**NEW** Iowa Women's Basketball Recruiting Thread
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Kennise Johnson Etienne is listed as 5-4 in the article. I read earlier articles that had her as 5-8. On a positive note, she is approaching Tania Davis status, with the short bounces, it will be hard to swipe the ball away from her when she's dribbling.
Kennise Johnson Etienne is listed as 5-4 in the article. I read earlier articles that had her as 5-8. On a positive note, she is approaching Tania Davis status, with the short bounces, it will be hard to swipe the ball away from her when she's dribbling.
So let's say she's 5'6". If KFE is super quick, it might make up for her lack of size but also a possible D liability.
One more tidbit. I wouldn't worry about ISU’s recruits — their ‘20 recruiting class was their best in history and half of them transferred (one is now a Hawkeye
Shikreto; You've responded a few times about posted concerns around 2023 recruiting; saying you're "not worried" about about our relatively empty 2023 class. I agree that Iowa still looks good next year, but recruiting classes are about 4- 5 years forward. At this point we still have just one top-100 player (Heiden) recruited for both '23 and '24; and currently lag significantly behind ranked competition. We still have 4 open roster spots for '23, and 3 open in '24. Only 6 players listed for '24. Please forgive any of us who are not immediately assuaged by your lack of worry, as we proceed with our concerns, suggestions, and discussion.One more tidbit. I wouldn't worry about ISU’s recruits — their ‘20 recruiting class was their best in history and half of them transferred (one is now a Hawkeye
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Hm….did I tell anyone not to proceed with concerns, suggestions, or discussion?
Where are you coming up with 4 open roster spots in 2023?
We have 10 underclassman on roster right now. Davis has already stated she plans to be here 2 years, so that would make 11 players returning. Ava Jones and Kennise Johnson-Etienne make 13. And that's assuming all of Martin, Warnock, and Marshall move on, which I don't think is certain.
And with the transfer-portal one does not have to worry as much about losing out on a recruiting class like in years past.
As long as she is on the athletic scholarship she will. Not a real big issue though - 15 is a lot of players.
She signed her National Letter of Intent yesterday. I think she counts until she decides to take a medical hardship, and taking the hardship would foreclose the possibility of her playing at Iowa.
She has to if she is ever going to play for the Hawks
It it ever comes to that, given Ava's situation, it would be a good opportunity to see if the NCAA has a heart.
Hey Braydon. Thanks; after your question, I looked up my source and noticed it didn't include Davis, for whatever reason. But like others in this thread; I'm not counting Ava Jones on the assumption that the U, or NCAA will figure out way to not penalize the program for honoring her scholarship.
Bluder has stated many many many times in the past that she does NOT like having a full roster of 15 players (too hard to keep all 15 happy). The Covid extra year has thrown a wrench into things and expanded our current roster size.
I bring this up because I don't believe that Bluder is at all worried about Ava Jones using one of the 15 spots.
I wasn't suggesting that Coach should fill all 15 slots; just reviewing what's available over the next few years.
Yeah, I just pointing out that it is not a problem having Ava on a regular scholarship. The NCAA wouldn't be penalizing Iowa because the scholarship that Ava will use will not be needed for another potential player.
Does she have a timeline for commitment? Will be interesting to see how this one plays out.
Will probably get on that tomorrow. Busy with today's trip to Des Moines.
She’s one that I’ve watched play a couple of times. Very good ball handler and passer. Not Caitlin Clark level court vision yet, but she makes some passes that will impress you. She told me she’s working on improving her shot, but she can score on all three levels (drive, midrange, 3pt).
2024 class is interesting because they already have two commits, but Stremlow, Douglas, Spreen, Hargrove, Mallegni and Poole are on the board still. Don’t think Prince and Ziebell are candidates at this point.
Blue Star has updated some of their rankings, and now ranks Kennise as the #99 player in the 2023 class. I take this with a grain of salt, because Blue Star's scope or reach seems limited sometimes. Still, of recent Iowa players, Blue Star was a positive outlier in their ranking of Kathleen Doyle, ranking her #20.
It's hard to know how much stock to put in recruiting rankings in WBB. AJ Ediger hasn't looked as good as her ranking suggested, but how would she look as the 5 in a 5-out offense like Drake or Creighton run? Was Monika severely underrated or did the coaches just help her reach her best possible development outcome?
Lots of likes and retweets from McFarland High school people. Would appear Jan went to see Teagan Mallegni last night.
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