D3 · Liberty League

Ithaca Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Liberty League · Ithaca, NY

Ithaca (D3, Liberty League) lists 17 players on the 2025–26 roster; 7 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster17 players
New this season7
Transfer additions2
Clearest projected openingForwards and Centers · 2027
Most common home stateNY (8)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Forwards and Centers: open from 2027 — 4 ahead.

Guards: blocked until 2028.

2026
Gblocked10 ahead
Fcrowded6 ahead
Cbalanced1 ahead · multi-yr
2027
Gbalanced9 ahead
Fopening4 ahead
Copen1 ahead
2028
Gopening5 ahead
Fopening2 ahead
Copen0 ahead
2029
Gopen4 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (10)
Evan Cabral6′2″Jr
Thomas McKiernan6′4″So
Cole Wissink6′2″Sr
Nick Lemmond6′3″Fr
Jose Padilla6′1″Jr
Yoav Regev6′6″Jr
Jaylon O'Neal6′1″Jr
Gavin Rendle6′3″Fr
Tylar Okai-Koi6′3″Fr
Cole Wood6′2″Fr
Forwards in that room (6)
Chris Leysath6′5″So
Gavin Schauder6′9″Sr
Matthew Zenker6′6″Jr
Dan Regev6′7″Fr
Laurence Brady6′4″Sr
Alex Penders6′5″Jr
Centers in that room (1)
David Luberoff6′9″Jr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Ithaca

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (10 ahead), F crowded (6 ahead), C balanced (1 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 7 arrivals, 5 came straight from high school and 2 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from NY, NJ, MA.

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.

94% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 17 players

Guards 10 of 17

Yoav Regev6′6″Jr3.5 PPG
Thomas McKiernan6′4″So8.1 PPG
Nick Lemmond6′3″Fr7.4 PPG
Gavin Rendle6′3″Fr
Tylar Okai-Koi6′3″Fr2.3 PPG
Evan Cabral6′2″Jr17.7 PPG
Cole Wissink6′2″Sr · final yr3.6 PPG
Cole Wood6′2″Fr
Jose Padilla6′1″Jr1.8 PPG
Jaylon O'Neal6′1″Jr9.0 PPG

Frontcourt 7 of 17 · forwards + centers

Gavin Schauder6′9″Sr · F · final yr
David Luberoff6′9″Jr · C6.1 PPG
Dan Regev6′7″Fr · F
Matthew Zenker6′6″Jr · F16.1 PPG
Chris Leysath6′5″So · F4.1 PPG
Alex Penders6′5″Jr · F5.7 PPG
Laurence Brady6′4″Sr · F · final yr1.8 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

94%of recorded scoring returns
5 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Evan Cabral17.7 PPG · returning
Matthew Zenker16.1 PPG · returning
Jaylon O'Neal9.0 PPG · returning

Computed from 13 of 17 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

5from high school2via the portal

15 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

NY 8 · NJ 5 · MA 4 · CT 2 · CA 1 · PA 1

High schools: Tenafly ×2; Cheshire Academy ×2; Queensbury and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Gavin Schauder
→Matthew Zenker

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Aidan Holmes
←Max Nierenberg
←Bryce Bleibtrey
←Michael Porter
←Logan Wendell

How this roster compares

Liberty League (10 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureIthacaConference
Average guard height6′3″6′2″+1″
Average frontcourt height6′6″6′6″
Roster size1717
Freshman share29%26%+3pp

Coaching staff

Mike McSloyHead men's basketball coach
Mike SassoAssistant coach
Staff changes4 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 2 before 2022–23, 1 before 2024–25, 1 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate69%
SAT midpoint1312

How this page is made: Rosters: official Ithaca rosters, 2024–25 and 2025–26, read from the athletic department's own site · New this season: players not listed on the 2024–25 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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