St. John's History of transfers

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Thinking about all the criticism about our recent lack of success closing on HS recruits, but at the same time creating a quality roster of a number of transfers and jucos, I wanted to initiate a discussion of the teams of the last 40 years or so, and to list all the transfers. It seems to me there have been an awful lot, and I'm doing this from memory and perception so there may be errors.

I'll begin with the first teams I followed:

circa 1976: I remember the front line which included transfers Cecil Rellford and Ed Searcy, along with Beaver Smith (community college, or HS recruit?) John Farmer (transfer?)

1979 or so: Berwanger, Kelly, Calabrese, Larry Washington? All transfers?

Circa 1980: Curtis Redding, Rencher, Carter - all transfers

Circa 1983: Jeff Allen Transfer, Billy Goodwin (juco)

Circa 1985: Mike Moses, Walter Berry (juco)

Circa 1987 Rowan? Brust?

2002: Bootsy Thornton, Grant, Postell ?

Ok this is a start, probably loaded with errors. The point isn't that we shouldn't recruit HS players. OF COURSE we should. But if we compile a list, SJU may be more reliant on transfers and Juco's historically than most other successful programs.

Have fun!
 
The Whopper was a transfer who worked out well for us around 1970. I'm fairly certain both Postell and Tyrone Grant were four year players at St. John's though.
 
[quote="NCJohnnie" post=300555]The Whopper was a transfer who worked out well for us around 1970. I'm fairly certain both Postell and Tyrone Grant were four year players at St. John's though.[/quote]
Correct on Ty & Postell. Paultz as well
 
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Dennis McIntyre - Juco
Terry McCormick - Hofstra
Bobby Kelly - Holy Cross
John Hempel - UMass ?
Bob Antonelli - ?
Kevin Loughery - BC ?
Middleton - ?
Justin Brownlee - Juco
Dwight Hardy - Juco
Alpha Bangura - ?
There were a few more Jucos during the Jarvis reign, whose names elude me.
 
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Our team has nine transfers, out of 13 players. If you are able to stay up late tonight, you can watch perhaps the one school with more transfers, Nevada Wolfpack vs BYU, on CBS Sports, at 11:00, EST. Nevada also has that five-star player who committed to us, and then reneged and signed with Nevada. They're coach, Eric Musselman, is worth a watch, but will probably be gone after this year.
 
There is a feature article on Musselman in this week's Sports Illustrated in case anyone's interested. I just started reading it.
 
Don't think Jordan Brown ever actually committed to us. Jaraan Brooks (4 star) from out west committed to us and then reneged.
 
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Lamont Middleton played his freshman year at the University of Hartford (CT). He formed a formidable duo with Vin Baker. Vin was the 8th pick in the 1993 NBA Draft.
 
[quote="Las Vegan" post=300574]Dennis McIntyre - Juco
Terry McCormick - Hofstra
Bobby Kelly - Holy Cross
John Hempel - UMass ?
Bob Antonelli - ? SCRANTON
Kevin Loughery - BC ?
Middleton - ? HARTFORD
Justin Brownlee - Juco
Dwight Hardy - Juco
Alpha Bangura- Monmouth
There were a few more Jucos during the Jarvis reign, whose names elude me.[/quote]
 
[quote="jerseyshorejohnny" post=300592]Cecil Relford[/quote]
Kentucky State, my kind of power forward. Blocked a shot that George Johnson couldn't reach and should have been called goaltending to preserve a win over Hawaii and Reggie Carter. After the game the 2 guys admitted George could get up higher than Cecil and if he couldn't get it it had to be on the way down.
 
