Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Kevin McGuff has a history of recruiting talent from Ohio. Last season, the Scarlet and Gray featured five players from the Buckeye State in their championship run, with two coming from transfers after leaving Ohio after high school.
This season, McGuff added another transfer who follows the path of Taylor Mikesell or Braxtin Miller in that department — guard Emma Shumate. The Newark, Ohio amateur star left for West Virginia but now calls Central Ohio home. Shumate is the next player up in the Land-Grant Holy Land series previewing everyone on the 2022-23 roster.