Pac-12 Women's Basketball Recruiting - Class of 2023 (PDF)
[Updated Jan. 25, 2023]
SAN FRANCISCO
Pac-12 women's basketball programs signed 29 student-athletes to National Letters of Intent during the early signing period for the Class of 2023, 19 of whom are in the espnW HoopGurlz Top 100 (65.6 percent), including three in the top 10.
Five of the nation's top 20 classes have been put together by Conference programs
, including three of the top 10 - No. 3 Arizona, No. 7 Stanford, No. 10 USC, No. 16 Washington, No. 18 Oregon.
Pac-12 programs have signed at least three top-10 classes in each of the past five years and the Conferences 23 espnW HoopGurlz top-10 recruiting classes since 2016 lead the country, five ahead of the ACC (18). Pac-12 schools have signed 48 total espnW HoopGurlz top-25 recruits since 2016, tied for the most among all leagues (ACC).
On Jan. 24, six signees were named to the rosters for the
2023 McDonald's All-American Game
-
Sofia Bell
(Oregon),
Breya Cunningham
(Arizona),
Amanda Muse
(UCLA),
JuJu
Watkins
(USC) and
Jada
Williams
(Arizona)
representing the West, and
Courtney Ogden
(Stanford) on the East roster. It's the fifth consecutive year the Pac-12 has boasted at least five signees named to McDonald's All American Game rosters. Last year, the Conference had a national-best 11 of the 24 women selected.
USC signed the nations top recruit and a local product in
JuJu Watkins
out of Sierra Canyon High School on Nov. 15. The third time in the past five seasons the countrys No. 1 recruit has picked a Pac-12 program (
Lauren Betts
, Stanford - 2022;
Haley Jones
, Stanford - 2019), it's the first time in nine recruiting cycles that the No. 1 recruit has signed with two different schools in the same league in back-to-back years (A'ja Wilson, South Carolina - 2014; Mercedes Russell, Tennessee - 2013).
The regular signing period for the Class of 2023 runs from April 12 - May 17, 2023.
2023 HoopGurlz Recruiting Class Rankings - espnW
[Pac-12 only]
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Rank
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School
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3.
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Arizona
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7.
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Stanford
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10.
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USC
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16.
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Washington
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18.
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Oregon
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2023 HoopGurlz Recruiting Player Rankings - espnW
[*** McDonald's All American; Pac-12 only]
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Rank
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Player
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School
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1.
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JuJu Watkins***
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USC
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8.
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Montaya Dew
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Arizona
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10.
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Courtney Ogden***
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Stanford
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14.
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Breya Cunningham***
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Arizona
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21.
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Jada Williams***
|
Arizona
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26.
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Sofia Bell***
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Oregon
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28.
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Sayvia Sellers
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Washington
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32.
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Amanda Muse***
|
UCLA
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37.
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Nunu Agara
|
Stanford
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39.
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Chloe Clardy
|
Stanford
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42.
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Sammie Wagner
|
Oregon
|
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46.
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Ari Long
|
Washington
|
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49.
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Malia Samuels
|
USC
|
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66.
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Sarah Rambus
|
Oregon
|
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68.
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Jenna Villa
|
Washington State
|
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75.
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Kennedy Sanders
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Colorado
|
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78.
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Ruthie Loomis-Goltl
|
Colorado
|
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82.
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Donovyn Hunter
|
Oregon State
|
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93.
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Chloe Briggs
|
Washington
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