UNI BIO
Seth Tuttle
Position: Forward
Height: 6-8
Weight: 221
Hometown: Sheffield, Iowa
High School: West Fork
Consensus second team All-America choice ... named the 2015 Larry Bird MVC Player of the Year ... a First-Team All-MVC pick for second consecutive season ... NABC first-team all-district pick for the second straight year ... USBWA District Player of the Year ... Naismith Trophy Semifinalist (1 of 10) ... Wooden Award All-American ... Oscar Robertson Trophy Finalist ... Karl Malone Power Forward of Year Watch List ... Lute Olson Award Finalist ... led the team in scoring (15.3 ppg), rebounding (6.9 rpg), assists (3.3 apg) and blocks (0.6 bpg) ... named Most Outstanding Player at the 2015 MVC Tournament ... averaged 12.7 ppg, 8.7 rpg and dished out a team-best tying 11 assists in three wins at MVC Tournament ... posted a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds in a 71-46 win over Bradley (3/6) ... set a career-high with 10 FGs and scored 22 points in a 68-57 win at Missouri State (2/15) ... scored 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting, grabbed 5 rebounds, handed out 5 assists in a win over Illinois State (2/11) ... amed USBWA Oscar Robertson, CBSSports.com and ESPN’s Andy Katz’s National Player of the Week (2/2) ... set a career-high with 29 points on 9-of-13 FGs in a 70-54 win over No. 12 Wichita State (1/31) ... tallied 13 points and 10 rebounds in a 59-52 win at Southern Illinois (1/28) ... posted a double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds in a 54-53 win at Illinois State (1/25) ... earned MVC Player of the Week honors for his play vs. Indiana State and Illinois State ... notched a double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds in a 60-46 win over Missouri State (1/18) ... scored a game-high 15 points and was 9-of-9 at the foul line in a 63-52 win at Bradley (1/13) ... scored 24 points and added 8 rebounds in a 55-39 win over SIU (1/7) ... tallied 18 points and five rebounds at Evansville (1/1) ... tied a career-high with 4 steals in a 67-58 win over Loyola (1/4) ... dished out a career-high 9 assists in UNI’s 74-63 win over South Dakota State (12/28) ... scored 9 second-half points and grabbed 8 rebounds in UNI’s 56-44 win over Iowa (12/20) ... team-best 12 points and 4 assists in a 65-55 road win at Denver (12/10) ... scored a team-high 16 pts with a season-high 4 assists in a 71-65 OT win vs. George Mason (12/6) ... led UNI with 17 points and 10 rebounds in a 55-50 win over Richmond (11/30) ... named the MVP of the 2014 Cancun Challenge; avg. 15.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.5 apg, shot 64.5% in 4 games ... scored a game-high 19 points in UNI’s 61-42 win over Northwestern (11/26) ... set McLeod Center record by making all seven FG attempts and scored 19 vs. North Florida (11/22) ... poured in 24 points in a 64-52 win over North Dakota (11/15).
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2011 graduate of West Fork High School ... three-time all-state pick ... three-time all-conference honoree ... led West Fork to a mark of 92-4, including an undefeated record as a senior en route to the class 2A state title ... set school records for points in a season, points in a career (1,441), rebounds in a season, rebounds in a career, assists in a career, blocks in a season and blocks in a career ... helped lead West Fork to four straight Corn Bowl Conference championships in basketball ... averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 blocks as a prep athlete ... high school coach: Jordan Nelson ... was also a standout quarterback that led his West Fork team to the state football playoffs in 2010 ... honor roll student ... earned letters in basketball (4), football (4) and track (4).
PERSONAL: Born Sept. 5, 1992, in Mason City, Iowa ... son of Jim and Vicki Tuttle ... has a sister (Kayla) and a brother (Tanner) ... majoring in sports psychology with a minor in coaching ... also recruited by Iowa State, Iowa, Indiana, Colorado State, Creighton, Wisconsin, William & Mary and Northern Colorado.
Seth Tuttle
Position: Forward
Height: 6-8
Weight: 221
Hometown: Sheffield, Iowa
High School: West Fork
- UNI's first men's basketball player to earn NCAA Division I All-America 2nd Team honors (AP, NABC, USBWA, Basketball Times, The Sporting News, Bleacher Report and SI.com).
- Tuttle also earned Third Team All-America honors (USA Today, NBCSports.com, CBSSports.com).
