Members of the talented 2022 women's assemblage hoops recruiting people are present connected campuses crossed the country.
Let's flash backmost to however the past recruiting rhythm went. UCLA, Oregon and Oregon State finished with the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 classes, respectively. Stanford, which finished 5th (behind UConn astatine No. 4), landed the No. 1 wide enlistee successful station subordinate Lauren Betts.
While their corporate debuts travel with precocious anticipation, each freshman volition set to the assemblage crippled differently. Each volition spell from being seasoned leaders arsenic precocious schoolhouse seniors to having a learning curve astatine the adjacent level.
Some freshmen volition request clip to make into aboriginal stars. Some volition beryllium blocked by much experienced players and transfers. That said, determination volition beryllium newcomers who interaction the crippled importantly arsenic freshmen, whether they enactment up numbers successful the scoring file oregon marque antiaircraft stops. Value tin beryllium defined successful galore ways.
Of course, nary 1 knows however freshmen volition fare until they measurement onto the large stage. With a week until the play tips off, we interruption down six freshmen we expect to person an interaction aboriginal on.
Flaujae Johnson, G
LSU | 2022 espnW 100 ranking: 26
Johnson, a 5-foot-10 guard, arrived connected field with a monolithic societal media pursuing owed to her exceptional endowment arsenic a hoops subordinate and arsenic a rapper.
Coach Kim Mulkey graduated 2 guards who averaged much than 30 minutes per crippled successful Khayla Pointer and Jailin Cherry, and Johnson volition person ample accidental to regenerate that production.
She is nary alien to the large signifier and has a knack for the large moment. A talented scorer, Johnson had 22 points connected 8-of-17 shooting (while besides chipping successful with 3 assists) successful 28 minutes successful LSU's archetypal accumulation game.
"Flau'jae is simply a precise talented hoops player," Mulkey said. "Her competitiveness, her enactment ethic and her tendency to get amended successful each areas of the crippled are qualities that volition marque her an adjacent amended player."
Janiah Barker, F
Texas A&M | 2022 espnW 100 ranking: 3
Barker has immoderate of the top imaginable successful each of assemblage basketball. She is agile and beardown with all-around skill. She sees the level and is almighty successful the paint. She proved successful her elder twelvemonth astatine Montverde Academy (Florida) that she tin sound down the 3-ball.
Texas A&M changed coaches successful the offseason, arsenic Joni Taylor replaced Gary Blair. Barker primitively signed with Taylor astatine Georgia, but opted to travel her to College Station successful the spring.
At 6-4, she is 1 of 4 players connected Texas A&M's roster who is 6-3 oregon taller, but her versatility makes her basal retired connected the roster. While it volition instrumentality Barker immoderate clip to set to the gait and subject it takes to play without fouling, she has the physique and the endowment to excel successful the carnal SEC.
Grace VanSlooten, F
Oregon | 2022 espnW 100 ranking: 13
VanSlooten started her archetypal accumulation crippled for Oregon and led the squad with 12 points connected 6-of-12 shooting. The 6-3 guardant besides pulled down 9 rebounds successful 27 minutes.
With the graduation of Nyara Sabally (26.9 minutes per game), the transportation of Kylee Watson (16.4 minutes per game) and the season-ending injury of Sedona Prince (22 minutes per game), determination is simply a void to beryllium filled wrong for the Ducks, who are ranked 20th successful the preseason AP Poll.
VanSlooten is an intelligent and highly skilled guardant with the aggressiveness to lucifer the physicality of the assemblage game. Oregon plays a benignant with gait and spacing, and VanSlooten's quality to facilitate and marque dependable decisions is valuable.
"She fits however we play perfectly," manager Kelly Graves said. "She's our champion subordinate successful transition. She tin instrumentality it seashore to coast. She makes precise bully decisions with the shot and is becoming a go-to subordinate successful the fractional tribunal arsenic well."
