D3 · American Rivers Conference

Wartburg Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · American Rivers Conference · Waverly, IA

Wartburg (D3, American Rivers Conference) lists 19 players on the 2026–27 roster; 8 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster19 players
New this season8
Transfer additions4
Clearest projected openingGuards · 2028
Most common home stateIA (12)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards: open from 2028 — 13 ahead.

Forwards: blocked until 2029.

2026
Gcrowded16 ahead
Fbalanced3 ahead
2027
Gcrowded17 ahead
Fcrowded2 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gopening13 ahead
Fbalanced2 ahead
2029
Gopening7 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
2030
Gopen4 ahead
Fopen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (17)
Austin Bienemann6′3″Sr
Devon Hanavan6′4″So
Reed Pfaltzgraff6′4″Jr
Brody Bauer6′2″Sr
Maddox Coppola6′2″Fr
Lyle Olsen6′0″Jr
Mick Hoffman6′2″Fr
Drew Britson6′1″Sr
Gavin Thomas6′1″Jr
Hudson McConnell6′4″So
Mason Matson6′0″So
Ethan Yungtum6′5″Sr
Jalen Miller6′4″Jr
Giovanni St Onge6′2″Jr
Adrian Gonpue6′4″Fr
Michael Berry6′2″Jr
Parker Berns6′1″Fr
Forwards in that room (2)
Cael Schramm6′7″Jr
Kaleb Ferguson6′6″So
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Wartburg

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (16 ahead), F balanced (3 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 8 arrivals, 4 came straight from high school and 4 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from IA, CO, NE.

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

2026–27 · 19 players

Guards 17 of 19

Ethan Yungtum6′5″Sr · final yr
Devon Hanavan6′4″So
Reed Pfaltzgraff6′4″Jr
Hudson McConnell6′4″So
Jalen Miller6′4″Jr
Adrian Gonpue6′4″Fr
Austin Bienemann6′3″Sr · final yr
Brody Bauer6′2″Sr · final yr
Maddox Coppola6′2″Fr
Mick Hoffman6′2″Fr
Giovanni St Onge6′2″Jr
Michael Berry6′2″Jr
Drew Britson6′1″Sr · final yr
Gavin Thomas6′1″Jr
Parker Berns6′1″Fr
Lyle Olsen6′0″Jr
Mason Matson6′0″So

Frontcourt 2 of 19 · forwards + centers

Cael Schramm6′7″Jr · F
Kaleb Ferguson6′6″So · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

4from high school4via the portal

15 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

IA 12 · CO 2 · NE 2 · IL 1 · MA 1 · ME 1

5 international: Parkersburg, Iowa; Cascade, Iowa; Cedar Falls, Iowa; Waukee, Iowa and 1 more

High schools: Newton; Nashua-Plainfield; Earlham and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Reed Pfaltzgraff
→Gavin Thomas
→Jalen Miller
→Michael Berry

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Zachary Randl
←Jamison Poe
←Drake Wemark
←Patrick Murtagh

How this roster compares

American Rivers Conference (7 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureWartburgConference
Average guard height6′2″6′2″
Average frontcourt height6′7″6′6″+1″
Roster size1922−3
Freshman share21%35%−14pp

Coaching staff

Sam LealHead men's basketball coach
Kade TerrellAssistant coach
Clayton VetteAssistant coach
Josh NicholsAssistant coach
Staff changesNo on-court staff changes across the last 1 offseasons.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate76%
SAT midpoint1086
ACT midpoint23

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

See whether your profile fits Wartburg's openings

This page describes the program. The free Market Preview scores YOU against it — and 1,059 others.

Start my free preview

Share this page

On a phone, Share… opens your share sheet — Instagram, TikTok, Messages.

Also in the American Rivers Conference

every American Rivers Conference program →

Related