2006-07 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Stelmach, Piotr

Jersey Number 41
Piotr Stelmach
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-9
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kamien Pomorski, Poland
- High School/Previous School:
- SMS Warka
Bio
Veteran frontcourt performer who teams with Dietric Slater as one of only two senior players for the Bulldogs in 2006-07... Polish native who previously competed internationally against 7-foot countrymen Lukasz Obrzut, currently with Kentucky, and Dawid Przybyszewski, formerly of Vanderbilt... Gained valuable international experience this past off-season for the second straight year, having averaged 9.3 points and a team-leading 12.3 rebounds per game in helping lead the SCORE International College All-Stars to a 4-0 record during a goodwill tour of the Dominican Republic... Also competed for SCORE International two summers ago in Germany... Averaged 5.0 points and was MSU’s No. 2 rebounder (6.0 rpg) during the team’s three-game sweep of Canadian collegiate competition this past Labor Day weekend in Vancouver... Had nine points (4-6 FGs) and nine rebounds against the University of Saskatchewan... Has earned SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition during each of his previous three collegiate campaigns... On target to graduate within the coming year with a degree in clinical exercise physiology.
Posted career-high averages in scoring (3.3 ppg) and rebounding (2.9 rpg) a year ago as a junior... Shot 40 percent from the field, 27 percent from the arc and 75 percent from the line in 27 appearances (15.0 mins/gm), including four straight season-opening starts... Playing time more than quadrupled last year from 2004-05... Scored a career-high 11 points (5-6 FGs) against Jacksonville State in Jackson, Miss... Totaled 10 points (2-4 treys) and had career highs in rebounds (9) and assists (3) in road win over Charlotte... Had seven points and seven boards against Arkansas State... Averaged 6.5 points and 6.3 rebounds in starting the year’s first four games... Missed two early-season games with a sprained left ankle... Scored eight and seven points, respectively, in San Juan Shootout wins over Liberty and Holy Cross... Began SEC play with nine points (6-6 FTs) and five rebounds in home win over Arkansas... Closed out regular-season league play with six points (2-2 treys) and six boards in home victory over Alabama... Made the 2005-06 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
Averaged 2.3 points and 1.3 rebounds per game in 19 appearances (4.4 mins/gm) as a sophomore in 2004-05... Connected on 18-of-25 field goals (72.0%), including 4-of-5 accuracy from beyond the three-point arc, for the year... Began the 2004-05 campaign having averaged 6.5 points (5-7 FGs & 2-3 treys) and 4.0 rebounds in a two-game starting role during Lawrence Roberts’ absence from MSU’s lineup during Coaches vs. Cancer Classic regional play in Birmingham, Ala... Scored a season-high eight points (3-5 FGs & 2-3 treys) and had three rebounds in 12 minutes of action during season opener against Fairfield... Followed that effort by hitting both shot attempts and collecting five rebounds in regional title win over host Birmingham-Southern... Hit all three field-goal attempts in six-point effort against Jacksonville State in Jackson, Miss., and made 3-of-4 shots from the field in home win over Arkansas-Little Rock... Totaled five points (2-2 FGs), four boards and a blocked shot in home win over Florida A&M... Made the 2004-05 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
Saw limited action (68 total minutes) in 19 games as a collegiate rookie, totaling 17 points (7-17 FGs & 3-4 FTs), 21 rebounds, two blocks and an assist for the 2003-04 season... Set season highs with five points (2-4 FGs & 1-2 FTs) and five rebounds while seeing a season-most 10 minutes of action in NCAA Tournament win over Monmouth... Scored a basket and had an offensive board versus Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament... Hit lone field-goal attempt and made both free throws while adding two rebounds in home season finale against Auburn... Scored two points and collected a rebound in home win over LSU... Had four points, three rebounds (two offensive boards) and a blocked shot against Louisiana-Mon-roe... Earned status on the 2003-04 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.
Competed in his native Poland for the Secondary Non-Public Sports Championship School (SMS Warka) of the Polish Basketball Federation... Averaged 11.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.8 steals per game as a prep senior for coach Leszek Marzec’s first-league SMS Warka squad... Recorded 13 double-digit scoring efforts on the year, including four 20-point contests and four double-doubles... Helped pace Poland to a fourth-place team finish at the 2003 International World Junior Tournament... Teamed with 2003 NBA draftee Maciej Lampe to help lead Poland to a third-place team finish in the summer of 2003 during the qualifying round of the 2004 European Championships for Young Men... Also teamed with Lampe to help lead Poland to a third-place team finish in Group A at the 2002 European Championships for Junior Men, ranking as the team’s fourth-leading scorer (9.9 ppg) and No. 3 rebounder (5.8 rpg) during the tournament’s final round.
