Valley Recruits

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A couple recent MVC commitments-
Valparaiso gets a commitment from 3-star 2025 J.T. Pettigrew of Bolingbrook (IL) High School. He is the younger brother of Trey Pettigrew, who transferred to Bradley from Nevada last year, but left the team before playing in any games.
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/jt-pettigrew

Indiana State got a commitment today from 2025 Martin Kaupanger, a 6'5" shooting guard from Gig Harbor, Washington
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/martin-kaupanger
>> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NtOHJXqmBcw
>> https://x.com/martinkaupanger/status...06848522264712

And Bradley just received a verbal commitment from 2025 Montana Wheeler, a 5'8" point guard from Houston Christian HS - https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...ler#post521648

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First of a 3-part series by Harry Schroeder of ValleyHoopsInsider.com-
Valley schools' success in the portal - https://www.valleyhoopsinsider.com/s...al-and-beyond/

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Several MVC commitments in the past couple days-

UIC gets a commitment from:
2025 Rashund Washington, Jr., a 6'5" SG from Dublin, Georgia. He is a senior at Augusta Christian Schools in Martinez, GA.
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/rashund-washington-jr

Illinois State gets 3 commitments for 2025:
2025 Nick Allen- 6'11" center from Bradley-Bourbonnaise HS.
>> https://x.com/_Nick_Allen_/status/1828168077680538065
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/nick-allen
>> https://247sports.com/player/nick-allen-46143780/
Bradley had been recruiting Allen, and offered him-
>> https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...317#post512317
>> https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...997#post520997

Also 2025 Tyreek Coleman- 6'2" guard at Waubonsee Valley High School in Aurora, IL.
>> https://x.com/TyreekColeman/status/1828168680254927135
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/tyreek-coleman

And 2025 Isaac Ericksen- 6'9" guard at Green Level High School in Cary, North Carolina.
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/isaac-ericksen
>> https://x.com/EricksenIsaac/status/1828168130750828857
>> https://x.com/JeffreyBendel_/status/1828185858106613919
>> https://x.com/EricksenIsaac/status/1790562756837446062

Nice haul by ISU.

2025 MVC commitments-
Belmont- none
Bradley- Matt Zobrist, Montana Wheeler
Drake- Tate Sage
Evansville- Bryce Quinet
INSU- Kingston Land, Martin Kaupanger
ILSU- Nick Allen, Isaac Ericksen, Tyreek Coleman, Mason Klebo
Missouri State- who cares?
Murray State- Kaden Rickard, Trey Simpson
SIU- Luke Walsh
UIC- Rashund Coleman, Andy Johnson, Nano Barrantes
UNI- Jalen Wilson, Geon Hutchins, Trevin Jirak
Valparaiso- J.T. Pettigrew

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* Bryce Quinet is a 2025 recruit for Evansville - https://verbalcommits.com/players/bryce-quinet
Nice recruit for UE. But I'm surprised that for a 3-star recruit, his list of offers seems slightly underwhelming.
Article- https://www.arizonapreps.com/bryce-q...-to-5-schools/

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Here is one more 2024 Valley recruit from a few days ago...
New Drake head coach Ben McCollum has landed another one of his former players at Division II Northwest Missouri State.
Mitch Mascari becomes the 4th former Northwest Missouri State player to transfer to Drake, joining teammates Bennett Stirtz, Daniel Abreu, and Isaiah Jackson,
He is a 6'5" shooting guard from Geneva, Illinois. He redshirted his first season at NMSU, then played the last 4 seasons there, becoming a starter the last 2 seasons. He is transferring to Drake to play his Covid year, which will be his 6th year in college. He was never a high scorer for NMSU, but was a valuable player because of his 3-point accuracy.
>> https://westerniowatoday.com/2024/06...etball-season/
Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=322uPO79b1k

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A few more commits this week-
SIU gets a commitment from transfer Elijah Elliott- 6'1" junior point guard who transferred from Univ. of Texas-Rio Grand Valley. He averaged 16.6 ppg and 3.0 apg last season at UTRGV, but he is just a 23% three point shooter for his career. SIU will be his 4th college in 4 years. He played one season at Oklahoma Christian (D2), then one at Mount St. Mary, then last year at UTRGV, and now SIU.- https://siusalukis.com/news/2024/6/1...elijah-elliott
Bio- https://goutrgv.com/sports/mens-bask...h-elliott/8992
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...elijah-elliott

