Jon Leuer Class: Senior Hometown: Orono, Minn. High School: Orono Height / Weight: 6-10 / 228 Position: F Experience: 3V

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.

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Honors: 2010 honorable mention All-Big Ten ... 2009 and 2010 Academic All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Player of the Week (3/7/2010)

2009-10: Started last six games after coming off the bench for the first two games back from injury ... Averaged 15.4 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.6 blocks since returning to starting role ... Badgers were 17-5 (.772) this season with Leuer in the starting lineup ... Led UW with 15.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game ... His .522 field-goal percentage this season is the highest by a UW player since Alando Tucker's .533 mark in 2003 ... Scored double figures in 20 of 24 games, and pulled down six or more boards in 12 of 24 games ... At time of injury, ranked 9th in Big Ten in scoring with 15.4 points per game and 9th with 5.9 boards ... Would have ranked 3rd in Big Ten with 1.55 blocks per conference game if he had enough games to qualify ... Raised averages from: 8.8 ppg and 3.8 rpg in 2008-09 to 14.8 ppg and 5.8 rpg in 2009-10 ... Posted 23 points, four rebounds and a block in 38 minutes of play vs. Cornell ... Played all 40 minutes in UW's contest vs. Wofford, recording 20 points and eight rebounds ... Scored 20 points with four rebounds and two assists at Illinois, his best production since returning from injury ... Posted 18 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks in 33 minutes vs. Iowa ... Played 26 minutes in first game after injury, posting four points, one rebound and one block at Minnesota ... 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

Leuer owns 33 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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