Transfers/Seniors with Remaining Eligibility

[stlawus]

Wonder why the switch from JCU to Otterbein

[OUVan59]

Howie Rankin from Susquehanna has announced he is transferring to Widener for his grad season. Rankin was 1st team All-Landmark and conference DPOY. 

[Greek Tragedy]

So he's not going to CWRU like everyone else and his former teammate? LOL

[nescac1]

Latest updates:

D3 players MOVING UP who have announced transfer destination:

Raheem Anthony - St. Mary's to D1 St. Thomas
Alex Sobel - Middlebury to D1 Sacred Heart
Rodrick Payne - River Falls to D1 Western Illinois
Xzavier Lino - Whitman to D1 UMass-Lowell
Dylan Thoerner - Tufts to D1 UC-Irvine (confirmed)
Cody Mitchell - IWU to NAIA/D2 Roosevelt University
Lucas Heflin - IWU to D2 Mississippi College
Dan Carr - Augustana to D2 Rockhurt University
Brock Voigt - Eau Clair to D2 Winona State
Tautvydas Kupstas - Skidmore to D2 West Florida
Lyle Tipton - Geneva to D2 Gannon
Jamal Cannady - Bryn Athyn to D2 Trevecca
Malcolm Noel - Covenant to D2 West Georgia
Nathan Scheider - Pitt Bradford to D2 Gannon
Elijah Williams - Gettysburg to D1 Howard
Andrew Seager - Rowan to D2 Mississippi College
Craig Steele - Lacrosse to D2 St. Cloud State

D3 players TO D3 TEAMS who have announced transfer destination:

Anthony Mazzeo - Baldwin Wallace to Case Western
Preston Maccoux - Wesleyan to Case Western
Richie Manigault - Washington & Lee to Case Western
Colin Kahl - Sewanee to Case Western
Jack Clement - OWU to Otterbein
Josh Decker - Kalamazoo to Hope
Cooper Wirkala - Colby to Thomas
Howie Rankin - Susquehanna to Widener
Kyran Mitchell - W&J to Elmhurst


Transferring from scholarship level to D3:

Zac Johnson - D2 Augustana University to Wisconsin - River Falls
Austin Murrow - D2 Central Missouri to Simpson
Patrick Renane - D2 Chaminade to Cal Lutheran
Adam Dudzinski - D2 St. Rose to St. Lawrence
Max Schneider - D2 St. Rose to St. John Fisher
Brandon Upshaw - D1 FDU (walk-on) to Kean
Christian Stanislav - D2 Northwest Missouri State to Buena Vista
Calvin Thomas - D2 Wilmington to Salisbury
Trey Brooks - D2 Lake Erie to North Park
Caden Hoffman - D2 Concordia St Paul to Wisconsin - Stout
Luke Yoder - D1 North Dakota State to Illinois Wesleyan
Jackson Watson - D1 Bowling Green (PWO) to Wisconsin - Stevens-Point
Trip Riemersma - D2 Saginaw Valley to Calvin
Quinn Pemberton - D1 Boston College (walk-on) to Elmhurst
Mykel Derring  - D1 Merrimack to Nichols
Jake Fisher - D1 Western Illinois (walk-on) to Wisconsin - Whitewater
Tommy O'Neil - D1 Harvard to Johns Hopkins
Emmanuel Onuama - D1 Columbia to NYU
Konrad Kiszka - D1 Princeton to NYU
Mike Robinson - D2 San Francisco State to Rowan


In the transfer portal:

Brendan Mora - Pomona
Will King - Colby
Wesley Hooker - Elmhurst
Josh Angle - CMC
Bryan Adams - Elmira
Aireus Raspberry - Johnson & Wales
Blake Lander - Whittier


Reportedly, or potentially, returning for another year to their current program:

Jeff Hunter - Keene State
Spencer Freedman - NYU
Michael Savarino - NYU
Ryan Clements - HSC
Josiah Johnson - MHB
Collen Gurley - Mount Union
Daniel Cook - St. John Fisher
Jonathan Zapinski - Elmhurst
Ocean Johnson - Elmhurst
Filip Bulatovic - Carthage
Bryce Hopkins - UChicago
Sidney Thybulle - Johns Hopkins
Donyae Baylor-Carroll - PSU-Harrisburg (after a year off)
Tyler Dearman - Guilford

Done with college hoops despite a fifth year they could have used:

Levi Borchert - Oshkosh
Miles Mallory - RMC
Josh Talbert - RMC


Intentions unknown:

John Lowther - WPI
Greg Rowson - UMW (injured and did not play in 21-22, in addition to the COVID year)
Cole Frilling - CWRU (possibly, but reportedly unlikely)
Carson James - Johns Hopkins

[OUVan59]

So he's not going to CWRU like everyone else and his former teammate? LOL

Hah, he actually did follow a teammate to Widener, Dominic Dunn.  Susquehanna's lack of graduate programs not letting them take advantage of the extra year.

