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Washburn Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association · Topeka, KS

Washburn (D2, Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) lists 15 players on the 2026–27 roster; 5 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster15 players
New this season5
Transfer additions2
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2029
Most common home stateKS (10)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2029 — 5 ahead.

2027
Gblocked10 ahead
Fblocked5 ahead
2028
Gbalanced9 ahead
Fblocked4 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopening5 ahead
Fopening4 ahead
2030
Gopen3 ahead
Fopen2 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (10)
Kade Cook6′7″Jr
Tayvin Zephier-Murphy6′5″RS-Fr
Reece Riedel6′5″Fr
Cole Parker6′4″Jr
Wyatt Lewis6′2″So
Tyson Ruud6′6″Jr
Marcus Glock6′4″Jr
Jack Bachelor6′3″Sr
Brody Owen6′3″Fr
Kaden Ballard5′11″So
Forwards in that room (5)
Amalachi Wilkins6′8″So
Tyler Salmon6′8″RS-Fr
Lucas Mercandino6′6″Sr
Carson Yale6′10″So
Cy Stucky6′7″Fr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Washburn

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (10 ahead), F blocked (5 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 7 arrivals, 5 came straight from high school and 2 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from KS, NE, CA.

0 of 15 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

44% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 15 players

Guards 10 of 15

Kade Cook6′7″Jr1.9 PPG
Tyson Ruud6′6″Jr8.2 PPG
Tayvin Zephier-Murphy6′5″RS-Fr
Reece Riedel6′5″Fr
Cole Parker6′4″Jr0.9 PPG
Marcus Glock6′4″Jr7.6 PPG
Jack Bachelor6′3″Sr · final yr15.5 PPG
Brody Owen6′3″Fr
Wyatt Lewis6′2″So1.1 PPG
Kaden Ballard5′11″So0.4 PPG

Frontcourt 5 of 15 · forwards + centers

Carson Yale6′10″So · F
Amalachi Wilkins6′8″So · F3.9 PPG
Tyler Salmon6′8″RS-Fr · F1.5 PPG
Cy Stucky6′7″Fr · F
Lucas Mercandino6′6″Sr · F · final yr
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

44%of recorded scoring returns
1 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Jack Bachelor15.5 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Tyson Ruud8.2 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Marcus Glock7.6 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 15 of 16 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

5from high school2via the portal

13 of 15 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 15

0 of 15 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

KS 10 · NE 5 · CA 1 · IL 1 · MO 1 · ND 1

1 international: Córdoba

High schools: Washburn Rural ×2; Pius X; Creighton Preparatory and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Lucas Mercandino
→Carson Yale

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Dillon Claussen
←Jeremiah Jones

How this roster compares

Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (14 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureWashburnConference
Average guard height6′4″6′3″+1″
Average frontcourt height6′8″6′8″
Roster size1515
Freshman share33%31%+2pp

Coaching staff

Ty HenryAssistant coach
Brett BallardMen's basketball head coach
Jordan VincentAssistant coach
Jake SchadeggAssistant coach
Nick FerrariniAssistant coach
Staff changes6 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25, 3 before 2025–26, 1 before 2026–27.

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