2022-2023 Youngstown State Penguins

2022-2023 Youngstown State Penguins Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
- Mattia Acunzo Jr SF 6-8 225 Jun 22, 2000 Caserta Italy Kennedy Catholic High School
5 Dwayne Cohill Sr PG 6-2 180 Jan 19, 2000 Parma Heights (OH) United States Holy Name High School
32 Garrett Covington Sr G 6-5 215 - Carmel (IN) United States Bosco Institute
11 William Dunn Jr F 6-8 220 - Quincy (MI) United States Quincy High School
- Tommy Fryda So G 6-1 180 - Youngstown (OH) United States Boardman High School
2 Malek Green Sr F 6-7 220 Aug 31, 1999 Cincinnati (OH) United States Taft High School
15 Myles Hunter Jr F 6-5 210 - Matthews (NC) United States Carmel Christian School
23 Josh Irwin Fr F 6-7 235 - Mayfield Heights (OH) United States West Geauga High School
10 John Lovelace, Jr. Fr F 6-7 205 - Brown Deer (WI) United States We Are United Prep
4 Bryce McBride Sr PG 6-2 185 - Jackson (TN) United States South Side High School
1 Adrian Nelson Sr F 6-8 225 Oct 5, 1999 Pickerington (OH) United States Pickerington High School Central
25 Jacori Owens So C 6-9 240 - Charlotte (NC) United States COMBINE Academy
22 Shemar Rathan-Mayes Jr PG 5-11 190 Jul 17, 2001 Scarborough Canada Orangeville Prep
0 Brandon Rush Sr GF 6-3 195 - Warragul United States Warrensville Heights High School
24 Chris Shelton Sr G 6-4 210 - Louisa (VA) United States Louisa High School

Youngstown State Transfers Sitting Out 2022-2023

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Bryson Langdon Sr G 5-9 170 - Chicago (IL) United States Northern Kentucky

Recent Youngstown State Penguins History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 22-10 (14-6) 2nd (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 24-10 (15-5) 1st (Horizon) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2021-2022 19-15 (12-9) 6th (Horizon) 1st Rnd The Basketball Classic 2nd Rnd
2020-2021 15-12 (9-11) 6th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 18-15 (10-8) 4th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 12-20 (8-10) 6th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 8-24 (6-12) 8th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 13-21 (5-13) 8th (Horizon) 3rd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 11-21 (6-12) 7th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 11-21 (2-14) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 15-17 (6-10) 7th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2012-2013 18-16 (7-9) 5th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd CIT 2nd Rnd
2011-2012 16-15 (10-8) 6th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2010-2011 9-21 (2-16) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 8-22 (2-16) 10th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 11-19 (7-11) 6th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 9-21 (5-13) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 14-17 (7-9) 4th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 7-21 (4-12) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2004-2005 5-23 (2-14) 9th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2003-2004 8-20 (4-12) 7th (Horizon) 1st Rnd N/A
2002-2003 9-20 (4-12) 6th (Horizon) 2nd Rnd N/A

2022-2023 Youngstown State Penguins Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Adrian Nelson Horizon All-League Third Team
Brandon Rush Horizon All-League Third Team
Dwayne Cohill NABC All-District (12) First Team
Dwayne Cohill Horizon All-League First Team
Dwayne Cohill Horizon League Player of the Week (Dec 26, 2022)
Dwayne Cohill Horizon League Player of the Week (Dec 19, 2022)
Dwayne Cohill Horizon League Player of the Week (Dec 5, 2022)
John Lovelace, Jr. Horizon League Freshman of the Week (Nov 14, 2022)

2022-2023 Youngstown State Penguins Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Cohill B. McBride B. Rush M. Green A. Nelson
Rotation S. Rathan-Mayes   G. Covington J. Lovelace, Jr.  
Rotation     M. Hunter    
Lim PT T. Fryda C. Shelton J. Irwin W. Dunn J. Owens

2022-2023 Youngstown State Penguins Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Dwayne Cohill 34 34.1 18.0 3.5 4.8 1.4 0.3 2.7
Brandon Rush 34 26.4 13.9 2.7 1.3 1.1 0.4 1.7
Adrian Nelson 34 32.2 13.5 9.4 1.1 1.5 0.6 1.1
Malek Green 34 28.4 13.5 7.2 1.1 0.7 0.4 1.4
Bryce McBride 34 27.6 7.6 2.0 3.8 1.0 0.1 1.3
John Lovelace, Jr. 34 14.1 4.3 2.1 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.5
Garrett Covington 27 14.6 3.7 1.3 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.6
Myles Hunter 34 11.9 3.0 1.6 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.4
Chris Shelton 12 4.8 3.0 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1
Shemar Rathan-Mayes 21 11.6 2.9 1.1 1.2 0.4 0.0 1.0
William Dunn 25 7.0 2.0 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4
Josh Irwin 13 3.8 1.6 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.2
Tommy Fryda 5 2.8 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jacori Owens 13 3.5 0.7 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.2

2022-2023 Youngstown State Penguins Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Jerrod Calhoun Head Coach 2017-2018 Head Coach (Fairmont State, 2012 to 2017)
Chinedu Nwachukwu Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Director of Player Personnel (Michigan, 2017 to 2019)
Ethan Faulkner Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Assistant Coach (Northern Kentucky, 2014 to 2015)
Ben Asher Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Director of Basketball Operations (Rutgers, 2019 to 2021)
Danny Reese Special Assistant to the Head Coach 2021-2022 Director of Player Personnel (Youngstown State, 2019 to 2021)
Ron Strollo Director of Intercollegiate Athletics 2001-2002 N/A
Trevor Parks Director of Sports Information 2012-2013 N/A
Paul Molinari Director of Basketball Operations 2019-2020 Assistant Coach (Youngstown State, 2017 to 2019)
Jamie Hall Assistant Director of Sports Information 2004-2005 N/A
John Vogel Assistant Director of Sports Information 2008-2009 N/A