McKenna Woliczko

[thedukeofearl]

Committed to IOWA!!!!!!!

WOW, this is a very big deal

Really like that her wants to play like Lexis Hull who plays a very solid floor game for the Fever

Jan is building a monster class that perhaps will be in the Final Four and the Championship Game
down the road

Hot Damn, Lads

 

[thedukeofearl]

I know zero about women's basketball.

Is this recruit someone who a bigger school would try to poach away with money?

She certainly is the best recruit since Caitlin

Plus she has solid incoming teammates that spell Final Four




Go Back Home, Scrooge, your money doesn't spend here

 

[thedukeofearl]

Per Chad Liestikow, she has said that she does not want to go to a school and transfer. She wants to spend all four years at one school. Her dad said that her goal is to be the #1 drafted player in the WNBA when her time is up. A lofty goal, for sure but I like that she is thinking that way.

Hawkeyes have started a tradition of grooming Number One Recruits for the WNBA

 

[thedukeofearl]

Her final 4 were South Carolina, OSU, USC and us. Beat out Dawn Staley for her straight up. NIL is a thing for womens hoops but it's not as insane as the mens side. I bet the ratio of women decommiting compared to men is significantly less. They may transfer later but I don't see her pulling a Proctor last minute on us.

Makes 2 yrs in a row they've pulled a 5 star top 20ish player overall from California. With MW being ranked 6th. Jan is recruiting nationally. Kids from Oregon, Alaska, GA and Dominican republic have all committed the last 2 yrs all of em pretty highly ranked. That's what's amazing to me. Jan's taken the reigns and absolutely ran with it.

 

[Hawkboys]

Not snark but IA is likely to become a basketball school again.

 

[HuckFinn]

Not snark but IA is likely to become a basketball school again.

Aw he’ll. Let’s do football and wrestling, too!

 

[loesshillshawk]

I know zero about women's basketball.

Is this recruit someone who a bigger school would try to poach away with money?

Fry, ABSOLUTELY!!! Jan's commits are pretty solid.

 

[dagdaj]

That video....of her Facetiming the coach?
I loved it. It felt authentic.
My favorite part is when coach J.....settled for a second and realized that an 18 year old girl just picked a program and presumably an education. Yes, there's potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars (or more) at stake based on this decision. But it's still a kid making a significant life decision that many kids who don't play sports make as well. And Jan's reaction was a genuine "CONGRATULATIONS!".

Like...."All basketball aside, congratulations."

Like the basketball part doesn't matter. Like Jan is so sure and has the confidence in herself, her team, the program and the university that her response was "CONGRATULATIONS". Not "we're so happy, we're gonna rule, this is gonna be great for us." It's gonna be great for the young lady.

I dunno. Probably read too much into it. But it stood out to me. As slightly out of place. Not the thing most coaches say. I can see a Staley or an Auriemma who might say "You made the best choice!" Almost like Jan doesn't have to continue to sell Iowa and her program. The confidence to say "Congratulations! You've done a hard thing!" knowing full well her program will sell itself in the (hopefully) coming years.

 

[SwirlinLingerie]

I'd seen her dad post some videos of her. I haven't seen many highlights of her to be honest. She has a jumper that goes out to the HS 3 pt line anyway and she really likes to mix it up inside mostly. I'm not so sure about her handles I didn't see her dribble much at all or do much in the open floor everything I've seen has been half court clips.

I get the sense that her best yrs will be her JR/SR yrs I don't think she's gonna be an instant dominant player right away. I think she'll need to get a little bigger/stronger to play inside the same way she has been. But she's skilled enough to. And yeah Iowa basically plays position less ball to the extent of just matching up situationally with who they are playing against.

As far as this yr goes I'll be curious about how the Stuelke at the 4 goes cause they're gonna be trying that again. I'm not sure she has the skills/outside shot for it but they can't leave Heiden/Hays on the bench much. They'll deserve PT too.

A #6 national recruit in basketball should make an instant impact. Like a major impact.

Apparently she can guard all 5 positions and wants to play the 3 (so not bulking up a ton) as that's the best potential spot for her in the WNBA.

 

[SwirlinLingerie]

Just spit-ballin', but the starting line-up in a year could be:

Chit-Chat (GA)
Deal (CA)
Woliczko 6'2" (CA)
Heiden 6'4" (OR)
Hays 6'5" (AK)

Jan has said she wants to play Heiden and Hays together some this year - and you'd think her idea might be to start them together once Hannah is gone.

That's an elite, national level line-up there.

The women's program is reaching another level.

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[Hawkfnntn]

Just spit-ballin', but the starting line-up in a year could be:

Chit-Chat (GA)
Deal (CA)
Woliczko 6'2" (CA)
Heiden 6'4" (OR)
Hays 6'5" (AK)

Jan has said she wants to play Heiden and Hays together some this year - and you'd think her idea might be to start them together once Hannah is gone.

That's an elite, national level line-up there.

The women's program is reaching another level.

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Twin towers.... I could see them doing that for stretches of time on the floor depending on the opponent but I don't see them starting together. That's where I think Emely Rodriguez comes into play or Bjorn if they land her. I think ideally they'd like those two post players to split that spot and whomever is hot playing better will start/play a little more.

We'll learn a lot more about how they'll look together as this yr gets going. If those two can play together for stretches though that'd be ridiculous. With Woliczko in there with em we should win the rebounding battle every game. Which used to be a huge disadvantage for us. Now it'll be a strength

 

[judzeehawk]

Twin towers.... I could see them doing that for stretches of time on the floor depending on the opponent but I don't see them starting together. That's where I think Emely Rodriguez comes into play or Bjorn if they land her. I think ideally they'd like those two post players to split that spot and whomever is hot playing better will start/play a little more.

We'll learn a lot more about how they'll look together as this yr gets going. If those two can play together for stretches though that'd be ridiculous. With Woliczko in there with em we should win the rebounding battle every game. Which used to be a huge disadvantage for us. Now it'll be a strength

I agree on the rebounding. Hawks were good on the D boards last year. It was the O boards where they lacked and with Wolizcko that should be an instant fix.