- Finished his career as the No. 4 all-time scorer in Panther history with 1,747 points.
- Tuttle tallied 21 career double-doubles.
- The only UNI player to start in every game the team played over a four-year stretch (136 games).
- Ranks No. 2 all-time at UNI in free throws made (508) and free throws attempted (675).
- Ranks No. 5 all-time at UNI in career field goal percentage (57.6 percent).
- Ranks No. 6 all-time at UNI in blocked shots (95).
- He was a seven-time MVC Player of the Week (most in UNI's history).
Consensus second team All-America choice ... named the 2015 Larry Bird MVC Player of the Year ... a First-Team All-MVC pick for second consecutive season ... NABC first-team all-district pick for the second straight year ... USBWA District Player of the Year ... Naismith Trophy Semifinalist (1 of 10) ... Wooden Award All-American ... Oscar Robertson Trophy Finalist ... Karl Malone Power Forward of Year Watch List ... Lute Olson Award Finalist ... led the team in scoring (15.3 ppg), rebounding (6.9 rpg), assists (3.3 apg) and blocks (0.6 bpg) ... named Most Outstanding Player at the 2015 MVC Tournament ... averaged 12.7 ppg, 8.7 rpg and dished out a team-best tying 11 assists in three wins at MVC Tournament ... posted a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds in a 71-46 win over Bradley (3/6) ... set a career-high with 10 FGs and scored 22 points in a 68-57 win at Missouri State (2/15) ... scored 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting, grabbed 5 rebounds, handed out 5 assists in a win over Illinois State (2/11) ... amed USBWA Oscar Robertson, CBSSports.com and ESPN’s Andy Katz’s National Player of the Week (2/2) ... set a career-high with 29 points on 9-of-13 FGs in a 70-54 win over No. 12 Wichita State (1/31) ... tallied 13 points and 10 rebounds in a 59-52 win at Southern Illinois (1/28) ... posted a double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds in a 54-53 win at Illinois State (1/25) ... earned MVC Player of the Week honors for his play vs. Indiana State and Illinois State ... notched a double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds in a 60-46 win over Missouri State (1/18) ... scored a game-high 15 points and was 9-of-9 at the foul line in a 63-52 win at Bradley (1/13) ... scored 24 points and added 8 rebounds in a 55-39 win over SIU (1/7) ... tallied 18 points and five rebounds at Evansville (1/1) ... tied a career-high with 4 steals in a 67-58 win over Loyola (1/4) ... dished out a career-high 9 assists in UNI’s 74-63 win over South Dakota State (12/28) ... scored 9 second-half points and grabbed 8 rebounds in UNI’s 56-44 win over Iowa (12/20) ... team-best 12 points and 4 assists in a 65-55 road win at Denver (12/10) ... scored a team-high 16 pts with a season-high 4 assists in a 71-65 OT win vs. George Mason (12/6) ... led UNI with 17 points and 10 rebounds in a 55-50 win over Richmond (11/30) ... named the MVP of the 2014 Cancun Challenge; avg. 15.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.5 apg, shot 64.5% in 4 games ... scored a game-high 19 points in UNI’s 61-42 win over Northwestern (11/26) ... set McLeod Center record by making all seven FG attempts and scored 19 vs. North Florida (11/22) ... poured in 24 points in a 64-52 win over North Dakota (11/15).
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2011 graduate of West Fork High School ... three-time all-state pick ... three-time all-conference honoree ... led West Fork to a mark of 92-4, including an undefeated record as a senior en route to the class 2A state title ... set school records for points in a season, points in a career (1,441), rebounds in a season, rebounds in a career, assists in a career, blocks in a season and blocks in a career ... helped lead West Fork to four straight Corn Bowl Conference championships in basketball ... averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 blocks as a prep athlete ... high school coach: Jordan Nelson ... was also a standout quarterback that led his West Fork team to the state football playoffs in 2010 ... honor roll student ... earned letters in basketball (4), football (4) and track (4).
PERSONAL: Born Sept. 5, 1992, in Mason City, Iowa ... son of Jim and Vicki Tuttle ... has a sister (Kayla) and a brother (Tanner) ... majoring in sports psychology with a minor in coaching ... also recruited by Iowa State, Iowa, Indiana, Colorado State, Creighton, Wisconsin, William & Mary and Northern Colorado.