Darrius Welch 6-7 Jr Wing (2nd team all MIAA) is transferring from Adrian to Trine per his X account

Quote from: WUPHF on May 14, 2026, 11:25:45 AMNo promises of feature-style coverage or maybe I missed it.

Flo College did publish a greatest sports dynasties story last week, so they are doing things.  Limited things.

It seems strange that Johns Hopkins lacrosse and St. Thomas football made the list by the way, especially with the obvious recency bias.

You have to favor the recent dynasties to pick NYU Women's Basketball over the other more storied UAA program.

And Calvin volleyball?

https://www.flocollege.com/articles/15882801-the-greatest-d3-sports-dynasties-ever

You can essentially recreate that article by Googling Greatest D3 sports dynasties and looking at the AI results

Quote from: Gregory Sager on May 11, 2026, 12:13:26 PM

Quote from: Flying Dutch Fan on May 11, 2026, 09:30:30 AMPulling this back up since the weekend saw a bit of a coming out from the midwest in lacrosse as unranked Hope (now 20-0) beat Ithaca 14-11, and then Bates 14-12 - both games at Bates. Marks the first time any team from the MIAA has reached the quarter finals.  The Hope roster (42 total) is 81% Michigan natives (more than 50% of the roster is from wihtin an hour drive of Hope), with the rest a mix from IL, CO, IN, OH, Wa, and CA.

Interesting note: Following that Saturday game (was a 7pm start time) Hope had to quickly fly home so that the 12 Seniors could graduate at 3pm the next day - STUDENT athletes!!

Yes, interesting. It does appear that midwestern lacrosse is slowly but surely beginning to make national inroads.

Your postscript about sports and graduation raises an interesting and timely issue, FDF. It's been a tradition at North Park for decades to hold a separate graduation ceremony for senior student-athletes in spring sports whose teams have qualified for postseason tournaments or meets that will take place on Commencement Saturday. It's always held on the Tuesday of Commencement Week in the small and intimate Isaacson Chapel in Nyvall Hall, the seminary building on North Park's campus. It's usually a function that serves North Park baseball teams that have qualified for the CCIW baseball tournament, although sometimes (as happened this year) the softball team also qualifies for their CCIW tourney and thus has its seniors receive their diplomas in the Tuesday graduation ceremony in Isaacson as well. The tradition used to be that the baseball players would wear their North Park baseball caps in lieu of the usual flat-topped and tasseled mortarboard graduation caps, but this year they abandoned that tradition and went with the standard mortarboards, probably because it's becoming increasingly popular in America for graduating college students to decorate and personalize their mortarboards and the NPU baseball players wanted to do that as well.

Given that CCIW schools generally run similar school-year calendars, my guess is that other schools in the conference likewise provide similar auxiliary commencements for their seniors who are spring student-athletes with competition conflicts on Commencement Saturday. And since the CCIW doesn't operate in a vacuum, I'm also guessing that there are other D3 schools across the country that do this. Which schools hold separate commencements for their graduating senior student-athletes who are playing postseason sports in May, and which schools follow Hope's pattern and will move heaven and earth to get their seniors back on campus in time for commencement? And are there any schools that simply tell their seniors, "Sorry, but even though you're on the school's team, if you're going to be playing sports on graduation day you're gonna have to receive your diploma in the mail"?

Interesting GS - I actually wasn't aware of schools doing that, probably because it has never been an issue for Hope.  It likely never will be an issue since Hope always holds their Baccalaureate Service and Commencement Ceremony on Sunday and, as you are aware, Hope (like Wheaton and some other schools) will not participate in athletics on a Sunday, thus avoiding that conflict.  In fact, the games at Bates this past weekend were on Friday and Saturday due to the Hope Sunday restriction.  All the other locations played Saturday and Sunday.

