(Note: With the signing of Bradley’s first player for next season (2025-26), I’m adding a section about recruits to the site. It can be really difficult to find a place to have information, articles and videos about players in one succinct page, so I’ll be adding to it as the season goes on.)
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Position: SF
Height: 6’6”
Weight: 180 lbs.
Recruiting Milestones & Ranks
Verbal Commitment Date: May 19, 2025
Signing Date: November 12, 2025
Profile (Ranking): 247 Sports (Unranked) / Verbal Commits (3.28/5) / Rivals (No Profile) / Prep Hoops (Was ranked #10 in Ohio as of March 2024; Current Rank Paywall)
(Below are what I’ve been able to compile so far that others have said about him, but these are subject to change as we get a chance to see more of him play this season.)
Strengths:
Ball handling
Shooting
Positional Versatility
Basketball IQ
Gym Rat
Areas to Improve:
Strength
3-point consistency
Temperament
Articles
Area Players to Watch for 2025-26 Boys Basketball Season (The Blade (Toledo), November 14, 2025)
Future attraction: Bradley basketball gets commitment from prep Class of 2026 player (Peoria Journal Star, May 19, 2025)
St. John’s standout Race Kowalczyk blossoms into one of state’s top 2026 recruits (The Blade (Toledo), March 9, 2024)
Video
News
Kowalczyk joins 1,000 point club (BCSN, December 8, 2025)
St. John’s Forward Race Kowalczyk Locks Down Commitment To Bradley (BCSN, November 12, 2025)
Race Kowalczyk Commits to Bradley (BCSN, May 19, 2025)
Top Recruit: Race Kowalczyk (BCSN, February 14, 2025)
Athlete of the Week: Race Kowalczyk of St. John’s (WTOL11, February 1, 2024)
Highlights
2026 RACE KOWALCZYK - St. John’s Jesuit HS - 2025 Nike EYBL Spring PLAYER HIGHLIGHT (Ohio Buckets, June 22, 2025)
Off the backboard alley-oop thrown down (February 26, 2025)
Social Media
Twitter / X: racek_24
Instagram: racekow_24
Prior to Bradley
School / Team - St. John’s Jesuit Titans (High School Enrollment: 546, as of 2024-25)
Stadium / Gymnasium - Titan Dome (Check out their Virtual Tour); Capacity 1,600+
Location - Toledo, OH
Schedule - 2025-26
Roster - 2025-26
Head Coach - Mike Schoen (7th season; 96-50 overall, three district championships, one regional championship)
Interesting Facts
Coaching Connections: Father, Tod, has been the head coach at Toledo for 15 years. Before coaching at Toledo, he was the head coach at Green Bay before Bradley Head Coach Brian Wardle. Tod also was an assistant coach to Tom Crean at Marquette when Wardle was a senior guard on the team and scored 18.8 PPG.
Family Connections: Race’s cousin is Kon Knueppel who played at Duke and is now playing for the Charlotte Hornets in the NBA.