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2026-27 Men's Basketball Roster

Benny Gealer #55 G

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    185
  • Position:
    G
  • Year:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.
  • Last College:
    Stanford
  • High School:
    Rolling Hills Prep

Summary

Biography

Prior to UIC (2022-23 to 2025-26 - at Stanford):
  • Played in 109 games (39 starts) at Stanford, averaging 6.4 points per game with a .383 three-point percentage, 160 made three-pointers (good for 14th in school history) and .885 free-throw percentage (second all-time at Stanford) — also scored in double figures 31 times.
  • As a senior (2025-26), played in all 33 games and started 31 times for a Cardinal squad that won 20 games and earned a berth in the College Basketball Crown.
  • Averaged career highs of 10.9 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game (ninth in the ACC) with a .410 three-point percentage (second in the ACC), 2.6 triples per game (eighth in the ACC) and an .895 free-throw percentage.
  • Scored in double figures 18 times in 2025-26, including career highs of 30 points, seven three-pointers and six steals in a Senior Day win over SMU at Maples Pavilion — was the first NCAA Division I player to reach those totals against a major conference opponent in at least the past two decades, as well as the first Stanford player with six steals in a game since 2014.
  • MVP of the 2025-26 Acrisure Invitational after sinking a three-pointer at the buzzer to defeat Saint Louis in the tournament title game.
  • 2026 recipient of the Skip Prosser Award (given to the ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year).
  • Three-time College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District selection.
  • Three-time conference all-academic choice (twice in the ACC, once in the Pac-12).
  • Joined roster at Stanford in 2022 as a priority walk-on, having initially been recruited by now-UIC head coach Rob Ehsan and Flames' assistant coach David Berkun.
  • Earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Stanford in spring of 2026.

Prep/Personal:
  • Graduated from Rolling Hills Prep in San Pedro, Calif.
  • Three-star recruit as a point guard.
  • Led the school to a pair of California 2AA Southern Section championships.
  • 2021 California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section Player of the Year.
  • Three-time CIF Southern Section First Team honoree.
  • Two-time Coastal Conference MVP.
  • 2021 Daily Breeze Player of the Year.
  • First-team all-conference selection on multiple occasions by both the Daily Breeze (three times) and the Los Angeles Times (twice).
  • Nominated for the McDonald's High School All-America Game.
  • Also was only high school player chosen for the 2022 USA Maccabiah Team that went 6-0 and earned the gold medal at that year's Maccabiah Games in Israel.
  • One of his teammates on that USA squad was former Flames guard Sam Silverstein, who played in all 35 games for UIC in 2025-26 as a graduate student, averaging 2.8 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.

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2026-27
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