Timea Gardiner and Raegan Beers, F
Oregon State | 2022 espnW 100 rankings: 6, 10
Gardiner (6-3) and Beers (6-2) are outstanding complementary forwards successful Oregon State's class. Coach Scott Rueck signed 2 akin highly touted frontcourt players successful the 2019 people successful Kennedy Brown and Taylor Jones, who some moved connected via the transportation portal. So these 2 freshmen volition person plentifulness of accidental to spot the court.
Rueck is nary alien to inserting freshmen into the starting lineup early, and some Gardiner and Beers were McDonald's All Americans and Jordan Brand Classic participants. Gardiner is simply a spot much mobile and versatile connected the perimeter and volition play the 3 oregon the 4. Beers is much carnal with the quality to play wrong and retired and agelong the level astatine the 4 oregon 5.
According to the staff, Gardiner has scored consistently from each 3 levels during preseason workouts and practices. Beers, who is steadfast aft recovering from injuries, has showcased her aggressiveness and energy.
Kiki Rice, G
UCLA | 2022 espnW 100 ranking: 2
Rice is 1 of the astir decorated precocious schoolhouse athletes ever. She was a multi-sport and multi-year Gatorade Player of the Year successful Washington, D.C. She was a McDonald's All American (co-MVP) and Jordan Brand Classic participant. Her Sidwell Friends (D.C.) squad was the No. 1 squad successful the state past season.
The 5-11 defender came to UCLA with precocious expectations, headlining the Bruins' No. 1 recruiting class. She'll besides person ample opportunity, arsenic manager Cori Close's programme graduated astir 100 minutes per crippled successful perimeter playing time.
Rice's maturity volition easiness her transition. Her versatility on the perimeter and quality to play connected and disconnected the shot volition let her to capable aggregate roles. She is simply a bigger defender who tin defend, and her hoops instincts volition beryllium a beardown plus arsenic she picks up Close's system. She fits successful good successful the Pac-12, arsenic the league tends to beryllium filled with teams that play with finesse and erstwhile high-scoring affairs are astatine a premium.
Twelve much freshman to watch
C Lauren Betts (Stanford): With veterans wrong and passim Stanford's roster, determination could beryllium a accidental for the erstwhile No. 1 enlistee to play astatine the 5 with Cameron Brink astatine the 3.
F Justine Pissott (Tennessee): Pissott, who had 3 3-pointers successful 12 minutes successful the Lady Vols' exhibition, tin abstraction the level and is not acrophobic of making large plays.
F Ta'niya Latson (Florida State): Latson's antiaircraft prowess and aggressiveness excessively the rim should gain her minutes aboriginal for caller manager Brooke Wyckoff.
G Ruby Whitehorn (Clemson): The Tigers, who finished 3-15 successful ACC play past twelvemonth and mislaid 3 of their apical 4 scorers, volition request Whitehorn's scoring punch on the perimeter.
F Cotie McMahon (Ohio State): McMahon, an aboriginal enrollee, excels astatine playing astatine a precocious pace, and her antiaircraft aggression connected the solid volition effect successful much minutes.
F Nyla Harris (Louisville): Harris has already built a estimation for being a hard idiosyncratic connected the level and successful the movie room, and the erstwhile No. 35 enlistee tin supply invaluable minutes disconnected the bench.
F Hannah Stuelke (Iowa): Although Iowa returns 5 starters, the versatile Stuelke tin alteration the Hawkeyes' gait and dispersed the level much disconnected the bench.
F Kyla Oldacre and F Lazaria Spearman (Miami): The Hurricanes' complementary duo gives Miami prime play inside, a indispensable successful the almighty ACC.
F Ayanna Patterson (UConn): Patterson is the freshman astir apt to adhd extent and accumulation disconnected the seat fixed UConn has already mislaid Paige Bueckers and freshman Ice Brady.
G Tonie Morgan (Georgia Tech): Morgan is simply a existent constituent defender who sets the array for others and tin adhd enactment connected the perimeter.
G Ashlon Jackson (Duke): Jackson tin play connected and disconnected the ball, sprout on the perimeter and walk the shot good for manager Kara Lawson's open-floor benignant of play.
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