D3 · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Cal Lutheran Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Thousand Oaks, CA

Cal Lutheran (D3, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) lists 18 players on the 2026–27 roster; 10 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster18 players
New this season10
Transfer additions4
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards · 2028
Most common home stateCA (14)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards: open from 2028 — 4 ahead.

2026
Gblocked13 ahead
Fbalanced4 ahead
2027
Gbalanced7 ahead
Fbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gopening4 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
2029
Gopen1 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
2030
Gopen0 ahead
Fopen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (7)
Hunter Marumoto6′3″Jr
Aidan Crawford6′4″Jr
Jaden Young6′2″Sr
Matthew Verkamp6′4″Sr
Cody Shen6′3″So
Tony Angelo5′10″Jr
Cade Collins6′4″Sr
Forwards in that room (1)
Josh DeVore6′8″Jr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Cal Lutheran

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (13 ahead), F balanced (4 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 10 arrivals, 6 came straight from high school and 4 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from CA, UT, CO.

0 of 18 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 18 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

62% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 18 players

Guards 7 of 18

Aidan Crawford6′4″Jr8.6 PPG
Matthew Verkamp6′4″Sr · final yr11.4 PPG
Cade Collins6′4″Sr · final yr1.8 PPG
Hunter Marumoto6′3″Jr
Cody Shen6′3″So7.7 PPG
Jaden Young6′2″Sr · final yr12.6 PPG
Tony Angelo5′10″Jr5.5 PPG

Frontcourt 1 of 18 · forwards + centers

Josh DeVore6′8″Jr · F6.0 PPG
10 without a listed position:Van Nellesen 6′9″ · JrJoseph Seifu 6′7″ · FrPeter Oguama 6′4″ · JrManase Mangala 6′4″ · JrDante Ventura 6′2″ · FrDeuce Kellogg 6′2″ · FrDanny Ryan 6′1″ · FrTheodore Wilson 6′1″ · FrIsaiah Clark 6′0″ · FrKayden Lamebull-Ingram 5′9″ · Jr
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

62%of recorded scoring returns
4 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Jaden Young12.6 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Matthew Verkamp11.4 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Aidan Crawford8.6 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 16 of 17 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

6from high school4via the portal

14 of 18 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 18

0 of 18 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

CA 14 · UT 3 · CO 2 · OR 2 · AK 1 · GA 1

1 international: Denver

High schools: Archbishop Mitty HS ×2; Shalhevet HS; Park City HS and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Van Nellesen
→Peter Oguama
→Kayden Lamebull-Ingram
→Manase Mangala

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Jayden Fakhouri
←Camden Hyde
←Ryder Mjoen
←PJ Jourdain
←Makaio Morphy
←Brandon Roundtree

How this roster compares

Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (10 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureCal LutheranConference
Average guard height6′3″6′3″
Average frontcourt height6′8″6′7″+1″
Roster size1815+3
Freshman share33%21%+12pp

Coaching staff

Russell WhiteHead coach
Danny GiangrandeAssistant coach
Ib BelouVolunteer assistant coach
Randy SerranoVolunteer assistant coach
Staff changes4 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24, 2 before 2024–25, 1 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate76%
SAT midpoint1190
ACT midpoint26

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