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2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

Tim Phillis
Tim Phillis
Tim Phillis
Tim Phillis
Tim Phillis
Tim Phillis
Tim Phillis

10 Sam Trunley

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 203
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Glen Ridge, N.J.
  • High School Glen Ridge
  • Position G
  • Major Political Science

Biography

Career Highs


Points 51 * 3/1/25 at Carnegie Mellon
Rebounds 13 11/09/24 vs. SUNY Brockport
Assists 6 Four Times
Steals 7 * 11/16/24 at Houghton
Blocks 1 12 Times
FG Made 15 3/1/25 at Carnegie Mellon
3PT Made 8 * 1/19/24 at Emory


* School record

Senior (2024-25)


Named to the D3hoops.com All-Region Third Team and the All-UAA Second Team following the season… Was also selected as a finalist for the Jostens Trophy… Tallied a record-setting senior campaign for the Spartans, besting the program record for points in a season during the year… Started all 25 games for CWRU and finished the campaign with 587 total points, 42 points more than the previous program record, which had been achieved in 28 games (and 58 points more than the previous 25-game record)… His 23.5 points per game ranked eighth among Division III players during the year and was the third-best single-season total in program history… Set a program record with 143 made free throws while his 88.3% mark from the line was the 25th-best among Division III players during the year and the ninth-best in program history… Finished with the eighth-most field goals made (185) and fourth-most three-pointers made (74) in a season in team history… Shot 43.7% overall and 36.5% from three-point range… Led the team with 3.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game… Scored in double figures in all but one game during the year, including 16 games of 20 or more points and four games of at least 30 points… Paced the team in scoring on 17 occasions, in rebounding five times, and in assists in 13 games… Ended his career with the highest-scoring game in UAA history with a program-record 51-point effort against Carnegie Mellon on March 1… Made 15-of-21 shots overall, seven-of-11 three-point attempts (one shy of his own program record), and 14-of-16 free throw tries in the game… Added nine rebounds and five assists in the game… The 51 points were the fourth-most scored by a Division III player in a game during the 2024-25 season… Set the program record for points in a game earlier in the season as well, becoming the first player in program history to break 40 points in a contest with a 45-point effort against SUNY Brockport on November 9… Set a program record with 18 made free throws in the game and collected a career-high 13 rebounds for a double-double… Went on to be named the Most Valuable Player of the Bill Sudeck Holiday Tournament and earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team… Earned a spot on the D3hoops.com Team of the Week following the performance… Was also named to the All-Tournament Team at the E.M. “Mose” Hole/ Wooster Kiwanis Classic, averaging 23.0 points over the two games… Matched a program record with seven steals against Houghton on November 16… Scored 30 points with 11 rebounds and six assists against Bethany on November 21… Put up 14 points and collected 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the campaign against Chicago on January 19… Scored 28 points with seven rebounds, six assists, and three steals against Carnegie Mellon on January 11, earning D3hoops.com Team of the Week honors for a second time during the season… Became the first player in program history to be named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week three times over a career and twice in the same season… Named the UAA Athlete of the Week four times during the campaign… Second among all UAA players with 23.0 points and fourth with 3.6 assists per game in conference play… Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team… Received UAA Winter All-Academic honors… Selected to the NABC Honors Court… Finished his career with 1,195 points, the 11th-most ever by a Spartan, and became the 21st player in program history to surpass 1,000 career points against Emory on February 2… Averaged 13.3 points (18th in program history), 3.7 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game over his career, spanning 90 games and 25 starts… Ended his career third in program history with 180 made three-point shots, fourth with an 86.2% free throw percentage, fifth with 263 made free throws, and 11th with a 37.9% mark from long range.

Junior (2023-24)


Emerged as a dominant sixth-man for the Spartans, coming off the bench in all 28 games to average a career-best 13.0 points per contest, the third most among CWRU players during the campaign… Finished the year shooting 43.8% overall, 35.6% from three-point range, and 88.6% from the free throw line (the best mark in the UAA, 26th-best among Division III players, and eight-best in program history… Led the team with 24 total steals and 0.9 steals per game… Added 3.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game… Registered 18 games with 10 or more points, including four games of at least 20 points… Scored a career-high 33 points against Emory on January 19, tied for the seventh-most in a game in program history and the most by a Spartan since the 2017-18 campaign… Made nine-of-16 shots overall in the game, including a program-record-tying eight three-point shots on 13 attempts… Followed that with a 23-point effort against Rochester two days later, en route to earning both UAA Athlete of the Week and D3hoops.com Team of the Week honors… Also earned UAA Athlete of the Week honors on March 4 after scoring 15 points against Mary Baldwin and 29 points against Hope during the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament… Tallied the first double-double of his career with 15 points and a career-high 11 rebounds against La Roche on November 15… Dished out a career-best six assists against NYU on January 12… Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team for his athletics and academic achievements… Received UAA Winter All-Academic honors and was named to the NABC Honors Court… Ended his junior season ranked seventh in program history in both career three-point percentage (39.0%) and free throw percentage (83.9%)… Has totaled 608 points (9.4 per game) and 184 rebounds (2.8 per game) over his career.

Sophomore (2022-23)


Was a key player off the bench for the Spartans during his sophomore campaign, appearing in all 26 of the team’s games in a reserve role… Averaged 8.5 points per game on 45.7% shooting overall, including a team-high 42.5% from three-point range, and 71.1% from the free throw line… Added 3.2 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game, while accumulating nine steals and three blocks during the season… Scored in double figures 13 times during the year, including a career-high 19-point effort against Carnegie Mellon on February 25, connecting on five threes in the win… Scored 18 points in a win over La Roche on November 16, making five three-point shots in that game as well…  Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team… Registered 16 points, six rebounds, and a career-high four assists against Brandeis on January 27… Received UAA All-Academic honors.

First-year (2021-22)


Played in 11 games off the bench for the Spartans, averaging 2.2 points per game… Shot 33.3% overall, including a 47.1% mark on three-point attempts… Scored a season-high six points against Thiel on November 16.

Prior to CWRU


Was a four-year member of the Glen Ridge High School basketball team, serving as a team captain during his junior and senior years... Coached by Liam Carr and Rich Kennedy... Earned all-conference honors as a sophomore, junior and senior, and all-county honors during his junior and senior years... Averaged 19.0 points and 9.1 rebounds as a junior and 24.1 points and 9.3 rebounds as a senior... Helped lead his team to a conference championship and the sectional final in 2018... Named to the high honor roll all four years of high school.

Personal


Born July 20... Son of Glenn and Margo.

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2021-22First-Year

    G
    6'3" 203 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2022-23Sophomore

    G
    6'3" 203 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2023-24Junior

    G
    6'3" 203 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2024-25Senior

    G
    6'3" 203 lbs
    10