Recruit/transfer list UPDATE:
Total - 50
6-5 or > - 20
< 6-0 - 6

By Home State            By Position
MI - 39 - 0.78            PG - 4 - 0.08
OH - 5 - 0.1            G - 21 - 0.42
IN - 4 - 0.08            G/F - 3 - 0.06
GA - 1 - 0.02            F - 19 - 0.38
IL - 1 - 0.02            F/C - 2 - 0.04
.....................            C - 1 - 0.02

Player	Height	Position	High School	College
				Adrian
Miaen Shipp	5-7	G	Warren Fitzgerald (MI)	Albion
Jacob Figaro	6-2	F	Cass Tech (MI)	Albion
Henry Peck	6-3	G	East Lansing (MI)	Albion
Deandre Dann	6-4	F	Loyola - Detroit (MI)	Albion
Brayden Holok	6-4	G/F	Stevensville-Lakeshore (MI)	Albion
Darius Aldrich	6-5	F/C	Durand (MI)	Albion
Adam Dugener	6-0	PG	North Muskegon (MI)	Alma
Georyeon Cannon	6-3	G	Grand Blanc (MI)	Alma
Connor Fierstine	6-3	F	Marquette (MI)	Alma
Mason Gugle	6-4	G/F	Leroy Pine River (MI)	Alma
Parker Sundman	6-4	G	Hartland (MI)	Alma
Dalton Dudas	6-7	F	South Lyon East (MI)	Alma
Titus Spencer	5-11	PG	Holland Christian (MI)	Calvin
Jonny Ingalls	6-0	PG	St Ignace (MI) / Northern Michigan transfer	Calvin
Will Plummer	6-1	G	Grand Haven (MI)	Calvin
Kyler Berghuis	6-2	G	Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)	Calvin
Jack Kamminga	6-4	G/F	Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)	Calvin
Cole Charter	6-5	G	Clarkston (MI)	Calvin
Milo Barangan	6-5	F	Mona Shores (MI)	Calvin
Matthew Elderkin	6-6	F	Calvin Christian (MI) / GVSU transfer	Calvin
Owen Vander Waal	6-7	F	Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)	Calvin
Marc Gamble	6-8	F	Timothy Christian Elmhurst (IL)	Calvin
Luke Tubergen	6-9	C	Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)	Calvin
Brody Willick	5-11	G	Kenowa Hills (MI)	Hope
Ayden Ayers	6-2	G	Spring Lake (MI)	Hope
Kaden Grau	6-4	G	Westview Topeka (IN)	Hope
Ben Uhde	6-4	G	Johns Creek (GA)	Hope
Johnny Lake	6-6	F	Battle Creek Pennfield (MI)	Hope
Ben Mehendale	6-8	F/C	Brecksville Broadview Heights (OH)	Hope
Dylan Gross	5-9	PG	Rockford (MI)	Kalamazoo
Truman Brennan	5-10	G	Paw Paw (MI)	Kalamazoo
Marvin Moore	6-0	G	Muskegon Reeths-Puffer (MI)	Kalamazoo
Jordan Harrison	6-1	G	Ann Arbor Pioneer (MI)	Kalamazoo
Andrew Caldwell	6-4	G	Flint Powers (MI)	Kalamazoo
Brennan Elling	6-5	F	Oxford (MI)	Kalamazoo
Brayden Lee	6-6	F	Dakota (MI)	Kalamazoo
Jamison Huizenga	6-2	G	Holland Black River (MI)	Olivet
Blake Schuch	6-6	F	Davison (MI)	Olivet
Charles Cunningham	5-10	G	Springfield (OH)	Trine
Jackson Kohler	6-0	G	Yale (MI)	Trine
Drake Ahrens	6-3	G	Versailles (OH)	Trine
Cassius Bont	6-3	G	Byron Center (MI)	Trine
Jack Leppelmeier	6-3	G	Pettisville (OH)	Trine
Jake Holcomb	6-5	F	Holland Christian (MI)	Trine
Brogan McNiece	6-5	F	Ft Wayne Homestead (IN)	Trine
Connor Stevens	6-5	F	Concord (MI)	Trine
Jaron Witcher	6-6	F	Sylvania Southview (OH)	Trine
Caleb Claerbaut	6-7	F	Zeeland East (MI)	Trine
Alex Lake	6-7	F	Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (IN)	Trine
Drew Matelic	6-7	F	Speedway (IN)	Trine

