Transfers/Seniors with Remaining Eligibility

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In this day and age, some of these guys will be able to find more than just their education paid for.

[D3BBALL]

Good for anyone if they want to try and get to the next level, but for most it doesn't work out and they become little fish in big oceans.
 
You win a national championship, and you have everyone coming back and you leave??? Go try and do it again.

Robinson is elite in D3, but he will not be at the next level. There will be too many players that are just as strong and mostly as quick or quicker and taller.  Won't be the same for him.

Have to respect Vetter, Okorougo, Lazarre for sticking around and trying to repeat, and they came very close.

Overway is going to have issues at the next level, another player IMO who is not suited for D1 even at Mid or lower levels. Those bigs are going to be quicker and stronger and just way more athletic than he is.

If you can get your education paid for, why not leave?

Sure, that is a way to look at it and maybe the right way. How many are already getting some or all of their education paid for. I am not sure most are looking for just the education part.

[nescac1]

Another key UMW player, Jaden Burgess, enters the portal.  That and other updates included:

Transferring up from D3:

Ray Cuevas, Bowdoin (two years) to Brown


In the transfer portal (top-tier transfers, the majority will end up on D2/D1 scholarship):

Nikolas Avaliani, Sewanee (three years)
Fletcher Bigham, Sewanee (one year)
Riley Brooks, Carthage (one year)
Zay Brown, Monmouth (two years)
Chance Casenhiser, Mount Union (two years)
Dan Civello, Colby (two years)
Noah Cleveland, Illinois Wesleyan (three years)
Ashton Davis, Southern Virginia (three years)
Luke Ellspermann, Wabash (three years)
Kabrien Goss, Montclair (two years)
Dorian Glogovac, CalTech (three years)
Sam Grieger, Lacrosse (one year)
Parker Hovey, Hope (one year)
Tray Huguley, MUW (two years)
Shay John, Clark (two years)
Andre Klaver, Augustanta (three years)
James Lafrance, Conn College (two years)
Raphael Laurent, UMass Boston (two years)
Nasir Luna, Occidental (two years)
Santana Lynch, HSC (two years)
Tyler Mallory, Huntington College (one year)
Alex McCleery Brown, Occidental (two years)
Joe Okla, Worcester State (three years)
Raheim Orleans, Salem State (three years)
Jalen Overway, Calvin (one year)
Cameron Perkins, UMass-Boston (three years, including an injury year)
Kye Robinson, Mary Washington (two years)
Kenneth Rogers, Westfield State (two years)
Dylan Watson, Conn College (one year)
Darrius Welch, Adrian (one year)
Jevon Yarbrough, Hood (one year)
Alex Zakheim, Brandeis (two years)


In the transfer portal (the rest)

