Clockwise, from top left: Jayden Ross, Shy Hawkins, Riley Weiss...

Clockwise, from top left: Jayden Ross, Shy Hawkins, Riley Weiss and Brent Bland. Credit: AP; Getty Images

As the college basketball season tips off, here's a look at Division I players with ties to Long Island. 

WOMEN

Name, school, year, position, high school/hometown

Meghan Andersen, Fairfield, Sr., G/F, Our Lady of Mercy/Wantagh 

Rose Azmoudeh, Boston, Jr., G, Half Hollow Hills East/Dix Hills

Taylor Barbot, Pittsburgh, Sr., G, St. Mary’s/Floral Park

Taryn Barbot, Pittsburgh, Sr., G, St. Mary’s/Floral Park

Shani Clark, Morgan State, Soph., G/F, Bay Shore/Bay Shore

Anna Conza, Georgia Tech, Sr., G, Long Island Lutheran

Payton Dulin, Quinnipiac, Soph., G, Baldwin/Baldwin

Rhylin Fehrenbach, Cornell, Fr., G/F, Long Island Lutheran

Renelle Grannum, New Haven, Jr., G, Baldwin/Baldwin

Isa Grant, Navy, Fr., F, West Hempstead (Not West Hempstead H.S.)

Sanai Green, Duke, Fr, G, Long Island Lutheran

Shy Hawkins, Syracuse, Jr. F/G, Floyd/Mastic Beach

Emma Heaney, Lafayette, Soph., G, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK/Plainview

Kayleigh Heckel, UConn, Jr., G, Long Island Lutheran

Justine Henry, Marist, Soph., G/F, Freeport

Kate Koval, Baylor, Jr., F, Long Island Lutheran

Olivia Jones, Vanderbilt, Fr., G, Long Island Lutheran/Bay Shore

Emily McDonald, Kentucky, Fr., G, Long Island Lutheran

Jasmine McKay, New Haven, Soph. G, North Babylon/West Babylon

Olivia Medford, Tarleton State, Grad, G, Long Island Lutheran/Rockville Centre

Dally Moreno, Howard, Sr., F, Baldwin

Destiny Robinson, Syracuse, Fr., F, St. Mary’s

Autumn Simon, Delaware State, Jr., F, Bellport/Bellport

Kaylene Smikle, Tennessee, Grad., G, Bay Shore (Not Bay Shore H.S.)

Toni Smith, American, Soph., G, Baldwin/Baldwin

Kayla Solomon, UMass Lowell, Fr., G, St. Mary’s/Central Islip

Lauryn Swann, Rutgers, Jr., G, Long Island Lutheran

Savvy Swords, Kentucky, Fr., F, Long Island Lutheran

Syla Swords, Michigan, Jr., G, Long Island Lutheran

Tiana Thompson, La Salle, Fr. G, St. Mary’s

Riley Weiss, Columbia, Sr., G, Hewlett

MEN

Name, school, year, position, high school/hometown

Kayden Allen, Georgia Tech, Fr., G, Long Island Lutheran

Kiyan Anthony, Syracuse, Soph., G, Long Island Lutheran

Jean Aranguren, George Washington, Sr., G, Upper Room Christian

Brandon Arnold, Marist, Fr., G, Baldwin (not Baldwin H.S.)

Jagger Bascombe, New Haven, Soph., F, St. Mary’s/Franklin Square

Brent Bland, Miami, Gr. G, Half Hollow Hills West/Wheatley Heights

Michael Cascione, Hofstra, Fr., G, Smithtown West/Smithtown

Luke Cronin, Tulane, Sr., F, Great Neck North/Great Neck

TJ Crumble, North Texas, Fr. F, Long Island Lutheran

Peter Da Cruz, Hampton, Soph., F, The Knox School

Aaron Davis III, Hampton, Sr., G, Bay Shore

Daniel Doyle, Iona, Fr., G, Chaminade/Oyster Bay

Preston Edmead, North Carolina State, Soph. G, Deer Park

Chris Eldredge, Hampton, Fr., G, The Knox School/St. James

Godswill Erheriene, Incarnate Word, Jr., F, Long Island Lutheran

Omar Essam, Fordham, Fr., C, Long Island Lutheran

Leo Ferry, UMBC, Jr., G, Bellmore JFK/Merrick

Jordan Gabriel, Marist, Soph., C, Mineola (not Mineola H.S.)

Jalyke Gaines-Wyatt, Southern Miss, Sr., G, St. Anthony’s/Wyandanch

Lucius Gibson-Savadel, Maryland Eastern Shore, Sr., F, Bay Shore (not Bay Shore H.S.)

U-Mier Graham, Albany, Fr., F, The Knox School

Nigel James Jr., Marquette, Soph. G, Long Island Lutheran/Huntington

Roddy Jones, Central Connecticut, RS Soph., G, St. John the Baptist/North Babylon

Tajae Jones, Wagner, Soph., F, Long Island Lutheran

Lou Hutchinson III, West Georgia, RS Sr., G/F, Long Island Lutheran

Khalil London, UL Monroe, RS Jr., G., St. Dominic/Wyandanch

Diing Maiwen, Fairleigh Dickinson, Fr., G/F, Knox School

Alier Maluk, McNeese, Jr., F, Long Island Lutheran

Kyle Marshall, Bucknell, Jr., G, Oyster Bay (not Oyster Bay H.S.)

Benjamin Michaels, Albany, Jr., F, Long Island Lutheran

Dylan Mingo, Baylor, Fr. G, Long Island Lutheran/Farmingdale

Kayden Mingo, Baylor, Soph. G, Long Island Lutheran/Farmingdale

Chike Ndefo, Towson, RS Soph., G/F, Elmont

Nico Onyekwere, Villanova, RS Fr., C, Long Island Lutheran

Jayden Reid, Memphis, Sr. G, Long Island Lutheran/Westbury

Jacob Ross, UConn, Soph. F, Long Island Lutheran

Jayden Ross, UConn, Sr., F, Long Island Lutheran

Finley Sheridan, Stetson, RS Sr., F, Long Island Lutheran/Merrick

Anthony Stennett, Hofstra, Fr., G, Portledge School/The Knox School

Ace Talbert, Gardner-Webb, Sr., G, Knox School/Wyandanch

Kaur Tomann, Boise State, Fr., F, Long Island Lutheran

Gevonte Ware, Rutgers, Soph, C, Roosevelt

Armoni Zeigler, Boston College, Sr. G, Amityville

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