Transfers In:
Al Schuckman (1928-31) Long Island University
Lionel Baxter (1941-43) Dartmouth
Frank Frascella (1945-47) Villanova
Dan Buckley (1946-49) Duke
Thomas Tolan (1946-49) Manhattan
Gerry Lawrence (1953-56) North Carolina State
John Lamarca (1954-55) Stetson
William Cowley (1955-57) Georgetown
Mike Perocchia (1957-58) Manhattan
Kevin Loughery (1960-62) Boston College
Billy Lawrence (1963-64) North Carolina
Billy Paultz (1968-70) Cameron College
Ed Searcy (1971-74) Duquesne
Dennis McIntyre (1972-74) JUCO (Nassau, NY)
Terry McCormick (1973-75) Hofstra
John Farmer (1974-76) Hofstra
Tom Weadock (1974-77) JUCO (San Jacinto, TX)
Cecil Rellford (1975-77) Kentucky State
Paul Berwanger (1976-78) Boston College
Reggie Carter (1977-80) Hawaii
Bernard Rencher (1977-80) Notre Dame
Curtis Redding (1979-81) Kansas State
Larry Washington (1980-82) Texas Tech
Billy Goodwin (1980-83) JUCO (San Jacinto, TX)
Bob Kelly (1981-83) Holy Cross
Mike Feigenbaum (1981-84) Ohio
Jeff Allen (1981-84) Rutgers
Bob Antonelli (1983-85) Wilkes College
Mike Moses (1983-85) Florida
Walter Berry (1984-86) JUCO (San Jacinto, TX)
Ron Rowan (1984-86) Notre Dame
Greg Jones (1985-86) JUCO (never played/Shelton’s brother)
John Hempel (1985-87) Massachusetts
Matt Brust (1986-89) North Carolina
Michael Porter (1987-88) JUCO (San Jacinto, TX)
Boo Harvey (1987-90) JUCO (San Jacinto, TX)
Barry Milhaven (1988-90) JUCO (Nassau, NY)
Darrell Aiken (1988-90) JUCO (Westchester, NY)
Mitchell Foster (1991-93) JUCO (Arizona Western, AZ)
Lamont Middleton (1991-93) Hartford
Brad Small (1993-94) Syracuse (walkon)
Bill Mitaritonna (1993-94) Westbrook College (walkon)
James Scott (1993-95) JUCO (Spartanburg Methodist, SC)
Mike Menniefield (1995-97) JUCO (Spartanburg Methodist, SC)
Albert Richardson (1998-99) JUCO (McCook, LA)
Bootsy Thornton (1998-00) JUCO (Tallahasse, FL)
Alpha Bangura (2000-02) Monmouth
Sharif Fordham (2000-02) Eastern Michigan, JUCO (Gulf Coast)
Danny Bovain (2001-02) JUCO (Suffolk, NY) (walkon)
Marcus Hatten (2001-03) JUCO (Tallahasse, FL)
Andre Stanley (2001-04) JUCO (John Jay, NY), (Globe Institute, NY)
Grady Reynolds (2002-04) JUCO (Southern Union, AL)
Joe McDonald (2003-04) JUCO (Nassau, NY) (walkon)
Rodney Epperson (2004-05) JUCO (Barton, KS), (Midland, TX)
Ryan Williams (2004-06) JUCO (Monroe, NY)
Jermaine Maybank (2004-06) JUCO (Independence, KS)
Aaron Spears (2005-07) Illinois, JUCO (Highland, KS)
Avery Patterson (2006-07) JUCO (Iowa Western, IA)
John Taubeneck (2008-10) (walkon) Div.3/Roger Williams
Dwight Hardy (2009-11) JUCO (Indian Hills, IA)
Justin Brownlee (2009-11) JUCO (City College, SF), (Chipola, FL)
Nurideen Lindsay (2011-12) JUCO (Redlands, OK)
God’sgift Achiuwa (2011-14) JUCO (Erie, NY)
Marco Bourgault (2012-14) JUCO (Monroe, NY)
Jamal Branch (2012-15) Texas A&M
Khadim Ndiaye (2012-15) (walkon) Div.2/Chesnut Hill College
Max Hooper (2013-14) Harvard
Orlando Sanchez (2013-14) JUCO (Monroe, NY)
Joey DeLa Rosa (2014-15) Florida International
Darien Williams (2014-17) JUCO (Iowa Western, IA), (City College, SF)
Durand Johnson (2015-16) Grad Student/Pittsburgh
Ron Mvouika (2015-16) Grad Student/JUCO (Sheridan, WY), Missouri State
Bashir Ahmed (2016-18) JUCO (Hutchinson, KS)
Tariq Owens (2016-18) Tennessee
Marvin Clark II (2017-19) Michigan State
Justin Simon (2017-19) Arizona
Sedee Keita (2018-19) South Carolina
Mikey Dixon (2018-19) Quinnipiac
Mustapha Heron (2018-19) Auburn
L.J. Figueroa (2018-19) JUCO (Odessa, TX)
David Caraher (2019-20) Houston Baptist
Eli Wright (2019-20) Mississippi State



