D3 · Little East Conference

Eastern Connecticut Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Little East Conference · Willimantic, CT

Eastern Connecticut (D3, Little East Conference) lists 16 players on the 2025–26 roster; 6 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster16 players
New this season6
Transfer additions5
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2026
Most common home stateCT (15)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2026 — 5 ahead.

Centers: blocked until 2028.

2026
Gbalanced9 ahead
Fopening5 ahead
Cbalanced2 ahead
2027
Gopening5 ahead
Fopen2 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gopening3 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
Copen1 ahead
2029
Gopen1 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
Eli Limric6′5″So
Ray Carter6′0″Sr
Javontae Jones6′2″Sr
Dominick Dao6′2″Sr
Pedro Perry6′0″Jr
Cedrick Similien6′2″Jr
JJ Hay6′1″So
SaVahn Warren6′3″Fr
Michael Carothers5′9″Sr
Forwards in that room (5)
Jalen Hamblin6′7″Sr
Drew Soltis6′6″Jr
Soul Diaby6′5″Sr
Eli Evison6′6″Sr
Julian Sanchez6′4″Jr
Centers in that room (2)
Jaden Jones6′7″Sr
Cory O'Hehir6′9″So
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If you want to play at Eastern Connecticut

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G balanced (9 ahead), F opening (5 ahead), C balanced (2 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 6 arrivals, 1 came straight from high school and 5 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from CT, FL, MA.

0 of 16 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 16 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

43% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 16 players

Guards 9 of 16

Eli Limric6′5″So1.3 PPG
SaVahn Warren6′3″Fr
Javontae Jones6′2″Sr · final yr2.7 PPG
Dominick Dao6′2″Sr · final yr13.3 PPG
Cedrick Similien6′2″Jr3.0 PPG
JJ Hay6′1″So1.1 PPG
Ray Carter6′0″Sr · final yr11.8 PPG
Pedro Perry6′0″Jr4.2 PPG
Michael Carothers5′9″Sr · final yr3.0 PPG

Frontcourt 7 of 16 · forwards + centers

Cory O'Hehir6′9″So · C1.0 PPG
Jaden Jones6′7″Sr · C · final yr
Jalen Hamblin6′7″Sr · F · final yr14.3 PPG
Drew Soltis6′6″Jr · F9.6 PPG
Eli Evison6′6″Sr · F · final yr1.2 PPG
Soul Diaby6′5″Sr · F · final yr2.2 PPG
Julian Sanchez6′4″Jr · F15.7 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

43%of recorded scoring returns
2 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Julian Sanchez15.7 PPG · returning
Drew Soltis9.6 PPG · returning
Pedro Perry4.2 PPG · returning

Computed from 14 of 16 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

1from high school5via the portal

11 of 16 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 16

0 of 16 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

CT 15 · FL 2 · MA 2 · NJ 1 · NY 1

1 international: Newington

High schools: Northwest Catholic ×2; Chariho Regional (RI); Wilbur Cross and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Jaden Jones
→Cory O'Hehir
→Ray Carter
→Soul Diaby
→Eli Evison

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Esco Greene
←Jeremiah Graham
←Amarre Spence
←Elijah Jean-Guillaume
←Gianni Mirabello
←Sheriff Bilewu

How this roster compares

Little East Conference (9 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureEastern ConnecticutConference
Average guard height6′1″6′1″
Average frontcourt height6′6″6′6″
Roster size1616
Freshman share6%33%−27pp

Coaching staff

Bill GeitnerHead men's basketball coach
Jason HarlowAssociate head men's basketball coach
Trachone PrestonAssistant men's basketball coach
Derrick BirdsongAssistant men's basketball coach
Staff changes1 on-court staff change in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate83%
SAT midpoint1160

How this page is made: Rosters: official Eastern Connecticut rosters, 2024–25 and 2025–26, read from the athletic department's own site · New this season: players not listed on the 2024–25 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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