D3 · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Principia Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Elsah, IL

Principia (D3, St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) lists 14 players on the 2025–26 roster; 10 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster14 players
New this season10
Transfer additions3
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2029
Most common home stateMO (8)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2029 — 5 ahead.

2026
Gblocked10 ahead
Fblocked4 ahead · multi-yr
2027
Gcrowded9 ahead
Fbalanced4 ahead
2028
Gbalanced7 ahead
Fbalanced2 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopen5 ahead
Fopen2 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (10)
Ivan Vashchenko6′2″Jr
Ashton Matthews5′10″So
Derek Schauman6′3″Fr
Caden Smith6′4″Fr
Nolan Simon6′0″Jr
Abe Pogue6′3″Sr
Xavier McDowell6′3″Fr
KJ Waddell6′2″Fr
Elijah Boyd5′10″Fr
Caleb White6′1″So
Forwards in that room (4)
Wyatt Gravil6′5″Fr
Mikhali Roberts6′6″Jr
Donald Averett6′10″Fr
Jacob Mora6′5″Jr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Principia

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (10 ahead), F blocked (4 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 10 arrivals, 7 came straight from high school and 3 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from MO, AR, CA.

0 of 14 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 14 players

Guards 10 of 14

Caden Smith6′4″Fr
Derek Schauman6′3″Fr
Abe Pogue6′3″Sr · final yr
Xavier McDowell6′3″Fr
Ivan Vashchenko6′2″Jr0.0 PPG
KJ Waddell6′2″Fr
Caleb White6′1″So0.5 PPG
Nolan Simon6′0″Jr17.0 PPG
Ashton Matthews5′10″So0.8 PPG
Elijah Boyd5′10″Fr

Frontcourt 4 of 14 · forwards + centers

Donald Averett6′10″Fr · F
Mikhali Roberts6′6″Jr · F
Wyatt Gravil6′5″Fr · F
Jacob Mora6′5″Jr · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

7from high school3via the portal

11 of 14 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 14

0 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

MO 8 · AR 3 · CA 3 · CT 1 · GA 1 · KS 1

1 international: Zaporizhzhia

High schools: Principia Upper School ×3; Christian Brothers College High School ×2; East Hartford High School and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Mikhali Roberts
→Abe Pogue
→Jacob Mora

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Bobby Alford III
←Demetrius Torrence
←Demontrel Jones
←Jordan Williams
←Eaton Smith

How this roster compares

St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (9 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasurePrincipiaConference
Average guard height6′1″6′1″
Average frontcourt height6′7″6′6″+1″
Roster size1418−4
Freshman share50%27%+23pp

Coaching staff

Neyko DominguezHead coach, men's basketball
Shemarri MilesAssistant coach, men's basketball
Staff changes1 on-court staff change in 5 offseasons — 1 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
SAT midpoint1111
ACT midpoint25

How this page is made: Rosters: official Principia rosters, 2024–25 and 2025–26, read from the athletic department's own site · Stats: 2024–25, the newest season with recorded stats for Principia; 2025–26 stats are not on file. · 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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