{"id":237445,"date":"2026-04-19T00:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237445\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T00:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:59:08","slug":"former-miami-university-basketball-player-signs-with-university-of-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/237445\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Miami University basketball player signs with University of Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD, Ohio \u2014 Former Miami University 6-foot-7 wing Eian Elmer has <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/uwbadgers.com\/news\/2026\/4\/18\/mens-basketball-eian-elmer-to-join-wisconsin-roster\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signed<\/a> to play basketball at the University of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>The Badgers announced the signing on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Elmer, a 2023 Taft High School graduate, entered the NCAA transfer portal earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Elmer was a key player for the RedHawks this past season during a memorable journey to the NCAA Tournament. He started all 34 games.<\/p>\n<p>The Covington, Kentucky, native averaged 12.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists during his junior season. He posted 30-plus points twice and had 20-plus on six occasions. Elmer made 72 3-pointers and posted a 42.9% mark from deep \u2014 both team highs.<\/p>\n<p>Video tease: Watch the video above for more details on Eian Elmer&#8217;s transfer to the University of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are really excited to add another excellent addition to our spring signees,&#8221; Wisconsin coach Greg Gard said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Eian brings a wealth of experience and scoring punch as a 6-7 wing. He played on one of the country&#8217;s most successful teams at Miami (Ohio) that won 32 games. A terrific shooter, his skillset and production fit excellently into our plan as we build out next year&#8217;s team. Throughout our evaluation process our staff loved his size, power and skill and truly believe he will thrive in our system. We can&#8217;t wait to get Eian to Madison in June to join all his teammates as preparation begins for what appears to be another exciting Badger team,&#8221; Gard said.<\/p>\n<p>Elmer is the third transfer to join Wisconsin this spring.<\/p>\n<p>This past season, Miami (32-2 record in 2025-26) set a new program record for wins in a season, breaking the mark of 25 set in the 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n<p>The RedHawks, who earned national attention during the regular season, also hold the program record for the most consecutive home wins overall (31) and road wins overall (15).<\/p>\n<p>Miami secured the best start for a program in MAC history, the most consecutive conference wins in MAC history and the longest win streak in MAC history.<\/p>\n<p>The RedHawks are just the fifth program this century (NCAA Division I) to go undefeated during regular-season play.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee defeated Miami 78-56 March 20 in an NCAA Tournament game in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Elmer helped to lead Taft to the 2022 Division III state championship at UD Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Elmer was one of the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wcpo.com\/sports\/high-school-sports\/taft-high-school-senior-eian-elmer-signs-to-play-basketball-with-miami-university\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first signees <\/a>for Miami head coach Travis Steele in the Mid-American Conference program in November 2022. <\/p>\n<p>A Mid-American Conference All-Freshman team selection in 2023-24, Elmer appeared in 32 games that season, starting in 19 contests. He averaged 7.0 points and 4.3 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>As a sophomore during the 2024-25 campaign, Elmer made 32 starts for the RedHawks and averaged 11 points. He led Miami with 50 steals and finished second in blocks with 24 and shot 40.0% from 3-pointers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OXFORD, Ohio \u2014 Former Miami University 6-foot-7 wing Eian Elmer has signed to play basketball at the University&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-237445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}