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2026 Commit: Race Kowalczyk

First 2026 commitment for Bradley! Welcome to Bradley!
Race will be a real asset for the Braves! He is an athletic and terrific shooting wing guard with point guard skills, and great basketball instincts. He is just finishing his junior year at St. John's Jesuit High School and Academy in Toledo.

Race Kowalczyk - Basketball - St. John's Jesuit Titans - Official Athletics Website

Race Kowalczyk (24)
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Bradley has been recruiting Race for more than a year, and he has visited Bradley in the past. We had info posted about him, on the old board but it seems some of the old threads aren't searchable now.


Links-
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Race Kowalczyk 2026 Point Guard

Race Kowalczyk - 2026 Point guard for St. John's (Toledo, OH) on Rivals.com
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Couple videos-
More YouTube links- https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=race+kowalczyk
 
Dave Eminian with the quick work-
www.pjstar.com

Future attraction: Bradley basketball gets commitment from prep Class of 2026 player

Race Kowalczyk, a class of 2026 forward for St. John's Jesuit in Toledo, has committed to play basketball for Bradley.
www.pjstar.com
The article states that Race averaged 18.5 ppg for his junior season. But that figure might have been before the season ended.
In this listing by the Ohio State Athletic Association of their All-State teams, they show Race Kowalczyk is a member of the 2025 Division II All-Ohio Boys Basketball 2nd Team- and they show his season average was 17.4 ppg. -

Divisions I, II and III Boys Basketball All-Ohio Teams Announced

News Release – Ohio Prep Sports Media Association For Immediate Release – March 27, 2025 Divisions I, II and III Boys Basketball All-Ohio Teams Announced COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 2025 Divisions I, II and III boys basketball All-Ohio teams were announced Thursday by the Ohio Prep Sports...
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Wow, coaches are busy as the early results for 2026 show. This is my opinion, but it seems like as has been posted numerous times that Bradley is not that far away from getting to the next level of success. We are approaching that in my humble opinion.😇
 
daveineureka said:
Wow, coaches are busy as the early results for 2026 show. This is my opinion, but it seems like as has been posted numerous times that Bradley is not that far away from getting to the next level of success. We are approaching that in my humble opinion.😇
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Coach is building a program, not just a team
 
That next step up from the mid-major level that Bradley is now at is really difficult. All the NCAA rule changes that favor the big boys make it nearly impossible for a mid-major to become an elite program and sustain it. Plus, the ability to raise NIL money cannot compare with the Power Conference programs. That is why so few schools accomplish it. Even programs that made it, like Butler, are faltering now. Butler has had 5 losing season in a row in the Big East, and they seem to be getting weaker, not better.
 
Yes Coach is building a program to get to that next level of success. Of course with all the rule changes and the current state of the NIL, it is difficult for a mid major to have sustained success once you achieve it. As the old saying goes, nothing ventured nothing gained.
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We can recruit and get whoever we want, but until we CONSISTENTLY make the NCAA tournament, and win games in it, we will continue to be a mid-major and that is fine. As is stated, that next step is difficult, and I just don't ever see Bradley being the next Gonzaga.
 
Wow - what a smooth stroke - has some nice fade-away shots too. Looks like a guy who could be a star in the Valley...what I thought about Hickman when we signed him
 
Race Kowalczyk's commitment comes roughly 15 months before he will enroll.
In the Brian Wardle era, how many players committed that early?

Answer - I don't think any of 75 other commits in the Wardle era have committed this early.
LMK if I missed someone, but I think this is the earliest commitment yet since 2015, when Wardle was hired.

Koch Bar committed July 2, 2015 & Nate Kennell committed July 14, 2015 for the fall of 2016, 13-14 months ahead.
and originally, Ari Boya committed July 30, 2017 for 2019 - which would have been more than 2 years in advance,
and would have definitely been Wardle's earliest commitment - HOWEVER,
....he reclassified as a 2018 recruit and enrolled in fall of 2018, 13 months from his commitment.
 
Kid definitely has a swagger to him. I'm not big on "trash talkers", but he's young and will likely mature.
From the highlights, kid has multiple ways to score and such a nice stroke from downtown.
Love the passion to play in Peoria and for Coach W. that he says he has!
 
I think we should take this as a great show of confidence in Wardle. A very good D1 coach with a good record feels confident enough in Brian that he supports his own son going to play for him. HIS OWN KID. To me that is a big vote of confidence from a very knowledgeable coach.
 
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