MBB: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association

[TUAngola]

Late addition to Trine's incoming class:

Justin Pappas    6'5 F    Badin HS, Hamilton OH

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Updated recruit list - only a couple more weeks and we should be able to start confirming these guys are on campus:

Player	Height	Position	High School	College
Connor Pelham	6-3	G	Michigan Center (MI)	Adrian
Isiah Phelps			Williamston (MI)	Albion
Keelen Lucas	5-10	G	Ferndale (MI)	Albion
Mark Tocco	6-0	G	Macomb Dakota (MI)	Albion
Jonathan Wilkerson	6-0	G	East Lansing (MI)	Albion
Michael Hill	6-1	G	Detroit Cass Tech (MI)	Albion
Josh Palo	6-1	G	Howell (MI)	Albion
Khy Winston	6-4	G	UD Jesuit (MI)	Albion
Steve Morrissey	6-3	G/F	Northville (MI)	Albion
Jared Nash	6-4	F	Escanaba (MI	Albion
Ken Thomas	6-4	F	Harper Wodds (MI)	Albion
Alex Goodyear	6-4	F	Grandville (MI)	Albion
Chris Cooper	6-7	F	Schoolcraft (MI)	Albion
Casey Constant	5-10	G	Grand Haven (MI)	Alma
Nate Dyeman	6-0	G	Jenison (MI)	Alma
Trever Salani	6-1	G	Manton (MI)	Alma
Cam Sutherland	6-1	G	Alma (MI)	Alma
Andrew Blanchard	6-3	G/F	Engadin (MI)	Alma
Joey Formore	6-3	G/W	Glen Lake (MI)	Alma
Kenny Adrian	6-6	F	Standish-Sterling (MI)	Alma
Jack Poling	6-10	C	Westview (OR)	Alma
Marcus Haveman	5-11	G	GR Christian (MI)	Calvin
Isaac Moolenaar	6-1	G	Midland Down (MI)	Calvin
Isaac Davis	6-2	G	Plainwell (MI)	Calvin
Caleb Dekryger	6-7	F	Allegan (MI)	Calvin
Sage Walker	6-10	C	Ithica (MI)	Calvin
Tommy Surges	5-10	G	Marmion Academy (IL)	Hope
Clayton Dykhouse	5-11	G	Zeeland East (MI)	Hope
Jess Hartmann	6-0	G	Bishop Moore (FL)	Hope
Brady Swinehart	6-0	G	Ionia (MI)	Hope
Luke Putnam	6-1	G	Aquinas Institute (NY)	Hope
J.P. LaPrade	6-2	G	Bishop Moore (FL)	Hope
TJ McKenzie	6-3	G	North Muskegon (MI)	Hope
Evan Thomas	6-4	G/F	Okemos (MI)	Hope
Harris Hawkins	6-4	F	Henry Clay (KY)	Hope
TJ VanKoevering	6-5	F	Unity Christian (MI)	Hope
Jeremy Kitka	6-3	G	Warren Cousino (MI)	Kalamazoo
Conner Kok	6-6	G	GR South Christian (MI)	Kalamazoo
Jack McGuire	6-7	F/C	Walled Lake Northern (MI)	Kalamazoo
Josh Dufore			Fowlerville (MI)	Olivet
Shawn Pardee	5-11	G	Millington HS (MI)	Olivet
Noah Wiswary	6-1	G	Unity Christian (MI)	Olivet
Britton Angell	6-3	G	Big Rapids Crossroads (MI)	Olivet
Darian Burkett	6-3	G/F	Gull Lake (MI)	Olivet
Drew Moore	6-3	G/F	Forest Hills Northern (MI)	Olivet
Eddie Thigpen	6-5	G/F	Saginaw (MI)	Olivet
Collin McCrackin	6-0	G	DeWitt (MI)	Trine
Terrel Bryant	6-1	G	Holland (OH)	Trine
Connor Jones	6-3	G	Danville (IN)	Trine
Mike Barnfield	6-4	G/F	Ft. Wayne Snider (IN)	Trine
Justin Pappas	6-5	F	Badin, Hamilton (OH)	Trine
Jake Schuler	6-5	F	Rochester Adams (MI)	Trine
Brent Cox	6-6	F	East Noble (IN)	Trine

[goodknight]

Someone's flown out of the Hornets' nest and will be landing on the crest of the knoll, a late but nice first get for Bill Sall.

