D3 · Northwest Conference

Pacific Lutheran Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Northwest Conference · Tacoma, WA

Pacific Lutheran (D3, Northwest Conference) lists 13 players on the 2025–26 roster; 4 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster13 players
New this season4
Transfer additions1
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2027
Most common home stateWA (7)

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
Fbalanced5 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2027
Gopening5 ahead
Fopening3 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gopening3 ahead
Fopening2 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopen1 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
Copen1 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (7)
Ben Tellez6′2″Sr
Zach Zuckerman6′3″So
Mack Hepper6′3″Sr
Henry Smith6′3″Jr
Jamie McGrail6′0″Jr
Caleb Berry5′11″So
Logan Lucero6′3″Fr
Forwards in that room (5)
Jacobi Murphy6′2″Fr
Julian Brown6′4″Sr
Charlie Kapranos6′5″So
Dom Perasso6′6″Sr
Shaun Burton6′2″Jr
Centers in that room (1)
Cam Rice6′8″Fr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Pacific Lutheran

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (7 ahead), F balanced (5 ahead), C balanced (1 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 4 arrivals, 3 came straight from high school and 1 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from WA, OR, AZ.

0 of 13 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 13 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

53% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 13 players

Guards 7 of 13

Zach Zuckerman6′3″So2.2 PPG
Mack Hepper6′3″Sr · final yr5.9 PPG
Henry Smith6′3″Jr11.0 PPG
Logan Lucero6′3″Fr0.9 PPG
Ben Tellez6′2″Sr · final yr18.0 PPG
Jamie McGrail6′0″Jr2.4 PPG
Caleb Berry5′11″So6.0 PPG

Frontcourt 6 of 13 · forwards + centers

Cam Rice6′8″Fr · C6.1 PPG
Dom Perasso6′6″Sr · F · final yr9.8 PPG
Charlie Kapranos6′5″So · F13.8 PPG
Julian Brown6′4″Sr · F · final yr5.3 PPG
Jacobi Murphy6′2″Fr · F
Shaun Burton6′2″Jr · F0.9 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

53%of recorded scoring returns
3 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Charlie Kapranos13.8 PPG · returning
Henry Smith11.0 PPG · returning
Cam Rice6.1 PPG · returning

Computed from 12 of 13 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

3from high school1via the portal

12 of 13 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 13

0 of 13 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

WA 7 · OR 4 · AZ 3 · CA 3 · AK 1 · ID 1

1 international: Gibraltar

High schools: Bonney Lake; Stanwood; Mount Vernon and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Jamie McGrail

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Micah Gentry
←Emmett Holt
←Liam Johnston
←Drew Kraft
←Kellen Kinder
←Jason Montes
←Brandin Riedel
←Miles Nash

How this roster compares

Northwest Conference (9 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasurePacific LutheranConference
Average guard height6′2″6′2″
Average frontcourt height6′5″6′6″−1″
Roster size1318−5
Freshman share23%22%+1pp

Coaching staff

Chad MurrayHead coach
Sudon DesuzeAssistant coach
Max GreenamoyerAssistant coach
Staff changes4 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2022–23, 2 before 2023–24, 1 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate78%
SAT midpoint1264
ACT midpoint25

How this page is made: Rosters: official Pacific Lutheran 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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