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Official Twitter site of Grand View University Men's Basketball | Heart of America | NAIA
Des Moines, IA
Joined October 2015
Vikings are in as the No. 15 seed in the Liston Quadrant. We will take on the No. 2 seed Saints of Thomas More in Crestview Hills, KY. @NAIA
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Over the weekend senior @RyanMiller1456 went over a 1,000 points for his career. Super proud of all the hard work he has put in over the years to achieve this milestone
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With his first basket today senior guard @Drew_Johns10 went over 1,000 career points! Proud of all the work you’ve put in over the years, congrats DJ
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Grand View University.📍Des Moines, IA.✅ Location.✅ Established Culture.✅ Updated Facilities.✅ Top Tier Education.✅ 3x Commissioners Cup (Top Athletic Department in HAAC). Roster spots & scholarships are still.Available for 2024! Come be a part of something special at GV!
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If you missed it, yesterday @Coachschaefer passed a career milestone with 400 Wins. Some former players have a message for you Coach!
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Vikings are on our way to Crestview Hills KY for the first round of National Tournament
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Congratulations to @workoutJJUAN for signing a contract to play professional ball in Indonesia with the Pacific Caesar Surabaya. That’s big time Ju! We are proud to call you a Viking. Looking forward to following your professional basketball career. @VikingAthletics
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Big time addition to the program! Looking forward to adding him at the break! @VikingAthletics
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NOAH HART CALLED GAME!! Tonight’s player of the game in our road victory of William Penn in the annual Toilet Paper game - Sr. Guard - Noah Hart. Take a look at the big shot below! @NAIAHoopsReport @SportsCenter
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SR @RyanMiller1456 had a great 4yr career. 1,446 Career Points (8th All-Time).141 Career Made 3FG's (10th All-Time). 558 Points in 21-22 season (8th All-Time). 41 points in a game (1st All-Time).39 points in a game (2nd All-Time).18 rebounds in a game (1st All-Time)
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With the win tonight and Benedictine's loss, we have locked up 2nd place in the Heart and an auto bid to the NAIA D1 National Tournament!
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Thank you @dougmcdermott for taking time to meet our guys tonight. We appreciate you taking time to speak to the team @VikingAthletics
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Take a look at what our 2mile run is like and how guys prepare for it throughout the summer @VikingAthletics
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Congrats to SR. Jjuan Hadnot who was named as a preseason All-American by the @sportingnews in their NAIA report!.
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5th year SR @Drew_Johns10 had a great career:. 1,157 Carrer Points (13th All-Time).253 Carrer Made 3FG's (2nd All-Time).88 Made 3FG's in 2019-20 (7th All-Time)
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Great practice today, as we get ready for the NAIA national tournament opening round
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When Mom says it’s finally time to eat today. Have a Happy & Safe Thanksgiving 🦃🦃🦃
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S/o to our four players for earning All Conference awards. Jordan Brunkow and Casey Schlatter (2nd team) Kory Kuenstling and Dallis Flowers (Honorable Mention). Proud of them and the work they’ve put in! Congrats guys!
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As we head into the final five regular season games, here’s some highlights from earlier this year! . s/o to men’s basketball alumni @DiggsTrevonte for putting this together for us
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And that’s a wrap on Midnight Practice. Thanks to everyone who helped tonight. 🏀
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Check out some highlights from yesterday’s 97-85 W
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We’ve finally made it to GAMEDAY! Viking fans meet your 21-22 roster. Double header tonight with Varsity Reserve at 5:30 and Varsity at 7:30pm as we host IA Wesleyan
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Our next signee is Transfer Wing, Markell Hood. Markell is a former McDonald’s All-American nominee. “Markell is an all league type of talent that is as versatile a player as they come. He’s a skilled scorer inside and out and can create havoc defensively.” - Coach Schaefer
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Viking Fans we are 7 days from our season opener
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Life after basketball? Take a look at how @RileyMcCoy35 approaches his next chapter in life and how basketball has helped prepare him for this exciting new adventure next year.