[oldknight]

Someone's flown out of the Hornets' nest and will be landing on the crest of the knoll, a late but nice first get for Bill Sall.

Or maybe more like the one lost sheep returning to the 99, on the crest of the knoll?

[ziggy]

Someone's flown out of the Hornets' nest and will be landing on the crest of the knoll, a late but nice first get for Bill Sall.

It appears Conner Kok, previously noted as going to Kzoo, has Bill Sall as his most recent twitter follow and follower.

[TUAngola]

Trine Men's Basketball adds Nate Frisbie to their coaching staff.  He comes to Trine after serving as an assistant coach at Kalamazoo the past 3 years.  He replaces Zach Hurth who left Trine to be an assistant coach at Ohio Northern earlier this summer.

[pointlem]

Old Knight and friends must be smiling again, with the late recruitment of two impressive big players under the new regime. Perhaps both Hope and Calvin are destined to return to top tier status in the next few years? And Albion, Alma, Olivet, and Trine also have large incoming classes, which likely will yield some sterling talent.

[MaroonKnighty]

GO KNIGHTS!

[Dark Knight]

I heard a rumor that Olivet has a freshman on campus who's 6'10 and goes by Sage. I don't have any other information on him yet.

Looks like a highly rated 6' 10" named Sage has enrolled at Calvin (which seems to corner the market on big post players)?
https://www.facebook.com/sage.walker.188
https://bankhoops.com/class-of-2019-top-25-college-prospects-by-position/

How is it that Sage Walker is on Bank Hoops' list of top 30 prospects for 2019 but not on any of the all-state teams?

[Gregory Sager]

Dunno, but he definitely has one of the most interesting names in D3 men's basketball.

[calvin_grad]

I heard a rumor that Olivet has a freshman on campus who's 6'10 and goes by Sage. I don't have any other information on him yet.

Looks like a highly rated 6' 10" named Sage has enrolled at Calvin (which seems to corner the market on big post players)?
https://www.facebook.com/sage.walker.188
https://bankhoops.com/class-of-2019-top-25-college-prospects-by-position/

How is it that Sage Walker is on Bank Hoops' list of top 30 prospects for 2019 but not on any of the all-state teams?

Maybe he was injured during his senior year??  He was Class B All-State honorable mention after his junior year, but it looks like he maybe only played in 6 games his senior year.

https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/sage-walker/5gNg3KtHEeW-8KA2nzwbTA/basketball/stats.htm

[KnightSlappy]

I heard a rumor that Olivet has a freshman on campus who's 6'10 and goes by Sage. I don't have any other information on him yet.

Looks like a highly rated 6' 10" named Sage has enrolled at Calvin (which seems to corner the market on big post players)?
https://www.facebook.com/sage.walker.188
https://bankhoops.com/class-of-2019-top-25-college-prospects-by-position/

How is it that Sage Walker is on Bank Hoops' list of top 30 prospects for 2019 but not on any of the all-state teams?

Maybe he was injured during his senior year??  He was Class B All-State honorable mention after his junior year, but it looks like he maybe only played in 6 games his senior year.

https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/sage-walker/5gNg3KtHEeW-8KA2nzwbTA/basketball/stats.htm

It looks like he played a couple years at Corunna and then played his senior year at Ithaca? Maybe there was a transfer that required him to sit out for a while. This article implies he was ineligible to start the season https://bankhoops.com/the-12-games-of-christmas/.

[HoopsCoach]

I think all the D3 possible all-state guys from 2019 have made their choice, here's the list of SBell's MIAA commits from his all-state lists for the last 4 recruiting years. (Year is HS class)


2016
Luke Lamereaux, Alma Class A 5th team
Jason Bur, Albion  Class A 7th team
Ben Ritsema, Hope Class A 10th team
Riley Lewis, Hope  Class B 1st team
Steve Harvey, Alma  Class B 7th team
Aquavious Burks, Albion Class C 2nd team
Shae Somers, Trine Class C 3rd team
Tony DeWitte, Calvin Class C 5th team
Jared Long, Alma Class C 6th team
Preston Laketa, Alma Class C 6th team
Derrick DeVries, Calvin  Class C 6th team
Aaron Saenz, Alma Class C 9th team



