Danny Wolf

Men's Basketball vs. Auburn - NCAA Tournament Sweet 16

Photo by: Michigan Photography

Class:
Junior
Position:
F/C
Height:
7-0
Weight:
250
Hometown:
Glencoe, Ill.
High School:
Northfield Mount Hermon (Gill, Mass.)

Who is Danny Wolf?
• Aggressive and versatile player
• Elite length and astute defensive instincts
• Size, quickness and shooting make him a matchup problem
• Skilled spot-up shooter and back-to-basket game
• Crashes the boards; averaging a near double-double
• Strong court vision with ability to see over the defense
• Crafty and skilled passer for a big man
• Instigate Michigan's offensive break and sets

Career: Collegiate
• Played in 90 career games, with 68 starts
   • Michigan: 37 games, with 37 starts
   • Yale: 53 games, with 31 starts
• Points: 995 (11.1 ppg): 50 double figure games
• Rebounds: 714 (7.9 rpg): 36 double figure games
• Assists: 221 (2.5 apg)
• Double Doubles: 29; Michigan (15) and Yale (14)
• Helped Yale to the Ivy League Tournament title (2024)
   • Yale's third conference tournament championship
   • Earned automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament
• Helped Michigan to the Big Ten Tournament title (2025)
   • U-M's fourth conference tournament championship
   • Earned automatic bid to NCAA Tournament
• Helped Yale to the NIT (2023)
   • Lost to Vanderbilt (71-62) in first round
• Helped Yale to the NCAA Tournament (2024)
   • Awarded No. 13-seed in East Regional
   • Upset No. 4-seed Auburn (78-76) in first round: 13 points, five rebounds, and three assists
   • In second round, lost to No. 5-seed San Diego State (85-57): nine points, 10 rebounds
• Helped Michigan to NCAA Tournament (2025)
   • Awarded No. 5-seed in South Regional
   • Defeated No. 12-seed UC San Diego (68-65) and No. 4-seed Texas A&M (91-79) to reach Sweet 16
   • In U-M's sixth straight Sweet 16, lost to No. 1-seed Auburn (78-65)

Honors & Awards
• All-Big Ten second team (2025; media and coaches)
• All-Big Ten first team (2025; Associated Press)
• All-Big Ten Tournament team (2025)
• All-NCAA South Regional team (2025)
• All-Ivy League first team (2024), unanimous selection
• Ivy League Tournament MVP and All-Tournament team (2024)
• NABC Great Lakes District first team (2025)
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024)
• Finalist for Karl Malone Award for Power Forward of the Year (2025; Top 5)

Season: 2024-25 (Michigan)
• One of four Wolverines to play, and start, in all 37 games
• Averaged 13.2 points per game
   • Posted second straight 400-plus point season (489)
   • Posted 26 games in double-figures, with eight of 20 plus
   • Scored season-high 23 points at Minnesota (OT; Jan. 16)
• Averaged a Big Ten-best 9.7 rebounds per game
   • Posted second straight 300-plus rebound season (360)
   • Posted 35 games of five-plus rebounds, with 19 games of 10-plus
   • Grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds (4x)
• Averaged 3.6 assists per game
   • Recorded first 100-plus assist season (132)
   • Posted 22 games of three-plus assists, with 11 of five-plus
   • Dished a career-best nine assists vs. Arkansas (Dec. 10)
• Shot 49.7 percent from the field (186-for-374)
   • Posted second straight 150-plus field goal season (186)
   • Made a season-high nine field goals (3x)
• Tied for most double doubles in Big Ten (15): Maryland's Derik Queen, Julian Reese
• Posted 15 double doubles:
   • 19 points, 13 rebounds: Cleveland State (Nov. 4)
   • 14 points, 14 rebounds: TCU (Nov. 15)
   • 20 points, 14 rebounds: vs. Xavier (Nov. 27)
   • 13 points, 14 rebounds: Iowa (Dec. 7)
   • 15 points, 10 rebounds: vs. Oklahoma (Dec. 18)
   • 12 points, 10 rebounds: Western Kentucky (Dec. 29)
   • 21 points, 13 rebounds: at USC (Dec. 21)
   • 23 points, 10 rebounds: at Minnesota (Jan. 16)
   • 16 points, 14 rebounds: at Rutgers (Feb. 1)
   • 15 points, 12 rebounds: Oregon (Feb. 5)
   • 17 points, 11 rebounds: at Ohio State (Feb. 16)
   • 10 points, 10 rebounds: at Nebraska (Feb. 24)
   • 18 points, 13 rebounds: at Michigan State (March 9)
   • 18 points, 11 rebounds: vs. Purdue (March 14)
   • 21 points, 14 rebounds: vs. Maryland (March 15)
• Averaged 1.4 blocks per game
   • Recorded first 50-plus block season (50)
   • Posted five games of three-plus blocks
   • Had a career-high six blocks at UCLA (Jan. 7)
• Had 25 steals
   • Had a season-high three steals (2x): Cleveland State, at Wisconsin (Dec. 3)
• Averaged 30.5 minutes per game
   • Posted 20 games of 30-plus minutes
   • Played a season-best 40 minutes against Northwestern (OT; Jan. 19)

