Will Tschetter

Men's Basketball vs. Texas A&M - NCAA Tournament Second Round

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
F
Height:
6-8
Weight:
230
Hometown:
Stewartville, Minn.
High School:
Stewartville HS

Pronunciation
Last Name: “cheddar"

Who is Will Tschetter?
• A natural and vocal leader
• Known for locker room and bench presence
• Energetic player, with continuous motor
• On-court toughness stands out right away
• Versatile scorer for the Wolverines
• Shooting range allows him to stretch the floor

Career: Michigan
• Helped Michigan to the Big Ten Tournament title (2025)
   • U-M's fourth conference tournament championship
   • Earned automatic bid to NCAA Tournament
• Helped Michigan to NCAA Tournament (2022)
   • Awarded No. 11-seed in South Regional
   • Defeated No. 6-seed Colorado State (75-63) in first round
   • Defeated No. 3-seed Tennessee (76-68) in second round
   • In Sweet 16, lost to No. 2-seed Villanova (63-55)
• Helped Michigan to NCAA Tournament (2025)
   • Awarded No. 5-seed in South Regional
   • Defeated No. 12-seed UC San Diego (68-65) in first round
   • Defeated No. 4-seed Texas A&M (91-79) in second round
   • In Sweet 16, lost to No. 1-seed Auburn (78-65)
• Helped Michigan to NIT (2023)
   • Awarded No. 3-seed in Clemson Bracket
   • Defeated Toledo (90-80) in first round, lost at No. 2-seed Vanderbilt (66-65) in second round

Honors & Awards
• (3x) Academic All-Big Ten (2023, '24, '25)
• (4x) U-M Athletic Academic Achievement (2022, '23, '24, '25)
• College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District (2023)

Season: 2025-26
• Played in two games off the bench
• Averaging 8.0 points per game
   • Scored season-high 16 points against Oakland (Nov. 3)
• Shooting 4-for-7 (57.1 percent) from the field and 4-for-6 (66.7 percent) from three
• Has four rebounds and one assist
• Averaging 15.6 minutes per game
   • Played a season-high 21 minutes vs. Oakland

Season: 2024-25
• Played in all 37 games: all off the bench
   • Considered U-M's "Sixth Man"
   • One of five Wolverines to play every game
• Averaged 6.4 points per game
   • Recorded second 200-point season (235)
   • Posted seven games in double figures
   • Scored a season-high 17 points against Oregon (Feb. 5)
• Averaged 2.4 rebounds per game
   • Posted three games with five-plus rebounds
   • Grabbed season-high six rebounds (2x): vs. Xavier (Nov. 27) and Wisconsin (March 16)
• Shot 47.7 percent from the field (82-for-172) and 35.1 percent from long range (34-for-97)
• Recorded 20 assists, and seven steals, and three blocks
   • Had a career-best-tying three assists vs. Xavier (Nov. 27)
• Averaged 16.0 minutes per game
   • Posted 23 games of 15-plus minutes
   • Played a season-high 27 minutes vs. Wisconsin

Season: 2023-24
• Played in 31 games, primarily off the bench
• Started six games
   • Started final five games following injury/surgery to Olivier Nkamhoua (wrist)
   • Missed one game due to illness: at Northwestern (Feb. 22)
• Averaged 6.8 points per game
   • Recorded first 200-point season (210)
   • Scored in double figures in seven games
   • Scored a career-best 20 points against Youngstown State (Nov. 10): 8-for-8 FG (4-for-4 3FG)
• Shot 58.2 percent from the field (78-for-134) and 51.9 percent from long range (28-for-54)
• Averaged 2.4 rebounds per game
   • Grabbed a career-best six rebounds (3x): Indiana (Dec. 5), at Iowa (Dec. 10) & Eastern Michigan (Dec. 16)
   • Posted six games with five-plus rebounds
• Recorded 20 assists, three blocks and six steals
   • Had a career-best-tying three assists against Long Beach State (Nov. 17)
   • Had a career-best-tying two blocks against Ohio State (Jan. 15)
   • Had a career-best two steals against Purdue (Feb. 25)
• Averaged 17.8 minutes
   • Posted 12 games of 20-plus minutes
   • Played a career-best 28 minutes (2x): at Rutgers (Feb. 29), at Ohio State (March 3)

