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Santa Clara University

2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

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44 Jake Ensminger

  • Height 6-9
  • Weight 215
  • Year Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Ulm, Germany
  • High School Ratiopharm Ulm
  • Position G
  • Instagram jr.ense
  • Twitter JakeEnsminger

Biography

3x WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "Silver" Honors (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
2x CSC Academic All-District (2024-25, 2025-26)
2x WCC All-Academic (2024-25, 2025-26)
WCC All-Freshman Team (2023-24)


AT SANTA CLARA: Wrapped up his fourth season with the Broncos as a redshirt junior in 2025-26 ... 98 career appearances (53 starts) in which he has averaged 4.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists ... 15 career double-figure rebounding efforts and 11 games in double-digit scoring ...  Career highs: 17 points vs. Pacific (2/15/24) and 13 rebounds vs. LMU (2/20/25) ... WCC All-Freshman Team (2023-24) ... Two-time CSC Academic All-District and WCC All-Academic honoree. 

2025-26:  Started 32 games (missed three due to injury) ... Led team in assists (2.9) and was the Broncos' second-leading rebounder (5.5) ... Averaged 6.5 points on 54.1 percent shooting, including 39.8 percent from 3-point range ... Ranked second in the WCC in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.2) ... Posted five double-figure scoring efforts and five games with 10 or more rebounds ... Led the team with nine games with at least five assists ... Season-high scoring total came in the NCAA Tournament vs. Kentucky (3/20) where he logged 14 points to go with eight rebounds and three steals ... Posted 13 points in road wins at Oregon State (12/28) and Pacific (2/4) ... Season-high 11 rebounds vs. Louisiana (11/21) and LMU (1/10) ... Logged career-high four steals in season-opener vs. Cal Poly Humboldt (11/4). 

2024-25: Played in 33-of-34 games (15 starts) ... Had first start of the season vs. Fresno State (12/7), tying a previous career-high of 11 rebounds and season high five assists ... Season high 13 pts at Saint Mary’s (2/11) ... 12 points and career-high four treys vs. UC Riverside (3/18) ... Had six games with double figure rebounds, including a career-high 13 vs. LMU (2/20) ... Second on team (17th in WCC) in rebounding at 5.5 per game.

2023-24: Had a great redshirt freshman campaign where he played in all 33 games and made six starts ... Averaged 4.1 points and 4.8 rebounds ... Tallied 157 total rebounds - the eighth-most by a freshman in program history ... Elevated his play in league play with 5.3 points and a team-best 6.5 rebounds against WCC opponents ... Named to the WCC's All-Freshman Team ... Posted first career double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds at San Francisco (2/10) ... Followed up with his second-straight double-double consisting of a career-high 17 points and 10 rebounds vs. Pacific (2/15); also dished out a season high-tying six assists ... Had a nine-game stretch through league play where he pulled down at least six rebounds, including 10 or more boards in four-straight games (San Diego, at San Francisco, Pacific, at San Diego) ... Nine points and seven rebounds in win over Oregon (11/24) ... Nine points vs. Menlo (11/29) ... Eight points in win over Duquesne (12/23) ... Tallied his first-career double figure scoring game against Portland with 10 points and eight rebounds (1/20) ... Pulled down seven boards in the Broncos' WCC Tournament Quarterfinal victory over San Diego (3/9).

2022-23: Redshirted due to an injury. 

PRO:
Played for the German U20 National Team and helped the team to a sixth-place finish at the 2023 FIBA U20 European Championship ... Averaged 5.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.9 assists at the event ... He returned with Team Germany for the 2024 FIBA U20 Eurobasket. 

HIGH SCHOOL/AMATEUR: Played high school basketball for Ratiopharm Ulm in Germany, who is coached by his father, Chris ... Played two seasons for OrangeAcademy in the German Pro B South League ... Averaged 7.9 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 2021-22 .. Earned eurobasket.com Pro B All-Honorable Mention ... Helped OrangeAcademy advance to the division semifinals ... Was the leading rebounding of the Adidas Next Generation Tournament at 12.3 boards per game ... Had six games with at least 10 points and three games with 10-plus rebounds for OrangeAcademy in 2021-22.

GET TO KNOW JAKE: Born in Ulm, Germany where he lived for the first 18 years of his life before moving to the United States ... Majoring in finance ... Father, Chris, was a four-year star at Valparaiso who left the team in 1996 as the program's all-time leading rebounder. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 44

    2022-23Freshman

    G
    6'9" 205 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2023-24Redshirt Freshman

    G
    6'9" 205 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2024-25Redshirt Sophomore

    G
    6'9" 215 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2025-26Redshirt Junior

    Guard
    6'9" 215 lbs
    44