Updated with latest ESPN ratings. Crooks and Brown have entered the top 60 (although Brown may have been there before and I just forgot to check when I added her).
***WBB: CYCLONE 2023 Recruiting Thread***
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Mendelson is reclassifying to 2022, so I've removed her from this list and will add her to the 2022 list.
Interesting there are a lot of ISU/Iowa connections at SLU
Athletic Director - Chris May is ISU alumni
Head Coach - Lisa Stone is former Iowa player & Drake Coach
Assistant Coach - Brittany Lange is former ISU player
One of the coaches (I suspect Coach Schaben) was in Texas this morning checking out Jalynn Bristow in practice.
Tracy Gahan and Fallon Ellis come to mind. Granted, Tracy had ISU ties and was a long time ago, and Ellis wasn't highly recruited (although she had some great moments at ISU).
EDIT: Forgot Kidd! She was a great contributor from the lone star state. Also, Jade Thurmon (both high school and juco in Texas).
EDIT 2: I'm going back through the rosters. Some players who never or barely saw the court (McBride, Mays), or weren't rotation players (Ricketts). Chassidy Cole is another solid contributor who, like Jade Thurmon, went to both high school and juco in Texas.
EDIT 3: I forgot Whitney Williams was from Texas. She was good but struggled to crack the starting lineup.
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Looking at the points by player in the media guide, it seems like Tracy Gahan was the first Texan to play WBB at ISU.
Career points from Texans:
Nikki Moody: 1416
Tracy Gahan: 1357
Kidd Blaskowsky: 847
Fallon Ellis: 317
Whitney Williams: 269
Chassidy Cole: 200
Jade Thurmon: 148
Claire Ricketts: 98
Kileah Mays: 10
Gabby McBride: 0
Career points from Texans:
Nikki Moody: 1416
Tracy Gahan: 1357
Kidd Blaskowsky: 847
Fallon Ellis: 317
Whitney Williams: 269
Chassidy Cole: 200
Jade Thurmon: 148
Claire Ricketts: 98
Kileah Mays: 10
Gabby McBride: 0
Good add Vice.
Never too early. Halle seems to be on a path to being one of the top Iowa 2023 State of Iowa Girls Highschool BB prospects.
Sorry to see Macy not make the Iowa State cut. Appears Coach F was honest with her and maybe advised her to look at other schools. She is talented but not a Lexi in height and talent.
She's a 6-2 (or 6-3, depending on where you look) forward who set a single game scoring record at her high school as a freshman with 42 in one game. That's not a freshman record that's in the history of the school.
She's had plenty of offers. In chronological order:
Texas Tech
Tulsa
Missouri State
North Texas
Georgia
Northwestern
Penn State
Providence
TCU
Illinois
Texas Tech again (new coaching staff)
Gonzaga
Houston
Oklahoma
Wichita State
Iowa State
Sahara Williams had an unofficial visit recently (I assume over the weekend).
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