
Michigan basketball officially locks up 3 top-100 players in 2025 class, No. 11 in nation
The Michigan basketball program has officially signed all three of its 2025 commits.
On Tuesday, four-star guard Winters Grady became the third commit to put pen to paper, following four-star forward Oscar Goodman on Monday and the jewel of the class, five-star combo guard Trey McKenney, on Friday.
“I am excited to have Trey, Winters, and Oscar join our program,” head coach Dusty May said in a release. “All three are highly competitive players who come from great families. Each of them has a unique skill set which will allow us to continue playing the way we believe is best. They’ve all been coached, and developed, by some of the most respected and accomplished teachers of the game. We look forward to them getting to Ann Arbor.”
The Wolverines’ class ranks No. 1 in the Big Ten and No. 11 in the nation per 247sports composite rankings.
Grady, a 6-foot-5, 185-pound forward originally out of Oswego, Oregon now plays in Napa, Calif. (Prolific Prep) where Nimari Burnett also attended. The No. 8 rated player in the state, No. 19 wing in the country and No. 83 player in the class of 2025, Grady put up 19.5 points per game on 57% shooting and 37% from long range for Jalen Green Elite on the Adidas 3SSB Circuit.
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“Winters is a flat-out competitor,” May say. “He is tailor-made for how we want to play at Michigan. His ability to shoot the ball is one of the reasons he’s an ideal fit. His versatility and physicality, on both the offense and defense end, will allow him to be a factor for us right away. The more we dug in and got to know him and his family, the more we realized that this a guy that we need to have in our program.”
Goodman, for his part, gets the travel award. The 6-foot-7, 225-pound forward joins the Wolverines all the way from Opunake, New Zealand. The top ranked player in New Zealand, Goodman is considered the No. 17 player at his position and No. 76 player in the world in the 2025 class.
He’s recently played for the NBA Global Academy, where he broke out at the 2024 FIBA U17 World Cup, putting up 17.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, and three assists per game, while getting named to the tournament’s All-Star Five team.
Goodman was named tournament MVP at the 2023 FIBA U16 Asian Championship when he led New Zealand to a silver medal.
“Oscar arrives in Ann Arbor as an accomplished international player and prospect, who was just named to the New Zealand senior national team,” May said. “He comes from a tight-knit family that values everything that we want our program to be about. His training at the NBA Academy, as well as his eagerness and ability to compete, will allow him to affect our program positively from day one.”
Last but not least, McKenney, who actually signed first. That was announced Friday, just before the Orchard Lake St. Mary’s standout was in attendance for U-M’s 76-64 victory over TCU.
Last season, McKenney led St. Mary’s to a 27-1 record, winning the Michigan high school basketball Division 1 state title, capped by a 32-point, 10-rebound performance in the championship game in East Lansing. That came after a regular season in which McKenney averaged 22.8 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game as he was named to the Free Press’ Dream Team.
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McKenney, ranked as the No. 1 player in the state, No. 3 combo guard in the nation and No. 19 player regardless of position by 247 Sports, also comes off an offseason in which he was named to the U.S. Men’s U18 National Team and participated in the FIBA U18 AmeriCup.
The rising senior helped lead Team USA to a gold medal as he finished second on the team with 10.8 points per game to go with 5.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 1.3 steals.
“Trey embodies everything it means to be a Michigan Man,” May said in a press release Friday. “He comes from a family of strong faith and high character. He has been taught how to play the game the right way and values competition. His versatility as a big, strong guard is going to be a tremendous asset to our program.”
As impressive as the group already is, May said earlier this month Michigan is not done recruiting the Class of 2025.
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