2024-25 Men's Basketball Roster

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11 Max Klesmit

  • Class Senior
  • Position G
  • Hometown Neenah, Wis.
  • High School Neenah
  • Height 6-4
  • Major General Course – BA Degree
  • Instagram maxklesmit
  • Twitter maxkle2

Biography

OVERVIEW
Eclipsed 1,000 career points during his junior season at Wisconsin (2023-24) ... in two seasons at Wisconsin, has established himself as a team leader ... averaged 9.9 points per game, shooting 43.7% FG and 39.8% 3FG ... Scored a Wisconsin career high 26 points vs. Indiana (1/19/24) ... Spent his first two seasons at Wofford, playing 50 games (33 starts), averaging 12.3 points per game ... Earned Third Team All-Southern Conference honors as a sophomore at Wofford.

CAREER HONORS
• 2021-22 Third Team All-Southern Conference
• 2020-21 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team (media)
• 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

2024-25 (SENIOR)
Played and started in 33 games for the Badgers, averaging 9.2 points per game … became one of the team’s primary playmakers, leading the team with 2.7 assists per game … went 6-for-11 on 3-point attempts against Montana State on his way to game-high 26 points (Nov. 7) … had his second game with 6 triples against Marquette (Dec. 7), leading the team with 22 points … scored 17 points and dished out 6 assists in UW’s victory over No . 7 Purdue (Feb. 15) … played in his 150th career game against Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament Final, scoring 12 points (March 16)

2023-24 (JUNIOR)
Averaged 9.9 points per game, shooting a team-high 39.8% 3FG (min. 70 3FGA) and 43.7% FG ... Scored a UW career-best 26 points (5-7 3FG) vs. Indiana (Jan. 19) ... Led UW in an upset win vs. #3 Marquette (Dec. 2), scoring a team-high 21 points, all in the first half alone ... Scored 12 points, including the game-winning basket in overtime, to upset top-seeded Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals (March 16) ... Finished with 16 points vs. Illinois in the Big Ten tournament championship game (March 17) ... Scored a team-high 18 points against James Madison (March 22) in the NCAA Tournament ... Dropped 16 points while grabbing 5 rebounds against No. 13 Illinois (March 2) ... Scored a team-high 18 points against Ohio State (Jan. 10) ... Had 24 points against Northwestern (Jan. 13) ... Scored 16 points against Maryland (Feb. 20), going a perfect 8-for-8 at the free throw line ... In the Fort Myers Tip-Off championship game vs. SMU (Dec. 22), finished with 12 points, 3 rebounds and 3 steals.

2022-23 (JUNIOR)
Started all 33 games, averaging 8.4 points and 2.7 rebounds per game ... Finished with 41 steals, averaging 1.2 per game … Maintained a 1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio (45 assists, 32 turnovers) ... Scored a season-high 19 points against Purdue (March 2) … Matched his season high with 19 points, and season high 5 3-pointers and 2 blocks, against Michigan (Feb. 26) ... Grabbed season-high 8 rebounds at Illinois (Jan. 28), adding 12 points … Scored 13 points against #3 Kansas (Nov. 24) at the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas ... Finished with 13 points, including the game-winning basket in the final seconds, in a win at Marquette (Dec. 3).

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE AT WOFFORD)
Third Team All-Southern Conference ... Started all 31 games played ... Finished second on the team in scoring (14.9) ... Shot 44.6 percent from the field, 34 percent from three and 83.7 percent from the free-throw line ... Led team with 68 3-pointers ... Reached double-figure scoring in 26 of 31 games ... Notched career-high 27 points twice at South Carolina (Nov. 23) and versus The Citadel (Jan. 19) ... Game-winning layup versus No. 5 VMI in SoCon Quarterfinals advanced Wofford to SoCon Semfinals (March 5). 

2020-21 (FRESHMAN AT WOFFORD)
Southern Conference All-Freshman Team (media) ... Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Made appearances in 19 games, including two starts … Averaged 8.2 points and 2.7 rebounds in 22.7 minutes per game … Finished among top five freshmen in SoCon in scoring … Shot 46.6 percent from the field (54-for-116) … Finished third on the team in 3-point percentage (37.3%, 25-for-67) … Shot 84.6 percent from the free-throw line (22-for-26) … Tied for most steals on team (24) and finished ninth in the SoCon (1.3/g) … Reached double-figure scoring in six games … Made Wofford debut at Texas A&M (Dec. 21), leading with 14 points on 5-of-11, including 4-of-9 from deep (44.4%) … Scored 10 points at UNCG (Jan. 9) … Pulled down a career-high  seven rebounds at The Citadel (Jan. 27) … Net 14 points in career-high 30 minutes on 5-of-6 from the floor, including two threes, in first career start versus ETSU (Feb. 1) … Started and recorded 12 points on 4-of-6 from beyond the arc (66.7%), five rebounds and career-high three steals against VMI (Feb. 3) … Notched a career-high 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting (66.7%) and five rebounds versus Chattanooga (Feb. 10) … Tallied 12 points, including a career-best 6-for-6 free-throw performance, and season-high three assists against The Citadel.

HIGH SCHOOL
Named to Fox Valley Association All-Conference and All-Area teams at Neenah High School ... Named All-State as a sophomore, junior and senior ... During his senior season, the Rockets posted 23-2 record and reached a sectional final ..  Named the Fox Valley Association Player of the Year as a senior, scoring 25.5 points per game and pulling down 7.8 rebounds per game ... Nominated for USA Today Network Player of the Year in 2018-19 after leading the conference in points per game (24.5) and assists (4.8) ... Honor roll in all four years at Neenah, earning National Honor Society nominations as both a sophomore and junior ... Volunteers with "Adopt a Family" program. 

PERSONAL
Born June 9, 2002 ... Parents are Rich and Kelly Klesmit.

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2022-23Junior

    G
    6'3" 200 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2023-24Junior

    Guard
    6'4" 200 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2024-25Senior

    Guard
    6'4" 204 lbs
    11