Transfers/Seniors with Remaining Eligibility

[nescac1]

Fletcher Bigham to Coastal Carolina - that's (at least) the 15th D3 to D1 transfer. 

Edit - oh and another one, Southwestern's Aedan Lewis transfers to D1 South Alabama.  So make it 16!

[el_jefe_90]

Not sure if mentioned, but Roman Richards from UW-Eau Claire is staying put

[el_jefe_90]

I'm always curious about NESCAC players who have eligibility left but can't use it at their current school as they don't have graduate programs.

After a little internet dive, I found out that Williams' Alex Lee is/was looking for a post-grad year somewhere. He visited Johns Hopkins during the winter season. Would be great to see him play one more year after his senior season was ended due to injury. A shame. Well on his way to becoming a 1,000 point scorer for Williams.

For Jackson Cormier, I haven't seen any update regarding if he is thinking of heading somewhere.

[Greek Tragedy]

I'm always curious about NESCAC players who have eligibility left but can't use it at their current school as they don't have graduate programs.

I've asked this before, but I don't remember what the answer was or if it was definitive...

What's stopping a student from coming back for another year and just earning another undergraduate degree? I mean, if I go to school for a business administration degree, why can't I come back for another year and add a marketing degree or minor in marketing? Sure, there aren't graduate programs at "School A" but there's got to be other degrees I can obtain, right?

I vaguely remember a story on a Whitewater graduate who went to the school for about 10 years and earned 6 degrees, or something like that.

[nescac1]

I've heard Alex Lee is headed to Carnegie Mellon for a grad year, but have not seen any confirmation of that.  His fluke injury, as clearly the best and the only very experienced ball-handling guard for the Ephs, really was brutal for him and the team this year and I expect him to make a big impact for any D3 team.

I've not heard that Cormier is seeking a fifth year elsewhere, but I have no insight either way. 

NESCAC schools do not offer an option to any student to earn a second degree.  Players who end up playing a fifth year due to injury in any sport (and it happens routinely) end up taking a semester or an entire year off to accommodate that. 

[Greek Tragedy]

That last paragraph seems odd. You aren't allowed a 2nd degree, but if you play a 5th year, you have to sit out a year of school? Ok...

[nescac1]

Not sure why it's odd - the NESCAC model is liberal arts schools, that's why they are grouped together in a conference.  The only degree that give out (for the most part) is a B.A., so there is no second degree available to even give.  But there are plenty of people at all these schools who end up taking 5 (or even occasionally six) years to finish, having to take time off from school for one reason or another.  They just don't take classes when they are taking a semester or a year off.  It's no different for athletes. 

[Patrick Coleman]

That last paragraph seems odd. You aren't allowed a 2nd degree, but if you play a 5th year, you have to sit out a year of school? Ok...

You sit out the year or semester to preserve a year or semester of eligibility. It's not unusual.

[el_jefe_90]

Looks like Quentin Pridgen was heading back to Clark until HC Tyler Simms left for Bucknell. He has re-entered the portal

[el_jefe_90]

Alex McCleery Brown heading to NYU. Big get for the Violets

Post was edited to actually spell his name correctly. Whoops!

[el_jefe_90]

I hear that Amr Areikat is attending Johns Hopkins University. No confirmation if he is playing basketball though.

[nescac1]

NYU has a monster incoming class.  The two FY recruits I've seen are definitely both very likely to be big-time players, plus there is the usual bunch of major impact transfers.  Despite massive losses to graduation, I expect that they will once again be a national contender, especially in light of who the other top UAA teams have departing. 

[y_jack_lok]

I hear that Amr Areikat is attending Johns Hopkins University. No confirmation if he is playing basketball though.

I saw that as well. In the podcast I watched he indicated a desire to play another year, so I suspect we will see him on the Hopkins roster when it is posted. He will be a solid addition to their team.

[nescac1]

Latest Updates Included ... now up to at least 17 D3 to D1 transfers ...

Transferring outside of D3 (D1 unless noted):

