Class of ’26 Recruiting Roundup: News, Notes Around State

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Get 30% off your first billing cycle with code: howe30 in the coupon code area</em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>These recruiting roundups will be more frequent during the next couple months. It's a busy time for high school student-athletes sifting through opportunities at the next level. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last month, we separated our news and notes into two posts, one for the Class of 2026 (seniors-to-be) and another publishing for upcoming juniors and sophomores.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We'll stick with that format again this time around. Here's a look at the '26 group: </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Starting at the top, our No. 1 prospect in the cycle, [player_tooltip player_id='283946' first='Jayden' last='McGregory'], had Kansas into to see him at Valley at the end of last month and picked up a Florida State offer a week later. He's scheduled official visits to Minnesota (May 30), Missouri (June 6) and Louisville (June 20) so far. Georgia, Tennessee, Michigan and quite a few others have reportedly offered. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1221928' first='Evan' last='Jacobson'] has played host to coaches coming through Waukee recently. Notre Dame visited his home on Tuesday after stopping by the school last week. Stanford, Florida State, Baylor and Iowa State saw him this month. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Cardinal played host to Jacobson for an official visit at the end of April. A coach from the school stopped at Waukee a few days before that. He's also set up officials to Texas A&amp;M (June 5), Auburn (June 13), Florida State (June 16) and Notre Dame (June 20). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-A top prospect came off of the board on April 23 when [player_tooltip player_id='1240558' first='Andrew' last='Hine'] announced his commitment to Army. The Waukee offensive lineman also reported scholarship offers from Air Force, North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Northern Illinois, Northern Iowa and Wyoming. He'd recently visited Brookings and Laramie along with West Point. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1241376' first='Colton' last='McClish'] added to his offer list when Drake came forward during a May 2 campus visit. Army, South Dakota, South Dakota State, North Dakota and Northern Illinois visited him at school in recent weeks. Montana and Buffalo invited him to summer camps. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-After visiting West Point during the middle of April, Army conducted an in-home visit with [player_tooltip player_id='1370736' first='Joey' last='Hardy']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Iowa State invited [player_tooltip player_id='1358226' first='Logan' last='Lashbrook'] to summer camp after he visited Iowa last month. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Grand View offered [player_tooltip player_id='1221954' first='Cael' last='Roberts'] late last month. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-After visiting Iowa on April 19, [player_tooltip player_id='1631997' first='Keaton' last='Mennen'] stopped at Iowa State and had Army in town for a visit. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1370695' first='Brayden' last='Hoben'] has seen his stick rise this spring. The multi-sport athlete reported a new offer from Northern Iowa on April 25 and played host to Kansas State at his school on Monday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Kansas State and Missouri invited [player_tooltip player_id='1234337' first='Mason' last='Goering'] to summer camps. The Wildcats also sent an invite to [player_tooltip player_id='1234328' first='Lloydson' last='Nyenow Jr'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1240572' first='Colt' last='Schipper'] announced an offer from Drake when he visited campus on May 2. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-The University of Pennsylvania dropped by Keokuk to see [player_tooltip player_id='1188432' first='Mason' last='Claus'] at the end of last month. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Army, Central Michigan, Dartmouth, Air Force, North Dakota and Northern Illinois recently stopped by Northwest to see [player_tooltip player_id='1295632' first='Isaiah' last='Oliver']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-There is plenty of interest in [player_tooltip player_id='1358967' first='Jax' last='Pryor']. Kansas State and South Dakota visited him at school during the last few weeks. Kansas State, Missouri and Northern Illinois invited him to summer camps, and Washington state has been sending hand-written mail. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1241488' first='Quinn' last='Street'] visited Air Force at the end of last month and the Falcons came by to see him on Tuesday. He also had Army in for a visit last month and announced an Upper Iowa offer. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Upper Iowa offered [player_tooltip player_id='401675' first='Lamarious' last='Clark'] on Wednesday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1238635' first='Ethan' last='Headings'] announced his decision in April 28, verbally committing to North Dakota ahead of reported offers from Army, Air Force, Northern Iowa, Western Illinois and others. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='897474' first='Andrew' last='Brandhorst'] visited Northern Iowa and picked of a camp invite from Kansas State recently. