Michael Anthony "Mike" Schachtner (born November 19, 1986) is an American professional

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player who last played for the

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of the

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. The 6'9" forward played

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for the

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before going undrafted in the

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High school career

Schachtner attended Somerset High School in

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where he played for coach Eric Olson and was a two-time Middle Border Conference Player of the Year. As a senior in 2004–05, he averaged 21.4 points and 10.0 rebounds per game as he earned Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/WBCA second-team all-state honors and garnered All-Northwest Wisconsin first-team accolades.

College career

In his freshman season at Green Bay, Schachtner earned Horizon League All-Newcomer team honors after he led the league with an .868 free throw percentage in conference play. He also ranked 13th in the Horizon League, and second among freshmen, with a .461 field goal percentage. In 31 games (30 starts), he averaged 10.3 points and 4.4 rebounds in 27.7 minutes per game. In his sophomore season, Schachtner was the only sophomore to earn second-team All-Horizon League honors. He also earned Academic All-Horizon League honors and was named third-team Academic All-America by ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA. In 33 games (all starts), he averaged 14.9 points and 4.0 rebounds in 31.6 minutes per game. In his junior season, Schachtner earned second-team Academic All-America honors, joining Tony Bennett as the only players in school history to be awarded the honor twice. He also earned second-team All-Horizon League honors for the second straight year, and named to the 10-man Division I-AAA All-Scholar Team for the second straight year, and was academic all-league. In 30 games (28 starts), he averaged 15.8 points and 4.2 rebounds in 29.4 minutes per game. In his senior season, he was named an Academic All-America for the third straight year, becoming the first student-athlete in school history to do so. He became Green Bay's career leader in free throw accuracy (88.3 percent) and games started (119) finished his career with 1,667 points to rank fifth in team history. During the 2008–09 season, he helped Green Bay to a 22-11 overall record and a runner-up finish in the Horizon League. He also helped the team make its first postseason appearance since 1996 and picked up a victory over 11th-rated Butler. As a senior, he averaged 11.6 points and 4.5 rebounds in 33 games (28 starts).

Professional career

Schachtner went undrafted in the

. On August 25, 2009, he signed with

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of Austria for the 2009–10 season. He went on earn OBL All-Star honors and competed in the league's three-point shootout. In 40 games, he averaged 13.2 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. In August 2010, Schachtner signed with

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of Romania for the 2010–11 season. On January 4, 2012, Schachtner signed with Factum Sport Debrecen of Hungary for the rest of the 2011–12 season. In September 2012, Schachtner signed with

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of the

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. He went on to help Leiden win the 2013 championship and returned to the team for the 2013–14 season. In November 2014, Schachtner was acquired by the Erie BayHawks. On January 9, 2015, he was waived by the BayHawks after appearing in 14 games. On January 28, 2015, he was acquired by the

Personal

Schachtner is the son of Ed and Therese Schachtner, and has an older brother, Don, and four older sisters, Laura, Sara, Kristin and Ann.

References

External links

Eurobasket.com Profile

UW-Green Bay bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schachtner, Michael 1986 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Austria American expatriate basketball people in Hungary American expatriate basketball people in Romania American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands Basketball players from Wisconsin Dutch Basketball League players Erie BayHawks (2008–2017) players Forwards (basketball) Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball players Kapfenberg Bulls players Maine Red Claws players ZZ Leiden players People from Somerset, Wisconsin American men's basketball players