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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)
WCC All-Freshman Team (2023-24)
CSC Academic All-District (2024-25)


AT SANTA CLARA: Wrapped up his third season with the Broncos as a redshirt sophomore in 2024-25 ... Has 66 career appearances with 21 starts ... Avg. 3.5 ppg and 5.1 rpg ... WCC All-Freshman Team in 2024-25 ... Career high 17 pts vs. Pacific (2/15/24) and 13 rebounds vs. LMU (2/20/25).

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 11 rebounds and season high five assists ... Season high 13 pts at Saint Mary’s (2/11) ... 12 pts and career high four threes vs. UC Riverside (3/18) ... Had six games this season with double figure rebs incuding a career high 13 vs. LMU (2/20) ... Second on team (17th in WCC) in rebounding (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 seventh-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: Missed the season due to 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 the United States, but spent the majority of his life living in Germany ... Majoring in business ... 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

    G
    6'9" 215 lbs
    44