Conference: Big Ten
Head Coach: Kim Barnes Arico (12th season in 2023-24)
Unofficial Michigan 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: assistant coach Erin Batth is named Providence head coach
- March 2023: Michelle Sidor grad-transfers to DePaul
- March 2023: assistant coach Val Nainima leaves the staff to join Erin Batth’s staff at Providence
- March 2023 transfer portal entrants: Maddie Nolan (grad xfer to Colorado), Ari Wiggins (to Butler), Kate Clarke (to DePaul), and Izabel Varejão (grad xfer to Syracuse)
- March 2023: Melanie Moore returns to the Michigan staff as an assistant coach (press release)
- April 2023: Taylor Williams grad-transfers in from Western Michigan (press release)
- April 2023: Jillian Dunston joins the staff as an assistant coach (press release)
- April 2023: Lauren Hansen grad-transfers in from Missouri (press release)
- April 2023: Elissa Brett grad-transfers in from Bowling Green (press release)
- May 2023: Syla Swords (2024) commits to Michigan
- September 2023: three 2024 prospects commit to Michigan—Te’Yala Delfosse, Aaiyanna Dunbar, and Mila Holloway
- September 2023: Katy Eidle is no longer listed on the Wolverines roster
- October 2023: Ariel Atkins joins the staff as assistant coach for player development (press release)
- November 2023: head coach Kim Barnes Arico receives a contract extension through the 2027-28 season, “with an automatic one-year extension added each June” (press release)
- March 2024 transfer portal entrants: Elise Stuck (grad xfer to Ball State) and Cameron Williams (grad xfer)
- April 2024 transfer portal entrants: Chyra Evans (to Utah), Laila Phelia (to Texas), Taylor Williams (grad xfer to Northwestern), and Taylor Woodson (to Minnesota)
- April 2024: Boston College grad transfer Ally VanTimmeren commits to Michigan
2024 Recruiting Class
2024 Michigan Women’s Basketball Commitments
Te’Yala Delfosse, 6-3 W, Ewing HS (Trenton, NJ) [offered August 2023; committed 9/23/2023]
Aaiyanna Dunbar, 6-2 F/C, Blackman HS (Murfreesboro, TN) [offered July 2023; committed 9/10/2023; other finalists: Louisiana Tech, Mercer, Michigan, Samford, and Southern Miss]
Mila Holloway, 5-9 PG, Legacy Early College HS (Greenville, SC) / hometown: Charlotte, NC [offered July 2023; committed 9/10/2023]
Olivia Olson, 6-1 PG, Benilde St. Margaret’s HS (St. Louis Park, MN) [offered June 2021; committed 9/8/2022; other finalists: UConn, Duke, Minnesota, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oregon, Stanford, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt]
Syla Swords, 6-0 SG/W, Long Island Lutheran HS (Brookville, NY) / hometown: Sudbury, ON [committed 5/26/2023]
2024 Targets
[none known]
Former 2024 Targets
Lorena Awou, 6-5 F, United Township HS (East Moline, IL) [offered April 2023; committed to NC State, October 2023]
Tabitha Betson, 6-2 F, DME Academy (Daytona Beach, FL) / hometown: Melbourne, Australia [offered July 2023; Michigan among 12 finalists announced in August 2023 but not among five finalists announced in October 2023]
Mikayla Blakes, 6-0 CG, Rutgers Prep (Somerset, NJ) [offered June 2021; Michigan not among seven finalists announced in August 2023]
Tahj Bloom, 6-3 W/F, Grayslake Central HS (IL) [offered June 2021; committed to Mississippi State, June 2023]
D’Myjah Bolds, 6-3 W/F, O’Fallon Township HS (IL) [offered July 2023; committed to Western Michigan, October 2023]
Jaloni Cambridge, 5-7 PG, Enswoth HS (Nashville, TN) [Michigan not among seven finalists announced in June 2023]
Teagan Colvin, 5-7 PG, Coeur d’Alene HS (ID) {previously attended Liberty HS (Spangle, WA)} [Michigan among five finalists announced in March 2023; committed to UNLV, July 2023]
Jenessa Cotton, 6-2 F, Mater Dei HS (Santa Ana, CA) [offered July 2023; Michigan among five finalists announced in September 2023; committed to Duke, October 2023]
Indya Davis, 5-9 SG, West Bloomfield HS (MI) [offered May 2021; committed to Michigan State, October 2022; decommitted, March 2023; committed to Georgia, September 2023]
