D2 · Great Midwest Athletic Conference

Lake Erie Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 2 · Great Midwest Athletic Conference · Painesville, OH

Lake Erie (D2, Great Midwest Athletic Conference) lists 32 players on the 2026–27 roster; 15 are new this season.

Roster data through 2026–27

Roster32 players
New this season15
Transfer additions15
Clearest projected openingGuards and Forwards and Centers · 2028
Most common home stateOH (12)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards and Forwards and Centers: open from 2028 — 5 ahead.

2027
Gbalanced9 ahead
Fcrowded6 ahead
Ccrowded2 ahead · multi-yr
2028
Gopening5 ahead
Fopening4 ahead
Copen2 ahead
2029
Gopening4 ahead
Fopening2 ahead
Copen0 ahead
2030
Gopen3 ahead
Fopen1 ahead
Copen0 ahead

Projections for 2029, 2030 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (11)
Louis Conner5′9″Sr
Rokas Castillo6′3″Sr
Adel Masad5′11″RS-Fr
Danny Speaks6′0″RS-Fr
Notorious Grooms5′11″RS-Fr
Riley Cervenka6′0″So
Aidan Filippini6′4″Sr
Evan Sims—So
Amari Williams6′3″Sr
Griffin Turay6′5″Jr
Raylen Jones——
Forwards in that room (6)
Gio Moore6′6″Sr
Chakaris London6′3″RS-Jr
Damari Dammons6′4″RS-Fr
Caelum Ethridge6′6″Sr
Alanas Castillo6′5″So
Pierre Dai're6′3″RS-Jr
Centers in that room (2)
Kohler Niedermaier6′7″RS-Jr
Civan Catak6′9″RS-Jr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at Lake Erie

How to get recruited here

For 2027 arrivals the roster projection reads: G balanced (9 ahead), F crowded (6 ahead), C crowded (2 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 19 arrivals, 4 came straight from high school and 15 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from OH, IL, PA.

0 of 32 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 32 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

The roster, as a depth chart

2026–27 · 32 players

Guards 11 of 32

Griffin Turay6′5″Jr3.3 PPG
Aidan Filippini6′4″Sr · final yr4.4 PPG
Rokas Castillo6′3″Sr · final yr3.6 PPG
Amari Williams6′3″Sr · final yr14.5 PPG
Danny Speaks6′0″RS-Fr
Riley Cervenka6′0″So2.2 PPG
Adel Masad5′11″RS-Fr
Notorious Grooms5′11″RS-Fr
Louis Conner5′9″Sr · final yr0.7 PPG
Evan Sims—So
Raylen Jones——

Frontcourt 8 of 32 · forwards + centers

Civan Catak6′9″RS-Jr · C
Kohler Niedermaier6′7″RS-Jr · C
Gio Moore6′6″Sr · F · final yr10.9 PPG
Caelum Ethridge6′6″Sr · F · final yr9.8 PPG
Alanas Castillo6′5″So · F3.4 PPG
Damari Dammons6′4″RS-Fr · F
Chakaris London6′3″RS-Jr · F
Pierre Dai're6′3″RS-Jr · F
13 without a listed position:Alphonso WardRyan RodriquezKale ReynoldsKyrylo KapinosTrey HawkinsKeishawn MorrisJamyier PattonBraison PatrickMatas CastilloPanagiotis IgnatiadisJack MarhefkaFabian SpeeSamuel Hogmalm
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

4from high school15via the portal

17 of 32 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 32

0 of 32 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

OH 12 · IL 4 · PA 2 · TX 2 · VA 2 · CA 1

3 international: Ankara; Sunshine Coast; Gramsbergen, Netherlands

High schools: Lemont ×2; Matthew Flinders Angelican College; Shaker Heights and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2025–26 → 2026–27 · in

→Alphonso Ward
→Ryan Rodriquez
→Kale Reynolds
→Kyrylo Kapinos
→Trey Hawkins
→Keishawn Morris
→Jamyier Patton
→Braison Patrick
→Matas Castillo
→Panagiotis Ignatiadis
→Jack Marhefka
→Fabian Spee
→Evan Sims
→Raylen Jones
→Samuel Hogmalm

2025–26 → 2026–27 · out

←Gavin Welch
←Nasir Hammonds
←Walter Cable
←Kai Bloom
←Ronnie Leonard
←Joe Burge

How this roster compares

Great Midwest Athletic Conference (12 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureLake ErieConference
Average guard height6′1″6′2″−1″
Average frontcourt height6′5″6′7″−2″
Roster size3218+14
Freshman share13%29%−16pp

Coaching staff

Kyle ConleyHead coach
Jake PerrinAssistant coach
Caleb PiksAssistant men's basketball coach
Jacob SegulinAssistant men's basketball coach
Staff changes3 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2024–25, 1 before 2025–26, 1 before 2026–27.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate70%
SAT midpoint1018
ACT midpoint20

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