Staying Home: In-State NAIA Players

There isn't another state in the U.S. that cherishes their basketball more than Indiana.  A lot of players, every year, decide to stay home and play for local programs.  Today, we are here to look at some of those at the NAIA level as we get ready for the college season to begin. Bethel College: [15 Players] Trey’von Covington (Fort Wayne Snider/Jr.), Trevion Crews (Fort Wayne North/So.), Chase Fierstos (Manchester/So.), Ryan Lutz (Penn/Jr.), Kyle Hartman (Bishop Dwenger/So.), Juwan Carpenter (Ben Davis/Jr.), Grant Gayler (North Montgomery/Jr.), Trey Burns (Penn/Fr.), Tanner Shepherd (Triton/Sr.), Dominic Genco (Zionsville/Fr.), Matt McCown (Penn/Fr.), Will Stueve (NorthWood/Sr.), Kyle Thompson (Brownsburg/Sr.), Gage Ott (LaPorte/Sr.), Paul Forman (Churubusco/Jr.) Calumet of St. Joseph: [3 Players] Ion Falkner (Gary West/Fr.), Anthony Cole (Bowman Academy/Jr.), La’Roi Harmon (Hammond Clark/Sr.) Goshen College: [6 Players] Conner Funkhouser (Avon/Sr.), Brandon Watkins (Westville/Fr.), Devin Heath-Granger (Lawrence Central/Sr.), Logan Primerano (Peru/Jr.), Ben Cotton (Liberty Christian/So.), Tanner Camp (Fort Wayne Canterbury/So.) Grace College: [12 Players] Braxton Linville (NorthWood/So.), Sam Miller (Warsaw/Fr.), Cody Holmes (Northfield/Fr.), Stephen Halstead (Fort Wayne Snider/Sr.), Tim Swanson (Warsaw/Jr.), Matt Jennings (Logansport/Fr.), Charlie Warner (Westfield/So.), Haden Deaton (McCutcheon/Fr.), Logan Godfrey (Fort Wayne Snider/Jr.), Jaret Sons (Rushville/So.), Martin Schiele (Griffith/Fr.), Erik Bowen (Kokomo/Sr.) Holy Cross: [5 Players] Jeff Townsend (Gary West/So.), Nate Miller (Penn/Jr.), Sutter Foster (Wes-Del/Fr.), Jason Dockery (Southport/Fr.), Ja’Mare Washington (South Bend Riley/Sr.) Huntington: [12 Players] Zac Owens (Crispus Attucks/Fr.), Konner Platt (Huntington North/So.), Mike Bush (South Bend Adams/Sr.), Devon Merder (Heritage Hills/Sr.), Maurice Scott Jr. (South Bend Riley/Fr.), Mason Coverstone (Columbia City/Jr.), Wyatt Hughes (Maconaquah/Fr.), Andrew Yoder (Westview/So.), Trevor Lockwood (McCutcheon/Sr.), Luke Reust (Huntington North/Jr.), Kyle Platt (Huntington North/Sr.), Tyler Arens (Muncie Central/Jr.) IU-East: [14 Players] Kendall Rollins (Ind. Pike/Jr.), Brad Hunt (Jennings County/Sr.), Charlie Peterson (Connersville/Sr.), Datrion Harper (Ben Davis/Fr.), Grant Leach (Hamilton Southeastern/Jr.), Jacoby Claypool (Fort Wayne Northrop/Sr.), Bishop Smith (Warren Central/So.), Jaylen McKay (Lawrence North/So.), Aaron Thomas (Fort Wayne Northrop/Jr.), Ray Ramsey (Gary Lighthouse/Jr.), Brady Smith (Lapel/Fr.), Daulton Blackwell (Mitchell/Fr.), Lucas Huffman (Franklin Central/Sr.), Nate Niehoff (Rushville/Jr.) IU-Kokomo: [21 Players] Dante Butler (Horizon Christian/Sr.), Toby Vanliew (Trinity Lutheran/Jr.), Jonathan Hurt (Mooresville/Sr.), Antoin Clifton (Avon/So.), Luke Smith (Monrovia/Fr.), Billie Webster (Seton Catholic/Fr.), Devon Burton (Crawfordsville/Sr.), Devan Straub (Evansville