D2 · Great Northwest Athletic Conference

Western Oregon Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Great Northwest Athletic Conference · Monmouth, OR

Western Oregon (D2, Great Northwest Athletic Conference) lists 14 players on the 2026–27 roster; 11 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster14 players
New this season11
Transfer additions8
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards and Centers · 2028
Most common home stateOR (8)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards and Centers: open from 2028 — 9 ahead.

2026
Gcrowded8 ahead
Fbalanced3 ahead
Cbalanced4 ahead
2027
Gblocked9 ahead · multi-yr
Fcrowded3 ahead · multi-yr
Ccrowded2 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gopening9 ahead
Fopen3 ahead
Copen2 ahead
2029
Gopening4 ahead · multi-yr
Fopen0 ahead
Copen0 ahead
2030
Gopen4 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
Christopher Burgoz6′2″Fr
Tyler Christensen6′4″Jr
Carson Forsey6′2″Jr
Dayton Jenkins6′3″Fr
Adam Silmon6′3″Jr
Aaidyn Bokuro6′2″Fr
Kavon Bradford6′2″Jr
Jarod Stanley6′5″RS-Fr
Liam Spencer6′3″RS-Jr
Forwards in that room (3)
Noah Morris6′9″Jr
Kap Laila6′8″Jr
Charlie Stallings6′7″Jr
Centers in that room (2)
Ben Starks7′0″Jr
Graham Eikenberry6′10″Jr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Western Oregon

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (8 ahead), F balanced (3 ahead), C balanced (4 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 12 arrivals, 4 came straight from high school and 8 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from OR, CA, UT.

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.

3% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 14 players

Guards 9 of 14

Jarod Stanley6′5″RS-Fr
Tyler Christensen6′4″Jr
Dayton Jenkins6′3″Fr
Adam Silmon6′3″Jr
Liam Spencer6′3″RS-Jr
Christopher Burgoz6′2″Fr
Carson Forsey6′2″Jr
Aaidyn Bokuro6′2″Fr
Kavon Bradford6′2″Jr

Frontcourt 5 of 14 · forwards + centers

Ben Starks7′0″Jr · C
Graham Eikenberry6′10″Jr · C2.4 PPG
Noah Morris6′9″Jr · F
Kap Laila6′8″Jr · F
Charlie Stallings6′7″Jr · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

3%of recorded scoring returns
0 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Graham Eikenberry2.4 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 10 of 15 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

4from high school8via the portal

6 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

OR 8 · CA 6 · UT 3 · WA 3 · AZ 1 · CO 1

High schools: Westview HS ×2; Sprague HS ×2; Arroyo Grande HS ×2 and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Noah Morris
→Tyler Christensen
→Carson Forsey
→Kap Laila
→Charlie Stallings
→Ben Starks
→Adam Silmon
→Kavon Bradford

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←AB Gilchrist
←Nate Harding
←Parker Baumann
←Braydon Olson
←Ty Best
←Trevon Chambers

How this roster compares

Great Northwest Athletic Conference (10 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureWestern OregonConference
Average guard height6′3″6′3″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′8″+1″
Roster size1416−2
Freshman share29%27%+2pp

Coaching staff

Ryan OrtonHead men's basketball coach
Chris ReevesAssistant coach
Fritz WestlakeVolunteer assistant coach
Staff changes5 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25, 2 before 2025–26, 1 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate98%

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