It’s been a while since we’ve done a roundup of where kids are going. But before we dive in, I should remind people of the following about Division III recruiting:

1) There is no letter of intent. There is nothing binding a kid to actually attend the school, or even to play basketball once they’re there.
2) See No. 1.

You have to take this information with a grain of salt. Will any of these kids be any good? We make no guarantees.

We start off with an odd transfer, where the son of NAIA Carroll (Mont.) coach Gary Turcott has elected to transfer from Carroll to Pacific. “Ryan was an important member of our team,” Gary Turcott told the Billings Gazette. “He made significant contributions in many areas.”

Turcott was a redshirt freshman this past season after missing his first year recovering from knee surgeries. He played 23 games and scored 26 points. shooting 5-for-13 from three-point range.

Nicole Lobach is transferring from Division I Binghamton (a D-III alumnus) to Messiah. “I think I’ll be better off at Messiah,” she told the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin. “I think it will just be a better fit for me.”

Lobach played in all 28 games, making nine starts. She averaged 4.9 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists. She is a Hanover, Pa., native.

2005 national champion Millikin recently announced five recruits: Mahomet-Seymour’s Laura Engstrom, Lexington’s Samantha Hayes, Jody Johnson of Nokomis, Ricki Dorsett of Sterling Newman and Brittany Patete of Lombard. Engstrom, a 5-10 guard/forward, earned first-team all-area honors from The Pantagraph of Bloomington, Ill.

The rest of the list:
Men’s recruits
Hanover (Va.) HS guard Max Stone is headed to Averett. He averaged 13 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists.

John Ward, of Hampton (Pa.), will play at Denison. A 6-2 guard, Ward averaged 15.5 points.

Jarmel Arrington, Northern Nash (N.C.) HS, to North Carolina Wesleyan. James Jones of Havelock (N.C.) HS signed one of those so-called letters of intent with North Carolina Wesleyan.

Pinckney (Mich.) HS guard Brandon Rogowski will play for Albion. Forward Rob Majors has chosen Defiance. Jon Teuber will attend Olivet.

John Grotberg, who last played at Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood, will attend Grinnell. According to the Ann Arbor News, Grotberg led the Detroit area in 3-point shooting as a junior but sat out his senior season with an injury.

Ryan FitzPatrick, a 6-3, 180-pound guard from Conestoga High School (Berwyn, Pa.), will attend Scranton. FitzPatrick averaged 15.3 points, 4.2 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game for the 23-8 Pioneers. “Ryan is regarded as one of the top 3-point shooters in the Philadelphia area,” says Danzig. “We are very excited to have him in our program. He’s athletic, has tremendous skills and is a player who will make an impact on our program.”

Bill Moakley, a 6-8 center from Wayne Valley, will play for Montclair State.

Adam DeMatteo, Hempfield Area Senior High School, to W&J.

Glen Burnie (Md.) HS forward Chris Schrader has committed to play at Hood.

Arundel’s (Md.) Tyler Brown has committed to Shenandoah.

Hollis/Brookline (Mass.) senior Zach Etten will play at Division III Babson. He reportedly turned down a track scholarship from U. Conn.

5-10 guard Nick Olivero to Catholic U. from W.T. Woodson HS (Fairfax, Va.).
Olivero’s teammate, 6-3 guard Tim Kohlrus, has decided to attend Washington College.

Morgan VanBuren is headed to St. John Fisher, from Creston HS (Mich.).

UW-La Crosse’s recruiting class includes Blair-Taylor HS guard T.J. Nereng and David Chivington, a 6-8 forward from Oshkosh (Wis.) West HS. More on this pair from the La Crosse Tribune.

Mercer County’s Kameron McRay will play for Centre.