Mater Dei/So.), Jack Skaggs (Logansport/Fr.), Eddy Collins (McCutcheon/Fr.), Trent Elliott (Culver Community/Sr.), Eric Meeks (Arsenal Tech/Fr.), Akil McClain (Bishop Noll/So.), Trequan Spivey (Warren Central/Fr.), Max Escamilla (Morristown/So.), Eli Mollet (Crothersville/So.), Durante Lee (Ind. Pike/So.), Bryce Hudson (Warren Central/So.), Beau Dedmond (Evansville Central/Sr.), Stephen Calhoun (Ind. Herron/Sr.), Antoyne Jackson (Franklin Central/Fr.) IU-Northwest: [12 Players] Evan Galdino (Portage/Fr.), Ronald Alexander (Indianapolis/Sr.), James Nabors (Bishop Noll/Fr.), Rashad Richardson (Lafayette Jeff/Jr.), Eon Davis (Indianapolis/So.), Alex Constandars (Portage/Fr.), Zach Caitlin (Hobart/So.), Demetri Delis (Munster/Jr.), Jacob Peabody (Wheeler/Fr.), John Mosser (Valparaiso/Sr.), Canaan Cooper (Portage/Fr.), Isiah Palmer-Ferron (Horizon Christian/So.) IU-South Bend: [12 Players] Jordon Arch (Mishawaka/Fr.), T.J Benner (Mishawka/Sr.), Norell Smith (Lake Central/Fr.), Jeremy Jones (Fort Wayne North/Sr.), Myluv Sutton (Fort Wayne North/Jr.), Jackson Edwards (Knightstown/So.), Dylan Allen (Beech Grove/Fr.), Jordan Stookey (Warsaw/Sr.), Andrew Jones (Jeffersonville/Jr.), Alex Harmon (Southwood/So.), Taylor Brooks (Penn/Sr.), Rashaan Jackson (Warsaw/Jr.) IU-Southeast: [8 Players] Nick Tindley (Silver Creek/Jr.), Kerry Smith (Indianapolis/Jr.), Jordan Knoebel (Charlestown/Fr.), Dechaun Lewis (Jeffersonville/So.), Austin Sappingfield (West Vigo/Fr.), Cody Young (Lebanon/Sr.), Conner Sevier (Wood Memorial/Fr.), Michael Maxwell (New Albany/Fr.) Indiana Tech: [4 Players] David Froedge (New Castle/Fr.), Dylan Phair (Indian Creek/Jr.), Scott Schwietermann (Jay County/Sr.), Ryan Morey (Muncie Burris/So.) Indiana Wesleyan: [7 Players] Grant Prible (Bluffton/So.), Trevor Waite (Tri-West/Jr.), Joel Okafor (Richmond/Jr.), Kyle Mangas (Warsaw/Fr.), Grant Smith (Connersville/Fr.), Trevor Harrell (Center Grove/So.), Jacob Johnson (Mooresville/Sr.) Marian: [10 Players] Trey Patterson (Ind. Pike/Sr.), K.C. Earls (Mooresville/So.), Wes Stowers (North Central/Jr.), Sterling Brown (Carmel/Fr.), Mark Albers (Pendleton Heights/Fr.), Sam Guymon (Bishop Chatard/So.), David Hill (Cathedral/Sr.), Curtis Green (Perry Meridian/Sr.), Christian Stewart (Ind. Roncalli/Fr.), Carter Taylor (Frankfort/Fr.) Saint Francis: [13 Players] Conlan Martin (Bishop Dwenger/Fr.), James Mayberry (Plainfield/Jr.), Evan Henry (Columbus North/Sr.), Chandler White (Fort Wayne Carroll/Jr.), Devon Tennant (Fort Wayne Snider/So.), Billy Doslak (Penn/Jr.), Stephen Turner (Mt. Vernon-Fortville/Sr.), Bryce Lienhoop (Columbus East/Sr.), Michael Loggan (North Central/Jr.), Will Byrd (Lebanon/Fr.), Austin Compton (Frankton/So.), Derek Hinen (Columbia City/Sr.), Hunter Hollowell (Huntington North/Fr.) Taylor: [5 Players] Mason Degenkolb (Tipton/So.), Vincent Miranda (NorthWood/Fr.), James McCloud (Mt. Vernon-Fortville/Fr.), Keaton Hendricks (Bloomington South/Sr.), Graham Ortmann (Northwestern/Sr.)