D3 · Centennial Conference

McDaniel Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Centennial Conference · Westminster, MD

McDaniel (D3, Centennial Conference) lists 18 players on the 2025–26 roster; 5 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster18 players
New this season5
Transfer additions2
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2027
Most common home stateMD (10)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2027 — 5 ahead.

Centers: blocked until 2029.

2026
Gcrowded7 ahead
Fbalanced9 ahead
Cbalanced2 ahead
2027
Gopening5 ahead
Fopening5 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gopen3 ahead
Fopening4 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopen0 ahead
Fopen2 ahead
Copen1 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (7)
Kaydin Ford5′10″So
Ryan Shaffer6′3″Jr
Kevin Connelly6′1″Sr
Dallas George5′9″So
Bruce Black6′3″Jr
Ashenafi Stuart6′1″So
Mikey Ayala Jr.5′10″Sr
Forwards in that room (9)
Pete Hagen6′7″Jr
Cole Riley6′3″So
Shay Rawlings6′5″Fr
David Kearney6′5″Sr
Drew Colman6′4″Sr
Jonas Sujeta6′5″Sr
Bailey Ziolkowski6′6″So
Matt Kearney6′4″Sr
Rece Bowser6′4″Fr
Centers in that room (2)
Anthony Hall6′5″Fr
Kevin Sanon6′7″Sr
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If you want to play at McDaniel

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For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (7 ahead), F balanced (9 ahead), C balanced (2 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 5 arrivals, 3 came straight from high school and 2 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from MD, PA, VA.

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.

58% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 18 players

Guards 7 of 18

Ryan Shaffer6′3″Jr7.1 PPG
Bruce Black6′3″Jr11.0 PPG
Kevin Connelly6′1″Sr · final yr0.8 PPG
Ashenafi Stuart6′1″So12.3 PPG
Kaydin Ford5′10″So3.1 PPG
Mikey Ayala Jr.5′10″Sr · final yr2.3 PPG
Dallas George5′9″So2.4 PPG

Frontcourt 11 of 18 · forwards + centers

Pete Hagen6′7″Jr · F
Kevin Sanon6′7″Sr · C · final yr0.0 PPG
Bailey Ziolkowski6′6″So · F
Shay Rawlings6′5″Fr · F
Anthony Hall6′5″Fr · C1.4 PPG
David Kearney6′5″Sr · F · final yr17.8 PPG
Jonas Sujeta6′5″Sr · F · final yr
Drew Colman6′4″Sr · F · final yr0.7 PPG
Matt Kearney6′4″Sr · F · final yr7.5 PPG
Rece Bowser6′4″Fr · F1.2 PPG
Cole Riley6′3″So · F1.7 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

58%of recorded scoring returns
3 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Ashenafi Stuart12.3 PPG · returning
Bruce Black11.0 PPG · returning
Ryan Shaffer7.1 PPG · returning

Computed from 14 of 18 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

3from high school2via the portal

16 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

MD 10 · PA 9 · VA 4 · DE 1 · NJ 1 · NY 1

High schools: The Haverford School ×2; Saint John's Catholic; Hershey and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Bruce Black
→Bailey Ziolkowski

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Micah Hagander
←Lorin Hall
←Russell Dandridge
←William Carr
←Jeong Hwang
←Mahari Campbell Jr.
←Joseph Ching

How this roster compares

Centennial Conference (10 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureMcDanielConference
Average guard height6′0″6′2″−2″
Average frontcourt height6′5″6′7″−2″
Roster size1818
Freshman share17%36%−19pp

Coaching staff

Kevin CurleyHead coach
Carson GarvisAssistant coach
Chuck ConteeAssistant coach
Thomas LewisAssistant coach
Staff changes4 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2022–23, 1 before 2023–24, 2 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate78%

How this page is made: Rosters: official McDaniel 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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