D2 · Great Lakes Valley Conference

Rockhurst Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Great Lakes Valley Conference · Kansas City, MO

Rockhurst (D2, Great Lakes Valley Conference) lists 18 players on the 2026–27 roster; 15 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster18 players
New this season15
Transfer additions12
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2028
Most common home stateKS (7)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2028 — 7 ahead.

Centers: blocked until 2029.

2027
Gbalanced13 ahead
Fbalanced4 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gopening7 ahead
Fopening2 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopening5 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
Copen1 ahead
2030
Gopen3 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (13)
Gio Mack6′1″Sr
Hudson Lorensen6′0″Fr
AJ Reed Jr.6′1″Sr
Philip Howard6′3″Fr
Eric Gordon Jr.5′10″Sr
Preston Sledge5′11″So
Pierce Ross6′4″Sr
Sawyer Smith6′3″Fr
Javeyn Martin6′1″So
Kernan Bundy6′2″Sr
Chris Coleman6′1″Jr
Peyton Newbern6′4″Sr
Aidan Page5′11″Jr
Forwards in that room (4)
Asher Boney6′7″Jr
Riley Shore6′8″Sr
Callen Eskew6′8″So
Frank Keller6′7″Sr
Centers in that room (1)
Matt Michalski6′11″So
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If you want to play at Rockhurst

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G balanced (13 ahead), F balanced (4 ahead), C balanced (1 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 15 arrivals, 3 came straight from high school and 12 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from KS, MO, LA.

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.

3% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 18 players

Guards 13 of 18

Pierce Ross6′4″Sr · final yr
Peyton Newbern6′4″Sr · final yr5.2 PPG
Philip Howard6′3″Fr
Sawyer Smith6′3″Fr
Kernan Bundy6′2″Sr · final yr
Gio Mack6′1″Sr · final yr
AJ Reed Jr.6′1″Sr · final yr
Javeyn Martin6′1″So
Chris Coleman6′1″Jr
Hudson Lorensen6′0″Fr
Preston Sledge5′11″So
Aidan Page5′11″Jr
Eric Gordon Jr.5′10″Sr · final yr

Frontcourt 5 of 18 · forwards + centers

Matt Michalski6′11″So · C
Riley Shore6′8″Sr · F · final yr
Callen Eskew6′8″So · F2.4 PPG
Asher Boney6′7″Jr · F
Frank Keller6′7″Sr · F · final yr
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

3%of recorded scoring returns
0 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Callen Eskew2.4 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 13 of 17 players on the 2025–26 roster with recorded stats; "returning" means listed on the 2026–27 roster.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

3from high school12via the portal

6 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

KS 7 · MO 6 · LA 2 · MN 2 · AZ 1 · IA 1

4 international: Philadelphia; Adel, Iowa; Prosper, Texas; Tbilisi

High schools: St. Thomas Aquinas; Rockhurst; Christian Brothers College and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Gio Mack
→Asher Boney
→AJ Reed Jr.
→Riley Shore
→Eric Gordon Jr.
→Preston Sledge
→Pierce Ross
→Javeyn Martin
→Kernan Bundy
→Chris Coleman
→Frank Keller
→Peyton Newbern

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Peyton Newbern
←Quincy Thomas
←Spencer Engle
←Massi Malterer
←London Burton
←Dillon Mong
←Micah Deaver

How this roster compares

Great Lakes Valley Conference (14 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureRockhurstConference
Average guard height6′1″6′2″−1″
Average frontcourt height6′8″6′7″+1″
Roster size1815+3
Freshman share17%33%−16pp

Coaching staff

Broderick StewartAssistant coach
Patrick SurmeierAssistant coach
Todd LorensenHead coach
Runey HernandezAssistant coach
Staff changes6 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 2 before 2024–25, 3 before 2025–26, 1 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate70%
SAT midpoint1186
ACT midpoint23

How this page is made: Rosters: official Rockhurst rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: Rockhurst's 2026–27 roster is posted, so this page reads it; the conference comparison uses 2025–26, the newest season every program has on file. · Stats: 2025–26, the last season played — the 2026–27 season has no games yet. · New this season: players not listed on the 2025–26 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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