Jon Teske

Class:
Freshman
Position:
C
Height:
7-0
Weight:
245
Hometown:
Medina, Ohio
High School:
Medina

Pronunciation: “tess-key”

Career Notables
• Along with classmate Zavier Simpson, finished career as the all-time winningest Wolverines (108)
• Played in 129 career games (tied for 15th); 71st Wolverines to reach 100 career games
• Closed career playing in 109 consecutive games; did not miss a game in final three seasons
• Ranks fifth all-time with 165 career blocks; 10th Wolverine to reach 100 career blocks
• Ranks fifth all-time with 1.28 blocks per game career average
• Ranks 25th all-time with 615 career rebounds
• As a junior, his 75 blocks (2018-19) ranks as the sixth best all-time in a single season
• As a sophomore, his 41 games (2017-18) ranks as the best all-time in a single season (shared with four others)
• Scored 856 career points (6.6 ppg), collecting 38 career double figure scoring games with two 20+ point efforts
• Grabbed 615 career rebounds (4.8 rpg), collected 18 career double figure rebounding games
• Posted 13 career double-doubles (tied for 23rd)

Michigan Career & Honors
• All-Big Ten, honorable mention (2019)
• Big Ten Player of the Week (Dec. 2, 2019)
• Battle 4 Atlantis Most Valuable Player (2020) and All-Tournament team (2020)
• Michigan Academic Achievement (2018)
• U-M Team Captain (2019-20)
• U-M's Rudy Tomjanovich Most Improved Player (2019)
• U-M's Loy Vaught Rebounding Award (2019)
• Helped U-M to back-to-back 30 win seasons -- U-M record 33 in 2017-18 (33-8), 30 in 2018-19 (30-7); those two season were the fourth and fifth 30+ win tallies all-time
• Helped U-M to back-to-back Big Ten Tournament titles; becoming third Big Ten program to win two straight conference tournament crowns (2017, '18)
• Helped U-M to three straight NCAA Sweet 16 appearances (2017, '18, '19)
• Helped U-M advance to 2018 Final Four, national title game (San Antonio); second trip in six-year span (2013; Atlanta)
• Helped U-M to the 2017 2K Classic title, winning two straight games -- Marquette and SMU at Madison Square Garden (New York)
• Helped U-M to the 2018 Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off title, winning two straight games -- George Washington and Providence at the Mohegan Sun Resort (Connecticut)
• Helped U-M to the 2020 Battle 4 Atlantis title, winning three straight games -- Iowa State, No. 6 North Carolina and No. 8 Gonzaga at the Atlantis Resort (Bahamas)

Senior (2019-20)
• Started all 31 games, one of two Wolverines to play every game; only Wolverine to start all 31 games
• Season cut short after Big Ten and NCAA Tournaments were cancelled due to the global coronavirus pandemic
• Averaged 11.6 points per game, posting 18 double figure scoring games, with one 20+
• Scored a career-high 25 against UMass-Lowell (Dec. 29) -- going 11-for-14 from the field
• Posted 11 games of 15+ points, including the first three games of the season
• Led U-M averaging 6.7 rebounds per game (12th in Big Ten), posting 24 games with 5+ rebounds, with five 10+, including a career-high 15 vs. No. 8 Gonzaga (Nov. 29; Battle 4 Atlantis)
• Had four additional 10+ rebound games -- Appalachian State (13; Nov. 5), Houston Baptist (12; Nov. 22), at No. 1 Louisville (10; Dec. 3; ACC/Big Ten Challenge) and Penn State (11; Jan. 22)
• Surpassed 200 rebounds (209) for the second straight season
• Balanced rebounding with 61 offensive, 148 defensive boards (209)
• Recorded three double-doubles
   • 17 points, 13 rebounds against Appalachian State; reached double-dip with 6:12 remaining in first half
   • 19 points, 15 rebounds vs. No. 8 Gonzaga (Battle 4 Atlantis), championship game
   • 18 points, 10 rebounds at No. 1 Louisville (ACC/Big Ten Challenge)
• Led U-M with 1.9 blocks per game, recording a block in all but one game and ranked tied for seventh in Big Ten
• Recorded a season-high four blocks, five times -- vs. No. 6 North Carolina (Nov. 28; Battle 4 Atlantis), vs. No. 8 Gonzaga (Nov. 29; Battle 4 Atlantis), Iowa (Dec. 6), Purdue (Jan. 9) & Indiana (Feb. 16)
• Recorded a career-high 35 assists, including a career-high seven at Iowa (Jan. 17)
• Recorded a career-high 31 steals, including a career-high four, twice -- Houston Baptist and at Iowa
• Averaged 27.8 minutes, posting 29 games of 20+ minutes and 12 30+, including a season-high 39 against Purdue

