Kevin Ratzsch was a basketball player out of Bloomington, IL. He played 4 successful seasons with the Wolves after redshirting his freshman year. After graduating from Northern in 2009, he played for several international basketball teams in Australia, Ireland, and Spain.
Northern State Bio:
2008-09: Played in and started all 30 games of the season for the Wolves... Named the NSIC and Daktronics Central Region Player of the Year after picking up the conference's preseason award in October... Also picked up a 1st Team (Division II Bulletin) and two 2nd Team (Basketball Times and Daktronics) All-America accolades... Also selected to play in the NABC All-Star Game held in conjunction with the NCAA Division II Elite Eight tournament... Led the team and the conference in scoring, averaging 20.5 points per game... Also ranked sixth in the NSIC in rebounding (7.4 per game) and third in free throw percentage (89.1 percent)... In in the conference games only statistics, Ratzsch finished the season ranked first in scoring (20.9 ppg), tied for first in free throw percentage (89.4 percent) and tied for fourth in rebounding (7.7 rpg)... Led the Wolves in steals (35) and was second in blocked shots (59)... Scored 615 points on the year to finish with 1,852 career points, eighth most in NSU history... Scored 417 points in conference contests, just shy of the NSIC record of 420... Scored 1,117 career points in conference games, which ranks fourth in the NSIC record book.
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2007-08: Had another successful season for the Wolves, ranking fourth in the league with a team high 16.8 ppg (555 pts) ... played in every game of the season, scoring in double figures in all but two games ... reached the 20+ point barrier 13 times on the year ... reached 1,000 career points on January 19 ... was second on the team with 5.7 rebounds
per game (8th in NSIC) ... ranked second in the league with a 48.4% three-point mark, hitting 62-of-128 long range shots ... also had 46 assists and a team high 33 steals on the year ... named to the All-NSIC First Team ... made the North Central All-Region Tournament Team .. Named to the NABC Division II All-North Central District First Team.
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2006-07: Started all 29 games ... was the NSIC's leading scorer on the season with 539 total points and a 18.6 scoring average ... scored in double figures every game during the season ... named to the All-NSIC First Team ... led the Wolves in rebounding with 6.2 per game ... had 37 steals and 30 blocks on the season ... scored career high 32 points against Augustana College on November 18th, 2006 ... NSIC Player of the Week on February 12th.
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2005-06: Played in 33 games and averaged 15.4 minutes per game ... averaged 4.3 points per game and 3.1 rebounds per game ... had 143 points and 102 rebounds in his redshirt-freshman campaign ... shot 45.6% (52/114) from the field and 77.1% (27/35) from the free throw line.
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2004-05: Redshirted his freshman year.
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