TJ Schnurr Award Player of the Week Week Of 2/27/2023 Sport Men's Basketball School Coe College Year Junior Position Forward Hometown Algona, Iowa High School Bishop-Garrigan Catholic Men’s Basketball – Player of the Week TJ Schnurr, Coe College Jr., F, Algona, Iowa/Bishop-Garrigan Catholic Schnurr led the Coe Collee Kohawks to a miraculous conference tournament run following being the last team in the tournament. The Kohawks began the week traveling to Lincoln, Nebraska to face off against No. 3-seeded Nebraska Wesleyan for the second time in the matter of four days. Coe walked away with the 78-60 statement win in the quarterfinals as the No. 6-seed. The junior tallied 20 points, three rebounds, two assists, one steal, and one blocked shot in the win. On Thursday, Coe travelled to Dubuque for face off against No. 2-seeded University of Dubuque where the Kohawks came home with the 78-73 exciting win to bounce the conference regular season runner-up. In the semifinals, Schnurr accumulated 22 points, nine rebounds, three assists, and one blocked shot. On championship Saturday, Schnurr and the Kohawks travelled back to Dubuque to take on No. 4-seeded Loras. In a loud, exciting environment, Coe finished the conference postseason run with a 93-86 win to win their first ever conference tournament title and return to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1976. In the conference championship game Schnurr had an impressive 36 points to lead the Kohawks while going 14-for-15 from the field. He additionally had eight rebounds, two assists, two blocked shots, and one steal. The junior averaged 26 points per game and 6.67 rebounds in the three road game victories. Schnurr and the Kohawks await their seed and first-round location for the NCAA Tournament that will be released today, Monday, February 27 at 12:00 p.m. (CST). Coe’s record stands at 16-12 overall and 7-9 in conference action heading into the NCAA Tournament. The Algona native is earning his second-career Player of the Week honor is his career (2/27/23, 2/20/23).
