D3 · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

St. Scholastica Men’s Basketball Recruiting: Roster & Openings

Division 3 · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Duluth, MN

St. Scholastica (D3, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) lists 14 players on the 2025–26 roster; 6 are new this season.

Roster data through 2025–26

Roster14 players
New this season6
Transfer additions4
Clearest projected openingGuards · 2027
Most common home stateMN (11)

Where the door opens

our roster projection · your arrival year

Guards: open from 2027 — 5 ahead.

Forwards: blocked until 2028.

2026
Gblocked6 ahead
Fblocked8 ahead · multi-yr
2027
Gopening5 ahead
Fbalanced8 ahead
2028
Gopening2 ahead
Fopening4 ahead
2029
Gopen1 ahead
Fopen1 ahead

Projections for 2028, 2029 are low-confidence reads.

Guards in that room (6)
Davion Butler5′11″Jr
Kobe Karels6′2″Jr
Drelyn Jones6′3″So
Owen Larsen6′1″Jr
Jayden Brown6′6″Fr
Koy Nelson5′10″Sr
Forwards in that room (8)
Ben Raymond6′3″Jr
French Biltcliffe6′4″So
Paul Harris6′5″Jr
Aaron Keykal6′6″Jr
Carlos Johnson6′6″So
Nebiyu Teklemariam6′6″Jr
Ian Larsen6′4″So
Hayden Kloos6′5″Fr
Those openings are for the roster in general. See whether your position, size and profile fit them →

If you want to play at St. Scholastica

How to get recruited here

For 2026 arrivals the roster projection reads: G blocked (6 ahead), F blocked (8 ahead · multi-yr).

Of the latest cycle's 6 arrivals, 2 came straight from high school and 4 from the transfer portal.

Most arrivals come from MN, WI, IL.

0 of 14 recent arrivals held a national ranking — 0 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

80% of last season's scoring returns.

The roster, as a depth chart

2025–26 · 14 players

Guards 6 of 14

Jayden Brown6′6″Fr9.2 PPG
Drelyn Jones6′3″So3.9 PPG
Kobe Karels6′2″Jr1.2 PPG
Owen Larsen6′1″Jr0.9 PPG
Davion Butler5′11″Jr15.7 PPG
Koy Nelson5′10″Sr · final yr14.7 PPG

Frontcourt 8 of 14 · forwards + centers

Aaron Keykal6′6″Jr · F7.7 PPG
Carlos Johnson6′6″So · F5.5 PPG
Nebiyu Teklemariam6′6″Jr · F4.5 PPG
Paul Harris6′5″Jr · F2.6 PPG
Hayden Kloos6′5″Fr · F5.7 PPG
French Biltcliffe6′4″So · F0.8 PPG
Ian Larsen6′4″So · F
Ben Raymond6′3″Jr · F2.0 PPG
freshman final year — spot opens returning

Returning production

80%of recorded scoring returns
4 of 5top scorers returning
Top returning scorers
Davion Butler15.7 PPG · returning
Jayden Brown9.2 PPG · returning
Aaron Keykal7.7 PPG · returning

Computed from 13 of 14 players with recorded 2025–26 stats; class years mark who returns.

Who actually gets onto this roster?

How players arrive

2from high school4via the portal

10 of 14 roster spots were filled out of high school or held over.

Rankings

0 of 14

0 of 14 appear in our cross-checked rankings ledger; players absent from the ledger are not necessarily unranked.

Where from

MN 11 · WI 4 · IL 3 · AZ 1 · CA 1 · CO 1

1 international: Oxford

High schools: Oswego East High School ×2; South Shore HS; Henry Sibley HS and 2 more

Transfer flow

named arrivals and departures

2024–25 → 2025–26 · in

→Davion Butler
→Paul Harris
→Carlos Johnson
→Nebiyu Teklemariam

2024–25 → 2025–26 · out

←Tanner Thomson
←Isaiah Hietala
←Kai Penney
←Drey Wisdom
←Ethan Russell
←Ethan Bopp
←Jordan Lyon
←Bryce Shoto
←Andre Crockett Jr.
←Conner Forgue
←Moe Washington

How this roster compares

Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (11 programs, 2025–26 medians)
MeasureSt. ScholasticaConference
Average guard height6′2″6′2″
Average frontcourt height6′5″6′6″−1″
Roster size1414
Freshman share14%35%−21pp

Coaching staff

Ben DavisHead men's basketball coach
Christian ButlerAssistant men's basketball coach
Quron MarksAssistant men's basketball coach
Staff changes5 on-court staff changes in 4 offseasons — 1 before 2022–23, 1 before 2023–24, 1 before 2024–25, 2 before 2025–26.

Academics

published admissions data
Acceptance rate93%
SAT midpoint1211
ACT midpoint25

How this page is made: Rosters: official St. Scholastica 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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