D2 · Great American Conference

East Central Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Great American Conference · Ada, OK

East Central (D2, Great American Conference) lists 15 players on the 2026–27 roster; 3 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster15 players
New this season3
Transfer additions3
Clearest projected openingGuards · 2028
Most common home stateTX (12)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards: open from 2028 — 7 ahead.

Forwards: blocked until 2029.

2026
Gblocked9 ahead · multi-yr
Fblocked7 ahead
2027
Gcrowded9 ahead
Fbalanced5 ahead
2028
Gopening7 ahead
Fbalanced3 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopening4 ahead
Fopening3 ahead
2030
Gopen2 ahead
Fopen2 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
Riki Adams6′4″RS-Fr
Ari Tumma6′4″RS-Fr
Christian payawal6′1″Jr
Javaun Henderson6′6″RS-So
Kameron Newsome6′3″So
Kyler Mann6′5″RS-Sr
Mark Rucha6′1″RS-Jr
Jordan England6′2″Sr
Christian Andrews5′10″Jr
Forwards in that room (6)
Rustin Coffey6′6″Sr
Braden Baum6′6″So
Brandon Mann6′5″Sr
Race Herr6′10″RS-Jr
Johnathan Price6′7″RS-Fr
Benjamin Price6′6″RS-Fr
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If you want to play at East Central

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (9 ahead · multi-yr), F blocked (7 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 7 arrivals, 4 came straight from high school and 3 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from TX, OK, NC.

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.

69% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 15 players

Guards 9 of 15

Javaun Henderson6′6″RS-So6.4 PPG
Kyler Mann6′5″RS-Sr · final yr
Riki Adams6′4″RS-Fr
Ari Tumma6′4″RS-Fr
Kameron Newsome6′3″So6.7 PPG
Jordan England6′2″Sr · final yr6.5 PPG
Christian payawal6′1″Jr
Mark Rucha6′1″RS-Jr3.6 PPG
Christian Andrews5′10″Jr

Frontcourt 6 of 15 · forwards + centers

Race Herr6′10″RS-Jr · F4.4 PPG
Johnathan Price6′7″RS-Fr · F
Rustin Coffey6′6″Sr · F · final yr12.4 PPG
Braden Baum6′6″So · F1.6 PPG
Benjamin Price6′6″RS-Fr · F
Brandon Mann6′5″Sr · F · final yr12.7 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

69%of recorded scoring returns
3 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Brandon Mann12.7 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Rustin Coffey12.4 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Kameron Newsome6.7 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 11 of 16 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 school3via the portal

12 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

TX 12 · OK 5 · NC 1

1 international: Montreal, QC

High schools: Memorial High School; Deer Creek High School; Glenda Dawson High School and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Race Herr
→Christian payawal
→Christian Andrews

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Race Herr
←Hudson Linsenmeyer
←Jaden Miller
←Caleb Evans

How this roster compares

Great American Conference (12 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureEast CentralConference
Average guard height6′3″6′3″
Average frontcourt height6′7″6′7″
Roster size1516−1
Freshman share27%33%−6pp

Coaching staff

Daniel WheelerHead men's basketball coach
Sam KearnsAssistant men's basketball coach
Staff changes3 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25, 1 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate58%
SAT midpoint921
ACT midpoint20

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