D2 · Great Midwest Athletic Conference

Malone Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Great Midwest Athletic Conference · Canton, OH

Malone (D2, Great Midwest Athletic Conference) lists 18 players on the 2025–26 roster; 13 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster18 players
New this season13
Transfer additions7
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2028
Most common home stateOH (23)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2028 — 7 ahead.

Centers: blocked until 2029.

2026
Gblocked9 ahead · multi-yr
Fblocked6 ahead
Cbalanced2 ahead
2027
Gcrowded9 ahead
Fbalanced5 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gopening7 ahead
Fopening3 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopen4 ahead
Fopen2 ahead
Copen1 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
Crew Cain6′1″Fr
Kellen Leake6′3″So
Nic Williams6′3″Jr
Nick Wigton6′3″Fr
Jacob Ernst6′3″So
Jailin Johnson5′11″Jr
DeLan Davis6′1″Fr
Leo Perettie5′11″Fr
Damon Folds5′10″So
Forwards in that room (6)
Isaac Cherry6′7″Jr
Josiah Pierre6′5″Jr
Austin Niekamp6′9″Fr
Joey DeGeorge6′4″So
Jake Bruns6′4″Sr
Tate Aljancic6′5″Fr
Centers in that room (2)
Emmanuel Oladeru6′8″Sr
Logan Forbes6′8″RS-Fr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Malone

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (9 ahead · multi-yr), F blocked (6 ahead), C balanced (2 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 14 arrivals, 7 came straight from high school and 7 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from OH, IL, WA.

0 of 18 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 18 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

78% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 18 players

Guards 9 of 18

Kellen Leake6′3″So2.9 PPG
Nic Williams6′3″Jr13.7 PPG
Nick Wigton6′3″Fr2.6 PPG
Jacob Ernst6′3″So6.1 PPG
Crew Cain6′1″Fr4.4 PPG
DeLan Davis6′1″Fr
Jailin Johnson5′11″Jr
Leo Perettie5′11″Fr
Damon Folds5′10″So

Frontcourt 8 of 18 · forwards + centers

Austin Niekamp6′9″Fr · F5.7 PPG
Emmanuel Oladeru6′8″Sr · C · final yr11.5 PPG
Logan Forbes6′8″RS-Fr · C3.0 PPG
Isaac Cherry6′7″Jr · F
Josiah Pierre6′5″Jr · F11.0 PPG
Tate Aljancic6′5″Fr · F2.8 PPG
Joey DeGeorge6′4″So · F6.8 PPG
Jake Bruns6′4″Sr · F · final yr5.3 PPG
1 without a listed position:Boone Hoopes · So
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

78%of recorded scoring returns
4 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Nic Williams13.7 PPG · returning
Josiah Pierre11.0 PPG · returning
Joey DeGeorge6.8 PPG · returning

Computed from 12 of 18 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

7from high school7via the portal

11 of 18 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 18

0 of 18 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

OH 23 · IL 2 · WA 2 · FL 1 · GA 1 · MI 1

3 international: London, United Kingdom; Malmo; Sudbury, Ontario

High schools: Pickerington Central ×2; Africentric; South Central and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Emmanuel Oladeru
→Isaac Cherry
→Kellen Leake
→Nic Williams
→Josiah Pierre
→Jailin Johnson
→Damon Folds

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Juwan Turner
←Nate Gordon
←Malik Frederick
←Caleb Conard
←Braylon Harrison
←Maxx Bosley
←Caleb Lovely
←Jaden Payne
←Fraser LaRocque
←Oliver Stefanovic
←Ryan Bartley
←Jaiden Guice
←Josh Smith

How this roster compares

Great Midwest Athletic Conference (12 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureMaloneConference
Average guard height6′1″6′2″−1″
Average frontcourt height6′6″6′7″−1″
Roster size1818
Freshman share39%29%+10pp

Coaching staff

Charlie WallrappHead coach
Will NowakAssistant coach
Jordan LindesmithAssistant coach
Simon BlairVolunteer assistant coach
Staff changes6 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 3 before 2023–24, 2 before 2024–25, 1 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate76%
SAT midpoint1086
ACT midpoint21

How this page is made: Rosters: official Malone 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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