Rutgers Women’s Basketball Recruiting

Conference: Big Ten

Head Coach: Coquese Washington (2nd season in 2023-24)

Official Scarlet Knights roster


Unofficial Rutgers 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:

  • April 2023: Kai Carter enters her name into the transfer portal . . . and lands at Memphis
  • April 2023: North Carolina transfer Destiny Adams commits to Rutgers (press release)
  • May 2023: Zachara Perkins (2024) commits to Rutgers
  • May 2023: Lisa Thompson (2023) signs with Rutgers (press release)
  • April 2023: Mya Petticord transfers in from Texas A&M (press release)
  • July 2023: assistant coach Nikki McCray-Penson passes away
  • July 2023: two staff additions are announced: Jeanine Wasielewski as assistant coach and director of player enhancement (press release) and Nneka Enemkpali as assistant coach and director of recruiting (press release)
  • July 2023: Kennedy Brandt joins the team as a freshman walk-on (press release)

2024 Rutgers Women’s Basketball Commitments

Zachara Perkins, 6-2 W, Summer Creek HS (Houston, TX) [offered November 2022; committed 5/6/2023]


2024 Targets

Mikayla Blakes, 6-0 CG, Rutgers Prep (Somerset, NJ) [offered March 2021; finalist, along with UCLA, Indiana, Stanford, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and Wisconsin (August 2023)]

Kiyomi McMiller, 5-7 PG, Life Center Academy (Burlington, NJ) [finalist, along with UCF, Florida State, James Madison, Ole Miss, Penn State, and Temple (August 2023)]

Devyn Quigley, 5-11 SG/W, Manchester Township HS (NJ) [finalist, along with NC State, Texas A&M, and Wisconsin]

Jada Bates, 6-2 G/W, Dominion Christian School (Marietta, GA) [offered September 2021]

Joyce Edwards, 6-2 F, Camden HS (SC) [offered August 2021]

Kayleigh Heckel, 5-9 PG, Long Island Lutheran HS (NY)

Caya Smith, 6-2 W, Putnam City West HS (Oklahoma City, OK) [offered August 2021]


Former Targets

Ahnay Adams, 5-6 PG, Tilton School (NH) [offered August 2021; committed to Miami (FL), Aril 2023]

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

Indya Davis, 5-9 SG, West Bloomfield HS (MI) [offered August 2022; committed to Michigan State, October 2022; decommited, March 2023; committed to Georgia, September 2023]

Summer Davis, 5-9 PG, West Bloomfield HS (MI) [offered August 2022; committed to Michigan State, October 2022; decommitted, March 2023; committed to Georgia, September 2023]

Kamryn Grant, 6-1 W, Columbus Africentric HS (OH) [offered January 2022; committed to Dayton, May 2023]

Tatum Greene, 6-2 SG, McDonogh School (Owings Mills, MD) [offered May 2021; Rutgers not among 10 finalists announced in August 2022]

Shay Ijiwoye, 5-6 PG, Desert Vista HS (Phoenix, AZ) [offered August 2021; committed to Stanford, September 2023]

Saniyah King, 5-7 G, Bishop Ireton HS (Alexandria, VA) [offered May 2021; committed to Howard, August 2023]

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

Ava McKennie, 6-2 W, McDonogh School (Owings Mills, MD) [offered September 2022; Rutgers not among four finalists announced in January 2023]

Olivia Olson, 6-1 PG, Benilde St. Margaret’s HS (St. Louis Park, MN) [offered July 2021; Rutgers not among 10 finalists announced in August 2022]

Me’Arah O’Neal, 6-3 F/C, Episcopal HS (Bellaire, TX) [Rutgers not among eight finalists announced in August 2023]

Taliyah Parker, 6-1 G, South Grand Prairie HS (TX) {previously attended Putnam City West HS (Oklahoma City, OK)} [offered July 2021; Rutgers not among eight finalists announced in August 2023]

Kennedy Smith, 6-1 F, Etiwanda HS (CA) [Rutgers not among five finalists]

Zania Socka-Nguemen, 6-3 C, Sidwell Friends School (Washington, DC) [offered September 2022; Rutgers not among eight finalists announced in August 2023]

Tianna Thompson, 5-10 CG, Galloway School (Atlanta, GA) [offered July 2021; committed to Georgia Tech, May 2023]

Ramiya White, 6-5 C, Butler Traditional HS (Louisville, KY) [offered July 2021; committed to Kentucky, August 2023]


See next page for 2025 commitments and targets for Rutgers 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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