23   Abdel Nader
	Class: Freshman Hometown: Skokie, Ill. High School: Niles North Height / Weight: 6-7 / 210 Position: W

2011-12: Earned MAC All-Freshman Team honors ... Appeared in all 31 games, including 29 starts ... Averaged a team-best 10.4 points, 25th-best in the MAC and third among MAC freshmen, and 4.2 rebounds, second-best among MAC freshmen, while playing 24.2 minutes per game ... Averaged 11.5 points per game during conference play, 18th-best in the MAC ... Recorded a team-high 22 blocked shots, 14th-best in the MAC and best among conference freshmen ... Recorded 21 steals, second-highest on the team ... Grabbed 3.6 defensive rebounds per game during conference play, 15th-best in the MAC ... Ranked fourth among MAC freshmen with 0.7 steals per contest ... Made his first collegiate start in the season opener at Purdue (11/11), scoring nine points and grabbing four rebounds ... Scored in double figures in 17 games, including three games of 20-plus points ... Had a season-best 26 points against Ball State (1/21) ... Recorded 24 points at Central Michigan (2/26) ... Had seven games with six-or-more rebounds ... Grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds against Bowling Green (2/4) ... Recorded a season-high three assists on five different occasions ... Had a season-best four blocks against Ball State (1/21).

Prep: Averaged 23.8 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game as a senior at Niles North ... Led the Vikings to a 24-6 record and their first sectional championship and Central Suburban League titles in the school's 47-year history ... Garnered First Team All-State honors from the Chicago Tribune ... Earned Chicago Sun-Times Class 4A Second Team All-State recognition ... Named to the ESPN Chicago All-Area team.

Personal: Born on September 25, 1993 in Alexandria, Egypt ... Family moved to the United States when he was three years old ... Son of Amina and Rehama Nader ... Plans to major in engineering.