D2 · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

Black Hills State Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference · Spearfish, SD

Black Hills State (D2, Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) lists 15 players on the 2026–27 roster; 8 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster15 players
New this season8
Transfer additions3
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2028
Most common home stateCO (8)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2028 — 5 ahead.

Centers: blocked until 2030.

2027
Gcrowded8 ahead
Fblocked6 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gbalanced5 ahead
Fopening5 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopening4 ahead
Fopening2 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2030
Gopen3 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
Copen1 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (8)
Jaxon Smith6′2″RS-Jr
Blake Volmer6′4″Sr
Caiden Braketa6′4″Fr
Jaeton Hackley6′1″RS-Sr
Ben Henderson6′4″Sr
Benson Kieffer6′0″So
Jonas Miller6′0″Fr
Kareem Artharee6′4″Fr
Forwards in that room (6)
Willie Patterson III6′5″RS-Jr
Hussein Elmaraghy6′7″Sr
Jackson Seale6′10″RS-Jr
Jack Haggett6′8″Jr
Maddox Lewis6′5″Fr
Johnnie Reed6′5″RS-So
Centers in that room (1)
Wyatt Seale6′11″Fr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Black Hills State

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (8 ahead), F blocked (6 ahead), C balanced (1 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 8 arrivals, 5 came straight from high school and 3 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from CO, SD, TX.

0 of 15 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

45% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 15 players

Guards 8 of 15

Blake Volmer6′4″Sr · final yr3.0 PPG
Caiden Braketa6′4″Fr
Ben Henderson6′4″Sr · final yr
Kareem Artharee6′4″Fr
Jaxon Smith6′2″RS-Jr
Jaeton Hackley6′1″RS-Sr · final yr12.5 PPG
Benson Kieffer6′0″So0.0 PPG
Jonas Miller6′0″Fr

Frontcourt 7 of 15 · forwards + centers

Wyatt Seale6′11″Fr · C
Jackson Seale6′10″RS-Jr · F7.1 PPG
Jack Haggett6′8″Jr · F8.8 PPG
Hussein Elmaraghy6′7″Sr · F · final yr
Willie Patterson III6′5″RS-Jr · F9.5 PPG
Maddox Lewis6′5″Fr · F
Johnnie Reed6′5″RS-So · F0.5 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

45%of recorded scoring returns
2 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Jaeton Hackley12.5 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Willie Patterson III9.5 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Jack Haggett8.8 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 13 of 14 players on the 2025–26 roster with recorded stats; "returning" means listed on the 2026–27 roster.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

5from high school3via the portal

12 of 15 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 15

0 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

CO 8 · SD 2 · TX 2 · AR 1 · FL 1 · IA 1

2 international: Millicent; Cairo, Egypt

High schools: Lewis-Palmer H.S. ×2; McKinney H.S. ×2; Frederick H.S. and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Jaxon Smith
→Ben Henderson
→Hussein Elmaraghy

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Joel Speckman
←Cam Lowe
←BJ Woodruff
←Jefferson Neary
←Matias Aldana

How this roster compares

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (14 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureBlack Hills StateConference
Average guard height6′2″6′3″−1″
Average frontcourt height6′7″6′7″
Roster size1516−1
Freshman share33%27%+6pp

Coaching staff

Ryan ThompsonHead coach
Makaleb McInnisAssociate head coach
Nate BrownAssistant coach
Darian WebbAssistant coach
Staff changes3 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 2 before 2025–26, 1 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate96%
SAT midpoint1060
ACT midpoint21

How this page is made: Rosters: official Black Hills State rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: Black Hills State's 2026–27 roster is posted, so this page reads it; the conference comparison uses 2025–26, the newest season every program has on file. · Stats: 2025–26, the last season played — the 2026–27 season has no games yet. · New this season: players not listed on the 2025–26 roster; a newcomer who is not a freshman counts as a transfer addition · Openings: Depth Chart's roster projection from listed class years; confidence stated per year · Sample: among players who made a college roster — the data cannot see who didn't. Among players who made a college roster. Model judgments describe positions and cohorts, never a named player's future. Refreshed automatically when the rosters change. Corrections: research@mydepthchart.com.

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