Recruiting class

[loesshillshawk]

Hall of Fame Iowa coach here, and I have a question on Lisa's recruiting class. With all the nationwide publicity with Clark, why no Elite Athletes? We should be inking 2 or 3 for the next 2 classes. As our roster sets now sweet 16 is the limit. Anyone know what we have coming in? Transfer portal, or is that a thing in the women's game?

 

[gillnh2o]

Top 25 recruiting class. Check out Hawkeye women's website. Two of the recruits are top 100. the third is a four star.

 

[MattinColumbus]

The next two classes are pretty set. As @gillnh2o says, next year’s class has two girls ranked in ESPN Hoop Gurlz top 100. I think AJ Ediger is top 40, and Addison O’Grady is in the 90s. Both are 6’2” or maybe a bit taller. In 2023, we again have two bigs: Hannah Stuelke and Jada Gyamfi, both 6’+, listed as wings, and Taylor McCabe, a 5’9” shooting guard.

 

[gillnh2o]

If only Fran could recruit as well as Lisa.

 

[Will C]

We will need bigger players to compete with the top programs on the court.

 

[Oldfan]

And the rich get richer!

1​	Azzi Fudd	98​	UConn	G	5-11		St. John's College H.S. (DC)
2​	Raven Johnson	98​	South Carolina	PG	5-8		Westlake H.S. (GA)
3​	Saniya Rivers	98​	South Carolina	G	6-0		Eugene Ashley H.S. (NC)
4​	Sania Feagin	98​	South Carolina	F	6-3		Forest Park H.S. (GA)
5​	Caroline Ducharme	98​	UConn	G	6-1		Noble & Greenough School (MA)
6​	Aaliyah Moore	97​	Texas	F	6-1		Moore H.S. (OK)
7​	Jersey Wolfenbarger	97​	Arkansas	W	6-5		Northside H.S. (AR)
8​	Olivia Miles	97​	Notre Dame	PG	5-10		Blair Academy (NJ)
9​	Teonni Key	97​	North Carolina	W	6-3		Cary H.S. (NC)
10​	Rori Harmon	97​	Texas	PG	5-6		Cypress Creek H.S. (TX)
11​	Brooke Demetre	97​	Stanford	W	6-2		Mater Dei H.S. (CA)
12​	Payton Verhulst	97​	Louisville	G	6-1		Bishop Miege H.S. (KS)
13​	Maryam Dauda	96​	Baylor	P	6-4		Bentonville H.S. (AR)
14​	Aubryanna Hall	96​	South Carolina	G	5-11		Wayne H.S. (OH)
15​	Amari DeBerry	96​	UConn	F	6-5		Williamsville South H.S. (NY)
16​	Sonia Citron	95​	Notre Dame	G	6-1		Ursuline H.S. (NY)
17​	Kayla McPherson	95​	North Carolina	PG	5-7		Madison County H.S. (GA)
18​	Morasha Wiggins	95​	North Carolina	G	6-0		Kalamazoo Central H.S. (MI)
19​	Okikiola Iriafen	95​	Stanford	F	6-2		Harvard Westlake H.S. (CA)
20​	Destiny Adams	95​	North Carolina	W	6-3		Manchester Township H.S. (NJ)

 

[ssckelley]

And the rich get richer!

1​	Azzi Fudd	98​	UConn	G	5-11		St. John's College H.S. (DC)
2​	Raven Johnson	98​	South Carolina	PG	5-8		Westlake H.S. (GA)
3​	Saniya Rivers	98​	South Carolina	G	6-0		Eugene Ashley H.S. (NC)
4​	Sania Feagin	98​	South Carolina	F	6-3		Forest Park H.S. (GA)
5​	Caroline Ducharme	98​	UConn	G	6-1		Noble & Greenough School (MA)
6​	Aaliyah Moore	97​	Texas	F	6-1		Moore H.S. (OK)
7​	Jersey Wolfenbarger	97​	Arkansas	W	6-5		Northside H.S. (AR)
8​	Olivia Miles	97​	Notre Dame	PG	5-10		Blair Academy (NJ)
9​	Teonni Key	97​	North Carolina	W	6-3		Cary H.S. (NC)
10​	Rori Harmon	97​	Texas	PG	5-6		Cypress Creek H.S. (TX)
11​	Brooke Demetre	97​	Stanford	W	6-2		Mater Dei H.S. (CA)
12​	Payton Verhulst	97​	Louisville	G	6-1		Bishop Miege H.S. (KS)
13​	Maryam Dauda	96​	Baylor	P	6-4		Bentonville H.S. (AR)
14​	Aubryanna Hall	96​	South Carolina	G	5-11		Wayne H.S. (OH)
15​	Amari DeBerry	96​	UConn	F	6-5		Williamsville South H.S. (NY)
16​	Sonia Citron	95​	Notre Dame	G	6-1		Ursuline H.S. (NY)
17​	Kayla McPherson	95​	North Carolina	PG	5-7		Madison County H.S. (GA)
18​	Morasha Wiggins	95​	North Carolina	G	6-0		Kalamazoo Central H.S. (MI)
19​	Okikiola Iriafen	95​	Stanford	F	6-2		Harvard Westlake H.S. (CA)
20​	Destiny Adams	95​	North Carolina	W	6-3		Manchester Township H.S. (NJ)

This is why Iowa can’t take that next step. While Iowa is happy to land a 4 star recruit you have 3 of the top 5 recruits all going to South Carolina and the other 2 going to UConn.

I don’t put this all on Bluder, I can’t imagine how challenging it would be to talk someone from DC to come to Iowa City.

 

[Will C]

Maybe we need to think out of the box. If we cannot recruit a big the traditional way perhaps we should look at some vollyball players.

 

[HawkeyeDug]

Women's basketball recruiting is almost as bad as US wealth distribution. 11 of the top 20 going to just 3 schools, three more schools get two each, and the other three get just one each. When you have basically four or five schools building rosters out the top 25 then distributing the "scraps" among the rest you will never get any true parity.

 

[Fryowa]

We should aggressively be recruiting the Transgenders. It is the future of womens basketball.

Transgenders are the way to go. They are the future of women's basketball.

You being banned is the future of this board. Buh bye.

 

[hawkod]

I've seen Gyamfi play in high school. Potential is there, but work to do.