Eric Ahlers, Husson (one year) to Hawaii Pacific (D2)
Octavio Alexander, Penn College (one or two years) to Jarvis Christian (NAIA)
Fletcher Bigham, Sewanee (one year) to Coastal Carolina
Riley Brooks, Carthage (one year) to Charleston Southern
Jadon Burgess, Mary Washington (one year) to Missouri S&T (D2)
Nick Burke, Bethel (one year) to Concordia (MN) (D2)
Chance Casenhiser, Mount Union (two years) to Eckerd (D2)
Dan Civello, Colby (two years) to Dartmouth
Noah Cleveland, IWU (three years) to Illinois State
Ray Cuevas, Bowdoin (two years) to Brown
Ashton Davis, Southern Virginia (three years) to Georgia College & State (D2)
Luke Ellspermann, Wabash (three years) to Evansville
Dorian Glogovac, CalTech (three years) to Penn
Kabrien Goss, Montclair (two years) to Fairmont State (D2)
Connor Heald, Husson (two years) to Oklahoma Christian (D2)
Parker Hovey, Hope (one year) to Indiana Wesleyan (NAIA)
Tray Huguley, MUW (two years) to Talladega College (NAIA)
Shay John, Clark (two years) to Buffalo
Andre Klaver, Augustanta (three years) to Vincennes (JUCO)
James Lafrance, Conn College (two years) to University of Tampa (D2)
Raphael Laurent, UMass Boston (two years) to Central Connecticut
Aedan Lewis, Southwestern (two years) to South Alabama
Bristol Lewis, Platteville (one year) to Northern Michigan (D2)
Jamison Lynam, Arcadia (two years) to Lasalle
Santana Lynch, HSC (two years) to Lamar
Tyler Mallory, Huntington College (one year) to University of Montevallo (D2)
Connor May, Wash U (two years) to Yale
Raheim Orleans, Salem State (three years) to Daytona State (NJCAA)
Jalen Overway, Calvin (one year) to Wisconsin Green-Bay
Cameron Perkins, UMass-Boston (three years) to Southern Ct. State (D2)
Kenneth Rogers, Westfield State (two years) to Coker (D2)
Reph Stevenson, DePauw (one year) to South Florida
Deshaun Vaden, Mount Union (two years) to Cincinnati
Josiah Wright, Conn College (three years) to D'Youville (D2)
Alex Zakheim, Brandeis (two years) to Boston University


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

Nikolas Avaliani, Sewanee (three years)
Zay Brown, Monmouth (two years)
DJ Harrell, Westminster (one year)
Silvano Ismail, St. Joe's (ME) (two years)
Joe Okla, Worcester State (three years)
Dylan Watson, Conn College (one year)


In the transfer portal (the rest)

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)
Isaiah Carr, Eastern Mennonite (two years)
Kamerin Carter, Blackburn (one year)
Emmanuel Domingo, Desales (two years)
Sam Ferge, UW-Lacrosse (two years)
Jai Guerra-Howard, Marietta (two years)
Israel Hall, Piedmont (one year)
Edward Harrison, Conn College (two years)
Corwin Holland, Penn State Brandywine (two years)
Jackson Huxtable, Rhodes (two years)
PJ Johnson, Conn College (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)
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)
Mikhali Roberts, Principia (one year)
Max Robertson, Manchester (two years)
Daniel Robinson, Bellhaven (two years)
Eyal Shamri, Ozarks (three years)
Bryce Shoto, Illinois Tech (three years)
Kyren Smith, Bridgewater College (two years)
Kalib Thomas, Centre (one year)
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)
Tajh Williams, Warren Wilson (one year)


Transferring to D3 schools:

Amr Areikat, RMC to JHU (one year)
Moussa Berete, Dean to Plymouth State (one year)
Bohdan Biekietov, F&M to Amherst (three years)
Lucus Brown, D'Youville (D2) to Cornell (IA)
Luke Brown, American (D1) to NYU (three years)
Matthew Cadogan, Brandeis to NYU (one year)
Kamerin Carter, Blackburn to MUW (one year)
Chianti Clay, Sul Ross State (D2) to Rivier (one year)
Shane Crissman, East Stroudsburg (D2) to UMW (three years)
Matthew Elderkin, Grand Valley State University (D2) to Calvin (three years)
Jackson Hayes, Winona State (D2) to Lacrosse
Kaelem Haskins, SUNY Morrisville to St. John Fisher (two years)
Rony Hogarth, Mary Baldwin to Mount Union (two years)
Colin Huang, Coast Guard to Ithaca (three years)
Max Hurray, West Liberty (D2) to Roanoke (two years)
Jonny Ingalls, Northern Michigan (D2) to Calvin (three years)
Paul Ippolito, Trinity CT to Redlands (one year)
Aiden Johnson, University of Jamestown (D2) to University of Wisconsin-Stout (D3) (three years)
Tristan Joseph, Middlebury to NYU (two years)
Chris Ketchum, Millikin to Elmhurst (two years)
Trey Kleitz, Roberts Wesleyan to Houghton (one year)
Nasir Luna, Occidental to Johns Hopkins (two years)
Alex McCleery Brown, Occidental to NYU (two years)
Ben Miller, Hartford to Colby (three years)
Connor O'Leary, Assumption (D2) to Trinity (three years)
Parker Renault, Piedmont to HSC (three years)
Darrius Welch, Adrian to Trine (one year)
Carter Wesson, Montevallo (D2) to HSC (two years)
Jude Wilkins, Elmira to Crown (one year)
Jake Willems, Augustana to Loras (two years)
Leo Vlogianitis, Pace (D2) to Ithaca (three years)
Quron Zene, Conn College to RIC (one year)


Playing a fifth year at current school:


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

Jackson Cormier, Wesleyan (injury) (one year)
Tanti Felli, Johns Hopkins (injury) (one year)
Alex Lee, Williams (injury) (one year)

[Ralph Turner]

I saw this and thought...

Dorian Glogovac, CalTech (three years) to Penn.

Is he transferring to the basketball team or to the Wharton School of Business?