The Pack picked up another commit from the transfer portal, Finnish forward Eemeli Yalaho, from Washington State. This one came as a surprise, apparently he didn’t even take his official visit.

Eligibility: 2 seasons (should have medical redshirt for sophomore season)

Points: 26 points, 17 games in double figures, 3 games 20+

Eemeli is originally from Jyväskylä, Finland where he played on the Finnish U18 National Team averaging 10.2 pts / 5.4 reb / 2.0 assists in the FIBA tournament.

He came to the US and played for Western Reserve Academy in Hudson Ohio where he averaged 15.2 / 7.6 / 3.5.

’25-’26: Played for Washington State where he started 27 of 32 games, averaging 28.4 minutes. He led the Cougars in rebounding and was 10th in the conference.

’24-’25: He missed most of his sophomore season at Texas Tech with an upper body injury. He played in only 8 games.

’23-’24: He played his freshman season at Texas Tech. He played in 17 games averaging 9.3 minutes, 2.5 / 1.5 / 0.2.