It hasn’t taken long for first-year Michigan basketball head coach Dusty May to make a splash after coming aboard this offseason from Florida Atlantic.
May hit the transfer portal hard upon arriving and also managed to secure the 2024 class in short order, holding onto Durral ‘Phat Phat’ Brooks while also getting commitments from Justin Pippen and LJ Cason.
Now he’s turned his attention to the 2025 class and is making an even bigger splash.
On Saturday, May got a pledge from 2025 Flint (Mich.) St. Mary’s five-star combo guard Trey McKenney, a 6-foot-4, 225 pounder who was also considering Georgetown and USC. He’s the second commitment of the class.
He announced his decision live on 247Sports.
Here is how McKenney ranks according to the recruiting services:
| * | Ovr | Pos | St | |
| 247Sports Composite | 5 | 19 | 3 | 1 |
| On3 Industry Ranking | 4 | 21 | 7 | 1 |
| 247Sports | 5 | 24 | 3 | 1 |
| On3 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 1 |
| ESPN | 5 | 16 | 4 | 2 |
| Rivals | 4 | 19 | 7 | – |
The scouting report from 247Sports:
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, settle for too many tough-twos, and be turnover prone 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.
It will be interesting to see how quickly McKenney gets involved given how deep May’s team already appears to be after one game. But five-stars do tend to be ready to go early in their first season, and he can help the Wolverines get deeper and more talented.
