D3 · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference

WPI Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Worcester, MA

WPI (D3, New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference) lists 15 players on the 2026–27 roster; 8 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster15 players
New this season8
Transfer additions4
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2029
Most common home stateMA (7)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2029 — 3 ahead.

2026
Gbalanced9 ahead
Fblocked6 ahead
2027
Gbalanced5 ahead
Fbalanced4 ahead
2028
Gbalanced3 ahead · multi-yr
Fbalanced2 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopen3 ahead
Fopen2 ahead
2030
Gopen0 ahead
Fopen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (5)
Jack Bleier6′2″Sr
Patrick Madden5′10″So
Ryan Vedovelli6′0″So
Tao Schreiber6′3″So
Nate Bledsoe6′2″Sr
Forwards in that room (4)
Chris Daniels6′8″So
Joseph Pebley6′8″Sr
Justin Molen6′7″Sr
Alec Scarborough6′8″So
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If you want to play at WPI

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G balanced (9 ahead), F blocked (6 ahead).

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

Most arrivals come from MA, TX, NY.

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.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 15 players

Guards 5 of 15

Tao Schreiber6′3″So
Jack Bleier6′2″Sr · final yr
Nate Bledsoe6′2″Sr · final yr
Ryan Vedovelli6′0″So
Patrick Madden5′10″So

Frontcourt 4 of 15 · forwards + centers

Chris Daniels6′8″So · F
Joseph Pebley6′8″Sr · F · final yr
Alec Scarborough6′8″So · F
Justin Molen6′7″Sr · F · final yr
6 without a listed position:Kaan Yarkut 6′7″ · JrEdison Onwe 6′6″ · FrSean Bosia 6′5″ · JrDaniel Bussey 6′4″ · FrJimmy Farrell 6′2″ · FrFaderin Olatunji 6′0″ · Fr
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

4from high school4via the portal

11 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

MA 7 · TX 6 · NY 4 · CT 1 · DE 1 · FL 1

2 international: Istanbul, Turkey; Ankara

High schools: Cushing Academy (MA) ×2; Aquinas Institute; Holy Trinity and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Joseph Pebley
→Sean Bosia
→Kaan Yarkut
→Nate Bledsoe

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Oliver Hibbard
←Nathan Bledsoe
←Joe Pebley
←Yigit Sari

How this roster compares

New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (8 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureWPIConference
Average guard height6′1″6′2″−1″
Average frontcourt height6′8″6′7″+1″
Roster size1517−2
Freshman share27%21%+6pp

Coaching staff

Chris BartleyHead coach (25th season)
Riley NaclerioAssistant coach (4th season)
Brandon WiercinskiAssistant coach (1st season)
David BrownAssistant coach (10th season)
Aidan CallahanAssistant coach (1st season)
John SalivonchikAssistant coach
Stephon BaxterAssistant coach
Jacob BrownAssistant coach
Staff changes3 on-court staff changes in 1 offseasons — 3 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate60%

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

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