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Nathan Boothe

Nathan BootheYear: Junior
Position: Center
Height: 6-9
Weight: 240
Hometown: Gurnee, IL
High School: Warren Township

2013-14
Averaged 9.2 ppg and ranked fourth on team with 4.6 rpg while shooting 47.6% (129-of-271) from field...Tied for team lead with 87.1 FT% (54-of-62) and scored in double digits in 17 games...Ranked 10th in MAC with 1.1 bpg and his 80 career blocks are tied for third in UT history...Produced second-best offensive outings of career with 17 points (15 in second half) at Boston College (11/14) and 17 points vs. Ball State (2/23)...Tallied team-high 15 points and career-best five assists at No. 16 Kansas (12/30)...Grabbed career-high 10 rebounds and scored nine points at Detroit (11/23).

2012-13
Named to MAC’s All-Freshman Team...Averaged 8.3 ppg and 5.2 rpg in 24.6 mpg and started all 28 contests...Led team with 1.5 bpg (6th in MAC), including season-high four rejections vs. UIC (Dec. 29)...Tallied season-best 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting at Central Michigan (Feb. 16)...Scored 13 points vs. Miami (Feb. 6) and hit game-winning three-point FG at buzzer...Scored 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds at Minnesota (Nov. 12)...Scored in double figures in 10 games, including three straight from Dec. 29 - Jan. 9 — 10 points, seven rebounds and season-high four blocks vs. UIC (Dec. 29), 12 points and eight boards vs. Chicago State (Dec. 31) & 10 points, seven caroms and three rejections at Kent State (Jan. 9).

High School - Warren Township
A 2012 graduate of Warren Township High School...Averaged 14.4 ppg , 7.5 rpg and 2.5 bpg with 58.0 FG% as senior...Received Associated Press Class 4A All-Illinois honorable mention honors...Averaged 9.3 ppg and 5.2 rpg as junior for Blue Devil squad en route to being named to Daily Herald’s All-Area squad...Helped team post 31-4 win-loss mark and appeared in Illinois’ Class 4A state championship game.

Personal
Full name: Nathan Newman Boothe...Age: 20 (born February 3, 1994 in Oak Park, IL)...Son of Mark and Rose Marie Boothe...Father is a printing salesman...Has one brother, David (25), and one sister, Sarah (24)...Father played baseball at Northern Illinois University (1978-82) and led MAC with .439 batting average in 1980...Also is Huskies’ career (.385) and single-season leader (.439) in batting average, and career leader (.480) in on-base percentage...Brother, David, played offensive guard at Hope (MI) College (2007-10)...Sister, Sarah, played collegiately at Stanford and was named Illinois ‘Ms. Basketball’ in 2008...Has three uncles who played college football, Dennis Boothe (Northwestern), Richard Boothe (Northwestern) and Steven Boothe (Colorado State)...Another uncle, Charles Boothe, was Division III All-America baseball player at Coe College (Iowa) and played professionally in the San Francisco Giants’ farm system...Interests include golf...Majoring in sales & marketing.

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