Transfers Out:
Bob Staak (1966-67) never played on varsity/UConn
Ron Rutledge (1970-71) CW Post
Bill Bozeat (1970-71) TCU
William Clarke (1974-77) Rutgers
Tim Cluess (1979-81) Hofstra
Mark Calzonetti (1980-82) Div.2/Bentley University
Rob James (1982-84)
Rob Cornegy (1984-85) Alabama
Marcus Broadnax (1986-88) UAB
Elander Lewis (1986-88) VCU
Roshown McLeod (1993-95) Duke
Ed Brown (1995-97) Rhode Island
James Felton (1997-98) Dismissed from team/FDU
Shannon Crooks (1997-98) Massachusetts
Collin Charles (1996-99) Quinnipiac
Albert Richardson (1998-99) Div.2/Kentucky Wesleyan
Heath Orvis (1999-00) Morningside College/Northern Colorado
Eric King (2001-03) Tennessee State
Tristan Smith (2001-03) St. Francis (NY)
Tim Doyle (2002-03) Northwestern
Elijah Ingram (2002-04) Expelled/New Mexico State
Tyler Jones (2003-05) Weber State
Rodney Epperson (2004-05) Mountain State (NAIA)
Dexter Gray (2004-06) Iona
Cedric Jackson (2004-06) Cleveland State
Jermaine Maybank (2004-06) Grad Student/Kansas State
Ricky Torres (2005-07) UMBC
Derwin Kitchen (2006-07) JUCO (Iowa Western, IA)/Florida State
Qa’rraan Calhoun (2006-07) JUCO (Barton, KS)/Houston
Avery Patterson (2006-07) Div.2/Tartleton Sta te
Larry Wright (2006-08) Oakland
Mike Cavataio (2007-08) Holy Cross
TyShwan Edmundson (2008-09) JUCO (Midland, TX), Austin Peay
Phil Wait (2008-09) Monmouth
Quincy Roberts (2008-11) Grambling State
Omari Lawrence (2009-10) Kansas State
Malik Stith (2009-12) Div.2/Fairmont State
Dwayne Polee II (2010-11) San Diego State
Nurideen Lindsay (2011-12) Rider
Amir Garrett (2011-13) Cal-State Northridge
Chris Obekpa (2012-15) UNLV (never played)
Christian Jones (2012-16) Grad Student/UNLV
Max Hooper (2013-14) Oakland
Sam Sealy (2013-15) (walkon) Edinboro University
Adonis DeLa Rosa (2014-15) Willston State/Kent State
Jay Henderson (2014-15) (walkon) Louisville
Darien Williams (2014-17) Grad Student/Nevada
Yankuba Sima (2015-17) Oklahoma State
Malik Ellison (2015-17) Pittsburgh
Elijah Holifield (2015-17) (walkon) Prairie View A&M
Tariq Owens (2015-18) Grad Student/Texas Tech
Kassoum Yakwe (2015-18) Grad Student/UConn
Sid Wilson (2017-18) UConn
 
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espken you still "THE MAN". Thanks for this.

Very extensive and comprehensive list.

One point. Chudney Gray never enrolled at Manhattan. They rejected him after he had committed due to his SAT score. He took the SAT again in the fall, passed making him eligible and then enrolled at St. John's for the second semester of his freshman year.

I also don't see Amir Garrett on the list possibly because he never played after he transferred form here although he did sit the year out practicing at San Jose State (?) before committing to baseball full time.
 
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