Nolan Minessale

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-5
Weight:
195
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Brookfield, Wis.
High School:
Marquette HS
Prev School:
St. Thomas

2025-26 Season Notes (So. – St. Thomas): Started all 34 games … 2025-26 Summit League Preseason Player of the Year and All-League First Team … 2025-26 Lou Henson Player of the Year Award Finalist … 2025-26 All-Summit League First Team, All-Defensive Team, and All-Tournament Team … One of four Summit League athletes to earn four peak performer of the week honors in one season since 2022-23 … Sixth nationally with 22 20-point games … First Tommie to average 20 points per game during a season since Bryan Schnettler in 2006-07 … First Tommie to start a season with eight-consecutive 20-point games since at least 2005-06 … The only Summit League athlete to shoot above 50 percent from the field (minimum 325 FGA) … Scored career high and tied program’s DI record with 32 points (12/7) in win over Weber State before following with 30 points in win over Saint John’s (MN) … Tied or set program’s DI single-game records in points (32 vs Weber State), assists (12 vs South Dakota) and free throws made (11 vs Oral Roberts) … The only player in the program’s DI era with multiple nine-assist games … Recorded two double-doubles: 30 points and career high 11 rebounds versus Saint John’s (MN) and 22 points and 12 assists over South Dakota … Set Tommie DI single-season records in total points (674), PPG (19.8), FGM (228), FGA (451), FTM (174), FTA (232), Assists (145), APG (4.3), Steals (54).

2024-25 Season Notes (Fr. – St. Thomas): Played and started in all 34 games as a true freshman … Led the Summit League in blocks per game and was sixth in steals, leading St. Thomas in both … Led the Tommies shooting 56.2 percent from the field … Ranked third on the team and second among all Summit League true freshmen with 11.2 points, and pulled down 3.5 rebounds per game … Also had 69 assists, 38 blocks, and 40 steals … Had 16 games of 10+ points and four games of 20+ points … Had a career high 27 points at UC Riverside (12/29), tied for the most points by a Tommie true freshman (Andrew Rohde) and the 10th highest scoring total overall during the DI era, going 7-9 from beyond the arc … Scored 20 points in the Summit League Championship … Tallied five assists in four games and at least four in seven … Had a career-high eight rebounds at North Dakota (1/4) and four steals versus North Dakota (3/8).

High School: Two-time Greater Metro Conference Player of the Year selection at Marquette University High School under head coach Casey Kowalewski … Two-time Wisconsin Division I All-State First Team selection and was named to the GMC All-Conference First Team and all-conference second team … Helped team to first state championship since 1999 … Led team to conference, division I regional and sectional championships … Totaled 22.1 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.0 block per game and shot 60.1 percent overall and 70.1 percent from the free throw line … Averaged 22.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists as a junior and scored a career-best 40 points during a win over West Allis Hale … School’s all-time leader with 1,695 career points and added 443 career rebounds and 293 assists … Member of the honor roll.

Personal: Born July 6 in Brookfield, Wis. … Son of Mark and Michelle Minessale... has four siblings, Jack, Liam, Henry and Cecilia ... Majoring in business administration.