D3 · Little East Conference

Southern Maine Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Little East Conference · Portland, ME

Southern Maine (D3, Little East Conference) lists 19 players on the 2025–26 roster; 12 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster19 players
New this season12
Transfer additions5
Clearest projected openingCenters · 2026
Most common home stateME (12)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Centers: open from 2026 — 1 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2028.

2026
Gcrowded15 ahead
Fcrowded3 ahead · multi-yr
Copen1 ahead
2027
Gcrowded11 ahead
Fcrowded3 ahead · multi-yr
Copen0 ahead
2028
Gopening9 ahead
Fopening3 ahead
Copen0 ahead
2029
Gopen6 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (15)
Thomas Whelan6′1″Sr
Najee McQueen6′5″Sr
Aidan Obrien5′11″Fr
George Childs6′0″Fr
Cohen Galley6′1″Fr
Stephen Gabriel III6′2″Sr
Zhangir Dyussenov5′10″Jr
Noah Dowling6′5″So
Evans Sterling6′3″So
Diego Colon6′1″Sr
Mckhel Joyner5′6″Fr
Zion Simpson6′0″Fr
Carter Galley6′0″Fr
Noah Hebert6′2″So
Juan Bruce6′4″Jr
Forwards in that room (3)
Max McClure6′5″So
Gabe Lash6′6″Fr
Marko Joksovic6′5″So
Centers in that room (1)
Andrew Hartel6′10″Grad
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Southern Maine

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (15 ahead), F crowded (3 ahead · multi-yr), C open (1 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 12 arrivals, 7 came straight from high school and 5 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from ME, FL, MA.

0 of 19 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 19 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 19 players

Guards 15 of 19

Najee McQueen6′5″Sr · final yr
Noah Dowling6′5″So12.4 PPG
Juan Bruce6′4″Jr
Evans Sterling6′3″So12.1 PPG
Stephen Gabriel III6′2″Sr · final yr4.3 PPG
Noah Hebert6′2″So0.4 PPG
Thomas Whelan6′1″Sr · final yr21.3 PPG
Cohen Galley6′1″Fr5.8 PPG
Diego Colon6′1″Sr · final yr2.5 PPG
George Childs6′0″Fr
Zion Simpson6′0″Fr
Carter Galley6′0″Fr12.2 PPG
Aidan Obrien5′11″Fr
Zhangir Dyussenov5′10″Jr
Mckhel Joyner5′6″Fr

Frontcourt 4 of 19 · forwards + centers

Andrew Hartel6′10″Grad · C · final yr5.6 PPG
Gabe Lash6′6″Fr · F9.6 PPG
Max McClure6′5″So · F0.6 PPG
Marko Joksovic6′5″So · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

7from high school5via the portal

14 of 19 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 19

0 of 19 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

ME 12 · FL 4 · MA 2 · NY 2 · CT 1 · NH 1

2 international: Narrabeen; San Juan, Puerto Rico

High schools: Bridgton Academy ×2; Gray-New Gloucester ×2; Franklin and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Najee McQueen
→Andrew Hartel
→Zhangir Dyussenov
→Noah Dowling
→Marko Joksovic

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Brady Saunders
←Gabe Galarraga
←Jesse Kamalandua
←Juneau Anicette
←Aidan Hebert
←Evan Willey
←Ken Perry
←Justin Allen
←Madden White

How this roster compares

Little East Conference (9 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureSouthern MaineConference
Average guard height6′1″6′1″
Average frontcourt height6′7″6′6″+1″
Roster size1916+3
Freshman share37%33%+4pp

Coaching staff

Mikey CoppersmithHead men's basketball coach
Dakota DearbornMen's basketball assistant coach
Cameron BrownMen's basketball assistant coach
Jackson CarrMen's basketball assistant coach
Jon DibiaseMen's basketball assistant coach
Staff changes7 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2022–23, 5 before 2024–25, 1 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate79%
SAT midpoint1113
ACT midpoint22

How this page is made: Rosters: official Southern Maine 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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