Women’s recruits
Northland’s incoming class:
Lindsay BeBeau, 5’6″ Guard, Ashland, Wis.
Lisa Brilla, 5’11” Wing, Ashland, Wis.
Amanda Brundige, 5’10” Post, Green Island, N.Y.
Carrie Canfield, 5’10” Post, Florence, Wis.
Jessica Graham, 5’7″ Guard, Bessemer, Mich.
Erica Hoffman, 5’9″ Guard, Lennon, Mich.
Anna Lembcke, 6’1″ Post, Norwood Young America, Minn.
Kayla Ryynanen, 6’0″ Post, Chassell, Mich.
Jessica Strandlund, 5’2″ Guard, Froid, Mont.

Lakisha Miller of Cowley College, a two-year school in Arkansas, is transferring to Aurora.

Hannah Scherger, Sidney Lehman Catholic High School, to Wittenberg.

Mercer County’s Jillian Horn will play for Thomas More.

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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

Blue Ridge High School (Ill.) center Brent Ruch has committed to attend Elmhurst and play basketball for the Bluejays.

“Brent has an unbelievable combination of size and basketball skill that you just don’t see everywhere,” Elmhurst coach Mark Scherer told the Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph. “Because of the injuries he has sustained, I believe his best basketball is still ahead of him.”

Hustisford (Wis.) HS guard Tony Thrasher, the Southern Trailways Conference boys’ basketball player of the year as a senior, will play at Hamline. Thrasher, 6-3, also played quarterback for Hustisford.

Derek King, Southside (Ind.), heads to DePauw. King averaged 16.8 points a game for Southside and had a GPA of 3.47 on a 4.0 scale.

“(Immediate playing time) was the biggest thing,” King told the (Muncie, Ind.) Star Press. “Wherever I went, I wanted to play right away. I went down and spent the night and played with the guys. We really clicked. Everything just really clicked. It was just a blessing to find a school like that.”

Fitch (Conn.) HS guard Todd Doyle will go to Wentworth Tech.

Manning (Iowa) HS post Brian Fogleman heads to Buena Vista.

Women’s recruits
St. Benedict’s incoming freshman class, according to the St. Cloud Times: Edina forward Ariel Tauer, Minneota guard Brittany Buysse, Edina point guard Nikki Carter, North St. Paul post Nicole Hjelmgren, Centennial post Alyssa Mohr and Rocori post Kari Schroeder.

Jackie Distler and Kelsey McCarty, from Sacred Heart HS in Louisville, will attend and play basketball at Transylvania. “Jackie and Kelsey have been an important part of a tremendously successful high school program,” coach Mark Turner said in a release. “Both will fit in well to our program and we’re excited they are coming to school at Transylvania.”

Fennimore girls basketball player Whitney Lenz, a 5-10 guard, will play at Clarke.

Nikita Eddy, Provincetown (Mass.) HS, to Mitchell.

Riverview High (Sarasota, Fla.) forward Stephanie Zarse to Illinois College.

Cor Jesu Academy (St. Louis) guard Jill Brandt and Punahou (Honolulu) School’s Shanna-Lei Dacanay to attend and play basketball at Washington U.

And Maddie Sikes signed one of those non-existent letters of intent at Wesleyan (Ga.). She went to Christian Heritage School (Ga.).

Names that have crossed our desk through the miracle of online newspapers:

Ryan Burks, Midwest Central (Ill.), to Elmhurst, following former Midwest Central grad Ryan Knuppel
Mark King, Monteverde Academy (Fla.), to Villa Julie
Vinny Baumunk, Sullivan County (Pa.) HS, to Misericordia
Michael Moore, Concord HS (Ind.), to DePauw
Alex Irmer, Wakefield HS (Va.), to Randolph-Macon
Ryan Frazier, Northside HS (Va.), to Averett
Colin Lajoie, Mill River Union High School, to Elmira

Women’s
Erin Kohn, Parkland College, transfer to Illinois Wesleyan
Jill Anelauskas, Medfield (Mass.) HS, to Bowdoin
Crystal Burt, Lake Norman (N.C.) HS, to Peace
Brittany Lambert, South River (Md.) HS, to Washington College
Kayleigh Calandri, Alameda (Calif.) HS, to UC Santa Cruz
Leanne Weber, South Park (Pa.) HS, to La Roche
Samantha Papst, Sto-Rox (Pa.) HS, to La Roche

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