Northwestern State University of Louisana

Notes on McConathy:

• ranks 9th all-time in school history with 297 career assists (3.1 pg), would move to 6th if he matches last year's 124
• near career top 10 in steals with 103, needs 17 to rank, and if he equals last year's 51, he would move to 6th best in school history
• a three-year Academic All-SLC selection (first team in the last two seasons), McConathy earned his electronic engineering technology degree in May as a summa cum laude graduate (3.57 GPA)
• won 2009 first-team Academic All-District VI honors for a six-state region from the College Sports Information Directors of America
• faculty chose him to receive the 2009 Walter J. Robinson Award from NSU's Department of Engineering Technology, recognizing the junior or senior best exhibiting scholarship, leadership and integrity
• NSU's 2008-09 Male Student-Athlete of the Year (scholarship, leadership and community activism)
• Southland Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll four years, since his true freshman season in 2005-06 when he was redshirted
• son of Demons' head coach Mike McConathy and plays alongside younger brother Logan. The McConathy's are the only father-sons combination in Division I basketball and one of only two known in the past two decades, along with BYU coach Roger Reid and his sons in 1994-95. Eddie Sutton never had his two sons playing on the same team at Oklahoma State.
• wears No. 14 used by his grandfather, Johnny McConathy, from 1947-51.  It was retired in 2002 but donned by Michael with his grandfather's blessing

In 2008-09:

• started all but one of the Demons' 31 games, ranked fifth in the SLC in assists, second in free throw percentage and eighth in steals - leading NSU in a statistic in which it ranked 20th nationally
• posted 12 double-figure scoring games, leading NSU in points four times. He averaged 9.1 points in conference play
• career-best 17 points propelled Demons to 11/21 win over Centenary at LSU tournament
• matched career high with 8 asssits at McNeese (2/4)

In 2007-08:

• started 16 of 33 games played, but only 2 in the SLC season, while posting modest 4.7 ppg, mostly as a point guard while playing 19.7 minutes pg
• ninth in overall SLC stats, seventh in league play (3.63) in assists pg
• His 82.3% overall FT aim would have ranked 4th in the SLC in all games, but he was one made FT shy of meeting the standard to be ranked. In SLC play only, he ranked 6th (81.0%) on FT aim. 
• High scoring game of 15 at Texas Tech, had a pair of 13-point games in SLC contests, at McNeese and vs. Nicholls. Season high 8 assists in win over UTA.  
• Hit 8-8 on FT at McNeese 
• Went 3-3 on 3-pointers at Texas Tech
• Voted first-team Academic All-SLC with a 3.56 cumulative g.p.a.

In 2006-07:

• emerged down the stretch as a disruptive defender and sharp distributor behind senior point guard Kennan Jones, who was sixth in the nation in assists
• 5 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal in 13 minutes vs. Lamar in SLC Tourney semifinal win
• season-best 4 steals helped spur incredible rally from 30-point deficit into lead in regular-season finale at Central Arkansas
• his steal and behind-the-back assist to Jermaine Spencer for the dunk was No. 6 on SportsCenter’s Plays of the Day after the regionally-televised win at SFA
• season-high 6 assists at Northwestern in Evanston, Ill.
• scored from the floor in 7 of last 10 games
• Among 13 players voted to the 2006-07 Academic All-SLC Team after posting a 3.76 grade point average

In 2005-06:

• redshirted

Before NSU:

• helped St. Mary’s reach the playoffs each of his four years for coaches Todd Matney, former Demon and N Club Hall of Fame member Tommy Mathis, and former Demon Stephen Burch
• 4-year letter winner in basketball, track, and tennis
• team went 22-8 his senior season winning the district championship
• averaged 24 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals his senior year earning District MVP and 1st Team All Cenla and All State honors
• student of the Year, Valedictorian, and Shreveport Times Academic All Star his senior year
• 1st Team All District and All Cenla Honorable mention his junior year
• averaged 18 points and 5 assists his junior year
• 2nd Team All District and 2nd Team All Parish his sophomore year
• member of BETA Club, FCA, and SADD at St. Mary’s
• graduated with a 4.0 grade point average and earned academic scholarship to NSU

Personal:

• born 4/18/86
• son of Coach Mike and Connie McConathy
• grandfather John McConathy was an All-American at NSU
• one brother, Logan
• now pursuing a second undergraduate degree in business administration
• nickname is “Icy”