Valley Recruits

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Valpo also got a commitment from another 2023 kid- Cooper Schwieger, a 6'9" forward from Overland Park, Kansas.
https://www.valpoathletics.com/mbask...per-schwieger/

Interesting articles about new Valparaiso head coach Roger Powell's latest recruit, Cooper Schwieger-

https://www.valleyhoopsinsider.com/link-to-valpo/

http://www.valpoathletics.com/mbasketball/news/2022-23/22156/valpo-mens-basketball-welcomes-cooper-schwieger/

Cooper Schwieger is one of 8 new recruits for Powell, who says he is similar to Gonzaga consensus 3-time All American big man Drew Timme, and former Valpo All American Alec Peters.
Powell is very familiar with them since he coached Timme as an assistant coach at Gonzaga, and he recruited and coached Peters as an assistant at Valparaiso under Bryce Drew. (2011-16) Valpo assistant coach Matt Gordon, who coached Cameron Krutwig at Loyola, and spent a couple years on Porter Moser's staff at Oklahoma, has said Schwieger resembles Krutwig.
Those are lofty comparisons. Schwieger did not have any college offers out of high school in 2022, and after finishing a prep year at Link Year Prep, the national champion prep school program, it is reported that the Valparaiso offer is "Schwieger's first and only Division I offer" when he committed last week.

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Valparaiso gets a commitment from 2023 Kaspar Sepp, a 6'7" forward from Estonia, where he played on their Under-20 national team.
https://twitter.com/Kasparsepp21/sta...59004402352129
https://www.ncsasports.org/mens-bask...my/kaspar-sepp
https://www.proballers.com/basketbal...46/kaspar-sepp

Valpo also got a commitment from another 2023 kid- Cooper Schwieger, a 6'9" forward from Overland Park, Kansas.
https://www.valpoathletics.com/mbask...per-schwieger/

And more information on Lual Manyang, another recruit by new Valpo coach Roger Powell a couple weeks ago. He is a 6'10" center, and a transfer from Hofstra-
https://www.valpoathletics.com/mbask...tball-program/
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...182#post511182

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SIU gets a late commitment for 2023 from the transfer portal-
Jovan Stulic- a 6'6" guard, originally from Serbia, who graduated from high school in Naples, Florida. He spent 4 years playing for Little Rock (2019-2023).
As a part-time starter, he averaged 5.5 ppg his freshman year, 1.8 ppg his sophomore year, 7.8 ppg his junior year, and just 0.5 ppg his senior year.
He played in 4 games this past season, then suffered a foot injury and missed the rest of the season. So if he is granted a redshirt for this past season, he could have 2 years of eligibility left.
Bio- https://lrtrojans.com/sports/mens-ba...an-stulic/7106
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...8/jovan-stulic

https://siusalukis.com/news/2023/6/5/mens-basketball-saluki-basketball-adds-transfer-guard-jovan-stulic.aspx

[Da Coach]

Drake lands another portal transfer - Carlos Rosario- a 6'7", 180 lb forward from Washington State committed to Drake last night over offers from Oral Roberts and Toledo. He was a highly touted 2020 recruit from the Dominican Republic, and is a graduate of Veritas Prep School. He played in only 7 games his freshman season (2020-21) due to a shoulder injury, averaging 0.3 ppg and 0.6 rpg in those 7 games. Then he missed his entire sophomore season (2021-22) due to more shouder issues, and redshirted. In 2022-23, he played in 22 games, and averaged 10 minutes per game, and averaged 2.2 ppg and 1.5 rpg. He shot 42.5% overall, 31.3% from three, and 52.6% on free throws.
He would potentially have 3 years of eligibility left, including the extra Covid year.
Bio- https://wsucougars.com/sports/mens-b...-rosario/12045
Career stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...carlos-rosario
Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsNdLakC1es