Piotr Stelmach was born February 23, 1984, in Kamien Pomorski, Poland... Slated to earn his bachelor’s degree in clinical excercise physiology within the coming year... The son of Stanislaw and Jadwiga Stelmach.
2005-06:
Posted career-high averages in scoring (3.3 ppg) and rebounding (2.9 rpg) a year ago as a junior... Shot 40 percent from the field, 27 percent from the arc and 75 percent from the line in 27 appearances (15.0 mins/gm), including four straight season-opening starts... Playing time more than quadrupled last year from 2004-05... Scored a career-high 11 points (5-6 FGs) against Jacksonville State in Jackson, Miss... Totaled 10 points (2-4 treys) and had career highs in rebounds (9) and assists (3) in road win over Charlotte... Had seven points and seven boards against Arkansas State... Averaged 6.5 points and 6.3 rebounds in starting the year’s first four games... Missed two early-season games with a sprained left ankle... Scored eight and seven points, respectively, in San Juan Shootout wins over Liberty and Holy Cross... Began SEC play with nine points (6-6 FTs) and five rebounds in home win over Arkansas... Closed out regular-season league play with six points (2-2 treys) and six boards in home victory over Alabama... Made the 2005-06 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2004-05:
Averaged 2.3 points and 1.3 rebounds per game in 19 appearances (4.4 mins/gm) as a sophomore in 2004-05... Connected on 18-of-25 field goals (72.0%), including 4-of-5 accuracy from beyond the three-point arc, for the year... Began the 2004-05 campaign having averaged 6.5 points (5-7 FGs & 2-3 treys) and 4.0 rebounds in a two-game starting role during Lawrence Roberts’ absence from MSU’s lineup during Coaches vs. Cancer Classic regional play in Birmingham, Ala... Scored a season-high eight points (3-5 FGs & 2-3 treys) and had three rebounds in 12 minutes of action during season opener against Fairfield... Followed that effort by hitting both shot attempts and collecting five rebounds in regional title win over host Birmingham-Southern... Hit all three field-goal attempts in six-point effort against Jacksonville State in Jackson, Miss., and made 3-of-4 shots from the field in home win over Arkansas-Little Rock... Totaled five points (2-2 FGs), four boards and a blocked shot in home win over Florida A&M... Made the 2004-05 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2003-04:
Saw limited action (68 total minutes) in 19 games as a collegiate rookie, totaling 17 points (7-17 FGs & 3-4 FTs), 21 rebounds, two blocks and an assist for the 2003-04 season... Set season highs with five points (2-4 FGs & 1-2 FTs) and five rebounds while seeing a season-most 10 minutes of action in NCAA Tournament win over Monmouth... Scored a basket and had an offensive board versus Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament... Hit lone field-goal attempt and made both free throws while adding two rebounds in home season finale against Auburn... Scored two points and collected a rebound in home win over LSU... Had four points, three rebounds (two offensive boards) and a blocked shot against Louisiana-Mon-roe... Earned status on the 2003-04 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Competed in his native Poland for the Secondary Non-Public Sports Championship School (SMS Warka) of the Polish Basketball Federation... Averaged 11.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.8 steals per game as a prep senior for coach Leszek Marzec’s first-league SMS Warka squad... Recorded 13 double-digit scoring efforts on the year, including four 20-point contests and four double-doubles... Helped pace Poland to a fourth-place team finish at the 2003 International World Junior Tournament... Teamed with 2003 NBA draftee Maciej Lampe to help lead Poland to a third-place team finish in the summer of 2003 during the qualifying round of the 2004 European Championships for Young Men... Also teamed with Lampe to help lead Poland to a third-place team finish in Group A at the 2002 European Championships for Junior Men, ranking as the team’s fourth-leading scorer (9.9 ppg) and No. 3 rebounder (5.8 rpg) during the tournament’s final round.
PERSONAL:
Piotr Stelmach was born February 23, 1984, in Kamien Pomorski, Poland... Slated to earn his bachelor’s degree in clinical excercise physiology within the coming year... The son of Stanislaw and Jadwiga Stelmach.
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