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Fort Hays State Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association · Hays, KS

Fort Hays State (D2, Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association) lists 15 players on the 2026–27 roster; 7 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster15 players
New this season7
Transfer additions4
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2029
Most common home stateKS (10)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2029 — 3 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2030.

2026
Gcrowded9 ahead
Fblocked5 ahead
2027
Gblocked8 ahead
Fblocked5 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gcrowded7 ahead
Fbalanced5 ahead
2029
Gbalanced5 ahead
Fopening3 ahead
2030
Gopen4 ahead
Fopen2 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
Brandon Avedon6′6″So
Ben Johnson6′5″Fr
Zack Sharkey6′3″Fr
David Johnson6′3″Fr
JaKhai Carter6′2″Fr
Blake Danitschek6′6″Grad
Jordan Jones6′1″Fr
Alec Carlson6′3″Jr
Jahvari Martino6′1″Jr
Forwards in that room (6)
Tegen Curley6′7″Fr
Keegan Phillips6′9″Jr
Owen Reece6′4″So
Eli Lawson6′7″Jr
Tim Eze6′7″Jr
Luka Cuda6′8″Fr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Fort Hays State

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (9 ahead), F blocked (5 ahead).

Of the latest cycle's 11 arrivals, 7 came straight from high school and 4 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from KS, IN, MO.

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.

33% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 15 players

Guards 9 of 15

Brandon Avedon6′6″So
Blake Danitschek6′6″Grad · final yr2.1 PPG
Ben Johnson6′5″Fr2.8 PPG
Zack Sharkey6′3″Fr
David Johnson6′3″Fr
Alec Carlson6′3″Jr0.6 PPG
JaKhai Carter6′2″Fr
Jordan Jones6′1″Fr
Jahvari Martino6′1″Jr11.6 PPG

Frontcourt 6 of 15 · forwards + centers

Keegan Phillips6′9″Jr · F
Luka Cuda6′8″Fr · F
Tegen Curley6′7″Fr · F2.8 PPG
Eli Lawson6′7″Jr · F4.1 PPG
Tim Eze6′7″Jr · F
Owen Reece6′4″So · F
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

33%of recorded scoring returns
1 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Jahvari Martino11.6 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Eli Lawson4.1 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Ben Johnson2.8 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 11 of 14 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

7from 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

KS 10 · IN 1 · MO 1 · NE 1 · NH 1 · NY 1

4 international: Kleinburg, Ontario; Perth; Dortmund; Wollongong, Australia

High schools: Pawnee Heights HS; Maize HS; Trinity Catholic HS and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Brandon Avedon
→Keegan Phillips
→Owen Reece
→Tim Eze

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Kyle Grill
←Tory Homan
←Dan Mukuna

How this roster compares

Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (14 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureFort Hays StateConference
Average guard height6′3″6′3″
Average frontcourt height6′7″6′8″−1″
Roster size1515
Freshman share47%31%+16pp

Coaching staff

Mark JohnsonHead men's basketball coach
Jeremy BrownAssociate head men's basketball coach
Rusty GrafelAssistant men's basketball coach
Staff changes1 on-court staff change in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate90%
SAT midpoint1089

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