Byron Frohnen Season 2016-17

· 2018-19 Conference USA All-Academic Team
· 2017-18 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
· 2016-17 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
· 2016-17 Conference USA Academic Medal recipient
· 2016-17 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
 
Junior (2018-19) 
Led the team in rebounding while making all 32 starts at the No. 3 and No. 4 position on the floor … grabbed 6.8 rebounds per game, adding 6.4 points and 1.8 assists in 29.2 minutes per outing … shot 53.8 percent from the field (92 of 171) … finished junior year with 100 straight starts, each game of his career, ranking tied for third in career history in starts … ranks fifth in UTSA career history with 690 rebounds and 36th with 751 career points … has the eighth-best field-goal percentage (51.1) in school career history … averaged 5.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game in C-USA play … connected on a team-high 50 percent (45 of 90) from the field in league play … earned his first double-double of the year with 12 rebounds and 10 points in 31 minutes at LA Tech … had seven points and eight rebounds at Middle Tennessee … finished with nine points and seven boards in a win over North Texas … grabbed a game-high and season-best 13 rebounds in a win at UTEP … charted 13 points, seven boards and three assists in a win at TAMU-CC … finished with 10 points and two boards in just 20 minutes vs. Bethany … collected 12 rebounds vs. Texas State, also grabbing 12 vs. Arkansas … 10 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals in 29 minutes of season opener vs. St. Edwards … had nine points, 10 rebounds vs. Oklahoma and 11 points and nine boards at Oklahoma State. 



Freshman (2016-17)
Named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team ... starter at the 3 in all 33 games ... one of just two freshmen in C-USA to start every game (teammate Giovanni De Nicolao was the other) ... finished the season averaging 8.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists and shot 47.2 percent from the floor ... three-time winner of C-USA Freshman of the Week (Nov. 21/Dec. 26/Jan. 30) ... led the team with 6.7 rpg, which ranked 11th in C-USA ... also ranked sixth in the league with 2.5 offensive rebounds per game ... paced the team with five double-doubles, which ranked second in school history for a freshman behind Derrick Gervin’s six double-doubles in 1982-83 ... scored 11 points and pulled down a season-high 13 rebounds in the win over WKU (March 8) ... averaged 8.4 points and 6.5 rebounds (12th in C-USA) per game during C-USA play ... scored a season-high 18 points in the win over Prairie View A&M (Nov. 19) ... opened the campaign with a double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds at Fresno State (Nov. 11) ... added double-doubles with 10 points and 12 rebounds against Utah Valley (Dec. 21), 13 points and 10 boards against FIU (Jan. 14) and 17 points and 11 rebounds at North Texas (Feb. 18) ... also earned the Conference USA Academic Medal, which recognizes student-athletes with at least a 3.75 GPA, and made the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Prior To UTSA
First signee for head coach Steve Henson … was a three-year letterwinner at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nev., under head coach Grant Rice … helped lead the Gaels to NIAA Division I State Championships all three seasons … honorable mention all-state selection by the Las Vegas Review-Journal along with second-team All-Sunset Southwest League honors as a senior after he averaged 14.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 3.0 blocks and 2.5 steals per game … helped Bishop Gorman to a 28-8 record and the program’s fifth consecutive state title … went 10-for-10 from the field for 20 points to go along with seven rebounds and three assists in the state semifinal win and added 12 points, six boards and three blocks in the state championship game … graduated with an honors diploma. 

Personal
Son of Dave and Chris Frohnen … Dave played football at Idaho and was named team captain in 1984 … has a sister, Lindsey … mechanical engineering major.