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Kaleb Wesson

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Player profile

Height 6-9
Weight 270
Year Jr.
Hometown Westerville, Ohio
H.S./Last School South

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CAREER HONORS

2020 Second Team All-Big Ten
2020 USBWA All-District V
2019 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten
2018 Big Ten All-Freshman team
Big Ten Player of the Week (12/24/18, 11/18/19)

AS A JUNIOR (2019-20)

Led the team with 14.0 points and 9.3 rebounds per game while starting all 31 contests
Shot 42.5 percent from 3-point range while blocking a team-high 31 shots and ranking second on the team with 60 assists
Led the team in scoring a team-high 14 times while leading the team in rebounding 25 times
Posted a team-high 11 double-doubles
Went for eight points and 11 rebounds vs. Cincinnati (11/6)
Tallied double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds while tying his career-high five assists vs. UMass Lowell (11/10)
Recorded second consecutive double-double with 10 points and 11 boards to go along with a career-best four blocks vs. Villanova (11/13)
Totaled 13 points, nine rebounds and three blocks against Stetson (11/18)
Went for 15 points and seven boards against Purdue Fort Wayne (11/22)
Totaled 17 points and six boards vs. Kent State (11/25)
Went for 13 points and eight boards vs. Morgan State (11/29)
Totaled 10 points and nine rebounds at North Carolina (12/4)
Scored season-high 28 points while pulling down 10 boards against Penn State (12/7)
Went for 12 points and six boards at Minnesota (12/15)
Posted double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds against Southeast Missouri (12/17)
Totaled 10 points and eight boards vs. Kentucky (12/21)
Went for 17 points and nine rebounds against West Virginia (12/29)
Posted double-double with 22 points and 13 rebounds against Wisconsin (1/3)
Went for 15 points and nine rebounds at Maryland (1/7)
Tallied double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds at Indiana (1/11)
Posted second-consecutive double-double with 13 points and a career-high 14 boards vs. Nebraska (1/14)
Went for 19 points, five rebounds and four assists at Penn State (1/18)
Tied career-high 14 rebounds against Minnesota (1/23)
Tallied double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds at Northwestern (1/26)
Went for 15 points and 11 boards against Indiana (2/1)
Totaled 23 points, 12 rebounds, three assists and two steals at Michigan (2/4)
Poured in 16 points against Rutgers (2/12)
Went for 13 points, eight rebounds, four assists and four steals against Purdue (2/15)
Totaled 10 points and seven boards at Iowa (2/20)
Went for 15 points and nine boards vs. Maryland (2/23)
Totaled 16 points and a career-high 18 rebounds at Nebraska (2/27)
Went for 14 points and nine boards vs. Michigan (3/1)
Scored 19 points against Illinois (3/5)

AS A SOPHOMORE (2018-19)

Made 32 appearances, starting all but one
Led the team with 14.6 points and 6.9 rebounds in 25.9 minutes per game
Posted a team-high 21 blocks and ranked second on the team with 33 steals
Ranked ninth in the Big Ten with 2.4 offensive rebounds per game
Scored a team-high 15 points to go along with seven boards and two blocks at Cincinnati (11/7)
Went for eight points and seven rebounds against Purdue Fort Wayne (11/11)
Scored nine points at Creighton (11/15)
Totaled a game-high 18 points to go along with five rebounds vs. South Carolina State (11/18)
Tied career-high 19 points while pulling down seven rebounds in a career-high 31 minutes against Samford (11/20)
Totaled 19 points, six rebounds, four steals and three assists against Cleveland State (11/23)
Went for 13 points and eight boards vs. Syracuse (11/28)
Scored 15 points and grabbed six rebounds against Minnesota (12/2)
Went for 13 points and seven boards vs. Illinois (12/5)
Scored 22 points while tying his career-best 10 rebounds and handing out four assists vs. Bucknell (12/15)
Went for a career-best 31 points, including 26 in the second half, while grabbing seven boards vs. Youngstown State (12/18)
Tallied double-double with 15 points and a career-high 12 boards against UCLA (12/22)
Scored 17 points vs. High Point (12/29)
Went for 25 points and eight boards vs. Michigan State (1/5)
Totaled 18 points and seven rebounds at Rutgers (1/9)
Went for 11 points and six boards vs. Maryland (1/18)
Tallied 12 points, seven rebounds and three blocks at Michigan (1/29)
Went for 27 points, five assists and four rebounds against Rutgers (2/2)
Recorded 10 points, four rebounds and three assists at Indiana (2/10)
Went for 11 points and five rebounds vs. Illinois (2/14)
Tallied 12 points and nine boards at Michigan State (2/17)
Went for a game-high 22 points to go along with eight boards and four assists vs. Northwestern (2/20)
Tallied double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds to go along with four assists vs. Iowa (2/26)
Went for 17 points, a career-best 13 rebounds, three assists and three blocks against Indiana (3/14)
Totaled 21 points and a game-high 12 rebounds against Iowa State (3/22)
Went for 15 points and six rebounds vs. Houston (3/24)

AS A FRESHMAN (2017-18)

Averaged 10.2 points and 4.9 rebounds in 33 games, including 30 starts
Shot 56.2 percent from the field
Big Ten Freshman of the Week (12/4, 1/22)
Tallied 13 points and seven boards vs. Robert Morris (11/10)
Scored nine points vs. Radford (11/12)
Went for 12 points and five boards vs. Northeastern (11/19)
Scored 10 points and grabbed four rebounds vs. Gonzaga in first career start (11/23)
Scored 10 points vs. Stanford (11/24)
Went for nine points and five boards vs. Butler (11/26)
Tallied 15 points and five rebounds vs. Clemson (11/29)
Scored a game-high 19 points at Wisconsin (12/2)
Went for eight points and five boards vs. Michigan (12/4)
Tallied 17 points, seven rebounds and three steals against William & Mary (12/9)
Went for 16 points and eight boards against Appalachian State (12/16)
Tallied nine points and five boards vs. The Citadel (12/19)
Scored 12 points against North Carolina (12/23)
Went for seven points and seven boards vs. Miami (12/30)
Scored 10 points at Iowa (1/4)
Tallied eight points, four rebounds and a career-high five assists against Michigan State (1/7)
Went for eight points and five rebounds vs. Maryland (1/11)
Totaled 10 points, a career-high nine rebounds and three assists at Rutgers (1/14)
Went for 15 points and eight rebounds vs. Minnesota (1/20)
Scored 10 points against Penn State (1/25)
Went for 14 points, connecting on all seven shots from the field, and five boards vs. Indiana (1/30)
Recorded first-career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds against Illinois (2/4)
Went for 18 points and seven rebounds vs. Iowa (2/10)
Tallied 14 points, five rebounds and three assists against Rutgers (2/20)
Went for 12 points and five rebounds at Indiana (2/23)

PRIOR TO OHIO STATE

Named Ohio’s Mr. Basketball, Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year and Ohio High School Basketball Association Player of the Year as a senior in 2017
Also was named Ohio Capital Conference Player of the Year, District 10 Player of the Year and Central District Player of the Year his final season at Westerville South
Averaged 21.3 points and 11.3 rebounds per game while shooting 66.5 percent from the field as a senior
Helped lead Westerville South to a Division I state championship in 2016
Averaged 14.9 points, 9.5 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game as a junior
First team All-Ohio Capital Conference (Cardinal) in 2015 and 2016
All-Ohio honorable mention in 2015
Participated in 2015-16 USA U-17 World Championship team training camp and was named to the 2015-16 USA Men’s Junior National Team

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