Over the last couple days, numerous recruiting predictions have been placed for Dusty May and the Michigan Wolverines to land local five-star prospect Trey McKenney. Things are looking really good just a couple weeks prior to his commitment date:
Dusty May is off to a hot start in the 2025 recruiting class. Over the last week, he and the Michigan Wolverines have acquired commitments from four-star wing/forward Winters Grady and Australian forward Oscar Goodman .
The good news very well should continue in the next couple weeks, as in-state five-star guard Trey McKenney will be making his decision on Saturday, Nov. 9. Over the course of the last few days, numerous recruiting predictions have been placed for the Wolverines to eventually land McKenney’s services, including On3’s Joe Tipton and Jamie Shaw, and The Michigan Insider’s Brice Marich.
McKenney has a final three list consisting of Michigan, Georgetown and USC. He has taken trips to all three of those schools and was most recently in Ann Arbor last month. More importantly, perhaps, was his appearance at Michigan’s exhibition game against Oakland last weekend in Detroit.
This would be a phenomenal land, should McKenney’s potential live up to this scouting report written by 247Sports’ Adam Finkelstein:
McKenney is a big-bodied scoring guard and unique backcourt match-up because of his very broad frame and massive 6-foot-9 wingspan. He plays with an aggressive scoring mentality and has an advanced understand of how to leverage his body type within his attack. He’s powerful, physical, crafty, has a great left-hand, and is also very adept at scoring over top of contesting defenders in the mid-range area.
While McKenney can have a high-volume approach, and settle for too many tough-twos at times, he’s actually an underrated initiator when he’s allowed to play with the ball in his hands. He has clear potential playing out of ball-screens and some instinctive feel for the game to match his sheer power.
McKenney is an excellent free-throw shooter (92%), but doesn’t get there quite enough to take full advantage, especially given his body type. His shooting stroke isn’t quite as natural from long range, but he’s shown some clear progress and made 36% on just under 6 attempts per game in the EYBL.
Defensively, he’s typically willing to compete, but sometimes limited by a lack of lateral quickness. That footspeed is going to be tied to continuing to make strides with his conditioning, albeit without shrinking his frame too much, since that is such a critical part of his identity. McKenney is also an excellent rebounding guard.
All in all, these are positive signs that May will soon land his first five-star recruit as head coach of the Wolverines.