D3 · Presidents' Athletic Conference

Franciscan Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Steubenville, OH

Franciscan (D3, Presidents' Athletic Conference) lists 20 players on the 2025–26 roster; 9 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster20 players
New this season9
Transfer additions1
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2027
Most common home stateOH (7)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2027 — 5 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2028.

2026
Gcrowded15 ahead
Fblocked5 ahead · multi-yr
2027
Gcrowded13 ahead
Fopening5 ahead
2028
Gopening11 ahead
Fopening2 ahead
2029
Gopen7 ahead
Fopen1 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (15)
Zachary Pollaro6′3″Fr
Sam Seiden5′11″Fr
Malachi Rose-Burton6′0″Sr
Reece Miller5′11″Sr
Nathan Rodriguez6′0″Fr
Thomas Kristian6′0″Jr
Aidan Jacomet6′0″So
Benji Rook5′10″Fr
Michael Swallow6′2″Fr
Anthony Covetta6′3″Fr
Sawyer Butler6′2″Jr
Anthony Ciola6′3″So
Nathan Richards6′0″So
Troy Anthony6′1″Fr
Joseph Fatica5′11″So
Forwards in that room (5)
Mark Sweeney6′5″Fr
Karl Yonkeu6′4″Jr
Zach Oliver6′7″Jr
Volodymyr Trotsko6′6″So
Aiden Townsend6′4″Jr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Franciscan

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (15 ahead), F blocked (5 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 9 arrivals, 8 came straight from high school and 1 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from OH, PA, WV.

0 of 20 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 20 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

96% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 20 players

Guards 15 of 20

Zachary Pollaro6′3″Fr8.9 PPG
Anthony Covetta6′3″Fr8.6 PPG
Anthony Ciola6′3″So2.3 PPG
Michael Swallow6′2″Fr0.3 PPG
Sawyer Butler6′2″Jr21.5 PPG
Troy Anthony6′1″Fr0.0 PPG
Malachi Rose-Burton6′0″Sr · final yr3.3 PPG
Nathan Rodriguez6′0″Fr0.7 PPG
Thomas Kristian6′0″Jr1.1 PPG
Aidan Jacomet6′0″So
Nathan Richards6′0″So4.9 PPG
Sam Seiden5′11″Fr0.0 PPG
Reece Miller5′11″Sr · final yr
Joseph Fatica5′11″So0.6 PPG
Benji Rook5′10″Fr1.4 PPG

Frontcourt 5 of 20 · forwards + centers

Zach Oliver6′7″Jr · F12.8 PPG
Volodymyr Trotsko6′6″So · F4.2 PPG
Mark Sweeney6′5″Fr · F0.0 PPG
Karl Yonkeu6′4″Jr · F6.9 PPG
Aiden Townsend6′4″Jr · F6.2 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

96%of recorded scoring returns
5 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Sawyer Butler21.5 PPG · returning
Zach Oliver12.8 PPG · returning
Zachary Pollaro8.9 PPG · returning

Computed from 18 of 20 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

8from high school1via the portal

19 of 20 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 20

0 of 20 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

OH 7 · PA 6 · WV 4 · FL 2 · MI 2 · NH 2

1 international: Bila Tserkva, Ukraine

High schools: Homeschool ×4; Beaver Area ×2; Providence Country Day and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Zach Oliver

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Josh Zimmerman
←Yann Yonkeu
←Frank Bellissimo
←Travis Zimmerman
←Anthony Angelle
←Joseph Ehinger
←Derrick Derrow
←David Zarycki

How this roster compares

Presidents' Athletic Conference (12 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureFranciscanConference
Average guard height6′1″6′1″
Average frontcourt height6′5″6′5″
Roster size2021−1
Freshman share40%39%+1pp

Coaching staff

John PizzutiAssistant coach
Anthony SantangeloAssistant coach
Staff changes1 on-court staff change in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate58%
SAT midpoint1205
ACT midpoint25

How this page is made: Rosters: official Franciscan 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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