Jon Leuer Class: Junior Hometown: Orono, Minn. High School: Orono Height / Weight: 6-10 / 230 Position: F Experience: 2V

Jon Leuer was moved into the starting line-up midway through his sophomore season and never relinquished that role. Now a junior, Leuer looks to position himself among the Big Ten's top big men. A soft-shooter from the perimeter, he grew 10 inches in high school and is now starting to fill out his frame. With the added bulk, Leuer is developing an inside game to round out his game. He has appeared in 65 career games (12 starts), owning 15 double-digit scoring games. Leuer flashed his scoring potential as a true freshman when he poured in 25 points at Michigan, including 5-for-5 shooting from 3-point land.

Honors: 2009 Academic All-Big Ten

2009-10: Injured his left wrist vs. Purdue and is schedule to have surgery on Jan. 12, no timetable has been set for his return ... has scored in double figures in 13 of 16 games ... second on UW in points and leads team in rebounding, blocks and FG pct. ... ranks 9th in Big Ten in scoring with 15.4 points per game ... has made his last 12 free throw attempts ... had 10 rebounds vs. Purdue despite injuring his wrist in the opening minutes ... led UW with 21 points (3-of-5 on treys), seven rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 steals at Michigan State ... tallied 25 points (11-of-14), 6 rebounds vs. Milwaukee ... posted back-to-back double-doubles, the first two of his career vs. GB and Marquette ... notched 24 points and a career-high 12 reb. as well as three blocks vs. Marquette ... posted career highs and first double-double with 26 points and 10 reb. at Green Bay ... had 18 points, five boards and four assists vs. Gonzaga ... led UW with 19 points (8-of-10) vs. IPFW, while posting six rebounds and a career-high four blocks ... his 5.9 rebounds per game are 9th in Big Ten ... ranks 9th in the Big Ten, shooting .528 (94-of-178) ... ranks 6th in Big Ten with 1.2 blocks per game ... has nearly doubled production from last season, raising averages from 8.8 ppg and 3.8 rpg to 15.4 ppg and 6.2 rpg

Leuer owns 15 double-digit scoring games in his career.

2008-09: Led the Badgers in terms of scoring efficiency, averaging a point every 2.4 minutes of action ... played in all 33 games and started final 12 games of the season with the team posting an 8-4 record in those games ... had 13 double-digit scoring games on the year, including five of his last 10 regular season games ... connected at a .466 clip from the field in 2008-09 which was good for 14th in the Big Ten ... his 3.8 rebounds per game ranked third on the team ... had a season-high 19 points vs. SIU-Edwardsville ... posted a career-high eight rebounds vs. Northwestern and equaled that total vs. Minnesota and vs. Iowa ... registered a career-high three blocks vs. Northwestern ... set new career-high with three steals against Minnesota

2007-08: Played in 32 games as a true freshman ... played the most minutes of any of the UW freshmen with 276 (8.1 per game) ... scored a career-high 25 points (5-of-5 on 3-pointers) at Michigan, which tied as the team's highest single-game output of the season ... connected on 12-of-26 (.462) from three-point range ... had 12 points and six rebounds at Duke ... played double-digit minutes in 14 games ... 19 of his 40 rebounds came on the offensive glass

High School: Averaged 23.2 points and 12 rebounds per game per game ... career-high was 37 points ... selected to Minnesota State All-Star game ... second team all-state and first-team all-conference as a senior ... averaged 18 points and eight rebounds as a junior ... honorable mention all-state and first-team all-conference honors that season

Personal: Parents are Mike and Holly ... has two sisters, Maren (25) and Katie (22) ... played in high school with current Utah State player, Brad Brown ... intends to major in business ... Leuer pronounced "LURE"

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CAREER STATISTICS
				Total		Rebounds
Year	GP	GS	Min	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	FG	FGA	Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Avg	PF	FO	Ast	TO	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg
2007-08	32	0	276	8.6	34	72	.472	12	26	.462	14	29	.483	19	21	40	1.3	12	0	12	20	3	4	94	2.9
2008-09	33	12	704	21.3	115	247	.466	16	54	.296	46	76	.605	45	81	126	3.8	62	2	28	44	20	17	292	8.8
TOTAL	65	12	980	15.1	149	319	.467	28	80	.350	60	105	.571	64	102	166	2.6	74	2	40	64	23	21	386	5.9


BIG TEN STATISTICS
				Total		Rebounds
Year	GP	GS	Min	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	FG	FGA	Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Avg	PF	FO	Ast	TO	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg
2007-08	15	0	136	9.1	13	30	.433	8	20	.400	7	16	.438	7	7	14	0.9	8	0	7	10	1	2	41	2.7
2008-09	18	9	434	24.1	64	143	.448	7	32	.219	25	39	.641	23	51	74	4.1	35	1	15	25	10	13	160	8.9
TOTAL	33	9	570	17.3	77	173	.445	15	52	.288	32	55	.582	30	58	88	2.7	43	1	22	35	11	15	201	6.1