Conference: Pac-12 → Big Ten

Head Coach: Cori Close (13th season in 2023-24)

Official Bruins roster

Unofficial UCLA Women’s Basketball
Scholarship Chart

Personnel Notes:

• March 2023: Brynn Masikewich enters her name into the transfer portal . . . and lands at DePaul
• April 2023: Charisma Osborne and Camryn Brown announce that they will return to UCLA for the 2023-24 season, using their extra COVID year of eligibility
• April 2023: Kendall Dudley (2024) commits to UCLA
• April 2023: Lauren Betts transfers in from Stanford (press release)
• May 2023: two 2024 prospects—Elina Aarnisalo and Avary Cain—commit to UCLA
• October 2023: Soh Matsuura is promoted from video coordinator to assistant coach (press release)
• October 2023: Zania Socka-Nguemen (2024) commits to UCLA
• November 2023: UCLA announces the signing of four 2024 prospects (press rekease)
• November 2023: Sienna Betts (2025) commits to UCLA
• December 2023: Emily Bessoir is out for the season with a knee injury (press release)
• December 2023: Atonye Nyingifa joins the staff as an assistant coach (press release)
• February 2024: Izzy Anstey announces her retirement from basketball
• April 2024: Christeen Iwuala enters the transfer portal
• April 2024: Emily Bessoir announces her departure from the program; Lina Sontag retires from basketball
• April 2024: Washington State transfer Charlisse Leger-Walker commits to UCLA

2024 Recruiting Class

2024 UCLA Women’s Basketball Commitments

Elina Aarnisalo, 5-10 SG, Finland [committed 5/3/2023]

Avary Cain, 6-1 CG, St. Joseph HS (Santa Maria, CA) [committed 5/18/2023]

Kendall Dudley, 6-1 W, Sidwell Friends School (Washington, DC) [offered June 2022; committed 4/7/2023; other finalists: Georgia, Louisville, Michigan, North Carolina, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Texas, Vanderbilt, and Virginia Tech]

Zania Socka-Nguemen, 6-4 F/C, Sidwell Friends School (Washington, DC) [committed 10/27/2023; other finalists: Indiana, Michigan, and Tennessee]

2024 Targets

[none known]

Former 2024 Targets

Mikayla Blakes, 6-0 CG, Rutgers Prep (Somerset, NJ) [UCLA among seven finalists announced in August 2023; committed to Vanderbilt, January 2024]

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

Katie Fiso, 5-11 PG, Garfield HS (Seattle, WA) [committed to Oregon, June 2023]

Toby Fournier, 6-2 F, Crestwood Prep (Toronto, ON) [UCLA among eight finalists announced in October 2022; committed to Duke, May 2023]

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

Me’Arah O’Neal, 6-3 F/C, Episcopal HS (Bellaire, TX) [offered August 2021; UCLA 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 August 2022; UCLA not among eight finalists announced in August 2023]

Harper Peterson, 6-3 W/F, Whitney HS (Rocklin, CA) [offered May 2023; UCLA not among three finalists]

Britt Prince, 5-11 PG, Elkhorn North HS (Omaha, NE) [offered July 2022; UCLA not among 11 finalists announced in September 2023]

MacKenly Randolph, 6-1 F, Sierra Canyon School (Chatsworth, CA) [UCLA not among five finalists announced in August 2023]

Kennedy Smith, 6-1 F, Etiwanda HS (CA) [UCLA among five finalists; committed to Southern Cal, November 2023]

Sarah Strong, 6-2 W/F, Grace Christian School (Sanford, NC) [UCLA not among three finalists]

Tilda Trygger, 6-6 F, Stockholm, Sweden [offered August 2022; committed to NC State, January 2024]

See next page for 2025 commitments and targets for UCLA 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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