Penn State picks up key transfer portal target, forward Michael Henn
The Penn State men’s basketball program has rounded filled out its 2022-23 roster with a final piece Monday. Announcing his decision via Twitter, Denver transfer forward Michael “Mikey” Henn has selected to play his final season with the Nittany Lions.
Henn chose to play for Penn State over finalists Illinois and Notre Dame.
Catching up with Henn following the commitment, he described why he landed on the Nittany Lions:
“Honestly, they had been the best in the whole recruiting process the whole time,” Henn said. “Since Coach Farrelly reached out to me about a month ago, it’s just been consistent communication, good situation. These guys are really just, they’re good people to be around and that was what I wanted to be around.”
His commitment to Shrewsberry marks an eighth addition to the roster ahead of the 2022-23 season. He joins two other transfers, Bucknell’s Andrew Funk and Drexel’s Cam Wynter, as well as five true freshmen. Those freshmen from the Class of 2022 include Jameel Brown, Kebba Njie, Evan Mahaffey, Kanye Clary, and Demetrius Lilley.
It’s Shrewsberry’s first class of freshmen to enter the program.
Michael Henn’s path to Penn State
The path for Henn to Penn State has been circuitous.
Spending the 2021-22 season at the University of Denver, the 6-foot-8, 225-pound forward started 27 games. In 25.2 minutes, he posted an average of 8.8 points and 4.6 rebounds per game while knocking down 38 percent of his 3-pointers.
However, Denver wasn’t his only stop along the way of his collegiate career.
Other programs for the Bellevue, Wash., product included UC Davis for his freshman year, Cal Baptist following a mandatory redshirt, and Portland for the 2020 season. Taking advantage of the bonus COVID season of eligibility, Henn will wrap his college career at Penn State.
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Set to blend program mainstays with a large influx of players, Shrewsberry said he’s excited to get started with the new group this summer.
“I can’t wait. I think it’s fun to get eight weeks,” he said. “You know who you have, but you don’t know who you have until you get a chance to work with them. So we’re gonna spend the first few weeks just really getting to know them.
“What do they do best? You watch these guys so much, but they’re not in the setting that you want them to be in. So we get to put them in different situations, see how they react, see what happens, put them on different teams, put them in different situations and see what we can do from there.
“But I’m a basketball junkie, so going a really long time without practicing, working out and doing stuff on the court, that’s hard for me. So I’m itching to get back out there and put all these guys together. I’m excited about our group.”