Season: 2023-24 (Yale)
• Played in 32 games, with 31 starts
• Made first career start in season-opener vs. Vassar (Nov. 6): eight points and 10 rebounds
• Averaged 14.1 points per game
   • Posted first 400-plus point season (452)
• Posted 24 double-figure games, with eight of 20-plus points
• Scored a career-best 25 points (2x): at Santa Clara (Dec. 30), Cornell (Feb. 10)
• Averaged an Ivy League-best 9.7 rebounds per game
   • Posted 17 double figure rebound games, with two of 15-plus
• Grabbed a career-best 16 rebounds at Vermont (Dec. 2)
• Grabbed 15 rebounds against Columbia (Jan. 15)
• Posted 14 double doubles
   • 21 points, 11 rebounds: vs Gardner-Webb (Nov. 19)
   • 15 points, 16 rebounds: at Vermont (Dec. 2)
   • 22 points, 12 rebounds: at Quinnipiac (Dec. 11)
   • 25 points, 13 rebounds: at Santa Clara (Dec. 30)
   • 16 points, 10 rebounds: at Brown (Jan. 9)
   • 17 points, 15 rebounds: Columbia (Jan. 15)
   • 19 points, 14 rebounds: at Dartmouth (Jan. 20)
   • 21 points, 12 rebounds: Princeton (Feb. 2)
   • 24 points, 12 rebounds: Penn (Feb. 3)
   • 25 points, 10 rebounds: Cornell (Feb. 10)
   • 14 points, 10 rebounds: at Penn (Feb. 16)
   • 10 points, 13 rebounds: Dartmouth (March 1)
   • 16 points, 10 rebounds: Harvard (March 2)
   • 19 points, 10 rebounds: vs Cornell (March 16)
• Averaged 2.4 assists per game
• Posted 15 games with three-plus assists
• Dished a season-best five assists (3x): at Brown (Jan. 9), vs. Harvard (March 2), vs. SDSU (March 24, NCAA)
• Averaged 1.3 blocks
• Posted 12 games with two-plus blocks
• Had a season-best four blocks (3x): at Rhode Island (Nov. 26), at Kansas (Dec. 22), vs. Brown (March 17)
• Had career-best 33 steals
• Posted eight games with two-plus steals
• Had a career-best four steals at Dartmouth (Jan. 20)
• Averaged 30.8 minutes per game
• Posted 20 games of 30-plus minutes
• Played a career-best 41 minutes vs. Gardner-Webb (OT; Nov. 19)

Season: 2022-23 (Yale)
• Played in 21 games, all off the bench
• Averaged 2.6 points per game
   • Scored a season-best eight points at Brown (March 4)
• Averaged 2.1 rebounds per game
   • Posted five games of five-plus rebounds
   • Grabbed a season-best five rebounds (5x)
• Recorded 13 assists, eight blocks and five steals
   • Had a season-best three assists vs. John Jay (Nov. 20)
   • Had a season-best two blocks, three times
   • Had a season-best two steals at Princetown (Feb. 18)
• Averaged 7.3 minutes per game
   • Posted seven games of 10-plus minutes
   • Played a season-best 17 minutes at Princeton

Career: International
• Member of the Israel national team at the 2023 FIBA Under-20 European Championships (Heraklion, Greece)
• Helped Israel to a silver medal, falling to France in overtime (89-79) in the championship game
   • Posted 17 points, 16 rebounds, four assists, three blocks and two steals in the title game
• Averaged a team-best 17.7 points per game and a tournament-best 12.0 rebounds
• Named to the European Championships All-Star Five
• Posted five double doubles:
   • 13 points, 11 rebounds: vs. Italy (July 9)
   • 21 points, 13 rebounds: vs. Spain (Round of 16)
   • 16 points, 11 rebounds: vs. Germany (July 13; quarterfinal)
   • 17 points, 18 rebounds: vs. Belgium (July 15; semifinal)
   • 17 points, 16 rebounds: vs. France (July 16; championship)

Career: Prep
• Began prep career at Lake Forest Academy in Glencoe, Ill., before transferring and finishing career at Northfield Mount Hermon and earning a McDonald’s All-American nomination
• As a senior (2021-22), helped the Northfield Mount Herman to a 33-6 record, the Founders League title (11-3) and to the championship game of the NEPSAC Class AAA Tournament
• In the Class AAA Tournament, the Hoggers defeated Vermont Academy (125-76) in the quarterfinal and reached the title game with a win over South Kent (76-49); Northfield fell to Brewster Academy (79-61) in the championship
• Helped Northfield Mount Hermon to the finals in the NEPSAC AAA Championship and the national prep championship
• Played for Chicago-based Mac Irvin Fire on the EYBL Circuit
   • In 2021, averaged 6.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game
   • Posted 11 points, 12 rebounds and five assists vs. Team Melo (Md.)

Notables
• Older brothers both played collegiate basketball
   • Josh, played basketball at Lehigh (2016-18), while Jake played at Washington University (2021-23)
• Volunteered at multiple soup kitchens in the Chicago area