Summer Davis, 5-9 PG, West Bloomfield HS (MI) [offered May 2021; committed to Michigan State, October 2022; decommitted, March 2023; committed to Georgia, September 2023]
Kendall Dudley, 6-1 W, Sidwell Friends School (Washington, DC) [Michigan among ten finalists announced in October 2022; committed to UCLA, April 2023]
Joyce Edwards, 6-2 F, Camden HS (SC) [offered May 2021; Michigan not among three finalists]
Toby Fournier, 6-2 F, Crestwood Prep (Toronto, ON) [Michigan among eight finalists announced in October 2022; committed to Duke, May 2023]
Orlagh Gormley, 5-7 PG, Dexter Southfield School (Brookline, MA) [offered July 2023; committed to Providence, September 2023]
Anaya Hardy, 6-2 W, Detroit Renaissance HS (MI) [offered June 2023; Michigan among three finalists announced in July 2023; committed to Louisville, July 2023]
Leah Harmon, 5-6 PG, Sidwell Friends School (Washington, DC) [offered May 2021; committed to Miami (FL), May 2023]
Ella Hobbs, 6-4 F/C, Jay M. Robinson HS (Concord, NC) [Michigan among five finalists announced in January 2023; committed to Ohio State, June 2023]
Shay Ijiwoye, 5-6 PG, Desert Vista HS (Phoenix, AZ) [offered July 2022; committed to Stanford, September 2023]
Vivian Iwuchukwu, 6-3 C, Montverde Academy (FL) [offered July 2022; Michigan among seven finalists announced in June 2023; signed with Southern Cal, December 2023]
Jordan Lee, 6-0 W, St. Mary’s HS (Stockton, CA) [offered October 2021; Michigan among 11 finalists announced in July 2023; committed to Texas, September 2023]
Liv McGill, 5-8 SG, Hopkins HS (Minnetonka, MN) [committed to Florida, March 2023]
Ava McKennie, 6-2 W, McDonogh School (Owings Mills, MD) [offered August 2022; Michigan not among four finalists announced in January 2023]
Taliyah Parker, 6-1 G, South Grand Prairie HS (TX) {previously attended Putnam City West HS (Oklahoma City, OK)} [offered May 2021; Michigan not among eight finalists announced in August 2023]
Harper Peterson, 6-3 W/F, Whitney HS (Rocklin, CA) [offered October 2021; Michigan not among three finalists]
Jordyn Poole, 5-6 PG, Fort Wayne Snider HS (IN) [offered April 2021; committed to Purdue, April 2023]
Britt Prince, 5-11 PG, Elkhorn North HS (Omaha, NE) [offered May 2021; Michigan not among 11 finalists announced in September 2023]
MacKenly Randolph, 6-1 F, Sierra Canyon HS (Chatsworth, CA) [offered June 2021; Michigan not among five finalists announced in August 2023]
Gabrielle Reynolds, 5-9 CG, West Ottawa HS (Holland, MI) [offered June 2022; committed to George Washington, May 2023]
Cameron Rust, 6-2 F, Worcester Academy (MA) [offered May 2021; committed to Penn State, February 2023]
Zania Socka-Nguemen, 6-4 F/C, Sidwell Friends School (Washington, DC) [offered July 2022; Michigan among four finalists; committed to UCLA, October 2023]
Annika Soltau, 6-4 W, Limburgerhof, Germany [committed to Washington, April 2023]
Chloe Spreen, 5-9 CG, Bedford North Lawrence (IN) [offered June 2021; committed to Alabama, April 2023]
Blanca Thomas, 6-5 C, Charlotte Catholic HS (NC) [offered May 2021; Michigan among ten finalists announced in August 2022; committed to North Carolina, May 2023]
Kennedy Umeh, 6-4 C, McDonogh School (Owings Mills, MD) [offered July 2021; committed to Stanford, August 2023]
Talayah Walker, 5-10 SG, Our Lady of Good Counsel HS (Olney, MD) [offered July 2021; committed to Penn State, July 2023]
Berry Wallace, 6-1 W, Pickerington Central HS (OH) [offered June 2022; committed to Illinois, May 2023]
Ava Watson, 5-8 PG, Buford HS (GA) [offered May 2021; committed to Ohio State, June 2023]
Kiara Williams, 6-0 F, Palm Bay Magnet HS (Melbourne, FL) [offered October 2022; committed to Pitt, September 2023]
Lily Zeinstra, 5-10 SG, Byron Center HS (MI) [offered December 2021; committed to Butler, November 2022]
See next page for 2025 commitments and targets for Michigan 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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