Octavio Alexander, Penn College (one or two years)
Alex Andrews, Bethany (one year)
Jack Banks, Maine Maritime (one year)
Terrion Benson, Colorado College (three years)
Moussa Berete, Dean College (one year)
Tugg Bizzelle, HSC (two years)
Aaron Brooks, Eastern Mennonite (one year)
Jahmir Brown, Bridgewater College (one year)
Noah Brumfield, Wheaton (IL) (one year)
Jadon Burgess, Mary Washington (one year)
Matthew Cadogan, Brandeis (one year)
Isaiah Carr, Eastern Mennonite (two years)
Kamerin Carter, Blackburn (one year)
Sam Ferge, UW-Lacrosse (two years)
Roel Figueroa, St. Joseph's CT) (two years)
Jai Guerra-Howard, Marietta (two years)
Israel Hall, Piedmont (one year)
Kaelem Haskins, SUNY Morrisville (two years)
Jai Guerra-Howard, Marietta (two years)
Drew Hamilton, Maine Maritime (three years)
Kaelem Haskins, SUNY-Morrisville (two years)
Connor Heald, Husson (two years)
Corwin Holland, Penn State Brandywine (two years)
Dynell Jones, Bellhaven (one year)
Emmanuel Karkari-Mensah, Elmira College (two years)
Shaun Kelley, Augustana (one year)
Liech Kong, Goucher (two years)
Caleb Laurich, Mount Union (one year)
Ty Lenhardt, Illinois College (one year)
Bristol Lewis, Platteville (one year)
Jamison Lynam, Arcadia (two years)
Devin McCaine, MUW (one year)
Andrew McCauley, Husson (two years)
AJ McClary, Marymount (VA) (two years)
Wesley McIntyre, VT State-Lyndon (one year)
Alec Mercer, Elmira College (two years)
DJ Miller, Ozarks (one year)
Bryan Moussako, NYU (one year)
Miles Parra, NWU (three years)
Aaron Pensel, Maine Maritime (three years)
Cam Pownall, Brockport (two years)
Quentin Pridgen, Clark (one year)
Tommy Reddick, Earlham (two years)
Roman Richards, UW-Eau Claire (three years)
Mikhali Roberts, Principia (one year)
Max Robertson, Manchester (two years)
Daniel Robinson, Bellhaven (two years)
Bryce Shoto, Illinois Tech (three years)
Troy Tinch, Mount Aloysius (one year)
Giulio Volonte, Emerson (one year)
Zein Wahdan, WNEC (two years)
Nolan Waldon, Washington College (two years)
Jamel Walker, Salem State (three years)
Colbie West, Lyon (one year)
Jude Wilkins, Elmira (one year)
Jake Willems, Augustana (two years)
Tajh Williams, Warren Wilson (one year)
Josiah Wright, Conn College (three years)


Transferring to D3 schools:

Chianti Clay, Sul Ross State (D2) to Rivier (one year)
Max Hurray, West Liberty (D2) to Roanoke (two years)
Chris Ketchum, Millikin to Elmhurst (two years)
Trey Kleitz, Roberts Wesleyan to Houghton (one year)
Ben Miller, Hartford to Colby (three years)
Parker Renault, Piedmont to HSC (three years)


Playing a fifth year at current school:


Seniors / grad students of note with (I believe) remaining eligibility:

Jackson Cormier, Wesleyan (injury) (one year)
Alex Lee, Williams (injury) (one year)

BTW, per an online source, there are over 800 (and counting) D3 guys in the portal, so this represents only a small fraction of the guys who are at least testing the waters.  I assume, of course, that the vast majority end up returning to their current teams, and maybe the guys who are going more public with it are likely to be the most interested in actually transferring? 

[nescac1]

First incoming-to-D3 transfer of real note I've seen so far: Max Hurray, who was a rotation player at very high-level D2 program West Liberty, transferring to Roanoke.  He was an all-state player in PA who had at least one D1 offer out of H.S.  Added to Roanoke's returning core, including likely pre-season all-American Jackson Bell and two other starters, I would expect them to be a pre-season top 10 team next year. 

[Patrick Coleman]

Mary Washington is UMW -- since we have a UMW and an MUW, it would be helpful to keep them straight.

UT-Dallas is Division II these days.

[stlawus]

So I'm assuming schools can allow transfer application deadline waivers on a case by case basis as it relates to portal players?  Because most private schools had their transfer application deadline the middle of March, and a lot of these schools are pursuing and getting transfers.

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

I was told by numerous coaches that there's no school where the application deadline applies to athletes anymore, not even the Ivies.

[el_jefe_90]

Saw online Sophomore Emmanuel Domingo from DeSales is in the portal. 7.1ppg and 3.4rpg in 26 games with 10 starts. Nearly 60% shooting.

[GusD]

I was told by numerous coaches that there's no school where the application deadline applies to athletes anymore, not even the Ivies.

As Ryan states, with regard to athletics, this is easily believable. In fact, I'd bet there are many schools at which this was the (often unwritten) case even before the advent of the now infamous Transfer Portal and NIL era.

[D3BBALL]

NESCAC1, I would never have guessed 800 in the portal for D3. That is almost 2 per team entering the portal. But if that's the case, my guess 400 of those are not even playing basketball next year.

[el_jefe_90]

Also just saw 2025 GNAC Rookie of the Year Silvano Ismail is in the portal. From St Joes Maine. Huge first year production. Looks like an injury plagued sophomore year. Still could be a great grab if another school picks him up.