2001-02 (JUNIOR)
Ranked fifth among MSU’s scoring and rebounding leaders in averaging 8.8 points and 3.6 rebounds per contest as a 26-game starter during his first season at the Division I level... Started all 16 regular-season SEC games and throughout postseason competition last year... Forced to sit out the first three games of the 2001-02 season because of an NCAA-mandated suspension... Shot 46 percent overall from the field, 37 percent from behind the three-point arc and 71 percent from the free-throw line on the year last season... Ranked tied for third on the club with 31 made three-pointers (in 85 attempts)... Posted 14 games with 10 or more points as a junior, including a season-best, 19-point effort against Arkansas State ... Tied with Timmy Bowers for runner-up team scoring honors during the SEC Tournament, averaging 11.3 points per tourney outing in Atlanta.
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Two-time all-region and all-conference performer while competing in the Oklahoma junior college ranks... Earned NJCAA All-American Third Team laurels as a sophomore after averaging a team-leading 17.3 points and 8.2 rebounds per game at Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton, Okla... Shot 52 percent overall from the field, 47 percent (59-of-125) from beyond the three-point arc and 78 percent from the free-throw line while earning All-Region II First Team, All-Bi-State Conference and team MVP honors in 2000-01... Helped lead coach Jimmy Voight’s EOSC Mountaineers to a 23-8 overall record and runner-up finish in the 2001 Region II Tournament... Transferred to EOSC (along with head coach Jimmy Voight) after playing his freshman season at Bacone Junior College in Muskogee, Okla... Averaged 14.7 points and a team-high 7.4 rebounds per contest, in addition to shooting 46 percent overall from the field, 36 percent from the arc and 76 percent from the line, as a freshman... Collected All-Region II First Team and All-Bi-State Conference plaudits as a collegiate rookie in helping lead the BJC Warriors to a 24-9 overall record and runner-up finish in the 2000 Region II Tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Szkola Mistrzostwa Sportowego High School in Poland, playing for head coach Mariusz Mazur.
PERSONAL
Michal Jakub Ignerski was born August 13, 1980, in Lublin, Poland... Seeking a degree in fitness management... The son of Edward and Maria Ignerski.
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