Conference: ACC
Head Coach: Kara Lawson (1st season in 2020-21)
Unofficial Scholarship Chart
Note: The NCAA has granted an extra year of eligibility to 2020-21 D-I winter sports athletes (including women’s basketball players). Programs will be allowed to exceed the 15-scholarship limit for the 2021-22 season only. Until there is definitive word that a player will be taking advantage of this extra year, the WBB Blog scholarship charts will not reflect this extra eligibility.
Personnel Notes:
- Jayda Adams and Jennifer Ezeh both sat out the 2019-20 season, recovering from torn ACLs
- April 2020: Lauren Walker (2021) commits to Duke
- April 2020: Kyra Lambert grad-transfers to Texas
- April 2020: Azana Baines announces her transfer to Virginia Tech
- May 2020: Brooklyn Rewers (2021) commits to Duke
- June 2020: Marisa Davis (2021) commits to Duke
- June 2020: Olivia Pollerd (2021) commits to Duke
- June 2020: Sara Anastasieska announces that she’ll grad-transfer from Cal to Duke
- July 2020: Joanne P. McCallie resigns as head coach
- July 2020: Kara Lawson is named the new head coach
- July 2020: all four 2021 commits—Davis, Pollerd, Rewers, and Walker—announce their decommitment
- September 2020: Jayda Adams will miss the 2020-21 season after suffering a knee injury; she missed last season for the same reason
- September 2020: Lee Volker (2021) commits to Duke
- October 2020: Shay Bollin (2022) commits to Duke
2020 Duke Women’s Basketball Commitments
Vanessa de Jesus, 5-8 PG, Sierra Canyon HS (Chatsworth, CA) [committed 5/21/2019; signed 11/20/2019]
See next page for 2021 commitments and targets for Duke women’s basketball
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