***WBB: 2026 Recruiting Thread***

[mred]

Let me know if there are any corrections needed.

Rankings:
ES -- ESPN 2026 SportsCenter NEXT 100 (retrieved 7/3/2025)
PN -- Prospects Nation 2026 Ranked Players -- 40 players ranked plus 22 on watchlist (retrieved 9/18/2024)


Verbals:

Name	Loc	Height	Pos	Date of Verbal	ES	PN	Notes
Macy Comito	IA	5'10"	PG	8/29/2024	87

Potential Targets:
--Sorted by date added--

Name	Loc	Height	Pos	Date Added	ES	PN	Notes
Jenica Lewis	IA	5'10"	PG	4/22/2021	19	30	ISU offer 4/22/2021
Addison Bjorn	MO	6'3"	CG	4/18/2022	13	13	ISU offer 5/12/2022. ISU in top 15.
Brooklynn Haywood	AK/WA	5'9"	W	6/30/2022	26	23	ISU offer 5/23/2024
Averie Lower	IA	5'11"	SG	8/4/2023	68
Ashlyn Koupal	SD	6'2"	G/F	8/23/2023	31	11	ISU offer 8/23/2023
Adaline Sheplee	WI	6'3"	W	11/27/2023	32	29	ISU offer 11/16/2023
Leelee Bell	ND	6'3"	F	5/20/2024			ISU offer 8/1/2024
Vienna Murray	MN	6'1"	G	5/22/2024
Kennedy Woolston	UT	6'0"	PG	5/28/2024
Kylee Paben	NE	6'1"	PF	7/1/2024
Jayelin May	MO	6'3"	P	7/18/2024
Peyton Jones	CO	6'0"	SG	7/29/2024	65		ISU offer 7/26/2024
Callie "CJ" Hinder	AZ/AUS	6'6"	P	9/12/2024
Alex Crouse	KS	5'8"	G	9/26/2024
Adriana Reijnen	TX/NED	6'4"	F/C	11/14/2024
Trinity Jones	IL	6'2"	W	6/2/2025	7		ISU offer 5/31/2025
Isabella Sangha	FL	6'3"	W	6/3/2025	83		ISU offer 6/1/2025

Formerly on the list:

Name	Loc	Height	Position	School	Date of Verbal	Notes
Nakia Ollivierre	IA	5'8"	PG	Army	8/3/2023
Giselle Janowski	WI	5'8"	G	Wisconsin	10/2/2024
Lani Smallwood	AL	5'8"	CG	Mississippi State	10/21/2024
Tori Oehrlein	MN	5'11"	PG	Minnesota	11/8/2024
Maddyn Greenway	MN	5'8"	PG	Kentucky	11/16/2024
Leah Nordin	WI	6'1"	G/F	Wisconsin	12/13/2024
Olivia Stephens	UT	5'7"	CG	Utah Valley	3/28/2025
Peyton Olufson	MO	5'7"	CG	Saint Louis	5/3/2025
Jayla Williams	IA	5'8"	G	Creighton	6/17/2025
Ava Miles	MO	6'0"	SG	Nebraska	7/2/2025
Ellie Muller	IA	6'3"	F	Missouri	7/10/2025
Eliana Arambula	MO	5'6"	PG	none yet
Avery Blue	WI	5'5"	PG	none yet
Stella Sakalas	IL	6'2"	G/F	none yet

 

[mred]

I know it may seem early to post a recruiting thread for 7th-graders, but @Cydar alerted me to an ISU offer.

 

[baagoe]

I know it may seem early to post a recruiting thread for 7th-graders, but @Cydar alerted me to an ISU offer.

Wow. I don’t follow WBB recruiting super closely so can someone tell me, is it normal for girls this young to get an offer? A big 12 offer in 7th grade seems crazy

 

[mred]

Wow. I don’t follow WBB recruiting super closely so can someone tell me, is it normal for girls this young to get an offer? A big 12 offer in 7th grade seems crazy

Its definitely uncommon, but she seems to be an uncommon player.

 

[mred]

She has several highlight videos on youtube. Here are a couple more:

As a 6th grader playing 8th graders ("DEMOLISHING" is overselling it a bit):


Summer after 6th grade playing against high schoolers:

 

[mred]

FYI, she's from Grimes. Her brother is Trey Lewis, a PG at Johnston, so I'm guessing she'll attend high school at Johnston in a couple years.

Trey is the 11th best 2022 MBB recruit in Iowa, per the Register: https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...tamin-lipsey-josh-dix-ruot-bijiek/4811495001/

 

[CyclonesFan4ever]

Thank you @mred for starting another exciting recruiting thread. I'm glad to see we have identified a local talent at a younger age and jump in early. She looks like a real deal.

Curious when the 2025 Recruiting Thread is going to start?

I found a 2019 interview of her on YouTube. At the 1:15 mark, she mentioned she dreamed about playing for UConn and her favorite WBB star player is Diana Taurasi.



Also, here's the comment on her from a recruiting expert.

 

[CyclonesFan4ever]

Janica's father L.C. Lewis, Jr. is a coach and the program director of 360 Select. He has a YouTube channel where you can find plenty of videos of Janica and her brother Trey.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfb0LRNaIMnO9hKQzEAmjLw/videos

 

[Drew0311]

I have seen her play several times when she was in 5th and playing way up. She could ball in 5th grade

 

[acoustimac]

Man...these things get farther out all the time. Will I even be alive then?

 

[loyalsons4evertrue]

wow...she is so young

 

[CyclonesFan4ever]

 

[mred]

Lewis visited ISU today:

 

[mred]

Added Olufson

 

[mred]

Lewis received an offer from Iowa shortly after the ISU offer. In the past two weeks, she's added offers from Michigan, Louisville, Ohio State, Kentucky, and Marquette.

 

[mred]

Lewis received an offer from Iowa shortly after the ISU offer. In the past two weeks, she's added offers from Michigan, Louisville, Ohio State, Kentucky, and Marquette.

Yesterday, in addition to Marquette, she was also offered by Ole Miss and Michigan State. No shortage of options for her, and she still has one year of middle school left.

 

[mred]

Yesterday, in addition to Marquette, she was also offered by Ole Miss and Michigan State. No shortage of options for her, and she still has one year of middle school left.

I promise I'm not going to keep updating this thread with Lewis' offers. I just wanted to do it one more time to illustrate just how many she's getting right now: add Kansas, Maryland, North Carolina, and Oklahoma to the list.

 

[NWICY]

I promise I'm not going to keep updating this thread with Lewis' offers. I just wanted to do it one more time to illustrate just how many she's getting right now: add Kansas, Maryland, North Carolina, and Oklahoma to the list.

Hope she remembers we were 1st.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Kcci feature on Lewis

Johnston 8th grade basketball star racking up D1 scholarship offers

Jenica Lewis is one of the best middle school girls basketball players in the country, and she's just getting started.

www.kcci.com

 

[acoustimac]

More publicity

https://apple.news/ArlXi4CTjRYWa8lzdyS7w0g