KINGSTON, R.I. – Rhode Island head coach Archie Miller announced that forward Tyonne Farrell and point guard Ben Hammond have each signed a National Letter of Intent to join the Rams for the 2024-25 season.

"Today was significant for the future of our program with Tyonne Farrell and Ben Hammond officially joining our program," Miller said. "These are both guys from well-coached, highly successful high school programs. They are accustomed to winning and play the game the right way."

Farrell plays for legendary Pat Clatchey, who has nearly 800 wins for Mount St. Joseph over the last 32 years. His program has produced several Division I players, including Jaylen Adams (St. Bonaventure), Erick Atkins (Notre Dame), Louis Birdsong (St. Bonaventure), Phil Booth (Villanova), Dino Gregory (Maryland), Darryl Morsell (Maryland), George Sims (Georgetown), Will Thomas (George Mason), Cam Williams (Ohio State). Current NBA coach and former NFL player JJ Outlaw (Villanova football) also came from Clatchey's program.

"Tyonne is a physically mature young man who comes out of a great program run by Pat Clatchey," Miller said. "He can play through contact, finish in the post or step back to hit jumpers, so there is strong flexibility to his offensive game. Defensively, he has the strength to wall off drivers and is very difficult to get around. He brings a high motor to the court and has the ability to impact the game in a wide variety of ways."

Hammond comes out of Glen Farello's Paul VI program whose entire starting lineup is signing Division I NLIs. Picking up three- and four-star ratings from multiple sites, he chose the Rams over the likes of George Mason, College of Charleston and Towson. Last season, his team was 31-4 overall, including a perfect 15-0 in the DMV region.

"Ben Hammond was the point guard for one of the most powerful high school programs in the country in Paul VI," Miller said. "He plays for Glen Farello, who has produced more than 80 Division I players and a handful of guys who have played in the NBA. It's program that regularly produces high-level, productive players, and Ben has been at the wheel. We are getting a championship-caliber player who is dynamic on both ends of the floor."

Hammond initially gave a verbal commitment to the Rams in July, followed by Farrell shortly thereafter.

Tyonne Farrell
Mount. St. Joseph
Baltimore, Md.
Forward
6-6 | 208
Named the Most Outstanding Player of Mount St. Joseph's nationally-ranked, Top 25 team, Farrell averaged 17 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game as a junior in the Baltimore Catholic League. An aggressive scorer, Farrell is a long wing who can play multiple positions. A three-star recruit, he had offers from DePaul, Towson and several other programs before verbally committing to Rhode Island in July.

Ben Hammond
Paul VI
Manassas, Va.
Guard
5-11 | 155
Hammond earned Second Team All-Conference honors as a junior in 2023 for Paul VI. The EYBL Breakout MVP of 2023, he has led Paul VI to a pair of state championships already (2022, 2023), as well as a conference championship in 2022. He is the facilitator for one of the most powerful program's in the country, and was the team's 2022 Defensive Player of the Year. Through Paul VI, Hammond has played overseas in London as part of the Basketball Hall of Fame London Showcase, where the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference power went 4-0 to win a tournament that also featured New York's Christ the King and California's Mater Dei.