So the buzz on X yesterday was that she's a silent commit to Iowa and will be announcing it within a week or so. She's a 5 star #6 overall player in the class according to 247. She'd be the highest rated recruit since you know who. I think Addie Deal was like in the teens last yr. McKenna is a 6'2 PF/SF style player. She's been a double digit rebounder. She's long armed athletic and hustler. She's on the slender side yet likes to mix it up inside. I think she's more of an in the lane type of player I don't know if her jumper goes out to the 3 or not so much. But she's a crafty scorer but her defense and rebounding will be great day 1. She'll seamlessly slide into the 4 spot for us to replace Stuelke. I think who she'll become in a couple yrs of being in the weight room will be significantly different then who she'll be day 1. But what a difference maker she'll be.
McKenna Woliczko
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HawkIowa44
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The Hawks are also in the finals for 5 Star wing Addison Bjorn and 5 Star guard Jenica Lewis from Johnston, IA. Get all three of them with Deal and the rest of the highly rated players the Hawks already have... things are cooking in Hawkeye basketball land
Very much so. Landing Mckenna could be a heck of a domino starter cause at this point Iowa has no commits for 26 yet. Bjorn who is a wing 2/3 type of player would fit in perfectly with Deal and Woliczko not to mention our post players Heiden and Hays.
The only reason I'm not as sure about Lewis coming would be that Iowa's already got Deal and Houston. Along with Chit-Chat the guard spot seems kinda locked in for the foreseeable future Would Lewis be ok with limited mins off the bench for her first couple yrs? Iowa also has Levin that's going to be a soph maybe she'll improve and crack into playing more. I'd love for Lewis to stay home but she's got other great options. Notre Dame being one of em.
I think we'll see soon enough I think the dominos will start falling quickly after McKenna announces.
HawkIowa44
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What's crazy over the last couple of seasons is that other than Houston, all of the other in-state players that are rated high have gone elsewhere. Not sure if that's because of Iowa's national name, being that we're able to get highly rated players from around the country or is it because in-state talent is just getting that much better with bigger options outside of the state?
Great question. Yeah recruiting has evolved some and Iowa atm is evolving to be on the young side. Stuelke Ferurbach and McCabe will all be done after this yr and all the main players the following yr will be sophs and freshman depending how the rest of this yrs class goes. Heiden will be a junior. I don't foresee may more impactful transfers coming in unless someone else unexpectedly leaves like Guyton did.
The wild card we have is Emely Rodriguez. She transfered in and I've heard she'll be a perfect fit to replace Affolters role. Be it off the bench or if she starts right away I think she'll be a huge part of this yrs team and going forward. She's just a sophomore.
