Will Tschetter

Will Tschetter (born January 31, 2003) is an American basketball player. He most recently played for the Warwick Senators of the NBL1 West in Australia. Tschetter played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference, where he won an NCAA national championship in 2026. While playing for Stewartville High School, he led the state of Minnesota in scoring as a junior and finished as the runner-up for Minnesota Mr. Basketball behind Chet Holmgren as a senior.

Early life Tschetter was raised on a farm on the outskirts of the small town of Stewartville, Minnesota, in Southeast Minnesota. The town, which is a suburb of Rochester, Minnesota, has a population of 6,000, and the farm is a distance from central Stewartville.

Tschetter's mom coached his eighth-grade travel team and was the Stewartville freshmen coach as of the 2020–21 season. Tschetter began trumpet studies in fourth grade and switched to french horn as a freshman. He was a member of the school marching band, despite interference from his athletic commitments. He performed yearly with the band at the Minnesota State Fair and in band competitions. Michigan assistant coach Phil Martelli had initiated contact to request game film. By May 25, Tschetter had offers from NDSU, Appalachian State, Colorado State, James Madison, Loyola Chicago, Northern Iowa, South Dakota, Toledo, William & Mary, Wyoming and Richmond and strong interest from Arkansas, Minnesota and Michigan. Minnesota Golden Gophers football recruited him as a tight end. However, some of the tight end transition conversations extended to his eventually performing as an offensive lineman, which did not interest him. Tschetter also competed in the discus throw in high school.

Michigan zoom recruiting entailed a series of virtual meetings. Tschetter, who had a 3.9 GPA, was enticed by Michigan's academics. Although Tschetter had no social media accounts, he had on occasion scrolled through his mother's Twitter account and seen the Stewartville basketball account, with its 800 followers; he wanted the experience of an official social media announcement. Stewartville assistant coach Brad Vaught made it happen. His mother was also an assistant coach at Stewartville for coach Adam Girtman.

The 2020 MSHSL spring track & field championships were cancelled, due to the COVID pandemic. At the 2021 MSHSL Class 1A state championships, Tschetter won the discus throw with a distance of .

In basketball, Tschetter led Stewartsville to a state runner-up finish in the March 25, 2021, MSHSL Class 2A state championships. They lost to Caledonia High School and finished with an 18–4 record. Subsequently, Tschetter was named one of five finalists for Minnesota Mr. Basketball along with Lamar Grayson, Chet Holmgren, Andrew Morgan and Francis Nwaokorie. At the time, he was listed as third in the state in scoring average (30.7) and first in total points (643), to go along with 11.3 rebounds per game. Tschetter had led the state with a scoring average over 33 points per game the prior season. When Holmgren, who also won national player of the year awards, was announced as the winner, placement for the other finalists was not announced. However, his University of Michigan official bio asserts he was runner-up. The Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association named Tschetter to the Class AA MBCA Academic All State Team.

College career

Tschetter enrolled at the University of Michigan as a part of the top-ranked national recruiting class in 2021, along with Caleb Houstan, Moussa Diabaté, Kobe Bufkin, Frankie Collins and Isaiah Barnes. As a true freshman, Tschetter played less than 5 minutes for Michigan, playing only on November 5, in an exhibition game against . The coaching staff talked with him and his family and redshirted him for the remainder of the season.

The following season, as a redshirt freshman he earned a reputation as a spark plug. He averaged 10.7 minutes of playing time, starting eight of 27 games played for the 2022–23 Wolverines. In his first career start on February 14, 2023, Tschetter missed two free throws with Michigan down by two with 1:17 remaining. Michigan went on to lose to Wisconsin by five points. He scored four points, five rebounds and had two assists. Following his redshirt freshman season, he did an internship on a bison ranch.

Tschetter entered his redshirt sophomore season as the only member of his signing class to remain at Michigan. In his first two games, he made all six of his three-point shots and was 11 of 13 from the field, including scoring a career-high eight points in the seasons opener against UNC Asheville on November 7, 2023.

The 2023–24 Michigan Wolverines endured an 8–24 season, finishing last in the Big Ten with a 3–17 conference record. On March 15, 2024, Michigan fired head coach Juwan Howard, replacing him with Dusty May, whom they hired on March 23. On April 5, Tschetter became the first tenured Wolverine to announce he would return for the 2024–25 team. He completed his undergraduate curriculum in three years, earning a bachelor's degree in earth and environmental science.

On January 16, 2025, Tschetter posted what was at the time a season-high 15 points when Michigan visited the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Williams Arena, about 100 miles from his hometown. Michigan lost in overtime. On February 5 against the Oregon Ducks, in the victory he led the Wolverines with a season-high 17 points in 17 minutes off the bench. In the championship game of the 2025 Big Ten tournament, Tschetter connected on two second half three-point shots to stop Wisconsin’s momentum, helping lead Michigan to a Big Ten championship one season after finishing in last place in the conference. The team earned the championhsip at the 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and tied the Big Ten Conference record for single-season wins.

Professional career On April 15, 2026, Tschetter signed with the Warwick Senators of the NBL1 West in Australia for the 2026 season. In his debut for the Senators on April 25, he recorded 25 points, 13 rebounds, three steals and two assists in a 103–89 win over the Joondalup Wolves. He averaged 28.1 points and 7.5 rebounds with the Senators in Australia.

On July 4, 2026, it was reported that Tschetter departed Warwick to join the Portland Trail Blazers for the 2026 NBA Summer League. He participated in their minicamp, but did not play in any games for Portland. When the Blazers announced a 12-man summer league roster on July 1, Tschetter was not included.

Personal life Tschetter was born the son of Kasey Morlock and Garth Tschetter. Morlock is the all-time leading scorer in North Dakota State Bison women's basketball history (2233 points), a three-time All-American, three-time NCAA Division II national champion and was Minnesota Miss Basketball. His father made 34 receptions and 3 touchdowns as a wide receiver for North Dakota State Bison football. Garth was listed as as a senior in high school. His younger brother Henry (class of 2025, ) has committed to play NCAA Division III basketball for Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, and he has a second brother Pete (class of 2027).