Season: 2022-23
• Played in 27 games: primarily off the bench
• Started eight games
   • Started first career game at Wisconsin (Feb. 14): four points, five rebounds & two assists
   • Started seven additional games as Terrance Williams II moved to an off-the-bench role
• Averaged 2.3 points per game
   • Scored a season-best seven points (2x): at Iowa (Jan. 12) and Michigan State (Feb. 18)
• Averaged 1.4 rebounds per game
   • Grabbed a season-best five rebounds at Wisconsin
• Recorded 10 assists and four blocks
   • Had a career-best three assists (2x): at Rutgers (Feb. 23) and Toledo (March 14)
   • Had a career-best two blocks against Central Michigan (Dec. 29)
• Played in 10.7 minutes per game
   • Posted 16 games of 10-plus minutes, with one of 20-plus
   • Played a season-best 26 minutes at Wisconsin; first career start

Season: 2021-22
• Redshirted the season
• Key member part of U-M’s scout team/practice squad

Career: Prep
• No. 2 rated player in the State of Minnesota, behind Class of 2021 No. 1 recruit Chet Holmgren
• Finalist & Runner-up for Minnesota's Mr. Basketball (2021)
• Associated Press All-State first team (2021), second team (2020)
• Post Bulletin Player of the Year (2021), All-Area (2020, '21)
• Hiawatha Valley League Player of the Year (2021); All-League (2019, '20, '21)
• Four-year varsity player at Stewartville, scoring 2,467 career points
• As a senior (2020-21), averaged 30.3 points (third best in State), 11.8 rebounds and 45 3-pointers (41 percent), while leading the Tigers to an 18-4 record and the title game of MSHSL 1AA Sectional (L, 78-61; Caledonia); closed with 643 points, scoring 20+ points in 18 games with 11 of 30+ and two of 40+ including a season-high 48 against Kasson-Mantorville (Feb. 9, 2021)
• As a junior (2019-20), averaged state-best 33.6 points (10th best in Minnesota history), 10.8 rebounds and 67 3-pointers (45 percent) while leading the Tigers to a 25-6 record and the title game of MSHSL 1AA Sectional (L, 71-53; Caledonia); closed with 1,043 points, scoring 20+ points in 30 games with 21 games of 30+, eight of 40+ and one 50+ -- a career-best 50 against Columbia Heights (Jan. 25, 2020)
• As a sophomore (2018-19), averaged 22.0 points and 7.5 rebounds, leading the Tigers to an 18-8 record and the second round of the MSHSL 1AA Sectional (L, 76-72; St. Charles); closed with 572 points, scoring 20+ points in 16 games with six of 30+ and one of 40+ -- a season-best 43 against Caledonia (Dec. 15, 2018)
• As a freshman (2017-18), averaged 11.0 points and 6.0 rebounds, leading the Tigers to an 18-9 record and the second round of MSHSL 1AA Sectional (L, 53-45; at Lake City)
• Played AAU with the Minnesota Heat

Notables
• Completed his undergraduate degree at Michigan in three years
• First player from Stewartville to play basketball in Big Ten
• Mother, Kasey (Morlock), helped North Dakota State to three straight NCAA Division II national championships (1994, '95, '96), earning all-tournament team honors (1994, '95, '96) and was twice named the MVP (1995, '96).
• She is North Dakota State's all-time leading scorer (2,233), holds 13 school records and is a Hall of Fame member. She was named the 1997 Honda Award winner (Division II Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year) and was a three-time Kodak Division II All-District and All-American (1995, '96, '97)
• Father, Garth, played football at North Dakota State
• Lived in Beijing for two years (4th & 5th grade) while father worked at IBM
• Spent his most of his childhood on grandfather's farm, where he took a particular interest in freshwater ecosystems

Summer of 2023 (Internship)
• Tschetter served at an internship with the North Bridger Bison ranch near Bozeman, Mont., where he helped rebuild and maintain the wetlands. He created a beaver mimicry structure, which resembles a beaver dam and moderates the flow of streams to retain water on the ranch. He also led a stream bed restoration, focused on controlling erosion caused by grazing bison.