[stlawus]

So he's not going to CWRU like everyone else and his former teammate? LOL

Hah, he actually did follow a teammate to Widener, Dominic Dunn.  Susquehanna's lack of graduate programs not letting them take advantage of the extra year.

This has been the case for many schools.  Schools with graduate programs have a major advantage over the rest of the field, which goes against the philosophy of division III in my opinion.  Yes I know the usual response is "this won't last forever" but there will still be another year of it.

[ronk]

So he's not going to CWRU like everyone else and his former teammate? LOL

Hah, he actually did follow a teammate to Widener, Dominic Dunn.  Susquehanna's lack of graduate programs not letting them take advantage of the extra year.

This has been the case for many schools.  Schools with graduate programs have a major advantage over the rest of the field, which goes against the philosophy of division III in my opinion. Yes I know the usual response is "this won't last forever" but there will still be another year of it.

How so?

[stlawus]

Level playing field.   Goes hand in hand with the current Pool C debate.  Teams with more money and resources can more easily tailor schedules to get pool C bids.   Same applies with the covid year, schools with grad programs or more extensive grad programs compared to others have an advantage when it comes to getting 5th year players. 

[Gregory Sager]

Level playing field.   Goes hand in hand with the current Pool C debate.  Teams with more money and resources can more easily tailor schedules to get pool C bids.   Same applies with the covid year, schools with grad programs or more extensive grad programs compared to others have an advantage when it comes to getting 5th year players.

It is seriously naive to conceive of the philosophy of D3 as having a general aspiration to create a "level playing field" within the division. By its very nature as a huge and diverse conglomerate of schools, D3 is not, and never has been, set up to be a "level playing field." Examples of advantages and disadvantages abound: state schools are dramatically cheaper than private schools; schools with larger endowments can offer better resources and a broader menu of course offerings than schools with smaller endowments, to say nothing of such sports-specific perqs as more travel, overseas summer trips, etc.; schools located in the northeastern corner of the country can take advantage of the surfeit of nearby D3 schools for scheduling purposes, as compared to the schools in the Midwest and (especially) the South and the West Coast; schools with narrowly-tailored student bodies (single-sex institutions, religious-requirement institutions, STEM-only institutions, etc.) have to compete against schools with more generalized student bodies; and so on.

The only "level playing field" that exists in D3, aside from the rules of the sports themselves and their participation calendars, is the no-athletic-scholarships rule and its ancillary requirements regarding student-athlete access to non-athletic scholarships and financial aid as compared to students at large.

[stlawus]

Maybe so but the goal should be to make it as level as possible even with all the various aspects of different schools. 

[WUPHF]

Schools with graduate programs have a major advantage over the rest of the field, which goes against the philosophy of division III in my opinion. 

I mean no disrespect, but as long as you bring this up, I'll be here to bring up the counterpoints to illustrate that it is more complicated than that.  For example, Susquehanna has three Masters programs including a 4+1 MBA.  A 4+1 seems as though it should provide a big advantage.

I'll never get around to it, but I would be very interested to see how many schools benefited from students who did a fifth year of undergraduate work.  Or, a gap year and a fourth year of undergraduate work as was the case with the Emory class of 2021.  Or how many schools that are generally considered 4-year liberal arts institutions that still found ways to retain graduate students for a fifth year.

[Gregory Sager]

Maybe so but the goal should be to make it as level as possible even with all the various aspects of different schools.

And, how, exactly, do you propose that the member institutions of D3 pursue this goal?

[nescac1]

Kyran Mitchell transferring from Washington & Jefferson to Elmhurst, big addition there. 

