D3 · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

Crown Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Saint Bonifacius, MN

Crown (D3, Upper Midwest Athletic Conference) lists 28 players on the 2026–27 roster; 15 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster28 players
New this season15
Transfer additions6
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2028
Most common home stateMN (21)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2028 — 1 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2029.

2026
Gcrowded17 ahead
Fbalanced10 ahead
2027
Gcrowded26 ahead
Fbalanced2 ahead
2028
Gcrowded22 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
2029
Gopening17 ahead
Fopen0 ahead
2030
Gopen9 ahead
Fopen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (26)
Ethan Bergloff6′2″So
Ian Mcfaggen6′0″Jr
Ashton Hosler6′0″Sr
Colby Deluce6′1″Sr
Ayden Davis5′10″Fr
Jude Wilkins6′2″Sr
Karsten Schafer6′4″Fr
TJ Starkey5′10″So
Julian Greer6′3″Fr
Tristan Youngblood6′4″Sr
Joe Sullivan5′10″Jr
Cody Durham6′4″Fr
Lewis Wolbert6′0″So
Alijah Townsel6′3″So
Connor Radtke6′3″Jr
Chase Sheldon6′1″Fr
Nick Risen6′5″So
Anthony Knight5′11″Jr
Tanner Mock6′3″So
Micah Fuller6′2″So
Matthias Bruning6′1″Fr
Alek Hodny6′5″Jr
Ezra Weber6′3″Fr
Sam Parsons6′4″Fr
Desmynn Beavers-Smith6′0″So
Jed Henderson6′4″Fr
Forwards in that room (2)
Caleb Ludwig6′6″Jr
Tyler Smith6′7″Sr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

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For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (17 ahead), F balanced (10 ahead).

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

Most arrivals come from MN, WI, CA.

0 of 28 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 28 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 28 players

Guards 26 of 28

Nick Risen6′5″So
Alek Hodny6′5″Jr
Karsten Schafer6′4″Fr
Tristan Youngblood6′4″Sr · final yr7.0 PPG
Cody Durham6′4″Fr
Sam Parsons6′4″Fr
Jed Henderson6′4″Fr
Julian Greer6′3″Fr
Alijah Townsel6′3″So
Connor Radtke6′3″Jr
Tanner Mock6′3″So
Ezra Weber6′3″Fr
Ethan Bergloff6′2″So
Jude Wilkins6′2″Sr · final yr
Micah Fuller6′2″So
Colby Deluce6′1″Sr · final yr8.4 PPG
Chase Sheldon6′1″Fr
Matthias Bruning6′1″Fr
Ian Mcfaggen6′0″Jr1.6 PPG
Ashton Hosler6′0″Sr · final yr
Lewis Wolbert6′0″So
Desmynn Beavers-Smith6′0″So
Anthony Knight5′11″Jr17.6 PPG
Ayden Davis5′10″Fr
TJ Starkey5′10″So
Joe Sullivan5′10″Jr3.0 PPG

Frontcourt 2 of 28 · forwards + centers

Tyler Smith6′7″Sr · F · final yr7.8 PPG
Caleb Ludwig6′6″Jr · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

9from high school6via the portal

22 of 28 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 28

0 of 28 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

MN 21 · WI 4 · CA 3 · TX 3 · GA 2 · WA 2

1 international: Fort Frances

High schools: Elk River ×2; Lester Prairie ×2; Cambridge-Isanti ×2 and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Ethan Bergloff
→Jude Wilkins
→TJ Starkey
→Caleb Ludwig
→Lewis Wolbert
→Nick Risen

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Messiah Wilson
←Jayden McLaughlin
←Jonathan Larose
←Josh Kline
←Codey Root
←Isaac Mathys

How this roster compares

Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (7 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureCrownConference
Average guard height6′2″6′2″
Average frontcourt height6′7″6′5″+2″
Roster size2820+8
Freshman share32%30%+2pp

Coaching staff

Luke HerbertHead men's basketball coach
Jacob Van DamHead assistant men's basketball coach
Travis BledsoeAssistant men's basketball coach
Gabe Rojas-GomezAssistant men's basketball coach
Alex HoslerHead men's soccer coach
Staff changes6 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 2 before 2023–24, 2 before 2025–26, 2 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate23%

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