D2 · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

Colorado Mesa Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference · Grand Junction, CO

Colorado Mesa (D2, Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) lists 17 players on the 2026–27 roster; 15 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster17 players
New this season15
Transfer additions9
Clearest projected openingGuards and Centers · 2028
Most common home stateCO (8)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Centers: open from 2028 — 8 ahead.

Forwards: blocked until 2029.

2027
Gblocked9 ahead
Fblocked5 ahead
Ccrowded3 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gopening8 ahead
Fbalanced4 ahead
Copening3 ahead
2029
Gopening4 ahead
Fopening3 ahead
Copening1 ahead · multi-yr
2030
Gopen3 ahead
Fopen2 ahead
Copen1 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
JD Bradford6′4″Jr
Davis May6′4″Fr
Jaylen Pitman6′2″Jr
Cole Johnson6′2″Sr
Brady Kingsley5′10″Fr
Tait Spencer6′3″RS-So
Alfonso Medina6′3″Jr
CJ Willenborg6′3″Jr
Cash Boykin6′6″Fr
Forwards in that room (5)
Aidan Perez6′7″Fr
Drew Larson6′7″Sr
Aidan Triplet6′8″Jr
Kai Valentine6′8″Fr
Walker Asp6′7″RS-So
Centers in that room (3)
Ryan Weber6′10″Jr
Luke Williams6′10″Fr
Ben Kaye7′0″Jr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Colorado Mesa

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (9 ahead), F blocked (5 ahead), C crowded (3 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 15 arrivals, 6 came straight from high school and 9 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from CO, CA, AZ.

0 of 17 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 17 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

6% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 17 players

Guards 9 of 17

Cash Boykin6′6″Fr
JD Bradford6′4″Jr
Davis May6′4″Fr
Tait Spencer6′3″RS-So
Alfonso Medina6′3″Jr
CJ Willenborg6′3″Jr
Jaylen Pitman6′2″Jr4.9 PPG
Cole Johnson6′2″Sr · final yr
Brady Kingsley5′10″Fr

Frontcourt 8 of 17 · forwards + centers

Ben Kaye7′0″Jr · C0.7 PPG
Ryan Weber6′10″Jr · C
Luke Williams6′10″Fr · C
Aidan Triplet6′8″Jr · F
Kai Valentine6′8″Fr · F
Aidan Perez6′7″Fr · F
Drew Larson6′7″Sr · F · final yr
Walker Asp6′7″RS-So · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

6%of recorded scoring returns
0 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Jaylen Pitman4.9 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Ben Kaye0.7 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 11 of 13 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 school9via the portal

8 of 17 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 17

0 of 17 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

CO 8 · CA 4 · AZ 3 · UT 3 · IA 1 · OR 1

7 international: Adelaide; Toulouse; Cairns; Budaörs and 3 more

High schools: Rock Canyon ×2; Juab; Villanova and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→JD Bradford
→Drew Larson
→Aidan Triplet
→Ryan Weber
→Cole Johnson
→Tait Spencer
→Alfonso Medina
→CJ Willenborg
→Walker Asp

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Yanis Mahoundo
←Tevin Riehl
←Mason Honeyman
←Clayton Jewell
←Ben Henderson
←Cohenj Gonzales
←Kap Laila
←Mason Farr
←Wes Ball
←Harvey White

How this roster compares

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (14 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureColorado MesaConference
Average guard height6′3″6′3″
Average frontcourt height6′9″6′7″+2″
Roster size1716+1
Freshman share35%27%+8pp

Coaching staff

Ken DeWeeseHead men's basketball coach
Mark RyanHead strength & conditioning coach
Trevor Van TasselAssistant men's basketball coach
Staff changes7 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 4 before 2024–25, 3 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate82%
SAT midpoint1074
ACT midpoint23

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