The Creighton men’s basketball program added a big piece of its 2026 recruiting puzzle on Saturday night. Wasatch Academy four-star point guard Katrelle Harmon went live on the CBS Sports College Basketball YouTube channel and announced that he intends to join the Bluejays next summer.
“The decision came down to how I fit into their system, how they develop players, and how well the team got along with each other,” Harmon said in an interview over the phone with White & Blue Review. “It felt like a family. It was mostly about how they play and the relationships I’ve made with the coaches. They’ve been recruiting me since my sophomore year, and I’ve been watching them ever since. I like the way they play. They play fast; they play hard. It’s going to either be me or Ty [Davis] at the point, so I just have to come in and earn my spot.”
One of primary relationships that convinced the native of Seattle, Washington that Creighton was the move was the one he formed with second-year assistant coach Trey Ziegler. Because of the age difference, most relationships between coaches and players are more comparable to parent and child. Harmon views Ziegler, who just turned 34 in April, in a different way.
“I have coaches at my high school that are the same age as Coach Ziegler, and I have a brother who is damn near the same age as him, so he’s not really just a coach to me,” Harmon said. “He’s like a big brother. I know he will help me get better every day that I’m there. That was a big part of me committing to Creighton.”
In Harmon, Creighton lands a consensus Top 70 prospect in the 6-foot-4-inch point guard to pair with Iowa wing Jaidyn Coon in their 2026 high school class. Harmon is ranked as the No. 53 overall prospect on ESPN. 247Sports has him at No. 55 and On3/Rivals slots him at No. 66. He narrowed his choices down to six schools back in July before ultimately choosing Creighton over Alabama, Iowa, Oregon, Rutgers, and Washington.
Harmon spent his junior year of high school at Wasatch Academy in Mount Pleasant, Utah where he faced the high school programs around the nation, including a matchup against current Creighton freshman Hudson Greer back on November 25. Greer had eight points and three rebounds in a 77-51 win for Montverde. In a losing effort, Harmon dished out a game-high seven assists while also tying for the team lead with four rebounds and a pair of steals.
Greer may have had the first laugh in the head-to-head matchup, but Harmon got the next couple. The point guard led the conference with 6.2 assists per game for the season and also finished third in assist-to-turnover ratio. Wasatch Academy also ended the season at 8-4 with Harmon running the show, a game ahead of Montverde who came in at 7-5. Over his final three games of the season, the future Bluejay floor general averaged 12.3 points, 4.7 assists, and 4.3 rebounds. He also shot 71.4% from 2-point range, 50.0% from three, and 72.7% from the free throw line in that stretch.
Every recruit under the sun that has ever considered playing for Greg McDermott at Creighton has talked about how the style of play offensively. While that is still true in Harmon’s case, the appeal of showing his defensive chops in what he considers to arguably be the most physical basketball conference in the country was also a key reason for his decision to join the Jays.
“The physicality in the Big East gets you ready for the NBA,” Harmon said. “You can get away with little chippy fouls. It’s not a soft league. You watch some games in other leagues where you can’t even put a hand on somebody. I feel like the Big East is probably the most physical league in the country. If you don’t play defense, you can’t go anywhere. I want to make the type of impact that’ll help Creighton get to a Final Four.”
Katrelle’s father, Leonard, was asked how he felt about his son’s decision-making throughout an intense process the led to him choosing Creighton. Needless to say, he couldn’t be happier with how his son handled it all, as well as the boxes Creighton checked off along the way. One in particular had nothing to do with basketball.
“Katrelle’s getting older, and he’s a smart kid,” Leonard said. “I don’t have to tell him what to put down on paper … this is where his heart is. I would even ask him questions about other schools throughout the process, and no matter what they said it never knocked Creighton off his list.
“Creighton runs the type of offense that Katrelle seems to be good at right now. His skill set fits. He’s the best passer in the country, and that’s not just his dad talking. From there the boxes were checked. For years he’s heard me talk about academics and Creighton is great academically. I’m not 100% confident that he would say that’s one of the reasons why he’s going there, but at least Dad is happy.”