Transfers/Seniors with Remaining Eligibility

[Tigerfan]

Zach Rosenthal, Roanoke (injury)

[nescac1]

Updated with additions listed above as well as a few I forgot to add:

In the transfer portal:

Toby Harris, Brandeis (one year of eligibility as a grad transfer)
Nas Johnson, Arcadia (one year of eligibility)
Isaiah Amato, Whitman (I believe one year of eligibility as a grad transfer)
Peter Lash, NWU (one year)
Charlie Randall, Amherst (two years)
Khai Champion, Tufts (one year - maybe two?)
Sunny Parker, McMurray (three years)
Moustapha Diop, Randolph (two years)
Payton Thomsen, Bethel (one year)

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

Tristan How, NYU (grad student, but only played two years at UVA)
Luke Chicone, John Carroll (injury)
Shane Regan, Wesleyan (injury)
Omari DeVeaux, VWU (injury)
Malcolm Newman, Drew (injury)
Antuan Nesbit, Carthage (listed on roster but did not play this year, not sure why)
Nick Roper, IWU (injury)
Zach Rosenthal, Roanoke (injury)

Transferring to D3:

[rdanie03]

So Khai is in the portal then?  Not sure how he would have two years since he played the last three seasons before this one? 

He is going to Grad school so he would get the 5th year automatically

[nescac1]

rdanie03, I thought (as of now, I realize that a change to potentially add a fifth year of eligibility is being discussed) that post-COVID, players only had four years of eligibility regardless of what level they play at - meaning if you have used three, like Champion, you have one year left to use at undergrad OR grad school.  If Champion receives an extra (fifth) year by virtue of going to grad school, then every single player in D3 would likewise be able to use a fifth year of eligibility if they go to grad school.  These rules are complex seem to change all the time, but that's my understanding as of now - I certainly could be mistaken. 

[stlawus]

You are not mistaken.  Everyone that enrolled as a freshman in 2021-2022 is back under the pre-covid eligibility rules. 5th years are only granted if you received a medical redshirt, has nothing to do with your status as an undergrad or graduate student.  5 years to play 4 seasons. 

[WUPHF]

I remember reading in January that the NCAA was discussing a proposal to expand the fifth year of eligibility and that it was to be voted on soon.

I did a quick Google search and the only update I found was a Jeff Goodman Tweet from late January:

@GoodmanHoops
There is no proposal for five-year eligibility that currently exists, an NCAA spokesperson told @TheFieldOf68.
And nothing is set to be voted on at any time in the near future.

I do believe with the roster rules changes, we will see more sophomore and junior transfers in Division III over the next 1-2 seasons.

[stlawus]

There was a lot of misinformation over the permanent 5th year thing.  One JuCo football player got a court ordered exemption and that somehow got spun into there being a blanket permanent 5 year eligibility rule. 

[WUPHF]

There were a number of credible sources suggesting that the fifth year issue was going to be taken up by the NCAA.  And the way the courts have forced the issues with the NCAA, I am surprised that they did not take it up.

[warriorcat]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/ovcsports.com/documents/2025/3/3/2024_25_All_OVC_Men_s_Basketball_Team.pdf

Congratulations to Aaron Nkrumah.  Although the OVC is not a top tier Division One Conference it is a data point that there are some Division 3 players who can successfully make the jump to the D1 level. 

[nescac1]

Updating the list: Justin Allen once again (after withdrawing last year) is in the portal, and if he sticks, I expect he will end up at a minimum with a mid-major program.  Toby Harris, the other really big name in the portal to date, is already earning very significant interest, including Loyola-Chicago, George Washington, Iona, Vermont, William & Mary, Furman, Asheville and Chattanooga.

In the transfer portal:

Toby Harris, Brandeis (one year of eligibility as a grad transfer)
Justin Allen, CMU (one year)
Nas Johnson, Arcadia (one year)
Isaiah Amato, Whitman (I believe one year of eligibility as a grad transfer)
Peter Lash, NWU (one year)
Charlie Randall, Amherst (two years)
Khai Champion, Tufts (one year - maybe two?)
Sunny Parker, McMurray (three years)
Moustapha Diop, Randolph (two years)
Payton Thomsen, Bethel (one year)
Livingston Cross, Penn College (one year)

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

Tristan How, NYU (grad student, but only played two years at UVA)
Luke Chicone, John Carroll (injury)
Shane Regan, Wesleyan (injury)
Omari DeVeaux, VWU (injury)
Malcolm Newman, Drew (injury)
Antuan Nesbit, Carthage (listed on roster but did not play this year, not sure why)
Nick Roper, IWU (injury)
Zach Rosenthal, Roanoke (injury)

Transferring to D3:

[WUPHF]

Darren Rubin, Denison, has entered the portal. He was injured last season.

[Ole Ollie 76]

Ethan Edwards, Brandeis graduated a year early and entered the portal. 

