EUGENE — Roman Sorkin has not often been behind a microphone at Oregon.

There are not many media requests for a senior who has averaged 2.6 points and 1.3 rebounds in 71 career games. Sophomore guard Payton Pritchard told a group of reporters before a recent practice that Sorkin wanted to speak, but the 6-foot-10 forward smiled and shook his head back and forth.

Following Sorkin’s final home game this past Saturday, a 98-93 overtime win over No. 14 Arizona that marked the 11th game in which he did not play out of the Ducks’ 29 games so far this season, he joined three other seniors in being honored by a sellout crowd of 12,364 at Matthew Knight Arena.

“Thank you everybody for all the support for those four years, that’s the best time of my life,” the soft-spoken Sorkin, a native of Ashdod, Israel, told the audience.

That is not a common refrain from a senior who has played a total of 475 minutes. Not many players stay in a program for four years while spending that much time on the bench.

“Roman has been one of the most unselfish players we have had in this program,” Oregon coach Dana Altman said. “Most guys wouldn’t have stuck with it. Most wouldn’t have encouraged their teammates, but he’s selfless and all about the team.”

Sorkin followed Johnathan Loyd as the second player to arrive at Oregon as a freshman under Altman and stick around through his senior season.

“I got closer to this place, I liked the university and felt part of the family,” Sorkin said. “I stayed here and believe in what coach Altman said. The process, I wanted to be a part of that.”

Sorkin was a late addition to the Ducks in the 2014-15 season, joining the team on Jan. 6 after playing for the Israeli Junior National Team in the under-18 European Championships, where he averaged 14.1 points and 9.9 rebounds. He played 35 minutes in eight games as a true freshman for the Ducks.

Sorkin played in 22 games during Oregon’s run to the West Regional final as a sophomore, scoring eight points in a conference victory over Utah and seven in Oregon’s first-round victory over Holy Cross in the NCAA Tournament. Last year, he scored 15 points in a victory over Western Oregon and finished with 73 points in 23 games as Oregon reached the Final Four.

“I’ll remember all the biggest wins we had here, like the Final Four, even if I didn’t play, experiencing that,” he said.

Sorkin’s first of two starts with the Ducks came in this year’s season opener when he had a career-high 23 points in a 70-54 victory over Coppin State. His best performance in a Pac-12 game also came this year when he finished with 13 points as Oregon rallied past Arizona State, which was ranked No. 11 in the nation, on Jan. 11.

Those two games accounted for 36 of his 58 points as a senior while averaging 7.3 minutes in 18 games.

Sorkin has made 21-of-42 shots from the field, including 9-of-26 3-pointers, this season to put his career percentages at 47.1 from the field and 36.8 on 3-pointers to go with 83.3 percent at the foul line.

Sorkin played in a little more than half of the games. Oregon has gone 98-30 since he joined the program. He never earned a spot in the rotation with Dillon Brooks, Jordan Bell, Chris Boucher, Elgin Cook, Dwayne Benjamin, Kenny Wooten and MiKyle McIntosh among those ahead of him on the depth chart.

“He is one of the team favorites, because he was always talking to guys about how well they were doing and very supportive,” Altman said. “He showed a lot of professionalism and class. He will be remembered by our staff and always have a place here. He played on some good teams and has been a big part of our team.”

Sorkin plans to return home to Israel and play professionally next year.

“Roman has a good game and he will go back to Israel and play a long time,” Altman said. “He can shoot it and he helped us win a number of games. I appreciate how unselfish he’s been, and in this day and age, that is not real common.”