GREEN BAY, Wis. - Former Green Bay basketball standout Mike Schachtner (Somerset, Wis.) has signed a professional basketball contract to play for the Kapfenberg Bulls in Austria.

Schachtner, a 6-foot-9 forward, was a three-time Academic All-America selection as a Phoenix, becoming the first student-athlete in school history to do so. Green Bay's career leader in free throw accuracy (88.3 percent) and games started (119), Schachtner scored 1,667 points in his career to rank fifth in team history.

Over his career, he averaged 13.1 points per contest and registered 88 double-figure scoring games. Schachtner was twice named second-team all-league and was a three-time Division I-AAA All-Scholar Team member.

During the 2008-09 campaign, he helped Green Bay to a 22-11 overall record and a runner-up finish in the Horizon League. Schachtner's Phoenix squad also made its first postseason appearance since 1996 and picked up a victory over 11^th-rated Butler.

Schachtner will fly to Europe on Saturday and will practice with his new team for the first time on Monday. Kapfenberg plays in the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga, the highest Austrian professional basketball league.

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