D2 · Great Midwest Athletic Conference

Hillsdale Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Great Midwest Athletic Conference · Hillsdale, MI

Hillsdale (D2, Great Midwest Athletic Conference) lists 16 players on the 2026–27 roster; 4 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster16 players
New this season4
Transfer additions0
Clearest projected openingForwards · 2027
Most common home stateOH (9)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards: open from 2027 — 7 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2029.

2026
Gcrowded9 ahead
Fblocked6 ahead · multi-yr
2027
Gcrowded9 ahead
Fopening7 ahead
2028
Gbalanced7 ahead
Fopening3 ahead · multi-yr
2029
Gopening5 ahead
Fopening3 ahead
2030
Gopen3 ahead
Fopen1 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (9)
Israel Gentry6′0″Jr
Leland Berg6′5″Fr
Braylon Morris6′3″So
Cade Dirkse6′2″Fr
Paxton Giertz6′1″So
Tommy Morgan6′5″Jr
Griffin Ridner Richard6′5″Fr
Michael App6′2″Sr
Mikey McCollum6′4″Sr
Forwards in that room (7)
Cole Albers6′7″Fr
Caleb Glaser6′8″Sr
Connor Stonebraker6′7″Sr
John Morris6′5″So
CJ Yarian6′10″Fifth Year
Garrett Bolte6′6″Fifth Year
Matt Buckman6′5″So
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Hillsdale

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G crowded (9 ahead), F blocked (6 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 4 arrivals, 4 came straight from high school and 0 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from OH, WI, IL.

0 of 16 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 16 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

73% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 16 players

Guards 9 of 16

Leland Berg6′5″Fr
Tommy Morgan6′5″Jr7.4 PPG
Griffin Ridner Richard6′5″Fr
Mikey McCollum6′4″Sr · final yr
Braylon Morris6′3″So8.7 PPG
Cade Dirkse6′2″Fr
Michael App6′2″Sr · final yr0.2 PPG
Paxton Giertz6′1″So2.2 PPG
Israel Gentry6′0″Jr0.3 PPG

Frontcourt 7 of 16 · forwards + centers

CJ Yarian6′10″Fifth Year · F5.7 PPG
Caleb Glaser6′8″Sr · F · final yr11.1 PPG
Cole Albers6′7″Fr · F
Connor Stonebraker6′7″Sr · F · final yr9.4 PPG
Garrett Bolte6′6″Fifth Year · F7.1 PPG
John Morris6′5″So · F0.4 PPG
Matt Buckman6′5″So · F3.0 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

73%of recorded scoring returns
3 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Caleb Glaser11.1 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Connor Stonebraker9.4 PPG in 2025–26 · returning
Braylon Morris8.7 PPG in 2025–26 · returning

Computed from 14 of 15 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 school0via the portal

16 of 16 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 16

0 of 16 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

OH 9 · WI 4 · IL 2 · MI 2 · AL 1 · AZ 1

High schools: Catholic Central; Hinsdale South; Appleton East and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

No portal arrivals this cycle.

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Jacob Meyer

How this roster compares

Great Midwest Athletic Conference (12 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureHillsdaleConference
Average guard height6′3″6′2″+1″
Average frontcourt height6′7″6′7″
Roster size1618−2
Freshman share25%29%−4pp

Coaching staff

Keven BradleyHead coach, men's basketball
Jackson McLaughlinAssistant men's basketball coach
Braeden ProctorAssistant men's basketball coach
Staff changes3 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2023–24, 2 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate21%
SAT midpoint1425
ACT midpoint32

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