[WashingtonWiz99]

Rosters are rolling out, so this is the final end-of-summer update -- I'm sure we will learn of plenty of others as rosters are posted!

Updated master list updated as of 8/1 (* = all region player)

Transferring from D3 to scholarship level:

David Murray - Conn College to Merrimack (D1)*
Nick Anderson  - St. Thomas (TX) to Prairie View A&M (D1)
Aaron Nkrumah - Worcester State to Tennessee State (D1)*
Ben Rice -  Conn College to Johnson University (D2)
Sullivan Menard - Whitworth to Northwest Nazarene (D2)
Donovan Sevilla - WPI to Sonoma State (D2)
Miles Barnstable - Whitewater to St. Thomas (MN) (D1)*
John Adams - WPI to Citadel (D1)*
Brayden Fagbemi - JHU to Central Arkansas (D1)*
Caleb Williams - Macalester to Minnesota (D1)*
Will Coble - RMC to Appalachian State (D1) (walk-on, I assume?)
Jack Anderson - Keystone to Marquette (D1) (walk-on)
Tristan Wennersten - Ithaca to NJIT (D1)
Cael Schmitt - Coe to Northern Iowa (D1)*
Ben Callahan-Gold - Trinity to Binghamton (D1)*
Kelton Coleman - U-Dallas to Augustana (SD) (D2)
Jesse Kinnard - Covenant to Delaware State (D1)
Brody Fox - Stout to Citadel (D1)*
Jesse Hafemeister - Catholic to Mercyhurst (D1)
Tommy Kelly - Catholic to Mercyhurst (D1)
Ryan Sroka - Illinois Wesleyan to Missouri S&T (D2)
Joshua West - Dominican to Hawaii Pacific (D2)
Elijah Davis - Lynchburg to North Carolina (D1) (walk-on)
Phil Dotson III - Rhodes to Angelo State (D2)
Dj Wright - HSC to Clayton State (D2)
Jojo Anderson - Whitworth to Idaho (D1)*
Luke Ogle - Mary Baldwin to Southwest Baptist (D2)
Kendall Cave - Earlham to UNC Wilmington (D1)
Montell Cooper - Marymount VA to Millersville (D2)
Luke Kiser - UT-Dallas to St. Edward's (D2)
Bryson Huckeby - Anderson to Saginaw Valley (D2)
Stephen Akwiwu - Hartford to North Georgia (D2)
Dinari Boykin - Colorado College to Mars Hill (D2)
Joffrey Nunnally - Earlham to St. Francis-Joliet (D1)
Jikari Johnson - Ferrum to Trevecca Nazarene (D2)
Jaylan Green - Transylvania to Ohio Dominican (D2)
Davidson Hubbard - HSC to Baylor (D1)*
Jaden Gales - St. Vincent to Newman (D2)*
Henry Herman - Hartford to Franklin Pierce (D2)


Transferring to D3 schools:

