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Naji Ozeir

Class:
Freshman
Position:
F
Height:
6-7
Weight:
225
Hometown:
Novi, Mich.
High School:
Salisbury School [Conn.]

Michigan Career
• Helped U-M set the program record for single season victories with 33 wins (33-8, 2017-18)
• Helped U-M win its second straight Big Ten Tournament title at Madison Square Garden in New York City
   > Despite not dressing, U-M won four games in four days to secure back-to-back tournament titles
• Helped U-M to the No. 3 seed in the 2018 NCAA Tournament
   > Despite not dressing, U-M advanced to the Final Four & national title game vs. Villanova

Freshman (2017-18)
• Joined the team as a preferred walk-on
• A valuable member of the U-M practice squad, which was dubbed the new "Fab Five" by Coach John Beilein
• Played in two games off the bench
   > Played in first collegiate game against UC Riverside (Nov. 26); playing four minutes
   > Played final three minutes against Alabama A&M (Dec. 21); scoring two points, grabbing a rebound and getting a steal

Prep Career
• After graduating from Novi HS in 2016, played postgraduate year at Salisbury School [Conn.] under Harlan Dodson; averaged 18.9 points and 8.0 rebounds per game, shooing 56 percent from the field
• Played four years of varsity basketball at Novi under Brandon Sinawi
• As a senior (2015-16), averaged 12.7 points and 8.0 rebounds per game, named team captain and helped Novi (14-10) to the Class A District 18 championship over Northville (59-49) before getting eliminating by Walled Lake Central (72-61) in the Regional 5 semifinal
• As a junior (2014-15), averaged 15.7 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, earning Kensington Lake Central All-Conference first team honors
• As a sophomore (2013-14), broke his ankle during the fall league preseason, however, returned for the varsity season and became a starter by the sixth game and as a freshman (2012-13), averaged 10 minutes per game off the bench

International Play
• Earned back-to-back silver medals as the starting forward on Lebanon's National U17 Team (2015; 5-2) and U18 Team (2016; 6-1) at the Arab National Cup held in Alexandria, Egypt
• Starting forward on Lebanon's National U18 Team at the 2016 Asian Championships held in Tehran, Iran
• Helped Lebanon to 5-3 record and fourth-place finish, averaging 8.0 points and 7.4 rebounds; posted his tournament-best 17 points against India going 7-for-8 from the field while adding 10 rebounds while adding his tournament-best 14 rebounds (7 offensive, 7 defensive) against South Korea

Personal
• Born on July 6, 1998 in Pontiac, Mich.
• Son of Nadi and Ahmad Ozeir
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts
• Undecided major

Pronunciation
First name: "nah-gee" | Last name: "Oh-zeer"