2023 MVC Commitments-
Belmont- Win Miller, Brigham Rogers, Sam Orme, Drew Scharnowski, Malik Dia, Will Shaver (decommitted), Jayce Willingham
Bradley- Demarion Burch, Almar Atlason, Trey Pettigrew, Kyle Thomas, Emarion Ellis
Drake- Chico Johnson, Kevin Overton, Ethan Roberts, Patrick Bath, Atin Wright, Kyron Gibson, Carlos Rosario, Bennett Fried (walk-on)
Evansville- Michael Day, Braylon Jackson, Tanner Cuff, Chuck Bailey, Tyler Myers (walk-on), Weston Aigner (walk-on), Cameron Haffner, Ben Humrichous, Dakota Candler (walk-on), Josh Hughes, Antonio Thomas, Guilherme Tesch
Illinois State- Johnny Kinziger, Chase Walker, Ty Pence, Dalton Banks, Brandon Lieb, Ty Blake (walk-on), Jordan Davis, Myles Foster
Indiana State- Camron Manyawu (decommitted), Eli Shetler, Jayden Daughertry, Derek Vorst, Isaiah Swope, Aaron Gray, Jake Wolf, Ryan Conwell, Cooper Bean. Augustinas Kiudulas
Missouri State- Nick Kramer, Cesare Edwards, Nick Ellington, Davion Hill
Murray State- John McCrear, Lawrent Rice, Shawn Walker, Jr., Alden Applewhite
UNI- R.J. Taylor, Kyle Pock, Wesley Rubin, Jacob Hutson
SIU- Kennard Davis, Trey Miller, Jarrett Hensley, Sheridan Sharp, Jovan Stulic
UIC- Ethan Pickett, Andrew King, Isaiah Rivera, Marquise Kennedy, Grant Welch (walk-on)
Valparaiso- Zane Doughty (decommitted), Jahari Williamson, Yanis Bamba, Ola Ajiboye, Isaiah Stafford, Jaxon Edwards, Lual Manyang, Cooper Schwieger, Kaspar Sepp, Lucas Scroggins

2024 Commitments-
Northern Iowa- Redek Born
Valparaiso- Justus McNair, Ibrahim Diakite

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Evansville fills their last scholarship- 6-8 Brazilian kid from IMG in Florida
https://twitter.com/AMFKristensen/st...98050387374088

12 new players

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New Missouri State commit Davion Hill-
https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/college/msu/2023/05/17/davion-hill-missouri-state-basketball-alize-johnson-brother-commit/70229174007/

He had offers from Kent State and Towson-

https://verbalcommits.com/players/davion-hill

He plays at a small private high school, which includes grades 6 through 12-

https://www.sjnra.org/

It appears the enrollment, including grades 6 through 12, is only 132 students

https://www.privateschoolreview.com/st-john-neumann-high-school-profile

Article about Davion Hills-

https://fox56.com/sports/content/hill-leading-knights

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Missouri State land the brother of their former star Alize Johnson

6-2 shooting guard Davion Hill completes their recruiting class.

avg 34 ppg in high school ! Sounds like he could be a stud.

https://twitter.com/WyattWheeler_NL/status/1658923532254867456

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Valparaiso head coach Roger Powell gets a commitment from 2024 SG Justus McNair of Joliet West HS.
https://twitter.com/scottybscout/sta...20442830151680

https://verbalcommits.com/players/justus-mcnair

Roger Powell is a graduate of Joliet West HS.

They got this guy, too
Lual Manyang, 6'10" transfer from Hofstra, redshirted his only year there.

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Valparaiso head coach Roger Powell gets a commitment from 2024 SG Justus McNair of Joliet West HS.

https://twitter.com/scottybscout/status/1658620442830151680

https://verbalcommits.com/players/justus-mcnair

Roger Powell is a graduate of Joliet West HS.

[KillerB]

SIU gets HS commit from Indianapolis - Sheridan Sharp

[KillerB]

This tweet summed it up best for me:

I'm told they thing he is a fierce defender.. that sounds like a Mullins player..

[tomahawk chop]

Thanks.

Cooper Bean is a 6'4" guard from Noblesville, IN
https://twitter.com/cooperbean7/stat...42331047387142

He is no Cooper Neise

[PhiAlphaBoy]

Jarrett Hensley commits to SIU
https://twitter.com/hoops_mvc/status...06309797945345

This tweet summed it up best for me:

1.8 PPG in 3 years at Cincinnati. Big get!

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Here is more about Jarrett Hensley, who just entered the transfer portal yesterday...
He is from U. of Cincinnati. He is a 6'8" junior forward originally from Leavenworth High School (Kansas), and he did a prep year at Link Prep in Branson, MO, where he was rated as a top 150 recruit. He spent one season at North Carolina-Greensboro where he didn't play much and averaged only 1.8 ppg. He transferred to Cincinnati when his coach at UNCG, Wes Miller, took the Cincinnati coaching job, and played the last 2 seasons there, averaging 1.5 ppg in 2021-22 and 2.0 ppg in 2022-23. His 3-point percentage in his 3 college seasons has never been better than 18%. He would only have 1 more season of eligibility left.
Bio- https://gobearcats.com/sports/mens-b...-hensley/10913
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...arrett-hensley

Jarrett Hensley commits to SIU
https://twitter.com/hoops_mvc/status...06309797945345

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Belmont gets a commitment from Jayce Willingham, a 6'5" redshirt senior guard at Lee University, a Division II school in Cleveland, Tennesee.
This past season he averaged 16.0 ppg, 4.1 rpg, and he shot 49.0% overall, and 30.7% from three. He has just one season of eligibility left for his Covid year.

https://twitter.com/willinghamJ34/status/1656779865188646912

Bio/stats- https://leeuflames.com/sports/mens-b...illingham/3676