D3 · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

Martin Luther Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · New Ulm, MN

Martin Luther (D3, Upper Midwest Athletic Conference) lists 12 players on the 2025–26 roster; 2 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster12 players
New this season2
Transfer additions2
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2028
Most common home stateWI (8)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2028 — 3 ahead.

2026
Gcrowded6 ahead
Fcrowded6 ahead
2027
Gbalanced4 ahead
Fcrowded4 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gopen3 ahead
Fopen4 ahead
2029
Gopen0 ahead
Fopen0 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (6)
Thomas Balge6′2″Sr
Benjamin Vasold6′3″So
Thomas Koelpin6′4″Sr
Benjamin Pearson6′3″So
Trey Lauber6′4″Jr
Austin Erickson6′2″So
Forwards in that room (6)
Adam Loberger6′4″So
Trenton Heyn6′5″So
Silas Vogel6′7″So
Martin Krenz6′2″So
Luke Fix6′4″Sr
Ethan Kjenstad6′6″Sr
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If you want to play at Martin Luther

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (6 ahead), F crowded (6 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 2 arrivals, 0 came straight from high school and 2 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from WI, MN, CA.

0 of 12 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 12 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

68% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 12 players

Guards 6 of 12

Thomas Koelpin6′4″Sr · final yr0.4 PPG
Trey Lauber6′4″Jr6.7 PPG
Benjamin Vasold6′3″So7.6 PPG
Benjamin Pearson6′3″So17.0 PPG
Thomas Balge6′2″Sr · final yr9.8 PPG
Austin Erickson6′2″So1.4 PPG

Frontcourt 6 of 12 · forwards + centers

Silas Vogel6′7″So · F0.7 PPG
Ethan Kjenstad6′6″Sr · F · final yr9.1 PPG
Trenton Heyn6′5″So · F1.0 PPG
Adam Loberger6′4″So · F23.0 PPG
Luke Fix6′4″Sr · F · final yr7.2 PPG
Martin Krenz6′2″So · F0.0 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

68%of recorded scoring returns
3 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Adam Loberger23.0 PPG · returning
Benjamin Pearson17.0 PPG · returning
Benjamin Vasold7.6 PPG · returning

Computed from 12 of 12 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

0from high school2via the portal

10 of 12 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 12

0 of 12 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

WI 8 · MN 5 · CA 1 · CO 1 · NE 1 · SD 1

High schools: Luther Prep ×4; Lakeside Lutheran ×3; Minnesota Valley Lutheran ×2 and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Thomas Koelpin
→Austin Erickson

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Seth Veers
←Elijah Schoof
←Luke Krauklis
←Nathan Miller
←Jared Schlittenhart

How this roster compares

Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (7 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureMartin LutherConference
Average guard height6′3″6′2″+1″
Average frontcourt height6′5″6′5″
Roster size1220−8
Freshman share0%30%−30pp

Coaching staff

Greg HolzhueterHead men's basketball coach
Austin LorentzAssistant men's basketball coach
Paul HolzhueterAssistant men's basketball coach
Staff changes5 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2022–23, 2 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25, 1 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate87%
SAT midpoint1165
ACT midpoint24

How this page is made: Rosters: official Martin Luther rosters, 2024–25 and 2025–26, read from the athletic department's own site · New this season: players not listed on the 2024–25 roster; a newcomer who is not a freshman counts as a transfer addition · Openings: Depth Chart's roster projection from listed class years; confidence stated per year · Sample: among players who made a college roster — the data cannot see who didn't. Among players who made a college roster. Model judgments describe positions and cohorts, never a named player's future. Refreshed automatically when the rosters change. Corrections: research@mydepthchart.com.

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