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2011 OFFSEASON ... Appeared in 10 games for the Fraport Skyliners Frankfurt team in the German
Bundesliga, averaging 14.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game while shooting 49.5 percent
from the field … appeared in three Eurocup games, averaging 12.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.
2010-11 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS ... Led the Badgers with 18.3 points and 7.2 rebounds per game … a First-
Team All-Big Ten selection by the coaches … selected to the Wooden Award Midseason Top-30 List and
Oscar Robertson Trophy preseason watch list … finished third in the Big Ten in scoring … his 621 points ranked as the thirdhighest
single-season total in UW history … ranked fifth in the league in rebounding and third in free throw percentage
(.843) … scored a career-high 29 points against South Dakota on 12/4, connecting on a career-best six three-pointers …
scored a game-high 26 points vs. Illinois on 1/15, adding nine rebounds … collected a game-high 24 points and 13
rebounds vs. Purdue on 2/1 … scored 23 points is a road loss against the Boilermakers on 2/16 … posted 22 points and
11 rebounds vs. N.C. State on 12/1 and 22 points and 10 rebounds vs. Penn State on 2/20.
COLLEGE ... Left Wisconsin ranked 12th in school history in career points (1,376) … a First-team All-Big Ten selection by
the coaches and an honorable mention AP All-American as a senior … one of 10 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award honorees and
a midseason candidate for the Wooden Award … honorable Mention All-Big Ten as a junior … 2009-10: Led Wisconsin by
averaging 15.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game … shot 39.1 percent from three … earned Honorable
Mention All-Big Ten despite missing nine conference games due to a fractured left wrist … posted a 52.2 field-goal percentage,
the highest by a UW player since 2003 … notched 24 points, a then-career high 12 rebounds and three blocks
vs. Marquette on 12/12 … tallied 26 points and 10 rebounds at Green Bay on 12.9 … recorded 25 points (11-14 FGs) and
six rebounds vs. Milwaukee on 12/23 … named Big Ten Player of the Week after averaging 19.0 points and 1.5 blocks in
wins over Iowa (3/3) and at Illinois (3/7) … posted 23 points in an NCAA tournament game vs. Cornell on 3/211 … had 20
points and eight rebounds in an NCAA tournament win over Wofford on 3/19 … 2008-09: Averaged 8.8 points and 3.8
rebounds in 21.3 minutes per game … led the Badgers in terms of scoring efficiency, registering a point for every 2.4 minutes
of action … started final 12 games of the season after UW experienced a six-game Big Ten slide and the club went 8-
4 … had 13 double-digit scoring games on the year, including five of his last 10 regular season games … 2007-08: Played
in 32 games as a true freshman, averaging 2.9 points per outing and earning the most minutes (8.6 per game) of any UW
freshman … scored a season-high 25 points (5-5 3FGs) at Michigan on 1/2, which tied as the team's highest single-game
output of the season … connected on 12-of-26 (.462) three-point attempts during the year.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS ... Drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the second round (40th overall pick) of the 2011 NBA
Draft.
PERSONAL ... Parents are Mike and Holly ... has two sisters, Maren (26) and Katie (23) … majored in history at Wisconsin
… played primarily as a guard throughout high school before having a 10-inch growth spurt before his senior year.
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