An entirely new coaching staff at West Virginia has worked diligently over the last few weeks to reshape the Mountaineers’ roster by way of the NCAA Transfer Portal.
On Monday, the Mountaineers added their second player from the high school ranks since naming Darian DeVries head coach.
Jonathan Powell, a 6-foot-5 guard from Centerville High School in Dayton, Ohio, has pledged his commitment to WVU.
Powell was in Morgantown for an official visit over the weekend after recently requesting to be released from a National Letter of Intent he had signed last November to play at Xavier.
Powell, the Division I Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Year, is rated a three-star prospect by Rivals and 247 Sports. He averaged 19.7 points and 4.2 rebounds in his final season at Centerville.
Powell becomes West Virginia’s ninth scholarship player for the upcoming season. He joins the lone holdover from last season’s roster in Ofri Naveh, fellow incoming freshman KJ Tenner and a group of transfers in Tucker DeVries (Drake), Sencire Harris (Illinois), Amani Hansberry (Illinois), Eduardo Andre (Fresno State), Javon Small (Oklahoma State) and Toby Okani (Illinois Chicago).
