Central Michigan University Athletics
2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
Jersey Number 32
Nathan Claerbaut
- Position:
- C
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 7-0
- Weight:
- 230
- Hometown:
- Zeeland, Mich.
- High School:
- Zeeland East H.S.
- Previous School:
- Ferris State
CAREER
Enrolled at Central Michigan in June 2025 as a senior … Concluded his four-year collegiate career with 750 points, 420 rebounds (149 offensive), 158 blocked shots, and a .580 field goal percentage (318-548) in 1832 minutes, 92 games and 62 total starts … 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 (2022-25) … Shot 58.6 percent (160-273) from the floor and 75.9 percent (60-79) from the free throw line.
2025-26
As a senior center, played in 30 games with 30 starts … Named to the MAC All-Defensive Team, becoming just the third player in program history to earn All-MAC Defensive Team honors (Larry Austin, Jr., 2019 and Anthony Pritchard in both 2024 and 2025) … Named HoopsHD First Team All-MAC center … Averaged 12.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 2.1 blocked shots per game in 31 games started and 29.4 minutes per game … His 64 blocked shots and 2.1 blocks per game led the MAC in both categories and he concluded the season ranked No. 20 in blocks and No. 22 in blocks per game at NCAA Division I … His school-record 11 blocked shots against Western Michigan on Feb. 21, 2026 tied for the most blocks in a game in NCAA Division I during the 2025-26 season … Also shot a team-high 57.7 percent (164-284) from the floor, which ranked No. 2 in the MAC and grabbed a team-high 57 offensive rebounds … Finished the year with 23 double figure scoring games, two 20-point games, three double-figure rebounding games, one double-figure blocked shot game, and four double-doubles … Led the Chippewas in scoring six times and was the leading rebounder in 11 contests … In MAC statistical rankings, ranked No. 1 in blocked shots, No. 8 in field goal percentage, No. 16 in the MAC … Scored 16 points (7-10 FG) with five rebounds in the season finale at Ball State (3/6) … Scored 11 points (5-10 FG) with four rebounds at Buffalo (2/28) … Registered double-double with 12 points (6-9 FG) with a career-high and school-record 11 blocked shots vs. Western Michigan (2/21) … Scored 12 points (5-11 FG) with seven rebounds at Eastern Michigan (2/17) … Scored 16 points (7-12) vs. Northern Illinois (2/14) … Blocked four shots, five rebounds and 12 points (6-9 FG) vs. Bowling Green (1/31) …Finished with 17 points (7-14 FG) with eight rebounds vs. Eastern Michigan (1/27) … Tallied 17 points (7-13 FG) with five rebounds at Western Michigan (1/24) … Scored 16 points (8-13 FG) at Miami, Ohio (1/13) … Scored nine points with eight rebounds vs. Kent State (1/10) …. Scored 13 points (6-9 FG) vs. Toledo (1/3) ….Blocked a then career-high six shots vs. Ohio (12/30) … Finished with 18 points (8-14 FG), grabbed seven rebounds at Northern Illinois (12/20) … Scored a career-high 31 points (13-17 FG) and registered his third double-double of the year with 12 rebounds (four offensive) vs. Olivet (12/17) … Finished with his second double-double with 20 points (9-10 FG) with 11 rebounds vs. Coppin State (11/14) … Registered first double-double of the year with 12 points (5-8 FG) and 14 rebounds (seven offensive) with four blocked shots vs. South Alabama (11/13).
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
Enrolled at Central Michigan in June 2025 as a senior … Concluded his four-year collegiate career with 750 points, 420 rebounds (149 offensive), 158 blocked shots, and a .580 field goal percentage (318-548) in 1832 minutes, 92 games and 62 total starts … 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 (2022-25) … Shot 58.6 percent (160-273) from the floor and 75.9 percent (60-79) from the free throw line.
2025-26
As a senior center, played in 30 games with 30 starts … Named to the MAC All-Defensive Team, becoming just the third player in program history to earn All-MAC Defensive Team honors (Larry Austin, Jr., 2019 and Anthony Pritchard in both 2024 and 2025) … Named HoopsHD First Team All-MAC center … Averaged 12.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 2.1 blocked shots per game in 31 games started and 29.4 minutes per game … His 64 blocked shots and 2.1 blocks per game led the MAC in both categories and he concluded the season ranked No. 20 in blocks and No. 22 in blocks per game at NCAA Division I … His school-record 11 blocked shots against Western Michigan on Feb. 21, 2026 tied for the most blocks in a game in NCAA Division I during the 2025-26 season … Also shot a team-high 57.7 percent (164-284) from the floor, which ranked No. 2 in the MAC and grabbed a team-high 57 offensive rebounds … Finished the year with 23 double figure scoring games, two 20-point games, three double-figure rebounding games, one double-figure blocked shot game, and four double-doubles … Led the Chippewas in scoring six times and was the leading rebounder in 11 contests … In MAC statistical rankings, ranked No. 1 in blocked shots, No. 8 in field goal percentage, No. 16 in the MAC … Scored 16 points (7-10 FG) with five rebounds in the season finale at Ball State (3/6) … Scored 11 points (5-10 FG) with four rebounds at Buffalo (2/28) … Registered double-double with 12 points (6-9 FG) with a career-high and school-record 11 blocked shots vs. Western Michigan (2/21) … Scored 12 points (5-11 FG) with seven rebounds at Eastern Michigan (2/17) … Scored 16 points (7-12) vs. Northern Illinois (2/14) … Blocked four shots, five rebounds and 12 points (6-9 FG) vs. Bowling Green (1/31) …Finished with 17 points (7-14 FG) with eight rebounds vs. Eastern Michigan (1/27) … Tallied 17 points (7-13 FG) with five rebounds at Western Michigan (1/24) … Scored 16 points (8-13 FG) at Miami, Ohio (1/13) … Scored nine points with eight rebounds vs. Kent State (1/10) …. Scored 13 points (6-9 FG) vs. Toledo (1/3) ….Blocked a then career-high six shots vs. Ohio (12/30) … Finished with 18 points (8-14 FG), grabbed seven rebounds at Northern Illinois (12/20) … Scored a career-high 31 points (13-17 FG) and registered his third double-double of the year with 12 rebounds (four offensive) vs. Olivet (12/17) … Finished with his second double-double with 20 points (9-10 FG) with 11 rebounds vs. Coppin State (11/14) … Registered first double-double of the year with 12 points (5-8 FG) and 14 rebounds (seven offensive) with four blocked shots vs. South Alabama (11/13).
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
Tamario Adley Video Feature
Thursday, March 05
MBB vs. Western Michigan Highlights
Monday, February 23
Men's Basketball Western Hype
Friday, February 20
Nathan Claerbaut Video Feature
Wednesday, February 18