Recruit/transfer list UPDATE:
Total - 33
6-0 or > - 4
< 5-8 - 7

By State                By Position
MI - 28 - 0.848                PG - 3 - 0.091
IN - 2 - 0.061                G - 13 - 0.394
OH - 3 - 0.091                G/F - 2 - 0.061
.....................                F - 10 - 0.303
.....................                F/C - 3 - 0.091
.....................                C - 2 - 0.061

Player	Height	Position	High School	College
McKenzee Terpstra	5-6	G	Lawton (MI)	Adrian
Jensyn Ardouin	5-8	G/F	Midland (MI)	Adrian
Aubrin Miller	5-8	G	Lakeland (MI)	Adrian
Gabriella Yancura	5-9	G	Stevenson Livonia (MI)	Adrian
Kolie Brown	5-10	F	Columbia Central (MI)	Adrian
Maycee Reed	5-11	F	Saranac (MI)	Adrian
Ava Stafford	5-7	G	Adams Central (IN)	Albion
Arisara MacDonald	5-10	F	Rochester (MI)	Albion
Layne Biggers	5-11	F/C	Walled Lake Northern (MI)	Albion
Alexandra Botbyl	6-1	C	Spring Lake (MI)	Albion
Genevieve Ketola	6-1	F/C	Grand Ledge (MI)	Albion
Mackenzie Dicken	5-4	PG	Plymouth (MI)	Alma
Aviana Skinner	5-6	PG	Grand Ledge (MI)	Alma
Reese Stedman	5-7	G	Jenison (MI)	Alma
Kendra Cooley	5-9	F	Vicksburg (MI)	Alma
Leigh Wyman	5-8	G	Blissfield (MI)	Calvin
Jordan Mateer	5-9	G	Rockford (MI)	Calvin
Brynn Norbeck	5-9	F	Fraser (MI)	Calvin
Calista Blue	5-10	F	Haslett (MI)	Calvin
Addy Rhodes	5-10	F	Calvin Christian (MI)	Calvin
Kinsey Nordbeck	5-11	F/C	Franklin Livonia (MI)	Calvin
Sophia Prins	5-6	PG	South Christian (MI)	Hope
Olivia Jones	5-9	G/F	Pendleton Heights (IN)	Hope
Lizzie Wolthuis	5-10	F	South Christian (MI)	Hope
				Kalamazoo
Hannah Ralko	5-7	G	Howell (MI)	Olivet
Hannah Hill	5-8	G	Onsted (MI)	Olivet
Addilyn Moore	5-11	C	Coopersville (MI)	Olivet
Katelyn Adams	5-9	G	GR West Catholic (MI)	St Mary's
MacKenzi Duthie	5-11	F	Howell (MI)	St Mary's
Aubri Korfhagen	5-9	G	Seton Cicinnati (OH)	Trine
Carys Crossland	5-10	G	Patrick Henry Hamler (OH)	Trine
Alivia Farnham	6-0	G	Edgerton (OH)	Trine
Kara Straub	6-1	F	Michigan Center (MI)	Trine

Quote from: Gregory Sager on April 30, 2026, 01:06:55 PM

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on April 30, 2026, 12:11:22 PMThe Northeast - Virginia to Maine - is still, by far, the hotbed of HS lacrosse.  If your school lacks the prominence or geography to draw a fair number of students from this part of the country, it's going to be much tougher to field a competitive squad.

Nationally competitive ... yes, well, you can't overcome generations of sport history overnight. Prior to Y2K the northeastern corridor was practically the only place in America where anybody owned a lacrosse stick. That's changed, but it will take awhile before schools from other parts of the country break through in the national tournament. It's the same as soccer, which has also been a sport predominantly played by northeastern high schools, and thus dominated at the D3 level by northeastern members, until recent decades (although soccer started to break out in the midwest a generation before lacrosse). Soccer still has a pronounced northeastern flavor on the D3 level, although more and more midwestern teams have broken through in the D3 tourney over the past 10-15 years.

