Biography
CAREER: Named Academic All-NSIC three times…totaled 649 points (5.5 ppg), 350 rebounds (3.0 rpg), and 246 assists (2.08 apg)… career field goal percentage of 50.8% on 241-of-474 attempts… career free throw percentage of 71.5% on 118-of-165 shooting…had career best 21 points in a victory on the road at Augustana on Dec. 31, 2016…played in 118 games, tied for the most (Tom Aase, 2014-18) in the NCAA DII era, with 56 starts…five times recorded nine rebounds in a game…set a career-high with 10 assists against Bemidji State on Jan. 13, 2017…recorded career-high four steals against Augustana on Feb. 10, 2017 and also on Feb, 14, 2015…had a career-high two blocked shots against Concordia-St. Paul on Nov. 19, 2016…converted career-high eight field goals against both Concordia-St. Paul (1/21/17) and Northern State (1/27/17)…attempted career-high 12 field goals against Southwest Minnesota State (12/17/16)…11 times as made one three point field goals…has 25 career double digit scoring games and 26 games with five or more rebounds…also had five assists or more in game 10 times (all in 2016-17)...earned first NSIC Player of the Week on Jan. 16, 2017…99 times secured a rebound in a game…scored a point in exactly 100 games…had an assist in 91 games.
2017-18: Selected Academic All-NSIC…played in 30 games with 17 starts, logging 767 minutes…averaged 6.0 points (180 points), 2.1 assists (64 assists), 3.2 rebounds (95 rebounds) in helped USF to a DII-best 20 wins (20-10), including a program-best 14-6 NSIC record…was 71-of-135 from the field for 52.6 percent…missed all four of his three point field goal attempts…knocked in 38-of-68 free throws for 55.9 percent…had 95 rebounds, including 80 on the defensive end and 15 off the offensive glass…committed 66 fouls and fouled out once…had 32 turnovers…blocked four shots with 25 total steals…scored in double digits seven times, including twice over 15…had a season-high 17 points with four assists and three rebounds against Winona State on Dec. 1, 2017…made all seven of his field goal attempts and was 3-of-3 from the free throw line in the win over Winona State…had a season high eight rebounds twice Upper Iowa, Dec. 2; Augustana, Dec. 31)…had a season-high six assists at Upper Iowa on Jan. 5… scored in 29-of-30 games…had an assist in 27-of-30 games…recorded a rebound in 28-of-30 games…seven times had five rebounds or more…twice had five or more assists.
2016-17: Selected Academic All-NSIC…set career-high in points with 10.4 per game (332 points), rebounds per game at 2.9 (156 total), assists per game at 3.5 per game (112)…ranked 12th in the NSIC with 3.5 assists per game…had 1.8 assist/turnover ratio which ranked 13th in the NSIC….started 29-of-32 games…averaged 29.4 minutes per game (940 total)…made 118-of-227 field goals for 52 percent…was 6-of-19 from three-point range for 31.6 percent…converted 90-of-129 free throws for 69.8 percent…had 18 double figure scoring games, including two of 20 points or more…scored in all 32 games…set a career-high with 21 points and nine rebounds in a 69-62 victory over Augustana (12/31/16)…16 times had five rebounds or more…recorded career-high nine rebounds in a game four times (Augustana, 12/31/16; MSU Moorhead, 1/28/17; Minot State, 2/4/17 and Southwest Minnesota State, 2/26/17)…during a two-game run against Concordia St. Paul (1/21/17) and Northern State (1/27/17) made 16-of-19 field goals for 89 percent…had a six-game stretch from Jan. 21 to Feb. 10 in which he hit 34-of-55 field goals for 61.9 percent…10 times had five or more assists in a game with a career high 10 against Bemidji State on Jan. 13…in the win over Bemidji State, recorded only career double double with 20 points and 10 assists…hit 7-of-10 field goals, his only three pointer, 5-of-7 free throws and grabbed six rebounds along with the 10 assists…was just one of two in the NSIC with a 20-10 points/assists performance... Named NSIC South Division Player of the Week on Jan. 16 after averaging 15.5 points, 9.5 assists and 6.5 rebounds as the Cougars defeated Minnesota Crookston (Jan. 14) and Bemidji State (Jan. 13)…had 20 points and 10 assists against Bemidji State and followed up with a near triple double of 11 points, nine assists and seven rebounds, hitting 10-of-15 shots for 66.7 percent from the field…hit 10-of-14 free throws during the weekend…had just two turnovers and 19 assists in 71 minutes of action in the two games…had an assist in 29-of-32 games…had five or more assists 10 times.
2015-16: Totaled 63 points (2.1 ppg), 54 rebounds (1.8 rpg), and 44 assists (1.5 apg)... had a season best six points, four assists, and two steals vs. Bemidji St. on Feb. 6…tied career best with 5 rebounds twice against Concordia St. Paul on Feb. 20 and Minnesota Duluth on Feb. 24… also posted season best six points against Moorhead St. on Jan. 15 and on Augustana on Feb. 27…totaled 8 points and 8 rebounds in NSIC playoffs vs Minnesota Duluth and Augustana…played in all 30 games, scoring in 19 games…had an assist in 21 games…grabbed a rebound in 22 games.
2014-15: Averaged 2.8 (74) points and 1.7 (45) rebounds as a true freshman…knocked down 25-of-62 field goals for 40.3 percent… hit 19-of-26 free throws for 73.1 percent… made 5-of-16 three pointers for 31.3 percent… had 26 assists, 15 steals… scored nine points vs. Wayne State on Feb. 13, 2015… grabbed a career-best five rebounds vs. Wayne State on Feb. 13, 2015…had a season-high six assists vs. Wayne State on Jan. 3, 2015...scored a point in 20 games…14 games recorded an assist…recorded a rebound in 18 games.
HIGH SCHOOL: starred at Austin High School (MN)...averaged 16 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists per game as a junior to lead the Packers to a berth in the Minnesota state championship game versus the DeLaSalle Islanders...two-time first team all-conference honoree...led Austin HS to consecutive Big Nine Conference titles...joined the 1,000 point club as a junior and joined former high school teammate Tom Aase with the Cougars...excelled in the classroom and is a member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: Born May 26, 1995... son of Todd and Sherri Wessels…has one sister, Brittany…exercise science major.
CAREER-HIGHS
Points - 21 vs. Augustana, 12/31/16
Rebounds – 9, five times
Assists - 10 vs. Bemidji State, 1/13/17
Steals – 4 vs. Augustana, 2/14/15; 2/10/17
FT – 7 vs. Augustana, 12/31/16
FG - 8 vs. Concordia-St. Paul, 1/21/17; Northern State, 1/27/17
3 PT FG -- 1, 11 times
