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Jersey Number 13
Will Hornseth
- Position:
- Forward
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- De Pere, Wisc.
- High School:
- De Pere HS
2025-26: MVC Most Improved Team ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Team ... Appeared in and started 34 games through the MVC Tournament, missing one game due to injury ... Scored a career-high 380 points (11.1 per game) with 26.4 minutes played per game ... Pulled down a career-high 158 total rebounds (4.6 per game) with 76 assists (2.2 per game), 21 blocks (0.6 per game) and 18 steals (0.5 per game) ... Shot a team-high 60.4% from the field (165-273), on pace for the eighth-best single-season mark in program history, while also shooting 36.6% from three-point range (4-11) and 53.9% from the free throw line (69-128) ... Career field goal percentage of 62.6% ranks first in UNI and MVC history ... Scored a career-high 21 points vs. Evansville (1/31/25) with 23 games in double figures, including ten or more points in 14 of his last 16 games entering the NCAA Tournament ... Pulled down a career-best nine rebounds against both Bradley (2/6/26) and Illinois State (2/25/26) ... Recorded a career-high seven assists at Belmont (2/12/26) ... Scored his 500th career point at Drake (3/1/26).
2024-25: MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in all 33 games with one start as a true freshman ... Scored 165 points for a five points per game average with 14.7 minutes per game ... Pulled down 76 rebounds (2.3 per game), dished out 28 assists (0.8 per game) with 11 steals (0.3 per game) and nine blocks (0.2 per game) ... Made his first career start against Murray State (1/8/25) ... Shot a UNI and MVC single-season record 68.2% from the field (minimum 50 made shots) with 71 made baskets on 104 attempts, along with a 54.8% free throw clip (23-42) ... Scored a season-high 12 points against Missouri State (1/21/25) ... Pulled down six rebounds against both Northern Illinois (12/7/24) and Murray State (1/8/25) ... Notched three games with at least five made baskets.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter winner at De Pere High School in the Green Bay area under head coach Brian Winchester … Scored 1,450 career points with 532 rebounds and 136 blocked shots … Two-time WBCA First Team All-State selection … 2024 Fox River Classic Conference Player of the Year … Two-time conference champion and two-time First Team All-Conference honoree … Averaged 16.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.5 blocks on 76% shooting as a senior, being named Wisconsin’s top senior post player by the Wisconsin Sports Network to help the Redbirds to a 26-2 record and sectional finals appearance … Notched 16.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.8 blocks in helping De Pere post a perfect 30-0 record to win the 2023 WIAA Division I state championship as a junior.
PERSONAL: Native of De Perre, Wisconsin … Son of Brett and Betsy Hornseth, both former collegiate basketball players at Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Milwaukee respectively … Played club basketball on the AAU circuit with the Wisconsin Blizzard under head coach Jeff Nordgaard … Majoring in Sociology.
2024-25: MVC Honor Roll ... Appeared in all 33 games with one start as a true freshman ... Scored 165 points for a five points per game average with 14.7 minutes per game ... Pulled down 76 rebounds (2.3 per game), dished out 28 assists (0.8 per game) with 11 steals (0.3 per game) and nine blocks (0.2 per game) ... Made his first career start against Murray State (1/8/25) ... Shot a UNI and MVC single-season record 68.2% from the field (minimum 50 made shots) with 71 made baskets on 104 attempts, along with a 54.8% free throw clip (23-42) ... Scored a season-high 12 points against Missouri State (1/21/25) ... Pulled down six rebounds against both Northern Illinois (12/7/24) and Murray State (1/8/25) ... Notched three games with at least five made baskets.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter winner at De Pere High School in the Green Bay area under head coach Brian Winchester … Scored 1,450 career points with 532 rebounds and 136 blocked shots … Two-time WBCA First Team All-State selection … 2024 Fox River Classic Conference Player of the Year … Two-time conference champion and two-time First Team All-Conference honoree … Averaged 16.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.5 blocks on 76% shooting as a senior, being named Wisconsin’s top senior post player by the Wisconsin Sports Network to help the Redbirds to a 26-2 record and sectional finals appearance … Notched 16.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.8 blocks in helping De Pere post a perfect 30-0 record to win the 2023 WIAA Division I state championship as a junior.
PERSONAL: Native of De Perre, Wisconsin … Son of Brett and Betsy Hornseth, both former collegiate basketball players at Wisconsin-Stevens Point and Milwaukee respectively … Played club basketball on the AAU circuit with the Wisconsin Blizzard under head coach Jeff Nordgaard … Majoring in Sociology.
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