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Our Varsity Reserve team is now 7-1 after defeating Graceland JV last night, 92-56. Five players in double figures: Sterling Werner with 15, Dylan Miller with 13, Jack Trudo with 12, Macklin Shanahan with 11, and Nate Maudlin with 10! Great start to the second semester!! 🏀.
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Unbelievably proud of every guy tonight. This was a true WE > ME game and it ends with the most important stat a W!.
M🏀 | FINAL | . @GVVikingMBB takes down No. 6 Columbia College 74-67. 📈: Casey Schlatter led the team with 24 points . #RedRising #BeAViking
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Our four seniors. We will miss the leadership of these guys. They have been great team mates of our program and they all will do great things in their futures. We are proud to call them Vikings!
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Congrats to our Seniors as they graduate today! They have made significant impacts to our program and the GVU community—looking forward to their next steps in life. We will miss them greatly
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As we go into our first day of practice. Mindset has to be WE > ME
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You know preseason has officially started once we run our 2 miles
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Please welcome our new Graduate Assistant, Luke Mackey to our coaching staff. We are excited to have him on board!
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AM Workout ✅.2mile ✅.Drew’s fifth and final fun run ✅.No one crashed into the water coolers ✅
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Congrats to @GVVikingFB going to the National Championship Game. Really fun team to watch—one more to go!.
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Meet your Vikings. This week we feature sophomore guard Drew Johnson
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What a difference a day makes - from bare bones to two tones. Huge thanks to the "floor guys" for their hard work!
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Great to have our team together one last time before going our separate ways. The year is a wrap. Good luck SR's as you start a new journey!
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A great group of young men attended our Viking Basketball Prospect Camp today. Thank you for your great attitude and effort all afternoon!
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Final shoot around for some of these guys! Senior Day today come out and support our seniors today 4pm vs Peru State!
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2mile conditioning test this morning! Great job from the team today put in a great workout to start the year off right!
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Nothing beats this view of campus. Be A Viking!
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Our season has come to an end in the first round of the National Tournament, after being picked 10th in our preseason conference poll to finishing as a top 64 team. Below is the video of Coach Schaefer’s and senior Ryan Miller’s postgame interview .
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Last nights Player of the Game vs Mt Mercy - Jr. Guard Noah Hart (@NoahHartx1) 15pts 8reb 4ast & 3-5 3pt.
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Grand View Men’s Basketball Earns Heart Sportsmanship Team Award
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HUGE S/O to senior @CSchlatter22 for making the Columbia Classic all tournament team with 19.5pts, 8rbs, and 1.5blocks per game! @VikingAthletics.
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Great end to the year. Glad to have all of these guys together one last time to finish the 18-19 season.
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Great finish to our regular season. Picked 10th in preseason to finishing 2nd in North. Home Game Wednesday, need another great crowd!.
Men's Basketball: Vikings Roll on the Road; Defeat Mustangs. -
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S/o to our guys for doing their job in the classroom this fall. 21 guys over a 3.0 🤓🤓🤓. 7 over a 3.5 📚📚📚. 7 with a perfect 4.0 📝📝📝. Proud of this group for the effort and hard work they put into their academics.
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Up next in our Meet the Vikings is freshman Craig Mills
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Up next in our Meet the Vikings is senior Macklin Shanahan
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Thankful we get to practice in March! Big thank you to Dowling Catholic and @MikeKOConnor for allowing us to practice in their facility
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Gutsy 66-58 road win tonight. Our guys battled for 40 min. Handled adversity when it showed it’s face. Bench support was awesome. Getting better each day. Proud of how they embraced different roles and worked through it all. @VikingAthletics.
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Sad to learn of the passing of legendary Coach Dave Sisam. Widely known for his success on the basketball court he was also instrumental as the Athletic Director. Coach Sisam had a dynamic personality, he will certainly be missed.
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Up next in our Meet the Vikings is incoming sophomore Noah Hart
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Closer and closer, we’re just 2 days from game number one!
