Kentucky Women’s Basketball Recruiting

Conference: SEC

Head Coach: Kyra Elzy (4th season in 2023-24)

Official Wildcats roster


Unofficial Kentucky Women’s Basketball Scholarship Chart

Note: The NCAA granted an extra year of eligibility to 2020-21 D-I winter sports athletes (including women’s basketball players). 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:

  • March 2023: Kennedy Cambridge enters her name into the transfer portal . . . and lands at Ohio State
  • March 2023: Kentucky announces that Emma King will return for the 2022-23 season, using her extra COVID year
  • March 2023: Jada Walker enters her name into the transfer portal . . . and lands at Baylor
  • May 2023: Janae Walker (2023) commits to Kentucky (press release)
  • May 2023: Tionna Herron transfers to Texas
  • May 2023: Brooklynn Miles transfers in from Tennessee (press release)
  • June 2023: Crystal Kelly joins the staff as an assistant coach (press release) [Amber Smith left to join the Indiana staff]
  • August 2023: Ramiya White (2024) commits to Kentucky

2024 Kentucky Women’s Basketball Commitments

Ramiya White, 6-5 C, Butler Traditional HS (Louisville, KY) [offered November 2021; committed 8/6/2023]


2024 Targets

Vivian Iwuchukwu, 6-3 C, Montverde Academy (FL) [offered June 2022; finalist, along with Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Southern Cal, and Texas A&M (June 2023)]


Former 2024 Targets

Lorena Awou, 6-5 F, United Township HS (East Moline, IL) [offered April 2023; committed to NC State, October 2023]

Imari Berry, 5-10 CG, Clarksville HS (TN) [offered June 2022; committed to Clemson, August 2023]

Mikayla Blakes, 6-0 CG, Rutgers Prep (Somerset, NJ) [Kentucky not among seven finalists announced in August 2023]

Tahj Bloom, 6-3 W/F, Grayslake Central HS (IL) [offered May 2021; committed to Mississippi State, June 2023]

Kaniya Boyd, 5-8 CG, Centennial HS (Las Vegas, NV) [committed to Tennessee, April 2023]

Jaloni Cambridge, 5-7 PG, Enswoth HS (Nashville, TN) [Kentucky not among seven finalists announced in June 2023]

Danielle Carnegie, 5-9 PG, Grayson HS (Loganville, GA) [Kentucky among five finalists announced in July 2023; committed to Georgia Tech, October 2023]

Justice Carlton, 6-2 F, Seven Lakes HS (Katy, TX) [Kentucky not among five finalists announced in May 2023]

Morgan Cheli, 6-0 CG, Archbishop Mitty HS (San Jose, CA) [offered June 2022; committed to UConn, April 2023]

Jenessa Cotton, 6-2 F, Mater Dei HS (Santa Ana, CA) [offered July 2023; Kentucky among five finalists announced in September 2023; committed to Duke, October 2023]

Joyce Edwards, 6-2 F, Camden HS (SC) [offered June 2021; Kentucky not among three finalists]

Shakirah Edwards, 5-10 PG, Rutherford HS (Panama City, FL) [offered June 2021; committed to Mississippi State, November 2023]

Roisin Grandberry, 6-4 F/C, Rolling Meadows HS (IL) [offered May 2023; committed to Loyola Chicago, October 2023]

Ella Hobbs, 6-4 F/C, 1 of 1 Prep Academy (Charlotte, NC) [offered October 2021; Kentucky not among five finalists announced in January 2023]

Zamareya Jones, 5-6 PG, North Pitt HS (Bethel, NC) [offered April 2022; Kentucky not among five finalists announced in July 2023]

Jordan Lee, 6-0 W, St. Mary’s HS (Stockton, CA) [offered June 2021; Kentucky not among 11 finalists announced in July 2023]

Eris Lester, 5-11 W, Montverde Academy (FL) [offered July 2023; Kentucky among eight finalists announced in August 2023; committed to Alabama, November 2023]

Ava McKennie, 6-2 W, McDonogh School (Owings Mills, MD) [offered July 2022; committed to Maryland, February 2023]

Me’Arah O’Neal, 6-3 F/C, Episcopal HS (Bellaire, TX) [offered May 2023; Kentucky among five finalists; committed to Florida, November 2023]

Taliyah Parker, 6-1 G, South Grand Prairie HS (TX) [offered June 2022; Kentucky not among eight finalists announced in August 2023]

Jordyn Poole, 5-6 PG, Fort Wayne Snider HS (IN) [offered June 2021; committed to Purdue, April 2023]

Bryanna Preston, 5-8 PG, Lovejoy HS (Hampton, GA) [offered July 2021; Kentucky among seven finalists announced in June 2023; committed to Texas, October 2023]

Arianna Roberson, 6-4 F, Clark HS (San Antonio, TX) [offered June 2022; Kentucky not among five finalists announced in October 2023]

Tajianna Roberts, 5-9 SG, IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL) {previously attended La Jolla Country Day School (CA)} [Kentucky among five finalists announced in August 2023; committed to Louisville, October 2023]

Caya Smith, 6-2 W, Putnam City West HS (Oklahoma City, OK) [offered July 2021; signed with Oklahoma, November 2023]

Zania Socka-Nguemen, 6-3 C, Sidwell Friends School (Washington, DC) [offered July 2023; Kentucky not among eight finalists announced in August 2023]

Chloe Spreen, 5-9 CG, Bedford North Lawrence (IN) [offered October 2022; committed to Alabama, April 2023]

Blanca Thomas, 6-5 C, Charlotte Catholic HS (NC) [offered August 2021; Kentucky not among ten finalists announced in August 2022]

Kyndal Walker, 5-9 PG, St. John’s College HS (Washington, DC) [offered November 2022; Kentucky not among five finalists announced in March 2023]

Ava Watson, 5-8 PG, Buford HS (GA) [offered July 2021; committed to Ohio State, June 2023]


See next page for 2025 commitments and targets for Kentucky women’s basketball



Disclaimers: The roster information, offers, and commitments are all unofficial. Offers come and go, so some offers listed may no longer be on the table, and some offers are erroneously reported. In addition, the target lists are inevitably incomplete because offers are not publicly reported for many prospects.


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