Quote from: Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan) on April 30, 2026, 12:11:22 PMThe popularity of lacrosse is increasing in the west and midwest, but not really yet at a level where it can feed a lot of college programs.

It depends upon what you mean by "a lot." And it also depends upon the state. Illinois has reached a sufficient saturation level in terms of high school lacrosse that it can supply a pretty fair amount of competent D3 lacrosse players. Just looking at the CCIW's men's lacrosse teams, Augustana's roster consists of 81% Illinois residents (albeit, Augie has a small roster and the team is not very good). Carroll's men's lacrosse is a little over half Illinoisian, which is impressive given the Wisconsin-heavy orientation of most CU sports (see above for my commentary about the very modest success of lacrosse's spread within Wisconsin high schools). Illinois Wesleyan is 40% Illinoisian and North Central is 43% Illinoisian. Carthage and Elmhurst have comparatively low percentages of Illinois residents.

But the important thing to note is where they're getting their out-of-state players. Virtually none of them are from the northeastern corridor. They tend to hail from Ohio, Minnesota, Michiana, and the suburbs of western cities such as Phoenix, Denver, Portland, and Seattle.

Pulling this back up since the weekend saw a bit of a coming out from the midwest in lacrosse as unranked Hope (now 20-0) beat Ithaca 14-11, and then Bates 14-12 - both games at Bates. Marks the first time any team from the MIAA has reached the quarter finals.  The Hope roster (42 total) is 81% Michigan natives (more than 50% of the roster is from wihtin an hour drive of Hope), with the rest a mix from IL, CO, IN, OH, Wa, and CA.

Interesting note: Following that Saturday game (was a 7pm start time) Hope had to quickly fly home so that the 12 Seniors could graduate at 3pm the next day - STUDENT athletes!!

GS - I did check to see if Presque Isle was further, and the distance calculator I used had it 2 or 3 miles closer.  Using the link you posted, I see it is 1.9 miles longer than Husson.  Splitting hairs I guess.  Either way, that is a looooong trip!!! 

FYI - you could transfer from one of those Maine schools to Cambridge or Oxford in England and it's just under 3000 miles, just not sure of the quality of hoops they play there.

Another Olivet commit:

Jameson Huizenga 6-2 G Holland Black River

Per the Holland Sentinal, he is the first Black River boys basketball player to receive all-state honors (2nd team in D3) and will be the first River Rat to play college basketball

Quote from: el_jefe_90 on May 05, 2026, 11:38:36 AMEric Ahlers, former Husson forward who averaged 20ppg and 9rpg this season, is heading to D2 Hawaii Pacific. That is quite a long way from Maine!! Edit* Hawaii Pacific's quick claim to fame last year was upsetting Boise State to open the season.

He was a senior this year. Looks like he got hurt after the first game in 2024-25.

Wow - transferring over 5100 miles (Bangor to Honolulu is 5159 accoring to Google) within the NCAA has to be some kind of record! 

UPDATE: Digging a little deeper, it appears that is the farthest distance you can transfer within the NCAA

1st Olivet commit (that is publicly known):

Blake Schuch 6-6 F Davison (MI)

Recruit/transfer list UPDATE:
Total - 48
6-5 or > - 19
< 6-0 - 6

By Home State            By Position
MI - 37 - 0.771            PG - 4 - 0.083
OH - 5 - 0.104            G - 20 - 0.417
IN - 4 - 0.083            G/F - 3 - 0.063
GA - 1 - 0.021            F - 18 - 0.375
IL - 1 - 0.021            F/C - 2 - 0.042
.....................            C - 1 - 0.021

