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No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous Team 0 Tre Dinkins So. G 6-2 180 Chester, Pa./Cardinal O’Hara (Harcum Junior College) 1 Devean Williams Fr. G 6-3 180 Los Angeles, Calif./Narbonne/TMG Prep Academy 2 Jamir Moultrie Gr. G 6-1 172 Wilmington, Del./Bishop McNamara (Kennesaw State) 3 Jordan Henderson Gr. G 6-5 190 Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut Hills/Indiana Elite Prep 4 Youri Fritz Fr. F 6-9 190 Tiel, Netherlands/Leidsche Rijn College 5 Siem Uijtendaal Jr. G 6-6 185 Haarlem, Netherlands/BC Apollo Amsterdam 10 Jacco Fritz Sr. F 6-10 215 Tiel, Netherlands/DME Academy (Fla.) 11 Michael DiGiulio Jr. G 6-0 170 Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville South (Kent State) 12 Bryce Okpoh Jr. G 6-7 190 Dallas, Texas/The Colony (Clarendon CC) 21 TJ Gadsden So. G 6-7 195 New York, N.Y./St. Andrew’s Episcopal (George Mason) 22 George Maslennikov Gr. F 6-10 240 Odessa, Ukraine/Holy Spirit Prep (Ga.) (Saddleback JC) 23 Frank Mitchell So. F 6-8 240 Toronto, Ontario/Oakville Prep (Humber College) 25 Xzavier Long So. G 6-7 190 Washington, D.C./Virginia Academy 44 Tahj Staveskie R-Fr. G 6-0 165 Sandusky, Ohio/Sandusky/SPIRE Institute Head Coach: Reggie Witherspoon (Empire State, ’95) - seventh season at Canisius, 21st season overall Assistant Coach: Chris Hawkins (Radford, ’92) - seventh season at Canisius Assistant Coach: Thurman Schaetzle (Mercyhurst, ’11) – fifth season at Canisius Assistant Coach: Calvin Cage (Buffalo, ’06) – fourth season at Canisius Graduate Assistant Manager: Quinn Imiola (Canisius, ’21) – first season at Canisius Athletic Trainer: Adam Mourgas (Canisius, ’17) – first season at Canisius Student Managers: Shane Hurd ‘24, Luca Militello ’24, Jasper Torres ‘23 CANISIUS GOLDEN GRIFFINS GOLDEN GRIFFIN MEN’S BASKETBALL CANISIUS ROSTER
No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous Team 0 Brandon Rush Sr. G 6-3 195 Warrensville Heights, Ohio / Warrensville Heights 1 Adrian Nelson Gr. F 6-8 225 Columbus, Ohio / Pickerington 2 Malek Green Gr. F 6-7 220 Cincinnati, Ohio / Taft 4 Bryce McBride Sr. G 6-2 185 Jackson, Tenn. / Southside 5 Dwayne Cohill Sr. G 6-2 180 Cleveland, Ohio / Holy Name 10 John Lovelace, Jr. Fr. G 6-7 205 Milwaukee, Wis. / Brown Deer 11 William Dunn Jr. F 6-8 220 Quincy, Mich. / Quincy 15 Myles Hunter Jr. G 6-5 208 Charlotte, N.C. / Carmel Christian 22 Shemar Rathan-Mayes Jr. G 5-11 180 Toronto, Ontario / Orangeville Prep 23 Josh Irwin R-Fr. F 6-7 240 Mayfield Heights, Ohio / West Geauga 24 Chris Shelton Sr. G 6-4 210 Richmond, Va. / Louisa County 25 Jacori Owens So. F 6-9 240 Charlotte, N.C. / Combine Academy 32 Garrett Covington Gr. G 6-5 215 Carmel, Ind. / Carmel Head Coach: Jerrod Calhoun (Cincinatti ’04), sixth season Assistant Coach: Ethan Faulkner Assistant Coach: Ben Asher Assistant Coach: Mantoris Robinson Director of Men’s Basketball Operations: Paul Molinari Special Assistant to the Head Men’s Basketball Coach: Danny Reese YOUNGSTOWN STATE PENGUINS GOLDEN GRIFFIN MEN’S BASKETBALL YOUNGSTOWN STATE ROSTER
No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/HIgh School (Previous Team) 0 Barry Evans Fr. F 6-8 205 Baltimore, Md. / Putnam Science Academy 1 Kyrell Luc So. G 5-11 165 Dorchester, Mass. /Brimmer & May (Holy Cross) 2 Yann Farell Fr. F 6-6 200 Libreville, Gabon / Keystone Academy 3 Justin Ndjock-Tadjore So. G 6-7 200 Gatineau, Quebec / Cegep de l’Outaouais College 4 Moses Flowers R-Jr. G 6-3 180 Dorchester, Mass. / Thayer Academy (Hartford) 5 Daryl Banks III R-Jr. G 6-3 170 Somerset, N.J. / The Patrick School (Saint Peter’s) 10 Max Amadasun R-So. C 6-10 250 Dublin, Ireland / Our Saviour Lutheran (Pittsburgh) 11 Anouar Mellouk R-Fr. F 6-8 205 Amsterdam, Netherlands / Fork