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Iowa WBB 2027 Recruiting Thread

Known Offers

Brinley Altenburg, 5-7 SG, Sioux Falls Jefferson HS (SD) [offered July 2024]

Caroline Bradley, 6-5 C, Oak Grove HS (LA) [offered July 2024]

Finley Chastain, 6-0 SG, Faith Family Academy (Oak Cliff, TX) [offered June 2024]

Brookeslee Colvin, 5-8 PG, Coeur d’Alene HS (ID) [offered October 2023]

Harper Dunn, 6-6 C, Corona HS (NM) [offered July 2024]

Sydney Savoury, 6-0 SG/W, Belleville HS (MI) [offered April 2022]

Nation Williams, 6-2 F/C, Centennial HS (Las Vegas, NV) [offered June 2024]

Mya Wilson, 6-1 CG, Hill-Murray School (Maplewood, MN) [Visited 10/21/23]
 
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This offer announcement seems like more than your usual statement of gratitude.

“After attending the Women’s Final Four in Dallas in 2023, and watching their dance continue the next year in 2024, I never dreamed I would be talking to the head coach of the Hawkeyes, receiving an offer to play for the University of Iowa. This whole experience feels like a dream and I cannot help but continue to feel so honored and grateful. Thank you for the vote of confidence Coach Jensen.“
~Harper Dunn (July, 2024)

Appears to be exceptionally athletic 6ft6 Center.
 










Bradley only has a visit to LSU on her page. She’s from Louisiana. But she follows the Jan/Bluder, Clark, and even Lucy Olsen. Also Martin, Gustafson.. and Jordan Bohannon!

Dunn, Savoury, and Williams have no visits on their page. Williams and Kate Martin have Aces connections with her dad working for the Aces.
 










Bradley only has a visit to LSU on her page. She’s from Louisiana. But she follows the Jan/Bluder, Clark, and even Lucy Olsen. Also Martin, Gustafson.. and Jordan Bohannon!

Dunn, Savoury, and Williams have no visits on their page. Williams and Kate Martin have Aces connections with her dad working for the Aces.
Clark in Wilson’s last pic! Love that she was there!
 
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Here's ESPN's Top 25 for the class: https://www.espn.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/rankings/_/class/2027

One thing that makes this Class tough for Iowa is none of the top 25 are from Iowa or a border state.

Contrast that with 2026 (link here) where 6 of the top 25 players are from Iowa or a border state. Same story so far in 2028 (link here) where again 6 of ESPN's initial 25 names are from Iowa or a border state.

I've held off on posting this thread in part because I don't have a great feel yet for who Iowa's top targets in this class are.
 
ESPN Top 25
5. Bradley
11. Williams
18. Chastain
22. Dunn

The coaching staff follows a decent amount of the others on Instagram. Jan, Raina, Abby.. are J/R/A obviously
1. Kaleena Smith
Followed by and Follows J, R, and A

2. Ivanna Wilson Manyacka
Followed by and Follows Raina

4. Jordyn Palmer
6. Jezelle Banks both follow Clark

7. Micah Ojo
Followed by and Follows Jan and Abby

8. Ryan Carter
Follows Iowa Wbb and Clark

13. Jayla Forbes
Followed by J/A Follows Bluder/Jan/CC/Connor/KM/Iowa wbb

14. Jemini Mitchell
Followed by J/A Follows Jan/CC

15. Jessie Moses
Follows Bluder/Jan/Iowa Wbb

16. Eve Long
Followed by J/R/A Follows Jan/CC/Iowa Wbb

17. Khalia Hartwell
19. Miciah Fusilier
Both are followed by J/A Follow Jan

23. Sydney Mobley
Followed by J/A Follows are private

24. KieAundria Acree
Follows Clark

25(on 247). Finley Parker
Follows J/R/Bluder/Iowa Wbb
 
Known Offers

Brinley Altenburg, 5-7 SG, Sioux Falls Jefferson HS (SD) [offered July 2024]

Caroline Bradley, 6-5 C, Oak Grove HS (LA) [offered July 2024]

Finley Chastain, 6-0 SG, Faith Family Academy (Oak Cliff, TX) [offered June 2024]

Brookeslee Colvin, 5-8 PG, Coeur d’Alene HS (ID) [offered October 2023]

Harper Dunn, 6-6 C, Corona HS (NM) [offered July 2024]

Sydney Savoury, 6-0 SG/W, Belleville HS (MI) [offered April 2022]

Nation Williams, 6-2 F/C, Centennial HS (Las Vegas, NV) [offered June 2024]

Mya Wilson, 6-1 CG, Hill-Murray School (Maplewood, MN)

Not that this is a big deal but noticed there's no offer date for Mya Wilson. Could not find an Iowa offer on her TwitterX or IG accounts. However, think we can safely piece a puzzle together here and arrive at an offer date of 10/21/23 if we agree.

Timeline:

On 10/21/23 Kyle Huesmann post a visit by Mya Wilson.
"2027 G Mya Wilson (@MyaWilson2027) out of Maplewood, MN was on a visit to Iowa City today."



On 10/24/23 she has an Offers List post and it includes Iowa. So we know that the offer happened on or prior to that date.



On 7/5/24 this article states, "During an unofficial visit to Iowa City last year [in 2023], Mya Wilson met Clark and received a Hawkeyes scholarship offer."


I think that pretty much narrows the offer down to a date of 10/21/23 assuming she was only here for that one day as Kyle Huesmann's post seems to suggest.
 
From Sunday Feb 2nd's game vs #4 USC & CC's Jersey Retirement Ceremony:





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I watched video of Layla, and OMG. She has size as well as agility and quickness. Can run and even bring the ball up the floor. Video of her stealing the ball and scoring on a fast break from half court. She's big, fast and quick.

Good times ahead for Iowa women's basketball.
 
Altenburg and Wilson both visited Iowa State (unofficials) this past weekend. Minnesota fans claim the Gophers are the leader for Wilson.
 
I feel like this little exchange was glossed over a little bit:

[I'm still planning on interviewing her this week. We were scheduled to do it Thursday afternoon/night. She eventually wrote me saying 'I just realized that Iowa plays Thursday. I don't really want to miss that' and asked if we could chat on Friday.]

I mean, that's it, that's the interview.
Can't really do better than that for a quote from a recruit.
 
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