2020-2021 Youngstown State Penguins

2020-2021 Youngstown State Penguins Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
31 Michael Akuchie Sr F 6-8 220 Oct 21, 1998 Plantation (FL) United States St. Thomas Aquinas High School
5 Christian Bentley Sr G 6-3 200 - Brampton Canada First Love Christian Academy
34 Justin Bofenkamp Jr G 6-0 177 - Vienna (OH) United States John F. Kennedy High School
33 Naz Bohannon Sr F 6-6 230 Jan 22, 1999 Lorain (OH) United States Lorain High School
32 Garrett Covington Sr G 6-5 215 - Carmel (IN) United States Bosco Institute
25 William Dunn Fr F 6-8 220 - Quincy (MI) United States Quincy High School
4 Kenny Ganley, Jr. Fr G 6-5 190 - Brea (CA) United States Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School
20 Geoff Hamperian RS-Jr G 6-4 205 - Morgantown (WV) United States University High School
15 Myles Hunter Fr F 6-5 210 - Matthews (NC) United States Carmel Christian School
0 Greyson Kelley Sr G 6-2 200 - Raleigh (NC) United States North Raleigh Christian Academy
11 Daniel Ogoro Fr SG 6-6 175 Jan 6, 2000 Lewisham England Springfield Commonwealth Academy
3 Darius Quisenberry Jr PG 6-2 188 - Dayton (OH) United States Wayne High School
22 Shemar Rathan-Mayes Fr PG 5-11 190 Jul 17, 2001 Scarborough Canada Orangeville Prep
2 Carson Ryan Fr SG 6-4 200 - Youngstown (OH) United States Struthers High School
1 Jamir Thomas Sr F 6-8 275 - Passaic (NJ) United States Passaic High School
24 Cheick Traore Fr F 6-8 220 - Concord (NC) United States Concord First Assembly
14 Alex Vargo Fr G 6-6 210 - Wheeling (WV) United States Wheeling Park High School

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

2020-2021 Youngstown State Penguins Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Naz Bohannon Horizon All-League Second Team
Garrett Covington Horizon League All-Defensive Team
Shemar Rathan-Mayes Horizon League All-Freshman Team
Naz Bohannon Horizon League Player of the Week (Jan 4, 2021)
Myles Hunter Horizon League Freshman of the Week (Jan 18, 2021)

2020-2021 Youngstown State Penguins Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters S. Rathan-Mayes D. Quisenberry G. Covington N. Bohannon M. Akuchie
Rotation   G. Hamperian M. Hunter    
Rotation   D. Ogoro      
Lim PT G. Kelley A. Vargo W. Dunn   C. Traore
Lim PT K. Ganley, Jr. C. Ryan J. Thomas    
Lim PT C. Bentley J. Bofenkamp      

2020-2021 Youngstown State Penguins Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Naz Bohannon 25 32.9 16.5 8.2 3.2 0.7 0.0 2.6
Darius Quisenberry 15 32.9 14.9 2.9 3.1 1.6 0.2 2.9
Garrett Covington 26 30.1 12.5 4.6 1.5 1.3 0.0 1.6
Shemar Rathan-Mayes 25 28.3 10.0 2.0 3.4 1.2 0.0 1.6
Michael Akuchie 27 26.6 9.9 8.3 0.7 0.4 0.6 1.1
Myles Hunter 24 18.8 6.0 1.9 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.5
Alex Vargo 22 13.7 4.8 1.6 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.6
Kenny Ganley, Jr. 9 12.9 3.3 1.3 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.3
William Dunn 20 9.8 3.1 1.6 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.4
Geoff Hamperian 25 12.0 2.9 2.0 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2
Daniel Ogoro 23 12.8 2.3 1.3 1.4 0.3 0.0 1.1
Christian Bentley 10 9.7 2.3 1.0 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.6
Greyson Kelley 6 6.2 1.8 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
Cheick Traore 19 6.9 1.5 2.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4
Carson Ryan 6 3.7 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3
Jamir Thomas 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2020-2021 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)
Jason Slay Assistant Coach 2017-2018 Assistant Coach (Virginia Military, 2015 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)
Ron Strollo Director of Intercollegiate Athletics 2001-2002 N/A
Trevor Parks Director of Sports Information 2012-2013 N/A
Danny Reese Director of Player Personnel 2019-2020 Administrative Assistant (Youngstown State, 2016 to 2019)
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
Todd Burkey Athletic Trainer 2009-2010 N/A