Player	Height	Position	High School	College
				Adrian
Miaen Shipp	5-7	G	Warren Fitzgerald (MI)	Albion
Jacob Figaro	6-2	F	Cass Tech (MI)	Albion
Henry Peck	6-3	G	East Lansing (MI)	Albion
Deandre Dann	6-4	F	Loyola - Detroit (MI)	Albion
Brayden Holok	6-4	G/F	Stevensville-Lakeshore (MI)	Albion
Darius Aldrich	6-5	F/C	Durand (MI)	Albion
Adam Dugener	6-0	PG	North Muskegon (MI)	Alma
Georyeon Cannon	6-3	G	Grand Blanc (MI)	Alma
Connor Fierstine	6-3	F	Marquette (MI)	Alma
Mason Gugle	6-4	G/F	Leroy Pine River (MI)	Alma
Parker Sundman	6-4	G	Hartland (MI)	Alma
Dalton Dudas	6-7	F	South Lyon East (MI)	Alma
Titus Spencer	5-11	PG	Holland Christian (MI)	Calvin
Jonny Ingalls	6-0	PG	St Ignace (MI) / Northern Michigan transfer	Calvin
Will Plummer	6-1	G	Grand Haven (MI)	Calvin
Kyler Berghuis	6-2	G	Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)	Calvin
Jack Kamminga	6-4	G/F	Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)	Calvin
Cole Charter	6-5	G	Clarkston (MI)	Calvin
Milo Barangan	6-5	F	Mona Shores (MI)	Calvin
Matthew Elderkin	6-6	F	Calvin Christian (MI) / GVSU transfer	Calvin
Owen Vander Waal	6-7	F	Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)	Calvin
Marc Gamble	6-8	F	Timothy Christian Elmhurst (IL)	Calvin
Luke Tubergen	6-9	C	Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)	Calvin
Brody Willick	5-11	G	Kenowa Hills (MI)	Hope
Ayden Ayers	6-2	G	Spring Lake (MI)	Hope
Kaden Grau	6-4	G	Westview Topeka (IN)	Hope
Ben Uhde	6-4	G	Johns Creek (GA)	Hope
Johnny Lake	6-6	F	Battle Creek Pennfield (MI)	Hope
Ben Mehendale	6-8	F/C	Brecksville Broadview Heights (OH)	Hope
Dylan Gross	5-9	PG	Rockford (MI)	Kalamazoo
Truman Brennan	5-10	G	Paw Paw (MI)	Kalamazoo
Marvin Moore	6-0	G	Muskegon Reeths-Puffer (MI)	Kalamazoo
Jordan Harrison	6-1	G	Ann Arbor Pioneer (MI)	Kalamazoo
Andrew Caldwell	6-4	G	Flint Powers (MI)	Kalamazoo
Brennan Elling	6-5	F	Oxford (MI)	Kalamazoo
Brayden Lee	6-6	F	Dakota (MI)	Kalamazoo
				Olivet
Charles Cunningham	5-10	G	Springfield (OH)	Trine
Jackson Kohler	6-0	G	Yale (MI)	Trine
Drake Ahrens	6-3	G	Versailles (OH)	Trine
Cassius Bont	6-3	G	Byron Center (MI)	Trine
Jack Leppelmeier	6-3	G	Pettisville (OH)	Trine
Jake Holcomb	6-5	F	Holland Christian (MI)	Trine
Brogan McNiece	6-5	F	Ft Wayne Homestead (IN)	Trine
Connor Stevens	6-5	F	Concord (MI)	Trine
Jaron Witcher	6-6	F	Sylvania Southview (OH)	Trine
Caleb Claerbaut	6-7	F	Zeeland East (MI)	Trine
Alex Lake	6-7	F	Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (IN)	Trine
Drew Matelic	6-7	F	Speedway (IN)	Trine

Quote from: goodknight on April 30, 2026, 11:18:04 PMMatthew Elderkin, an athletic 6-6 wing who prepped at Calvin Christian, will transfer from D2 GVSU to Calvin this fall with three years of eligibility.