Junior (2018-19)
• Started all 37 games; one of four Wolverines to do so
• Averaged 9.5 points, posting 17 double figure scoring games, with one 20+; more than doubled prior best scoring output (3.4 ppg as sophomore)
• Scored a season-high 22 points against Nebraska (Feb. 28) -- going 7-for-10 from the field, 3-for-3 on 3-pointers and 5-for-8 on free throws
• Led U-M in rebounding (7.1 rpg), posting 29 games with 5+ rebound, with 11 10+, including a season-high 12, twice -- Chattanooga (Nov. 23) and Wisconsin (Feb. 9)
• Surpassed 200 rebounds (259), nearly doubling his prior two seasons combined (147)
• Balanced rebounding with 73 offensive, 186 defensive boards (259)
• Recorded eight double-doubles
   • 13 points, 11 rebounds at Illinois (Jan. 10)
   • 17 points, 11 rebounds against Northwestern (Jan. 13)
   • 17 points, 12 rebounds against Wisconsin (Feb. 9)
   • 10 points, 11 rebounds against Michigan State (Feb. 24)
   • 22 points, 10 rebounds against Nebraska (Feb. 28)
   • 11 points, 10 rebounds at Maryland (March 3)
   • 12 points, 10 rebounds vs. Iowa (March 15; Big Ten Tournament)
   • 10 points, 10 rebounds vs. Michigan State (March 17; Big Ten Tournament)
• Shot a U-M best 52.1 percent from the field (137-for-263)
• Made 23 3-pointers, shooting 29.9 percent
   • Posted a career-best three 3-pointers, twice -- Northwestern (Jan. 13) and Nebraska (Feb. 28)
• Second in the Big Ten with a U-M best 2.03 blocks per game (75)
   • First Wolverine to surpass 60 blocks since Ekpe Udoh (97) in 2007-08
• Recorded at least one block in 33 games; including 27 straight games with at least one
   • Swatted a career-high five blocks, three times -- Holy Cross (Nov. 10), North Carolina (Nov. 28; ACC/Big Ten Challenge) and at Minnesota (Feb. 21)
• Averaged 27.9 minutes, posting 35 games of 20+ minutes and 16 30+, including a season-high 36, twice -- at Minnesota (Feb. 21) and at Maryland

Sophomore (2017-18)
• Played in all 41 games; one of five Wolverines to do so
• Started two games while Moritz Wagner was out due to injury
• Made first career start vs. Detroit Mercy (Dec. 16), posting first career double-double (15 points, 10 rebounds)
• Averaged 3.4 points per game, posting three double figure scoring games, with 12 games with 5+ points
• Scored a season-high 15 points vs. Detroit Mercy -- going 6-for-12 from the field
• Averaged 3.3 rebounds per game, posting two games with 10+ rebounds, including a season-high 11 boards vs. Southern Miss (Nov. 16)
• Balanced rebounding with 57 offensive, 78 defensive boards (135)
• Recorded two double-doubles
   • 10 points, 11 rebounds against Southern Miss
   • 15 points, 10 rebounds vs. Detroit Mercy
• Tied for U-M lead for blocks with 26 blocks
• Averaged 12.3 minutes, posting 25 games of 10+ minutes and five 20+, including a season-high 28 vs. Iowa (March 1; Big Ten Tournament)

Freshman (2016-17)
• Played in 20 games; all off the bench
• Scored in three games with a season-high two points, twice -- vs. SMU (Nov. 18) and Central Arkansas (Dec. 13)
• Grabbed a rebound in seven games with a season-high three at South Carolina (Nov. 23)
• Averaged 3.1 minutes

Prep Career
• Played at Medina High School under coach Chris Hassinger
• Associated Press Division I All-Ohio first team (2016), special mention (2015)
• Became just the sixth player from Medina County to earn AP first-team all-state
• Finalist for the Associated Press Ohio Mr. Basketball award (2016)
• All-Northeast Ohio Conference, Valley Division first team (2015, '16), honorable mention (2013, '14)
• Inland All-District Player of the Year (2016), first team (2015, '16), special mention (2014)
• Medina-Gazette Most Valuable Player (2015, '16)
• Medina-Post Newspapers Player of the Year (2015, '16)
• Cleveland.com All-Star Team, honorable mention (2015, '16)
• Greater Cleveland Conference Player of the Year (2016)
• Finished career with 1,130 points in 100 prep games closing with a 63-37 record
• Helped Medina to two runner-up finishes in the Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division (2014, '16)
• Averaged a double-double for his senior seasons -- 16.4 points and 10.0 rebounds
• Averaged 10-plus points in final three seasons -- senior (16.4), junior (12.1) and sophomore (10.3)
• Averaged seven-plus rebounds in final three seasons -- senior (10.0), junior (9.0) and sophomore (7.1)

Personal
• Born on May 4, 1997 in Indianapolis, Ind.
• Son of Julie and Ben Teske
• Graduated with a general studies degree from U-M's College of Literature, Science and the Arts