Andy Barba - Duquesne (D1) to Case Western
Jack Stone - Carnegie Mellon to NYU
Aiden Blake - West Virginia Wesleyan (D2) to Waynesburg
Jaden Young - Pratt to Cal Lutheran
C.J. Campbell - Northern Michigan (D2) to Lacrosse
Jamarr Talbert Jr. - Notre Dame (OH) (D2) to Mount Union
Gavin Ralph - Platteville to River Falls
Trevor Montiel - Benedictine to Trine
Cam Smith - Anderson to Trine
Hamilton Campbell - Lenoir-Rhyne (D2) to Hampden Sydney
Austin Ambrose - Parkside (D2) to Whitewater
Nick Schiavello - Wheaton to Case Western
James Jacobs - Concordia St. Paul (D2) to Stevens Point
Jack Hutchinson - Simpson to Stevens Point
James Felton - Davenport (D2) to Calvin
Daniel Bublil - Sacred Heart (D1) to Hartford
Max Greenamoyer - Hanover to Trine
Bryce Lausier - Maine (D1) to Southern Maine
Keith Hoffman - West Florida (D2) to Stevens Point
Paul Jordan - Pepperdine (D1) to Trinity
Parker Swartz - Ohio Dominican (D2) to Calvin
Drew Stack - Portland (D1) to Hartford
Logan Scott - Vassar to Stevens
Jackson Cronin - UMass (D1) to Yeshiva
Luke Cronin - GW (D1) to Yeshiva
Jarron Flynn - Conn College to Springfield
Josiah Hardy - HSC to Cairn
Ryan Ioppolo - USCB (D2) to John Carroll
Marshawn Robinson - St. Leo (D2) to Platteville
Drew Adams - Winona St (D2) to River Falls
AJ Uttech - Stevens Point to Stout
Dorian Davis - Mary Washington to Shenadoah
Reid Chauhan - Trinity (TX) to Drew
Marc Herasme - Pace (D1) to Drew
Lemar Fulmore - Union to Sarah Lawrence
Javen Reid - MCLA to Concordia Chicago
Luke Thorburn - CWRU to Johns Hopkins
Jordan Phillips-McLoyd - Waynesburg to Randolph
Russ Wells - Emory & Henry (D2) to Randolph
Charlie Weisberg - Loyola (D1) to Skidmore
Jai Deshpande - Whitman* to Brandeis
Rob Watson - Baldwin Wallace to Brandeis
Quron Zene - Brandeis to Conn College
Chuma Oyigbo - St. Michael's (D2) to NYU
Josh Menard - St. Anselm (D2) to NYU
Brock Susko - Cal Lutheran to NYU
Tristan How - UVA (D1) to NYU
Xavier Allen - St. Joseph's LI to Oswego State
Jason Ofcarcik - Nichols to CNU
Ashton West - Clark Summit to Cairn
Christian McDaniel - Hamilton to Case Western
Dominic Martinelli - St. Thomas (D1) to UChicago
Elias Rodl - St. Anselm's (D2) to Brandeis
Simon Weisserman - Macalester to Elmhurst
Dylan Engler - NW Nazarene (D2) to Elmhurst
Ryan Isaacson - Merrimack (D1) to Elmhurst
Beluo Oranye - Hartford (formerly Amherst) to Johns Hopkins
Wade Jackson - Belmont Abbey (D2) to Case Western
Nick Farrar - UNCW (D1) to Guilford
Cole Callaway - Newbury (D2) to Lynchburg
Jake Hlywiak - Adelphi (D2) to Redlands
Chris Carter - Kansas (D1, walk-on) to Redlands
Felix Kloman - Brown (D1) to Babson
Cole Kattan - Geneseo to Oswego
Billy Reyes - Malloy (D2) to Oswego
Easton Shanholzt - Mount Union to Marietta
Landry Palata - Bluefield State (D2) to Marietta
Max Pearcy - Lamar (D1, walk-on) to Marymount (VA)
Caleb McNeely - Mary Baldwin (D2) to Marymount (VA)
Riley Brooks - Northern Michigan (D2) to Carthage
Nathan Montgomery - Winona State (D2) to Carthage
Garrett Arnold Fort Lewis (D2) to Carthage


In the transfer portal:

Connor Martin - St. Olaf
Justin Allen - Carnegie Mellon (may be returning to CMU)
Darwin Randolph - Ferrum
Andrew Milot - Knox
Chikere Nwosu - Knox
Brandon Copeland - Birmingham Southern
Rodrick Pearson - Norwich
Myles Coleman - Stevens Point
Lovenson Xavier - Marietta
David Sanford - Marietta
Tristan Holden - McMurry
Elijah Harden - Thiel
Pharaoh Amadi - Redlands
Alex Stoddard - Williams
Charlie Fantom - Skidmore
Lamonte Duffus - Hartford
Charles Nelson - Fontbonne
Ethan Chartrand - Fontbonne
Alex Elliott - HSC
Kyle Bosse - Plymouth State


Reportedly done with college hoops after this year:

Justin Kuthan - Roanoke
Daniel Mbangue - RMC*
Darry Moore - ETBU*


Seniors of note with eligibility remaining whose intentions are unknown:

Ryan Thissen - St. John's
Ousmane Kourouma - RIC*
Mason Barnes - DeSales
Marcus Stubbs - Marymount (VA)
Tommy Griffitts and Devon Lewis - Cal Lutheran
Jordan Oates - Salisbury*
Nick Everett - Wooster*
Nate Siow - Keene State
R.J. Holmes - Carnegie Mellon
Tanner Wiegerink - Hope*


Returning for a COVID year to their current program:

Logan Pearson - Platteville*
Ben Probst - Platteville
Brady Olson - Platteville
Emmanuel Magnanglo - Trine
Adam Brazil - Hampden-Sydney*
Jake Holtz - Whitworth
Uchenna Egezeke - Calvin*
Christian Parker - Mount Union*
Jahn Hines - CNU*
Zach Sawyer - Manchester*
Giovanni Rubino - Muehlenberg
Octavio Brito - Keene State*
Will Bartoszek - Harden-Simmons*
Ryan Broeckel*, Jacob Stoltz, Grayson Goetz, Jacob Hefle and AJ Vos - Wisconsin Lutheran
Joshua Van Gorp - Central*
Mason Jean Baptiste - Keene State
Jack Boyle - UDallas

Great work on this list last year. Simply amazing!

[WUPHF]

Owen Varnado @OwenVarnado
Officially in the portal as a Grad Transfer, I can't wait to see what God has in store for me!

[nescac1]

A few others in the portal:

EJ Matthews-Spratley (Stockton)
Darrius Bolden (Stevens Point)
Charles Nelson (Fontbonne)

With Nelson and Spratley joining Justin Allen, that's at least three of the top six returning D3 scorers looking to transfer up. Seems like the new normal in D3 ... of the top 30, 21 are seniors, so there will be massive turnover heading into next year.