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Northern Iowa played host to [player_tooltip player_id='1238495' first='Terryion' last='Montgomery'] on a visit at the end of last month. He was invited to summer camp at Kansas State. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Washington State, Army, Air Force and North Dakota State visited Jaxson Paulsrud at school recently with the Falcons offering a scholarship. He visited Northern Iowa for its spring game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1033543' first='Leo' last='Kirkland'] visited Minnesota State and Iowa Western at the end of last month. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1421471' first='Gavin' last='Warren'] stopped for junior days at Northern Iowa and North Dakota State in April. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Iowa stopped at Woodward-Granger on Wednesday to speak with [player_tooltip player_id='1370717' first='Kane' last='Mahler-Moreno']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Grand View offered [player_tooltip player_id='1216911' first='Max' last='Schwieger'], who also had North Dakota State and Kansas State stop by his school. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-North Dakota State was in Mount Vernon to watch [player_tooltip player_id='1581168' first='Kellen' last='Haverback'] throw last week. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Wayne State offered [player_tooltip player_id='1217648' first='Zeke' last='Symonds'] last month. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1250804' first='Calan' last='Peters'] visited Air Force in April 27. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Drake, Wayne State and Upper Iowa offered [player_tooltip player_id='1240479' first='Josh' last='Miller']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1241534' first='Cayden' last='Dudley'] visited Iowa and Drake during the last month. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-North Dakota State played host to [player_tooltip player_id='1361747' first='David' last='Fason'] for a visit on April 25 and Upper Iowa offered five days later. Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State and Northern Illinois spoke with him at the high school during the last few weeks. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1238599' first='Adrian' last='Perez-Hall'] landed a Grand View offer during a campus stop last month. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Northwestern, Tulsa, Kent State, Northern Iowa and Buffalo invited [player_tooltip player_id='1631387' first='Charlie' last='Nattress'] to summer camps.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-After receiving a Drake offer on April 19, [player_tooltip player_id='1241515' first='Eli' last='Kampman'] received camp invites from Buffalo, Dartmouth, Rice and Yale. North Dakota State stopped by Solon to watch him throw. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Grand View offered [player_tooltip player_id='856072' first='Ian' last='Middleton'] on April 29. He visited Wayne State the week before that. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-South Dakota visited West Lyon High on Wednesday to work out [player_tooltip player_id='1221929' first='Evan' last='Hildring']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1370649' first='Maddox' last='Pattison'] visited Northern Iowa for its spring game on May 3. Iowa Central invited him to its spring game and Brown requested his attendance at summer camp. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1242824' first='Gavin' last='Holt'] visited Wayne State on April 22. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Northern Iowa had [player_tooltip player_id='401671' first='Drew' last='Thompson'] on campus last month. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Northwestern invited [player_tooltip player_id='1360345' first='Jack' last='Bowlin'] to summer camp. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1241504' first='Johari' last='Muigai'] visited Minnesota State recently. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1619623' first='Sam' last='Drexler'] added an Upper Iowa offer on Tuesday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Iowa State, Kansas State and Dartmouth invited [player_tooltip player_id='217007' first='Jack' last='Wessel'] to summer camps. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Midland University offered [player_tooltip player_id='1240474' first='Dillon' last='Shoen'], who also picked up a Northwestern camp invite. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1238171' first='Grady' last='McGuire'] visited Northern Iowa at the end of last month and added an Upper Iowa offer on Tuesday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Minnesota State had Kane Wiley on campus at the end of April. He was at Northern Iowa last weekend and also stopped at Wartburg recently. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='897440' first='Harrison' last='Mullens'] visited Northern Iowa for its spring game and left Cedar Falls with an offer. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-On Monday, Northern Illinois was in Tiffin to watch [player_tooltip player_id='1242954' first='Conlan' last='Poynton'] work out. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-Grand View, Ottawa and Upper Iowa offered [player_tooltip player_id='1240477' first='Joe' last='Mausser'] recently. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>-[player_tooltip player_id='1687003' first='Cohen' last='Vannausdle'] added offers from Drake and Upper Iowa this month after Sioux Falls offered on April 27. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->