Oklahoma Freshman Enters Transfer Portal

The NCAA Transfer Portal has been open for less than 24 hours and Oklahoma has already lost a member of the basketball team. Benny Schroeder, a freshman from

John E. Hoover | Mar 13, 2023

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The NCAA Transfer Portal has been open for less than 24 hours and Oklahoma has already lost a member of the basketball team.

Benny Schroeder, a freshman from Germany, announced via Instagram that he would be leaving OU after one season with the Sooners.

Schroeder played in just six games this season, a total of 25 minutes. He scored 16 points on 6-of-12 shooting — 2.3 points per game — and contributed five rebounds and five turnovers.

"My time at OU has been a great experience and I am grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of this program," Schroeder wrote. "I want to thank my coaches, teammates and the (entire) OU family for their support. After much consideration, I have decided to enter the transfer portal."

Benny Schroeder :: NATHAN J FISH/THE OKLAHOMAN-USA TODAY NETWORK

Schroeder was tabbed the top international prospect in the 2023 class, according to ESPN, after averaging 16.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game for the U-18 German National Team.

Playing for Basketball Academy Munich’s U19 team, Schroeder was the 2022 NBBL MVP and was the Eurobasket.com All-NBBL Player of the Year, averaging 26.7 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists and shooting 59 percent from the floor in 31.6 minutes per game.

Published Mar 13, 2023

JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.