Moritz Wagner

Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman, John Beilein, Moritz Wagner

Photo by: Jim Young-USA TODAY Sports

Class:
Junior
Position:
F
Height:
6-11
Weight:
245
Hometown:
Berlin, Germany
High School:
Alba Berlin

Career Notes
• Left Michigan early to enter the NBA Draft as a junior
• Selected in the first round, 25th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers

Michigan Career
• Played in 107 career games for U-M
   > 69th Wolverine to play 100+ games
   > Ranked t-52nd all-time in U-M history
• Ranks 44th all-time with 1,114 career points
   > 54th Wolverine to score 1,000+ points
   > Scored 15 points in win vs. Michigan State (Big Ten Tournament) to reach 1,000
• Helped U-M to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances (2016, '17, '18)
   > Helped U-M to program's first First Four game vs. Tulsa, advancing to first round (2016)
   > Reached the 2017 & 2018 Sweet 16s and 2018 Elite Eight
   > Reached the 2018 Final Four and national title game
• Helped U-M to back-to-back Big Ten Tournament titles
   > Won four games in four days in Washington, D.C. (Verizon Center), following pre-tournament plane accident
   > Won four games in four days in New York, N.Y. (MSG), to win second straight

Honors and Awards
Big Ten
   > All-Big Ten second team (2018, B1G coaches & media), honorable mention (2017, B1G coaches & media)
   > Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2018)
   > All-Big Ten Tournament Team
   > Preseason All-Big Ten Team (2017-18)
   > Academic All-Big Ten (2017, '18)
NCAA Postseason
   > NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team (2018)
   > NCAA West Region All-Tournament Team (2018)
Michigan
   > U-M Academic Achievement Award (2017, '18)
   > U-M's Bill Buntin Most Valuable Player (2018)
   > U-M's Rudy Tomjanovich Most Improved Player (2017)
   > U-M's Loy Vaught Rebounding Award (2018)
   > U-M's Morgan/Bodnar Award for Academic Achievement (2017, '18)
   > Team Captain (2018)
Additional Career Honors
   > Associated Press All-Big Ten second team (2018)
   > USBWA All-District V (2018)
   > NABC All-District, second team (2018)
> CoSIDA Academic All-District (2017)

Junior (2017-18)
• Started 39 games
   > Missed two games with a bone bruise in his right foot suffered at Texas (Dec. 12)
• Averaged a team-best 14.6 points per game posting 34 double figure games
   > Recorded 10 20-plus point games and a career-best 27 at Michigan State (Jan. 13)
• Led Wolverines with 7.1 rebounds per game
   > Grabbed 200-plus rebounds for first time in career (278)
   > Most for a U-M player since the 1997-98 season (Robert Traylor, 344)
• Posted eight games with 10-plus rebound games
   > Grabbed a career-best 15 boards vs. Loyola Chicago in the national semifinal
• Recorded eight double-doubles, helping U-M go 8-0 when doing so
   > 18 points, 12 rebounds against North Florida (Nov. 11)
   > 10 points, 11 rebounds against Central Michigan (Nov. 13)
   > 21 points, 10 rebounds against UC Riverside (Nov. 26)
   > 18 points, 11 rebounds against Maryland (Jan. 15)
   > 16 points, 10 rebounds against Minnesota (Feb. 3)
   > 20 points, 11 rebounds at Wisconsin (Feb. 11)
   > 20 points, 13 rebounds vs. Nebraska (March 2)
   > 24 points, 15 rebounds vs. Loyola-Chicago (March 31)
• Shot 52.8 percent from the field and 39.4 percent on 3-point field goals
• Third on the Wolverines with 63 3-point field goals
   > Most 3-pointers by a 6-10 or taller player in the nation
• Second on U-M with 38 steals
• Averaged 27.6 minutes per game

Sophomore (2016-17)
• Started all 38 games for the Maize and Blue, one of three Wolverines to do so
• Averaged 12.1 points per game, which was third on the team
• Scored in double figures in 23 games with five 20-plus point performances
   > Scored a season-high 26 points in the NCAA Tournament second-round win over Louisville (March 19)
• Posted a double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) in a win at Indiana (Feb. 12)
• Averaged 4.2 rebounds a contests
   > Pulled down a season-best 10 boards, twice -- at Indiana (Feb. 12) and at Northwestern (March 1)
• Averaged 23.9 minutes per game

Freshman (2015-16)
• Played in 30 games, coming off the bench
• Averaged 2.9 points and 1.6 rebounds
• Made collegiate debut against Northern Michigan (Nov. 13) scoring two points
• Posted a highlighted performance against Charlotte (Nov. 26) in the Battle 4 Atlantis scoring 19 points going 8-for-9 from the field, including making his first career three-pointer; added two blocks
• Grabbed a season-best eight rebounds in NCAA First Four win over Tulsa (March 16)
• Finished 2016 postseason going 9-for-9 from the field -- B1G (4-for-4) and NCAA (5-for-5)

Prep Career
• Played 18 games with ALBA Berlin II; averaged 16.8 points per game, posting 15 double figure scoring games including a career-best 25 against RSV Eintracht (Oct. 12, 2014) -- going 9-for-13 from the field
• Played in the 2015 Belgrade adidas Next Generations Tournament, finishing with a 3-2 record; played in all five games averaging 9.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 2.0 steals per game
• Played with the German National Team at the 2014 European Under 18 Division B Championships, helping Germany to a 9-0 record and winning the gold medal; averaged 5.2 points, with a tournament-best 20 against Austria after going 8-for-14 from the field while grabbing six rebounds and three steals
• Played in the 2015 NBBL All-Star game, helping North team to a 67-63 win
• Helped Alba Berlin win the 2014 NBBL German Championship

Personal
• Born April 26, 1997 in Berlin, Germany
• Son of Beate Wagner and Axel Schulz
• Enrolled in School of Kinesiology
• Sport Management major

Personal Notes
• Pronunciations: "MORE-rhet'z" | "VOG-ner"