2017
Jameszell Davis, Albion Class A 10th team
Calvin Hackert, Hope  Class B 7th team
Logan Guenther, Olivet  Class B 10th team
Sam LaDuke, Calvin  Class B  11th team
Delbert Redfield, Olivet  Class B 14th team
Merritt Hamann, Kalamazoo  Class B 15th team
Kylen Brown, Olivet Class C 3rd team
Austin McKenzie, Olivet  Class C 13th team
Preston Granger, Hope  Class D 4th team
Forrest Bouyer, Calvin Class D 7th team

2018
Nate Davis, Hope  Class A  4th team
Cole Kleiver, Alma  Class B 3rd team
Mason Gardner, Alma Class B 5th team
Carson Meulenberg, Calvin Class C 1st team
Isiah Williamson, Alma  Class C 2nd team
Jordan Katje, Calvin Class C 5th team
Austin Harris, Alma Class D 1st team
Trey Helinski, Trine  Class D 2nd team

2019
Evan Thomas, Hope  Div1  1st team
Josh Palo, Albion  Div1  2nd team
TJ VanKoevering, Hope Div2  1st team
Isaac Davis, Calvin Div2  3rd team
Brady Swinehart, Hope Div2 3rd team
Ken Thomas, Albion Div2 3rd team
Conner Kok, Kzoo  Div2 5th team
Noah Wiswary, Olivet Div2 6th team
Jared Nash, Albion Div2 11th team
TJ McKenzie, Hope Div3 3rd team
Trevor Salani, Alma Div3 10th team
Britton Angell, Olivet Div4 1st team
Andrew Blanchard, Alma Div 4 2nd team

Olivet transfer Eddie Thigpen may have been on the 2016 list

Another source, which may be more accurate than Bell's because it's more than one guys opinion is the BCAM list. Few guys not in Bell's that are in BCAM:

2016: www.bcam.org/sites/default/files/15-16BoysBest.pdf
2017: www.bcam.org/sites/default/files/17BoysBestWeb%20Sheet1.pdf
2018: www.bcam.org/sites/default/files/18BoysBestWeb%20Sheet1_O.pdf
2019: www.bcam.org/sites/default/files/19BoysBestWeb%20Sheet1.pdf

[KnightSlappy]

I heard a rumor that Olivet has a freshman on campus who’s 6’10 and goes by Sage. I don’t have any other information on him yet.

Looks like a highly rated 6' 10" named Sage has enrolled at Calvin (which seems to corner the market on big post players)?
https://www.facebook.com/sage.walker.188
https://bankhoops.com/class-of-2019-top-25-college-prospects-by-position/

How is it that Sage Walker is on Bank Hoops' list of top 30 prospects for 2019 but not on any of the all-state teams?

Maybe he was injured during his senior year??  He was Class B All-State honorable mention after his junior year, but it looks like he maybe only played in 6 games his senior year.

https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/sage-walker/5gNg3KtHEeW-8KA2nzwbTA/basketball/stats.htm

It looks like he played a couple years at Corunna and then played his senior year at Ithaca? Maybe there was a transfer that required him to sit out for a while. This article implies he was ineligible to start the season https://bankhoops.com/the-12-games-of-christmas/.

Walker's Twitter account appears replete with Olivet follows and followers. I'm hesitant to call him a Calvin recruit until we have confirmation that he's attending classes at one institution or the other.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

I heard a rumor that Olivet has a freshman on campus who’s 6’10 and goes by Sage. I don’t have any other information on him yet.

Looks like a highly rated 6' 10" named Sage has enrolled at Calvin (which seems to corner the market on big post players)?
https://www.facebook.com/sage.walker.188
https://bankhoops.com/class-of-2019-top-25-college-prospects-by-position/

How is it that Sage Walker is on Bank Hoops' list of top 30 prospects for 2019 but not on any of the all-state teams?

Maybe he was injured during his senior year??  He was Class B All-State honorable mention after his junior year, but it looks like he maybe only played in 6 games his senior year.

https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/sage-walker/5gNg3KtHEeW-8KA2nzwbTA/basketball/stats.htm

It looks like he played a couple years at Corunna and then played his senior year at Ithaca? Maybe there was a transfer that required him to sit out for a while. This article implies he was ineligible to start the season https://bankhoops.com/the-12-games-of-christmas/.

Walker's Twitter account appears replete with Olivet follows and followers. I'm hesitant to call him a Calvin recruit until we have confirmation that he's attending classes at one institution or the other.

What is strange is his FB profile lists Calvin University under education...