Bryan Beamish, a 6-5½ swing player from Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln HS and Jerome Wotachek, a 6-7 power forward from Mishicot HS, both plan to take their talents to UW-Stevens Point, according to a press release.

Beamish was the Wisconsin Valley Conference co-Player of the Year after posting 18.9 points and 6.3 rebounds per game this past season. He shot 56.3% from the field, including a league-best 46.5 percent from three-point range. Beamish led the Red Raiders to a 25-1 record and the WIAA Division 1 state semifinals.

“Bryan is one of the finest collegiate prospects in the state and we are very pleased to have him join the Pointer basketball program,” Pointers’ coach Jack Bennett said. “His ability, feel for the game and desire to improve are exactly the ingredients we look for. Bryan’s been superbly coached and raised the right way. He will be a terrific addition at UW-Stevens Point.”

Wotachek was the Olympian Conference Player of the Year after averaging 17.1 points, 10.8 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game as a senior. He had 35 points and 20 rebounds in a win over Manitowoc Lutheran this year as the Indians avenged a 36-point loss from earlier in the season. Wotachek also was one of the Indians’ top players as a junior when they finished as the WIAA Division 3 state runner-up.

“We are very pleased to have a player of Jerome’s ability and potential join our Pointer program,” Bennett said. “He’s an outstanding young man, well-coached and hungry to get better. We’re pleased to have him at UW-Stevens Point.”

The rest of our regular look at Division III recruiting:

Frankfort (Ind.) HS senior Jared Catron is headed to Franklin.

“At our level, the recruiting is an inexact science as to who will continue to develop,” Franklin coach Kerry Prather told the Frankfort Times. “The best indication of that is a player’s work ethic. He is a great kid and we put more emphasis on that.”

Waynesburg (Pa.) Central forward Nate Stoner has decided to attend Bethany.

Women’s recruits
A recent Minneapolis Star Tribune piece stated as fact the assertion that Macalester had nine incoming freshmen for its women’s basketball program, whose season was cut short due to lack of bodies. However, it didn’t name any of the players, nor did it cite its source.

Rachel Grove, Monroe Central (Ind.), to attend Tri-State.

Julia Martini, Brownsville (Pa.), to attend Carnegie Mellon.

Lia Cronenwett, Saline (Mich.) HS forward, committed to Albion

Talia Mondalto, Amesville (Maine), to attend Thomas