Nathan Claerbaut

Position:
C
Class:
Senior
Height:
7-0
Weight:
230
Hometown:
Zeeland, Mich.
High School:
Zeeland East H.S.
Previous School:
Ferris State

Enrolls at Central Michigan in June 2025 as a senior.

CAREER

Averaged 6.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.5 blocks, and 15.6 minutes per game while seeing action in 61 career games and 33 starts at center at Ferris State … Shot 58.6 percent (160-273) from the floor and 75.9 percent (60-79) from the free throw line.

2024-25 AT FERRIS STATE

As a redshirt junior center, saw action in 34 games with 33 starts … Earned GLIAC All-Defensive Team honors … Averaged 9.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 2.3 blocks, and 23.1 minutes played per game … Shot 60.4 percent (137-227) from the floor and 82.0 percent (50-61) from the free throw line … Registered three double-doubles on the season … Reached double figure scoring in 17 games and double figure rebounding in four games on season … Earned the GLIAC Defensive Player of the Week honor on Nov. 11 after back-to-back double-doubles vs. Northwood and Lake Erie … Earned All-Tournament honors for the GLIAC/GMAC Crossover … Scored 18 points (7-8 FG) and hit 4-6 free throws with eight rebounds at Saginaw Valley State (3/1) … Scored 19 points (7-11 FG), hit 5-5 free throws with nine rebounds at Purdue Northwest (1/18) … Blocked a career-high eight shots, grabbed eight rebounds vs. Grand Valley State (1/9) … Scored 14 points (5-6), grabbed seven rebounds, and blocked a then career-high seven shots vs. Lake Superior State (12/3) … Notched double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds at Roosevelt (12/7) … Finished with 16 points (6-11 FG) with nine rebounds vs. Grace Christian (11/26) … Scored 12 points, blocked four shots with 11 rebounds vs. Lake Erie (11/9) … Notched double-double with 13 points, 11 rebounds, and blocked four shots vs. Northwood (11/8).

2023-24 AT FERRIS STATE

As a redshirt sophomore center, played in 13 games and 89 minutes off the bench … Averaged 2.5 points, 1.7 rebounds, and blocked seven shots … Converted 54.2 percent (13-24) of his field goal attempts on the year … Scored four points, grabbed a season-high eight rebounds, and blocked three shots vs. Kuyper (12/30) … Scored a season-high eight points (4-6 FG) in 13 minutes vs. Fanshawe (12/29).

2022-23 AT FERRIS STATE

As a redshirt freshman center, played in 14 games and 5.4 minutes per game … Earned redshirt season … Played in a season-high 14 minutes, blocked a season-high four shots, and grabbed five rebounds vs. Michigan-Dearborn (12/17) … Scored seven points vs. Davenport (12/4) … Scored 10 points with five rebounds and two blocked shots in 13 minutes vs. Great Lakes Christian (11/22).

2021-22 AT FERRIS STATE

As a true freshman, did not see any action … Redshirted season.

HIGH SCHOOL

A 2021 graduate of Zeeland East High School, where he played xx years of varsity basketball for head coach Jeff Carlson … First Team All-OK-Green Conference honoree … MLive Grand Rapids Dream Team Second Team honoree as a senior … Averaged 13.5 points, 10 rebounds per game during senior season … Shot 62 percent from the floor … Registered a triple-double against Holland … Scored a career-high 24 points in a game … Ranked as the No. 29 player in the state … Ranked as the state’s No. 1 center by Prep Hoops and No. 2 at his position by Bank Hoops … Played AAU ball for the West Michigan Lakers.

PERSONAL

Born Nathan Claerbaut on June 11, 2003 … Has a twin brother Brandon, who he played three years with at Ferris State … Originally was recruited by Boston U., Denver, and Ferris State.

ARTICLES
Claerbaut twins bolster Bulldogs – The Ferris State Torch
Ferris State's Claerbaut twins get big chance against Michigan