Carnegie Mellon Graduate Maurer To Play Professional Hoops Overseas

(Pittsburgh, Pa.) Carnegie Mellon University’s 2006 men’s basketball graduate Nate Maurer (Pittsburgh, Pa./Linsly School) signed this past week with CAB Madeira of the Portuguese Basketball League (EBL) to play professional basketball. Maurer becomes the third player to play professional basketball during Carnegie Mellon’s Head Coach Tony Wingen’s coaching career as a Tartan and his fourth overall.

Maurer ended the 2005-2006 campaign ranked second in the University Athletic Association (UAA) with 18.4 points per game. In two years with the Tartans, Maurer registered 929 points giving him 1,669 for his career. During his senior season, Nate recorded his 500th rebound against Bluffton University and ended his career with 621. In 2006, he scored in double figures 24 times and had 20 or more points in nine games, while recording three double-doubles. He averaged 7.1 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game, while shooting 40.4% from behind the arc.

Maurer received many postseason accolades in 2006 including: Co-University Athletic Association (UAA) Player of the Year and First Team All-UAA, ECAC Division III Men's Southern Basketball All-Star Second-Team, D3hoops.com All-Great Lakes Second Team and National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) 2006 All-Great Lakes Region First Team.

The Tartans’ assistant coach Kevin Byrne and 2005 graduate Eliot Goren were the other two Tartans under Wingen to play professional basketball. Byrne, a 1996 graduate of Carnegie Mellon, was a four-year letter winner in basketball. The 6-6 forward went on to lead the EBL in scoring during the 1997 season. Goren signed with Manchester Magic after the 2005 season.

Maurer reports to camp September 4.