UIC gets a commitment transfer Koby Jeffries- a 6'3" guard from UT-Martin. He played one season at Utah, then the last 3 seasons at UT-Martin. He has one season of eligibility left for his Covid year. He averaged 4.5 ppg last year, mostly off the bench at UTM. He is a 20.9% shooter from three.
Bio- https://utmsports.com/sports/mens-ba...-jeffries/4761
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../koby-jeffries

UIC also gets a commitment from 17 year old Iker Garmendia- 6'8" forward from Club Joventut in Spain. He averaged 15 ppg for his team in Spain that competed in a Under-18 league.
>> https://x.com/VerbalCommits/status/1800585685734408490
>> https://basketball.eurobasket.com/pl...rmendia/651028

Northern Iowa signed 2025 Geon Hutchins- he is a 6'4" junior guard at Oak Park HS in Oak Park, Minnesota.
>> https://ny2lamichigan.com/article_on...articleid=6059
>> https://247sports.com/Player/Geon-Hutchins-46142682/

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SIU lands one more juco transfer- https://x.com/CoachCodyHop/status/1799582595862446218

Antwaun Massey is a 6'8" forward from New Mexico Junior College. He averaged 10.9 ppg and 6.5 rpg as a sophomore.
Stats- https://www.nmjcthunderbirds.com/spo...y_antwaun_jaoa

Verbalcommits.com reports other offers from Eastern Illinois, Cal State Bakersfield, and Grambling - https://verbalcommits.com/players/antwaun-massey

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Northern Iowa lands a 2025 recruit- 6'7" forward Jalen Wilson
>> https://x.com/realColeBair/status/1799536466080494018
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/jalen-wilson2
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhWm2xU7Seg

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...new names Bradley has begun recruiting recently-
2024 Chiang Ring- 6'8" forward at Park Center Senior High School in Minneapolis, MN.
>>https://verbalcommits.com/players/chiang-ring
>>https://minnesotapreps.rivals.com/ne...mpionship-win-
>>https://twitter.com/MREZsports/statu...14227494354944
>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm8herNvVUM
Junior year highlights- https://www.hudl.com/video/3/1892028...eeb408b865cff4

Murray State gets a commitment from a high school senior that Bradley once recruited, but never offered- Chiang Ring, a 6'8" forward from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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SIU gets a commitment from Jorge Moreno- a 6'10" sophomore forward from Lee College, a junior college in Texas. He is originally from Mexico, and spent 1 redshirt season at New Mexico State, and 2 seasons at Lee College, where he averaged 8.7 ppg and 6.9 rpg this past season as a sophomore. He shot 52% from the field, but just 48% from the FT line.

https://www.cilfm.com/2024/05/14/salukis-pad-the-inside-receive-commitment-from-610-juco-transfer-jorge-moreno/

Also, SIU lands a recruit from Sweden- https://siusalukis.com/news/2024/5/1...uard-ali-dibba

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UIC gets a commitment from incoming freshman Jayce Nathaniel, a 6'8" high senior at AZ Compass Prep. He is originally from the Atlanta area.
>> https://verbalcommits.com/players/jayce-nathaniel

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Drake gets a commitment from Tavion Banks, a 6'7" sophomore at Northwest Florida State College - https://verbalcommits.com/players/tavion-banks
He averaged 10.8 ppg and 7.3 rpg this past season - https://www.nwfraiders.com/sports/mb...ks_tavion_yqn8

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Missouri State gets another commitment: Jalen Hampton, a 6'6" guard from South Plains College, a junior college in Levelland, Texas.
Missouri State fans are familiar with the name, because he originally committed to Dana Ford at Missouri State two years ago for the class of 2022. But when assistant coach Corey Gipson left to take the head coaching job at Northwestern State University in Louisiana, he decommitted and went to Northwestern State. He played the 2022-23 season at Northwestern State and averaged 10.2 ppg and 7.4 rpg as a freshman. He never attempted a 3-pointer, which is very unusual for a guard. Then his coach, Corey Gipson, was hired at Austin Peay, and Hampton announced he would transfer to Austin Peay. However, he instead ended up transferring to South Plains junior college. He averaged 13.1 ppg and 9.1 rpg this past season at South Plains College, and shot 15.8% from three. He has 2 years of eligibility left. - https://www.news-leader.com/story/sp...s/73592784007/

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Damien Mayo commits to SIU - https://twitter.com/DamienmayoJr/status/1787608214080565285

Damien Mayo, Jr. is a 6'3" guard who was a part -time starter at Missouri State the last 2 seasons, averaging about 5 ppg each year.
Bio- https://missouristatebears.com/sport...-mayo-jr-/7447
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...damien-mayo-jr