D3 · Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

UW-La Crosse Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · La Crosse, WI

UW-La Crosse (D3, Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) lists 15 players on the 2025–26 roster; 8 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster15 players
New this season8
Transfer additions2
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2027
Most common home stateWI (18)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2027 — 2 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2028.

2026
Gcrowded11 ahead
Fbalanced4 ahead
2027
Gcrowded9 ahead
Fopening2 ahead
2028
Gopening7 ahead
Fopening1 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopen5 ahead
Fopen1 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (11)
Carter Wollan6′3″Fr
Sean Ladwig6′4″So
Devon Fielding6′3″Jr
Dustin Derousseau6′3″Sr
Jack Crowley6′4″Fr
Griffin Hannah6′3″Fr
Sam Ferge6′4″So
Eli Schroeder6′1″Fr
Sam Grieger6′4″Jr
Jacob Butler6′5″Sr
Carson Bauer6′4″Fr
Forwards in that room (4)
Hutson Hendrickson6′8″Fr
Ben Goedheer6′6″Jr
Kade Van Asten6′4″Sr
JJ Paider6′7″Sr
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If you want to play at UW-La Crosse

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (11 ahead), F balanced (4 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 8 arrivals, 6 came straight from high school and 2 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from WI, MN, IL.

0 of 15 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

56% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 15 players

Guards 11 of 15

Jacob Butler6′5″Sr · final yr
Sean Ladwig6′4″So
Jack Crowley6′4″Fr
Sam Ferge6′4″So0.3 PPG
Sam Grieger6′4″Jr15.9 PPG
Carson Bauer6′4″Fr
Carter Wollan6′3″Fr
Devon Fielding6′3″Jr
Dustin Derousseau6′3″Sr · final yr14.4 PPG
Griffin Hannah6′3″Fr
Eli Schroeder6′1″Fr

Frontcourt 4 of 15 · forwards + centers

Hutson Hendrickson6′8″Fr · F
JJ Paider6′7″Sr · F · final yr13.5 PPG
Ben Goedheer6′6″Jr · F2.0 PPG
Kade Van Asten6′4″Sr · F · final yr0.4 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

56%of recorded scoring returns
3 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Sam Grieger15.9 PPG in 2024–25 · returning
Dustin Derousseau14.4 PPG in 2024–25 · returning
JJ Paider13.5 PPG in 2024–25 · returning

Computed from 14 of 16 players on the 2024–25 roster with recorded stats; "returning" means listed on the 2025–26 roster.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

6from high school2via the portal

13 of 15 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 15

0 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

WI 18 · MN 3 · IL 2

1 international: Randolph

High schools: H.S. ×3; H.S. Bio ×2; Catholic Memorial ×2 and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Devon Fielding
→Jacob Butler

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Will Fuhrmann
←Torin Hannah
←CJ Campbell
←Julian Hodges
←Karter Thomas
←Mack Sebert
←Khris Green
←Griffin Ginder
←Drew Tomashek

How this roster compares

Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (8 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureUW-La CrosseConference
Average guard height6′3″6′3″
Average frontcourt height6′6″6′6″
Roster size1519−4
Freshman share40%38%+2pp

Coaching staff

JT GritzmacherHead coach
Peter NyczAssistant coach
Staff changesNo on-court staff changes across the last 0 offseasons.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate76%
SAT midpoint1220
ACT midpoint24

How this page is made: Rosters: official UW-La Crosse rosters, 2024–25 and 2025–26, read from the athletic department's own site · Stats: 2024–25, the newest season with recorded stats for UW-La Crosse; 2025–26 stats are not on file. · 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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