D2 · Mountain East Conference

West Virginia State Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Mountain East Conference · Institute, WV

West Virginia State (D2, Mountain East Conference) lists 14 players on the 2025–26 roster; 12 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster14 players
New this season12
Transfer additions10
Clearest projected openingCenters · 2026
Most common home stateWV (9)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Centers: open from 2026 — 1 ahead.

Forwards: blocked until 2029.

2026
Gcrowded10 ahead
Fcrowded3 ahead · multi-yr
Copen1 ahead
2027
Gopening8 ahead
Fbalanced3 ahead
Copen0 ahead
2028
Gopening1 ahead · multi-yr
Fbalanced2 ahead · multi-yr
Copen0 ahead
2029
Gopen1 ahead
Fopen2 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (10)
Andrew Shull6′0″Grad
Trey Harris6′7″Jr
Blake Goodman6′7″Jr
Norris Bourne6′4″Jr
Karrington Hill6′3″Jr
Che Evans6′6″Sr
Camren Wilkes6′1″Jr
Ishmael Smith6′4″Jr
Gale Lamb6′2″Fr
Hassan Belkhaddar6′9″Jr
Forwards in that room (3)
Bryson Smith6′7″Fr
Jaylen Subject6′5″Jr
Loakkhae Uth-Smith6′4″Fr
Centers in that room (1)
Aymeric Toussaint6′10″Sr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at West Virginia State

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (10 ahead), F crowded (3 ahead · multi-yr), C open (1 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 13 arrivals, 3 came straight from high school and 10 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from WV, TX, OH.

1 of 14 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 1 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

81% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 14 players

Guards 10 of 14

Hassan Belkhaddar6′9″Jr9.4 PPG
Trey Harris6′7″Jr16.6 PPG
Blake Goodman6′7″Jr8.1 PPG
Che Evans6′6″Sr · final yr
Norris Bourne6′4″Jr7.3 PPG
Ishmael Smith6′4″Jr16.4 PPG
Karrington Hill6′3″Jr1.1 PPG
Gale Lamb6′2″Fr2.6 PPG
Camren Wilkes6′1″Jr7.3 PPG
Andrew Shull6′0″Grad · final yr10.3 PPG

Frontcourt 4 of 14 · forwards + centers

Aymeric Toussaint6′10″Sr · C · final yr10.9 PPG
Bryson Smith6′7″Fr · F4.4 PPG
Jaylen Subject6′5″Jr · F15.0 PPG
Loakkhae Uth-Smith6′4″Fr · F2.1 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

81%of recorded scoring returns
3 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Trey Harris16.6 PPG · returning
Ishmael Smith16.4 PPG · returning
Jaylen Subject15.0 PPG · returning

Computed from 13 of 14 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

3from high school10via the portal

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

Rankings

1 of 14

1 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Best-ranked: Che Evans #234.

Where from

WV 9 · TX 4 · OH 3 · MD 2 · VA 2 · AR 1

4 international: Morovis; Poissy, France; Saint-Denis; Toledo, Ohio

High schools: George Washington ×2; Calvary Baptist Academy; Winston Salem Christian and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Andrew Shull
→Trey Harris
→Blake Goodman
→Norris Bourne
→Karrington Hill
→Jaylen Subject
→Che Evans
→Camren Wilkes
→Ishmael Smith
→Hassan Belkhaddar

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←DeAngelo Canty
←Jaden Byers
←Aboubacar Cisse
←Arthur Cox
←Bunky Brown
←Nate Mims
←Kenyon Giles
←Dylan Russell
←Jacob Rice
←Isaiah Bosley
←Jaedaun Slack
←Dakari Bradford
←Miguel Martinez
←Kayden Slay
←Ju'Juan Ray

How this roster compares

Mountain East Conference (10 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureWest Virginia StateConference
Average guard height6′4″6′2″+2″
Average frontcourt height6′7″6′7″
Roster size1420−6
Freshman share21%31%−10pp

Coaching staff

Marcus ReedAssociate head coach
Lester RainesAssistant coach
Bryan PooreHead men's basketball coach
Staff changesNo on-court staff changes across the last 4 offseasons.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate96%
SAT midpoint955

How this page is made: Rosters: official West Virginia State 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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