UConn Women’s Basketball Recruiting

Conference: Big East

Head Coach: Geno Auriemma (39th season in 2023-24)

Official Huskies roster

Quick links to WBB Blog content on UConn women’s basketball:

Unofficial UConn 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:

  • January 2023: Jana El Alfy (2023) enrolls early (press release), but she doesn’t play during the 2022-23 season
  • January 2023: Kelis Fisher (2025) commits to UConn
  • April 2023: Morgan Cheli (2024) commits to UConn
  • July 2023: Tonya Cardoza joins the staff as an assistant coach; Ben Kantor is promoted to assistant coach; neither are allowed to recruit off-campus (press release)
  • July 2023: Gandy Malou-Mamel (2025) commits to UConn
  • July 2023: Jana El Alfy will miss the 2023-24 season after suffering an Achilles tendon rupture (press release)
  • November 2023: Azzi Fudd is out for the season with a knee injury (press release)
  • December 2023: Ayanna Patterson is out for the season after undergoing knee surgery (press release)
  • January 2024: Aubrey Griffin is out for the season with a torn ACL (press release)
  • January 2024: Caroline Ducharme will miss the remainder of the season to recover from head and neck injuries (she hadn’t played since starting the first four games) (press release)
  • February 2024: Paige Bueckers and Aubrey Griffin announce they will return to UConn for the 2024-25 season
  • March 2024: Nika Mühl announces she won’t use her extra year of collegiate eligibility in 2024-25 and will turn pro instead; Aaliyah Edwards announces she won’t return either and will declare for the WNBA draft
  • April 2024: Sarah Strong (2024) commits to UConn
  • April 2024 transfer portal entrants: Inês Bettencourt and Amari DeBerry

2024 Recruiting Class

2024 UConn Women’s Basketball Commitments

Morgan Cheli, 6-0 CG, Archbishop Mitty HS (San Jose, CA) [committed 4/6/2023]

Sarah Strong, 6-2 W/F, Grace Christian School (Sanford, NC) [committed 4/5/2024; other finalists: Duke and North Carolina]

Allie Ziebell, 6-0 W, Neenah HS (WI) [committed 12/3/2022]

2024 Targets

[none known]

Former 2024 Targets

Imari Berry, 5-10 CG, Clarksville HS (TN) [offered July 2022; committed to Clemson, August 2023; after March 2024 decommit, UConn not among three finalists]

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

Justice Carlton, 6-2 F, Seven Lakes HS (Katy, TX) [UConn among five finalists announced in May 2023; committed to Texas, September 2023]

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

Olivia Olson, 6-1 PG, Benilde St. Margaret’s HS (St. Louis Park, MN) [UConn among ten finalists announced in August 2022; committed to Michigan, September 2022]

Arianna Roberson, 6-4 F, Clark HS (San Antonio, TX) [UConn among five finalists announced in October 2023; committed to Duke, November 2023]

Emely Rodríguez, 6-1 W, Central Pointe Christian Academy (Kissimmee, FL) [UConn among five finalists announced in March 2024; committed to UCF, April 2024]

See next page for 2025 commitments and targets for UConn 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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