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Part 1: New Paint ✅.Part 2: New Floor ✅.Part 3: Coming Soon 👀
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As practice has started for the 2022-23 season, we will be introducing our roster throughout the next few weeks! First up is senior @bsartorius11
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One more team meal before we cheer on @gv_wbb in the round of 32. Thank you to Jack and Anne Denholm for buying the team meal
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Great group of guys you can be the judge of how good they are at golf
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The floor gets a fresh coat of paint. The work being put into the floor is tremendous, and it definitely shows!
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Sisam Arena makeover Day 4. Excited to see the finished product
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Gym floor is getting resurfaced. Looking forward to a great year! Countdown: 18 days
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Thank you to the Meinders family for hosting our team tonight! Food was fantastic @CoachMeinders
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Out of the Darkness Walk. Proud of our teams for supporting this event.
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A tremendous look into our program's coaches & players. We are headed in the right direction but must keep climbing.
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Ryan put in the work every day throughout his four years at GV he trusted the process and put countless hours working on his game. Check out his progression over his 4yrs
SR @RyanMiller1456 had a great 4yr career. 1,446 Career Points (8th All-Time).141 Career Made 3FG's (10th All-Time). 558 Points in 21-22 season (8th All-Time). 41 points in a game (1st All-Time).39 points in a game (2nd All-Time).18 rebounds in a game (1st All-Time)
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Varsity Reserve moves to 8-1 after defeating William Penn's JV last night. 5 guys ended in double figures. Jack Trudo led the pack scoring 19, Macklin Shanahan finished with 18, Nate Maudlin added 17, Ernie Docker had 15, Andrew Nusbaum with 12.
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Proud of our players work in the classroom as they finished the 2021 fall term with a combined 3.35 team GPA. A great group of people on and off the court. 👊🏻👍🏻🏀.
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Our next signee is Transfer Gd Kino Thompson. Kino’s coming off an All Conference selection at Temple College. “Kino brings a wealth of experience to our program. We love his competitive spirit and look forward to him being a leader on and off the floor for us.” - Coach Schaefer
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Thank you @ISUCoachFen and @BillyFennelly for sharing a wealth of insight and drills to work on skill development! Good luck this year!
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Thank you to all of our alumni for coming today and playing! It was great to see all of you and your families. Always a great time when we get to reconnect @VikingAthletics
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Happy Holidays from our family to yours! We hope everyone has a great start to the new year!
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Our next signee is FR Gd Caden Stoecklein - “We are excited to watch Caden grow over his career. He is a decisive decision maker from the guard spot and has a nose for scoring the ball on all 3 levels. We are thrilled to have him in our program” - Coach Schaefer
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Our first #ThrowbackThurday we look back at @Coachschaefer from the 2008-09 season when he lead them to a 25-9 record and a NAIA national tournament berth where they reached the Sweet 16
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Check out some highlights from last nights 72-60 W!
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Tonight’s Player of The Game in our 107-89 victory over William Penn is Jr. Forward - Jacob Koontz!
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Awesome honor for @RyanMiller1456 He was big time this past week averaging 30 for us. That makes him a 3 time player of the week in the incredibly tough Heart. Right back at it tonight—let’s go get another one.
📰 Congrats to our Heart Players of the Week!. 🔗
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Mark those calendars - Vikings basketball is almost here. We kick off the 2023-24 season this Wednesday on the road at Waldorf! Our first home game is Nov. 7th vs Faith Baptist at 7:00!
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First of October is here, means first official team practice. We are excited to get to work and see what this group can become. 🏀🏀🏀.
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Great group of guys to help with new student move in! Ready to start the new year with our group. @VikingAthletics
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Our next signee is Fr Wing Luke Keitges. “We’ve watched Luke grow up from a young player at our camps, to someone that is ready to take the leap into college basketball. We feel like Luke’s best ball is still in front of him and we can’t wait to watch him shine” - Coach Schaefer
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Congratulations @RyanMiller1456 .The definition of a person who bought in and trusted the process. Proven leader and winner. Proud of you and your impact on all of us @GVVikingMBB.
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