[Greek Tragedy]

Latest updates:

D3 players MOVING UP who have announced transfer destination:

Raheem Anthony - St. Mary's to D1 St. Thomas
Jamal Cannady - Bryn Athyn to D2 Trevecca
Dan Carr - Augustana to D2 Rockhurt University
Lucas Heflin - IWU to D2 Mississippi College
Tautvydas Kupstas - Skidmore to D2 West Florida
Xzavier Lino - Whitman to D1 UMass-Lowell
Cody Mitchell - IWU to NAIA/D2 Roosevelt University
Malcolm Noel - Covenant to D2 West Georgia
Rodrick Payne - River Falls to D1 Western Illinois
Nathan Scheider - Pitt Bradford to D2 Gannon
Andrew Seager - Rowan to D2 Mississippi College
Alex Sobel - Middlebury to D1 Sacred Heart
Craig Steele - Lacrosse to D2 St. Cloud State
Lyle Tipton - Geneva to D2 Gannon
Dylan Thoerner - Tufts to D1 UC-Irvine (confirmed)
Brock Voigt - Eau Clair to D2 Winona State
Elijah Williams - Gettysburg to D1 Howard

D3 players to D3 TEAMS who have announced transfer destination:

Anthony Mazzeo - Baldwin Wallace to Case Western
Preston Maccoux - Wesleyan to Case Western
Richie Manigault - Washington & Lee to Case Western
Colin Kahl - Sewanee to Case Western
Kyran Mitchell - W&J to Elmhurst
Josh Decker - Kalamazoo to Hope
Jack Clement - OWU to Otterbein
Cooper Wirkala - Colby to Thomas
Howie Rankin - Susquehanna to Widener



Transferring from scholarship level to D3:

Christian Stanislav - D2 Northwest Missouri State to Buena Vista
Patrick Renane - D2 Chaminade to Cal Lutheran
Trip Riemersma - D2 Saginaw Valley to Calvin
Quinn Pemberton - D1 Boston College (walk-on) to Elmhurst
Luke Yoder - D1 North Dakota State to Illinois Wesleyan
Tommy O'Neil - D1 Harvard to Johns Hopkins
Brandon Upshaw - D1 FDU (walk-on) to Kean
Mykel Derring  - D1 Merrimack to Nichols
Trey Brooks - D2 Lake Erie to North Park
Emmanuel Onuama - D1 Columbia to NYU
Konrad Kiszka - D1 Princeton to NYU
Mike Robinson - D2 San Francisco State to Rowan
Calvin Thomas - D2 Wilmington to Salisbury
Austin Murrow - D2 Central Missouri to Simpson
Max Schneider - D2 St. Rose to St. John Fisher
Adam Dudzinski - D2 St. Rose to St. Lawrence
Zac Johnson - D2 Augustana University to Wisconsin - River Falls
Jackson Watson - D1 Bowling Green (PWO) to Wisconsin - Stevens-Point
Caden Hoffman - D2 Concordia St Paul to Wisconsin - Stout
Jake Fisher - D1 Western Illinois (walk-on) to Wisconsin - Whitewater

In the transfer portal:

Josh Angle - CMC
Will King - Colby
Wesley Hooker - Elmhurst
Bryan Adams - Elmira
Aireus Raspberry - Johnson & Wales
Brendan Mora - Pomona
Blake Lander - Whittier


Reportedly, or potentially, returning for another year to their current program:

Filip Bulatovic - Carthage
Jonathan Zapinski - Elmhurst
Ocean Johnson - Elmhurst
Tyler Dearman - Guilford
Ryan Clements - Hampden-Sydney
Sidney Thybulle - Johns Hopkins
Jeff Hunter - Keene State
Josiah Johnson - Mary Hardin Baylor
Collen Gurley - Mount Union
Spencer Freedman - NYU
Michael Savarino - NYU
Donyae Baylor-Carroll - PSU-Harrisburg (after a year off)
Daniel Cook - St. John Fisher
Bryce Hopkins - Univ. of Chicago

Done with college hoops despite a fifth year they could have used:

Levi Borchert - Oshkosh
Miles Mallory - RMC
Josh Talbert - RMC


Intentions unknown:

Cole Frilling - CWRU (possibly, but reportedly unlikely)
Carson James - Johns Hopkins
Greg Rowson - UMW (injured and did not play in 21-22, in addition to the COVID year)
John Lowther - WPI

[nescac1]

Two more scholarship level transfers to add:

CJ Jones - BU to Claremont McKenna (I believe has two years eligibility left)
Simon Wilbar - Indiana State to Maryville (also two years left)

Both D1 rotation guys so I imagine could be big additions.