D2 · Great Northwest Athletic Conference

Saint Martin’s Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Great Northwest Athletic Conference · Lacey, WA

Saint Martin's (D2, Great Northwest Athletic Conference) lists 14 players on the 2026–27 roster; 5 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster14 players
New this season5
Transfer additions5
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2027
Most common home stateWA (4)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2027 — 5 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2029.

2026
Gblocked8 ahead
Fblocked7 ahead · multi-yr
2027
Gcrowded9 ahead
Fopening5 ahead
2028
Gbalanced7 ahead
Fopening2 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopen5 ahead
Fopen2 ahead
2030
Gopen0 ahead
Fopen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
Omer Ege Peksari6′4″RS-Sr
Matteo Porto6′7″So
Dae'Kwon Watson6′2″Sr
Mate Mamrikishvili6′4″So
Joviel Acevedo-Arroyo6′3″RS-So
Jaedyn Brown6′5″RS-Jr
Matthew Lindblom6′2″So
Patrick Kilfoil6′0″So
Jaden Witter-Watts6′2″Jr
Forwards in that room (5)
Jahmarian Forrester6′8″So
Nari Jordan6′8″Sr
Mark Clegg Jr6′5″Sr
Stefan Isailović6′8″So
Anthony Simo6′7″Sr
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How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (8 ahead), F blocked (7 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 5 arrivals, 0 came straight from high school and 5 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from WA, CA, FL.

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.

51% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 14 players

Guards 9 of 14

Matteo Porto6′7″So
Jaedyn Brown6′5″RS-Jr
Omer Ege Peksari6′4″RS-Sr · final yr3.3 PPG
Mate Mamrikishvili6′4″So
Joviel Acevedo-Arroyo6′3″RS-So
Dae'Kwon Watson6′2″Sr · final yr12.8 PPG
Matthew Lindblom6′2″So2.7 PPG
Jaden Witter-Watts6′2″Jr
Patrick Kilfoil6′0″So9.6 PPG

Frontcourt 5 of 14 · forwards + centers

Jahmarian Forrester6′8″So · F4.9 PPG
Nari Jordan6′8″Sr · F · final yr2.0 PPG
Stefan Isailović6′8″So · F
Anthony Simo6′7″Sr · F · final yr5.7 PPG
Mark Clegg Jr6′5″Sr · F · final yr8.8 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

51%of recorded scoring returns
3 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Dae'Kwon Watson12.8 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Patrick Kilfoil9.6 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Mark Clegg Jr8.8 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 12 of 15 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

0from high school5via the portal

9 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

WA 4 · CA 1 · FL 1 · MI 1 · NY 1 · OH 1

9 international: Toronto; Izmir; Belgrade, Serbia; Valencia, Spain and 5 more

High schools: Auburn ×2; Balboa Prep ×2; Sisli Terakki and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Matteo Porto
→Joviel Acevedo-Arroyo
→Jaedyn Brown
→Stefan Isailović
→Jaden Witter-Watts

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Luke Murphy
←Kaden Hansen
←Ronyo Obou
←Sam Marbury
←Pablo Navarro
←Diego Trejo-Delgado

How this roster compares

Great Northwest Athletic Conference (10 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureSaint Martin'sConference
Average guard height6′3″6′3″
Average frontcourt height6′7″6′8″−1″
Roster size1416−2
Freshman share0%27%−27pp

Coaching staff

Aaron LandonHead coach
Tyler VelasquezAssociate head coach
Wesley ReynoldsAssistant men's basketball coach
Staff changes2 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate90%
SAT midpoint1111
ACT midpoint21

How this page is made: Rosters: official Saint Martin's rosters, 2025–26 and 2026–27, read from the athletic department's own site · Season: Saint Martin's'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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