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2025-26 MIT Men's Basketball Roster

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Robert Krawitz

14 Merlin Gogolin

  • Position C
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 210
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown New York, N.Y.
  • High School Hunter College High School
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Career Highs:
  • Points - 31 vs. Coast Guard (Feb. 8, 2025)
  • Rebounds - 15 vs. Fitchburg St. (Dec. 2, 2023)
  • Assists - 5 (Three Times) Most recently at Clark (Jan. 18, 2025)
  • Steals - 3 vs. Malcaster (Nov. 18, 2023)
  • Blocks - 1 (11 Times) Most recently at Babson (Feb. 5, 2025)

Accolades:
  • NEWMAC Men's Basketball Offensive Athlete of the Week (Nov. 25, 2024)
  • NEWMAC Men's Basketball Defensive Athlete of the Week (Dec. 16, 2024)
  • 2024-25 NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
2024-25:
  • Competed in 24 games with 24 starts
  • Finished second on the team with 267 points
  • Had 13 double-digit scoring games
2023-24:
  • Appeared in 25 games, starting in 24 of them
  • Averaged 12.5 points per game on 50.6% percent from the field
  • Scored in double figures 17 times, scoring 20+ twice
  • Put up 23 points in back-to-back games at Coast Guard and vs Emerson
Before MIT:
  • Two-time Team MVP and two-time team captain
  • 1,000-point scorer who led the division in points and rebounds per game
  • Averaged 29.6 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game
  • Four-time varsity letter winner in basketball
  • Writer for his school newspaper
Favorite Sports Memory:
  • Scoring my 1000th point for my high school and getting to give a speech and thank the many people who helped me reach that goal

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2023-24First Year

    G
    6'6" 200 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2024-25Sophomore

    F
    6'7" 220 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2025-26Junior

    C
    6'6" 210 lbs
    14