-08) with an injury and averaged 9.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game (played in 16 of 26 contests) ... he averaged 9.7 points per game as a sophomore (2006-07).
Personal
Full name: Alexander Jordan Schrempf (prefers Alex) ... born in Indianapolis, Ind., on July 13, 1990 ... his parents are Detlef and Mari Schrempf ... has a younger brother, Michael (18) ... his father, Detlef, is Germany's most successful player in the NBA ... Detlef enjoyed a successful 16-year career in the NBA including three years as an All-Star after graduating from the University of Washington ... Alex chose to attend UCLA because, "the school offers a great education with a historic basketball tradition" ... says that photography is one of his hobbies ... lists the professional athletes he most admires as swimming's Michael Phelps, track and field's Usain Bolt and the Los Angeles Lakers' star Kobe Bryant ... lists playing basketball in Europe in the summer of 2008 and becoming a part of the UCLA basketball team as his biggest thrills in athletics ... played for the German Junior National Team in 2008 (played in France, Spain, Italy, Greece and Germany) ... played AAU basketball for Friends of Hoop Seattle ... is majoring in Global Studies.
