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Former Wisconsin basketball guard transfers to Winona State

Former Wisconsin basketball guard transfers to Winona State

Former Wisconsin guard Luke Haertle announced his commitment to Winona State on Thursday via social media.

The former walk-on elected to enter the transfer portal in late March after two years with the Badgers. The Hartland, Wisconsin native appeared in 11 contests during his time with the program, all coming during his redshirt freshman season in 2023-24.

His Wisconsin career finishes with those 11 appearances, two rebounds and 11 total minutes.

Before arriving in Madison, Haertle accounted for 2,264 points and over 1,000 rebounds during his prep career at Lake County Lutheran. He helped lead the Lighting to the program’s first WIAA state title; his squad won the 2022 WIAA Division 3 state championship.

He is one of seven former Badgers who entered the portal after the 2023-24 season. His commitment was the last announced among those who entered the portal.

Wisconsin, meanwhile, has added commitments from transfer portal guard John Tonje, point guard Camren Hunter and power forward Xavier Amos this offseason. Greg Gard successfully retooled the roster in advance of a critical 2024-25 season despite losing star point guard Chucky Hepburn and wing A.J. Storr.

Wisconsin basketball redshirt freshman guard enters transfer portal

Wisconsin redshirt freshman guard enters transfer portal

Wisconsin redshirt freshman guard Luke Haertle has entered the transfer portal, according to his post on X.

Haertle joined the Badgers as a walk-on prior to the 2022-23 season. The Oconomowoc, Wisconsin native was unranked on 247Sports.com and did not hold any major conference offers. He appeared in 11 games for the Badgers in 2023-24, totaling 11 total minutes, one field goal attempt and two rebounds.

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The redshirt freshman guard is the third Wisconsin Badger to enter the transfer portal since the team’s season-ending loss to James Madison on Friday, joining fan-favorite guard Connor Essegian and walk-on guard Ross Candelino.

For more on Wisconsin’s roster and transfer portal activity, check out Badgers Wire’s ongoing 2024 transfer portal tracker.

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Wisconsin basketball commit Luke Haertle reaches significant career milestone

Wisconsin basketball commit Luke Haertle reached a significant career milestone for Lake County Lutheran.

Wisconsin walk-on shooting guard commit Luke Haertle has been an accomplished multi-sport standout at Lake Country Lutheran high school. 

On the hardwood however, the 6-foot-4 shooting guard recently amassed 2,000 career points scored.

Per Wissports, that makes Haertle just the 45th player in Wisconsin high school basketball history to reach that scoring mark. 

His active point total of 2,040 is the most of any active high school player in the state of Wisconsin.

Haertle announced his commitment to play basketball at the University of Wisconsin as a preferred walk-on back in November. He’ll join Connor Essegian as the only other member of UW’s 2022 recruiting class.

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Wisconsin basketball lands a preferred walk-on from the Badger State

The Badgers land a 2022 preferred walk-on commitment:

Wisconsin basketball added to their 2022 class on Monday when Badger State native Luke Haertle accepted a preferred walk-on offer to play for UW.

The 6-foot-4 guard was a high school star in both basketball and football, playing quarterback at Lake Country Lutheran. No, the tradition of high school quarterbacks playing at Wisconsin will not end when Brad Davison and Jonathan Davis leave town.

Wisconsin’s 2022 class currently includes Connor Essegian, a three-star guard from Indiana who has already officially signed with the Badgers.

On the Wisconsin prep circuit, Haertle played for Wisconsin Playground Club, and put up over 24 points per contest as a junior. On Monday, Haertle announced his commitment on Twitter: