2015 Thomas More Saints

[uk#1fan]

2015-16 Thomas More Men's Basketball Roster

 

No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School

2 Louis Walker III G Sr. 5-8 165 Cincinnati, Ohio / North College Hill

3 Brandon Horne G Fr. 6-3 175 Louisville, Ky. / Male

4 Michael Griffin G So. 6-0 175 Crestwood, Ky. / South Oldham

5 Damion King G Fr. 5-10 160 Winchester, Ky. / George Rogers Clark

10 Ryne Callahan G Fr. 6-0 170 Morehead, Ky. / Rowan County

11 Jacob Hall G So. 5-10 150 Bowling Green, Ky. / Warren Central

12 Sawyer Pauly G Jr. 6-0 170 Crescent Springs, Ky. / Covington Catholic

13 Corey Howard G So. 5-10 175 Gahanna, Ohio / Gahanna Lincoln

14 Daniel Williams G So. 5-10 155 Louisville, Ky. / Jeffersontown

15 Jaeger Pracht G Fr. 6-1 193 Independence, Ky. / Simon Kenton

20 Kyler Floyd G Fr. 6-3 175 Unionton, Ky. / Union County

21 Cameron Fitts F So. 6-4 195 Spencer County, Ky. / Spencer County

24 Alex Beckerson F Jr. 6-6 205 Burgin, Ky. / Burgin Independent

25 Austin Young F So. 6-5 190 Campbellsburg, Ky. / Henry County

32 Simon Clifford F/C Jr. 6-6 200 Louisville, Ky. / DuPont Manual

33 Mitch Blewett F Jr. 6-3 200 Crescent Springs, Ky. / Covington Latin

34 Junior Stockwell C Fr. 6-4 260 Florence, Ky. / Boone County

Gage Rowan C So. 6-7 205 Cincinnati, Ohio / Glen Este

Head Coach: Drew Cooper (Third Season)

Assistant Coach: Tyler Hochstetler

Student Manager: Eric Berting

[uk#1fan]

They play at Austin Peay Nov 2nd.

[Just Jim]

Lot of turnover of roster from the beginning of last year from the underclassmen (McGovney,Mayes,Maniacci,(Moeves,McNeil,White)). And a few of them were major contributors.

[Clyde]

Lot of turnover of roster from the beginning of last year from the underclassmen (McGovney,Mayes,Maniacci,(Moeves,McNeil,White)). And a few of them were major contributors.

 

Getting NKY kids to stay 4 years has been a challenge.

[nkufan23]

I'm pretty sure McGovney participated in NKU's walk on try outs. No clue if he made it or not but from the online roster it appears he did not. I always thought he was better than Thomas Moore but he didn't get the looks because of his knee injury in HS. He's a Big strong kid with nice athleticism and college experience, real surprised NKU wouldn't want him on their bench.

[TAC]

I'm pretty sure McGovney participated in NKU's walk on try outs. No clue if he made it or not but from the online roster it appears he did not. I always thought he was better than Thomas Moore but he didn't get the looks because of his knee injury in HS. He's a Big strong kid with nice athleticism and college experience, real surprised NKU wouldn't want him on their bench.

 

Is Nate atteneding NKU now? I think you have to be enrolled in order to try out to be a walk on?

[nkufan23]

Is Nate atteneding NKU now? I think you have to be enrolled in order to try out to be a walk on?

 

According to his Twitter page he was planning on attending try outs. I guess he could've decided not to go through with it as well.

[PurplePride92]

Thanks for posting. It's good to see Alex Beckerson landed somewhere and is playing at the next level. He had a great career at Burgin. I never knew he was at Thomas More.

[Walter]

Lot of turnover of roster from the beginning of last year from the underclassmen (McGovney,Mayes,Maniacci,(Moeves,McNeil,White)). And a few of them were major contributors.

 

Moeves is now at NKU.

Drew Mays is at Louisville.

[openlook]

Lot of turnover of roster from the beginning of last year from the underclassmen (McGovney,Mayes,Maniacci,(Moeves,McNeil,White)). And a few of them were major contributors.

 

Is turnover like this typical? If not, is there a specific cause?

[NKY Bandit]

I think it's typical at a lot of d3 programs. Most of those schools are very expensive and some kids have to do a quick reality check on whether the $ is worth it to continue playing.

[tark the shark]

Getting NKY kids to stay 4 years has been a challenge.

 

Why do you think that is? I see the trend.

[GrantNKY]

Any news on what McNeil is doing? Loved watching him play at WV and Cooper.

[TAC]

Is turnover like this typical? If not, is there a specific cause?

 

I would say at the D3 level turnover is very high. Small schools are typically expensive and can only give academic funding to get costs somewhat in line for the student athlete. They usually carry large rosters and often will have a Jv team as well to plan for the turnover. Many kids have a love for the game and want to carry on their careers. Once in college they find out the work load of school and the game is a bunch, not to mention the wear and tear on the body. Factor in a kid doing both has little time to work. That leaves them building debt and re evaluating their options. I also think HS kids are used to pack gyms and a crazy atmosphere which few D3 colleges can repeat that. It is great that a kid at least tries to play at the next level. Not many are even offered the opportunity. It is a great experience and I'm sure none of them regret giving it a go. Their biggest regret would have been not trying it.

[The Bully]

According to his Twitter page he was planning on attending try outs. I guess he could've decided not to go through with it as well.

 

Nate is at NKU and did indeed go to the walk on try out. Coach Brannen wasn't there only asst coaches, and they really liked his game. After waiting three weeks to hear from them again, he went back and worked out for coach Brannen who watched for a total of 5 minutes and left. A week later was told he was more that they expected and was told he could practice with the team but couldn't dress in the locker room and wouldn't be on the roster this year to get red shirt year in could red shirt next year. Reason was because he didn't work out with the team all summer. Not sure why they even had the walk on try out.