Interesting sirname - isn't that what all your relatives call you GK, or maybe that's OK   

Recruit/transfer list UPDATE:
Total - 42
6-5 or > - 18
< 6-0 - 4

By Home State            By Position
MI - 33 - 0.786            PG - 4 - 0.095
IN - 4 - 0.095            G - 16 - 0.381
OH - 3 - 0.071            G/F - 2 - 0.048
GA - 1 - 0.024            F - 17 - 0.405
IL - 1 - 0.024            F/C - 2 - 0.048
.....................            C - 1 - 0.024

Player	Height	Position	High School	College
				Adrian
Jacob Figaro	6-2	F	Cass Tech (MI)	Albion
Henry Peck	6-3	G	East Lansing (MI)	Albion
Deandre Dann	6-4	F	Loyola - Detroit (MI)	Albion
Brayden Holok	6-4	G/F	Stevensville-Lakeshore (MI)	Albion
Darius Aldrich	6-5	F/C	Durand (MI)	Albion
Adam Dugener	6-0	PG	North Muskegon (MI)	Alma
Georyeon Cannon	6-3	G	Grand Blanc (MI)	Alma
Connor Fierstine	6-3	F	Marquette (MI)	Alma
Parker Sundman	6-4	G	Hartland (MI)	Alma
Dalton Dudas	6-7	F	South Lyon East (MI)	Alma
Titus Spencer	5-11	PG	Holland Christian (MI)	Calvin
Jonny Ingalls	6-0	PG	St Ignace (MI) / Northern Michigan transfer	Calvin
Will Plummer	6-1	G	Grand Haven (MI)	Calvin
Kyler Berghuis	6-2	G	Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)	Calvin
Jack Kamminga	6-4	G/F	Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)	Calvin
Cole Charter	6-5	G	Clarkston (MI)	Calvin
Milo Barangan	6-5	F	Mona Shores (MI)	Calvin
Owen Vander Waal	6-7	F	Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)	Calvin
Marc Gamble	6-8	F	Timothy Christian Elmhurst (IL)	Calvin
Luke Tubergen	6-9	C	Hudsonville Unity Christian (MI)	Calvin
Brody Willick	5-11	G	Kenowa Hills (MI)	Hope
Ayden Ayers	6-2	G	Spring Lake (MI)	Hope
Kaden Grau	6-4	G	Westview Topeka (IN)	Hope
Ben Uhde	6-4	G	Johns Creek (GA)	Hope
Johnny Lake	6-6	F	Battle Creek Pennfield (MI)	Hope
Ben Mehendale	6-8	F/C	Brecksville Broadview Heights (OH)	Hope
Dylan Gross	5-9	PG	Rockford (MI)	Kalamazoo
Marvin Moore	6-0	G	Muskegon Reeths-Puffer (MI)	Kalamazoo
Jordan Harrison	6-1	G	Ann Arbor Pioneer (MI)	Kalamazoo
Andrew Caldwell	6-4	G	Flint Powers (MI)	Kalamazoo
Brennan Elling	6-5	F	Oxford (MI)	Kalamazoo
Brayden Lee	6-6	F	Dakota (MI)	Kalamazoo
				Olivet
Charles Cunningham	5-10	G	Springfield (OH)	Trine
Jackson Kohler	6-0	G	Yale (MI)	Trine
Cassius Bont	6-3	G	Byron Center (MI)	Trine
Jake Holcomb	6-5	F	Holland Christian (MI)	Trine
Brogan McNiece	6-5	F	Ft Wayne Homestead (IN)	Trine
Connor Stevens	6-5	F	Concord (MI)	Trine
Jaron Witcher	6-6	F	Sylvania Southview (OH)	Trine
Caleb Claerbaut	6-7	F	Zeeland East (MI)	Trine
Alex Lake	6-7	F	Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (IN)	Trine
Drew Matelic	6-7	F	Speedway (IN)	Trine

Here's a link to the Adrian press release:

https://adrianbulldogs.com/news/2026/4/21/jamison-webster-16-named-head-coach-of-adrian-college-mens-basketball.aspx

UPDATE:  There are 60 "eligible" All Region Players. Of the known players in the transfer portal, 16 of them are All Region. 4 are POY in their region (and AA as well), 11 are 1st team, 3 are 2nd team, and 2 are 3rd team.