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D2 · Lone Star Conference

West Texas A&M Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Lone Star Conference · Canyon, TX

West Texas A&M (D2, Lone Star Conference) lists 14 players on the 2026–27 roster; 9 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster14 players

New this season9

Transfer additions2

Most common home stateTX (10)

If you want to play at West Texas A&M

How to get recruited here

Of the latest cycle's 9 arrivals, 7 came straight from high school and 2 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from TX, CO, KS.

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.

44% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 14 players

Guards 13 of 14

Austin Prosser6′8″Fr

Kemper Jones6′7″Sr · final yr7.3 PPG

Jailyn Sledge6′6″Jr7.8 PPG

Sean Jimmy-Ducksworth6′6″Fr

Ben Walton6′5″Fr

TJ Brown6′4″Jr1.3 PPG

Joel Robinson6′4″Fr

Ryder Cheesman6′4″So

Max George6′4″Fr

Zach Brown6′3″So9.6 PPG

James Parlow Jr.6′2″Sr · final yr10.0 PPG

KJ Thomas6′1″Jr

Kaden Hooker5′11″Fr

Frontcourt 1 of 14 · forwards + centers

Logan Gibson6′9″Fr · F

freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

44%of recorded scoring returns

3 of 5top scorers returning

Top returning scorers

James Parlow Jr.10.0 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Zach Brown9.6 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Jailyn Sledge7.8 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 11 of 12 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

7from high school2via the portal

12 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

TX 10 · CO 1 · KS 1 · LA 1

1 international: Launceston

High schools: Amarillo ×2; Heritage; Canyon and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→KJ Thomas

→Ryder Cheesman

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Brock Mishak

←Fontaine Williams

←Dyson Riley

←Camden Cowgill

←Brendan Ballard

←Dawson Heider

How this roster compares

Lone Star Conference (14 programs, 2025–26 medians)

Measure	West Texas A&M	Conference
Average guard height	6′4″	6′2″	+2″
Average frontcourt height	6′9″	6′7″	+2″
Roster size	14	14
Freshman share	50%	23%	+27pp

Coaching staff

Tom BrownHead coach

Chris GoveAssociate head coach

Zach ToussaintAssistant coach

Staff changes1 on-court staff change in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data

Acceptance rate99%

SAT midpoint1084

ACT midpoint21

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