Union Military Academy 15 Tyler Curran Fr. G 6-2 185 Allegany, N.Y. / Allegany-Limestone 21 Melian Martinez Fr. F/C 6-10 200 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic / North Florida Educational Institute 24 Brett Rumpel R-Fr. G 6-4 190 Binghamton, N.Y. / Seton Catholic 32 Chad Venning R-So. F 6-10 270 Brooklyn, N.Y. / Woodstock Academy (Morgan State) 35 Anquan Hill So. F 6-9 200 Philadelphia, Pa. / Archbishop Carroll (Fairleigh Dickinson) Head Coach: Mark Schmidt (Boston College ’85) 15th season Associate Head Coach: Steve Curran Assistant Coach: Sean Neal Assistant Coach: Chris Lowe Assistant AD for Basketball Operations: Matt Pappano Video Coordinator: Colden Dwailbee Graduate Assistant: Joe Pappano ST. BONAVENTURE BONNIES GOLDEN GRIFFIN MEN’S BASKETBALL ST. BONAVENTURE ROSTER
No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown/HIgh School (Previous Team) 0 Jason “Deuce” Drake Fr. 6-2 190 Detroit, Mich. / Ferndale High School 1 Tae Williams Jr. 6-7 205 Chicago, Ill. / Rezin Orr Academy High School (John A. Logan College) 2 Yahel Hill Sr. 6-0 170 Cleveland Heights, Ohio / Cleveland Heights (Tallahasee CC) 3 Deshon Parker Sr. 6-4 195 Dayton, Ohio / Wayne High School 4 Cole Middleton So. 6-6 220 Atlanta, Ga. / Pace Academy 5 JaMir Price So. 6-3 170 Rock Island, Ill. / Rock Island High School (Mineral Area College) 11 Jayson Woodrich Jr. 6-7 195 Beachwood, Ohio / Beachwood 12 Dylan Arnett Fr. 6-9 230 Chicago, Ill. / DePaul College Prep 13 Tristan Enaruna Jr. 6-8 220 Almere, Flevoland, Neatherlands / Wasatch Academy (Utah) 15 Paxton Payne Jr. 6-2 190 Cookeville, Tenn. / Smithville (UMKC) 20 Ramar Pryor Fr. 6-3 190 Canton, Ohio / St. Vincent–St. Mary High School 22 Chase Robinson Jr. 6-1 - Matteson, Ill. / Oak Park River Forest (Illinois Springfield) 35 Deante Johnson Sr. 6-9 210 Detroit, Mich. / Detroit Edison 55 Drew Lowder Jr. 6-1 175 Jackson, Mich. / Pioneer (Lansing CC) Head Coach: Daniyal Robinson (Arkansas Little Rock a’99), 1st season Assistant Coach: Jermaine Henderson, 1st Season Assistant Coach: Travis Lewis, 1st Season Assistant Coach: Jay Shunnar, 1st Season Special Assistant to the Head Coach: Steve Payne, 1st Season Director of Basketball Operations: Connor Murrell, 1st Season Director of Player Development/Video Operations: Nate Michael, 1st Season Assistant Director of Basketball Operations: Danny Karliak, 1st Season Graduate Assistants: Jelani Williams, Khyle Diaz, Kris Strickland CLEVELAND STATE VIKINGS GOLDEN GRIFFIN MEN’S BASKETBALL CLEVELAND STATE ROSTER
No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/HIgh School (Previous Team) 1 Aaron Collins So. G 6-0 170 Erie / Erie First Christian Academy 2/5 DeAndre Hayes Jr. G 5-9 155 Durham, N.C. / Mount Zion Christian Academy 3/30 Matt Aebersold So. G 6-6 180Geneva, Switzerland / College du Leman 4/12 My’Kell Kaigler Jr. G 6-2 163 Liverpool, N.Y. / Bishop Ludden 5 Braeden Miller So. G 6-4 172 Raleigh, N.C. / North Raleigh Christian Academy 10 Lance Welker Jr. G 6-4 175Cambridge Springs, Pa. / Cambridge Springs 11 Malik Jemison So. G 6-1 160 Buffalo, N.Y. / Canisius 13/24 Jacob Hougan Sr. F 6-9 215 Chardon, Ohio / Chardon 14 AJ Knight Jr. G 6-1 175 Rockville Centre, N.Y. / Holy Trinity Diocesan 15/22 Adesoji Tiamiyu So. F 6-5 200 Brooklyn, N.Y. / High School for Environmental Studies 23 Elian Dominguez So. F 6-5 190 Bronx, N.Y. / Frederick Douglass Academy 25/20 Michael Hall Fr. G 5-11 155 Baldwin, N.Y. / Baldwin HS 33 Marquis Tubman Jr. F 6-4 230 Brooklyn, N.Y. / Erasmus Hall 34 Alon Kremerman Jr. F 6-6 190 Tel Aviv, Israel / Harishonim 35/32 Alon Haimovitz Jr. G 6-3 194 Herzliya, Israel / Hayovel Head Coach: Sean Smiley (Buffalo ’10), third season Assistant Coach: Vincent Shioleno FREDONIA BLUE DEVILS GOLDEN GRIFFIN MEN’S BASKETBALL FREDONIA ROSTER
