May Adds McKenney, Grady, Goodman During Early Signing Period
11/19/2024 11:50:00 AM | Men's Basketball
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan David and Meredith Kaplan Men's Basketball Head Coach Dusty May announced Tuesday (Nov. 19) the signing of four-star Winters Grady to a Big Ten Athletic Scholarship Agreement for the 2025-26 season. May previously announced the signings of four-star Oscar Goodman on Monday (Nov. 18) and five-star Trey McKenney on Friday (Nov. 15).
"I am excited to have Trey, Winters, and Oscar join our program," said May. "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."
Winters Grady | Guard | 6-5 | Napa, Calif. | Prolific Prep
"Winters is a flat-out competitor," said May. "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."
Grady is listed as a four-star prospect according to 247Sports and is ranked as a top-100 recruit. As the seventh-ranked prospect in California, he averaged 19.5 points per game on the Adidas 3SSB Circuit playing for Jalen Green Elite. Grady shot 57 percent from the field and shot 37 percent from beyond the arc. He finished in the top 10 of the league in scoring and efficiency.
During his junior season (2023-24), Grady converted on 45.6 percent of his 79 three-point attempts in 13 games. After playing high school basketball in Oregon, Grady transferred to Prolific Prep (Napa, Calif.) where current U-M player Nimari Burnett attended.
Oscar Goodman | Forward | 6-7 | Opunake, New Zealand | NBA Global Academy
"Oscar arrives in Ann Arbor as an accomplished international player and prospect, who was just named to the New Zealand senior national team," said May. "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."
Rated a four-star prospect and the No. 86 overall recruit according to 247, Goodman hails from Opunake, New Zealand, where he played for the NBA Global Academy. Goodman had a breakout performance at the 2024 FIBA U17 World Cup, averaging 17.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, and three assists per game, earning honors on the tournament's All-Star Five team.
An efficient scorer in the paint, Goodman shot 63.0 percent from around the rim at the 2024 FIBA U17 World Cup, averaging over two made dunks per game as he helped lead New Zealand to a historic fourth-place finish.
Goodman has become a key piece of the New Zealand setup throughout his youth career. At the 2023 FIBA U16 Asian Championship, he was named tournament MVP while helping New Zealand secure a silver medal. The previous year, he led the U15 team to a silver medal at the 2022 FIBA U15 Oceania Championship, where he was the team's top scorer and earned a spot on the all-tournament first team.
Trey McKenney | Guard | 6-4 | Flint, Mich. | Orchard Lake St. Mary's
"Trey embodies everything it means to be a Michigan Man," said May. "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."
Currently ranked No. 16 as a five-star recruit by ESPN, McKenney is the highest-rated in-state prospect in the 2025 class and a frontrunner for Michigan's Mr. Basketball. As a junior, he led Orchard Lake St. Mary's to a 27-1 record, winning the Division 1 State Championship. In the championship game, he had 32 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a 63-52 win. During the season, he averaged 22.8 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game, taking home the 2024 Michigan Associated Press Division 1 Basketball Player of the Year award for the second straight year.
As a sophomore, McKenney averaged 25.5 points and 11.1 rebounds per game, and was named the MLive Metro Detroit Player of the Year in addition to the AP's honors.
In 2024, McKenney was named to the USA Men's U18 National Team to compete in the FIBA U18 AmeriCup. At the tournament, he helped lead Team USA to a gold medal, averaging a team second-best 10.8 points per game, in addition to 5.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists, and 1.3 steals.