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Last year, more than 2,058 donors contributed nearly $547,000 to the Blue & Gold Fund, providing essential funding that impacted our programs in the areas of scholarships, coaching excellence, recruiting and team travel, helping our more than 400 student-athletes excel in the classroom and on the field of competition. Because of donors’ support, we celebrated several program highlights during the 2021-22 year, including: • The Canisius softball team captured the program’s 13th Metro Atlantic Athletic Association title and made its 9th NCAA Tournament appearance, competing in the Gainesville Regional against nationally-ranked Florida and Wisconsin. Graduate outfielder Erin Hufford was named MAAC Player of the Year while Sophomore Pitcher Megan Giese was tabbed both the MAAC Pitcher of the Year and MAAC Championship Most Valuable Player. Freshman infielder Saige Alfaro was named MAAC Rookie of the Year. • The Griffs baseball team claimed its fourth MAAC championship in the last 10 seasons and made its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance, squaring off against national powers Miami and Arizona in the Coral Gables Regional. Sophomore infielder Max Grant, the MAAC Player of the Year, was tabbed an All-American by two publications while freshman relief pitcher Peyton Consigli earned MAAC Pitcher and Rookie of the Year accolades to go along with a pair of Freshman All-American nods. • Canisius had a total of four student-athletes – Max Grant (baseball), Erin Hufford (softball), Michael Peppy (cross country/track) and Mike Steffan (baseball) – earn Academic All-District distinction from the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). In addition, Steffan was named a CoSIDA Academic AllAmerican. A first-team pick at the designated hitter position, Steffan is the eighth Golden Griffin baseball player and the first since the 2015 season to earn the distinction. • The Canisius hockey team posted a secondplace finish in the Atlantic Hockey regular-season standings, giving the team its third fourth top-two finish during the regular season in the last six campaigns. Juniors Jacob Barczewski (first team), Keaton Mastrodonato (second team) and David Melaragni (third team) each garnered All-AHA accolades. • Graduate student Sage Pollack and freshman Archie Minto both posted first-place finishes during the 2022 MAAC Swimming and Diving Championships. Pollack became the first Canisius female to sweep the 50 and 100 free events at the conference championship and just the third to win multiple events at a championship meet. Minto took first in the 200 fly, establishing a program record in the process. • A total of 45 Canisius student-athletes were named to their respective all-conference teams during the 2021-22 academic year, highlighted by five players winning a total of six major individual awards • The Canisius Athletic Department enjoyed another solid semester in the classroom all 20 of its varsity programs posted a team grade point average of 3.0 or better during the 2022 spring semester. Seventeen teams posted a team GPA of 3.25 or higher, while the school’s 376 student-athletes combined to post a department grade point average of 3.45 for the term. • The spring semester also saw 66 student-athletes earn a perfect 4.0 grade point average. Those 66 student-athletes were part of a group of 309 Canisius student-athletes to record a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better. That breaks down to 82.0 percent of the College’s student-athlete population. Thank you in advance for supporting the Blue & Gold Fund and our students! GRADUATE GUARD JORDAN HENDERSON PRESEASON ALL-MAAC SELECTION
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