Anonymous
Years ago

Recent college signings women 2015/2016

6'3 Alanna smith to Stanford (top 10 school)
6'3 Megan McKay to st Mary's

Anyone know if others are being looked at currently?
Lauren scherf (lsu and Washington state been mentioned in the past)
Rachael antoniadou
Tahlia tupaea
Alexandra sharp

Others etc.





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-  
Years ago

stanford would be one of the biggest signing by an aussie of recent times - they are always up there with notre dame, uconn, duke and tennessee.

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-  
Years ago

stanford cleaned up uconn in ot today as well !

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Which Australian ladies have been to the biggest colleges? Jess Foley to duke? Any other major ones?

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rex  
Years ago

Couple more to add to the list.

Bridget Obrien Qld Sth Winthrop Big South
Courtney Woods Qld Sth Northern Illinois MAC

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Heard also
Louisville,and Kentucky for Sherf
Antoniadou, Kentucky, Grand Canyon, Arizona ,Utah state and a few others just can't remember who

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Anonymous  
Years ago

You'd think there would be some descent offers for tupaea. So much experience for her age. Would make a good backup at a mid-high level college.

Sharp should get some good offers also. One of the aussie inlet schools like st Mary's, lsu, Boise, Lobos, wsu etc.

I think maley the year after will get some big big offers. Playing 3-4.

Scherf will most likely go top 10 college. Not duke, Ohio state or Baylor as they've just recruited centres.


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Anonymous  
Years ago

Only 4 schools left for scherf.
Mississippi state, Florida, Louisville and Kentucky.

Kentucky highest ranked.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Tupaea would be 2016 signing she's a year behind these girls,
Plenty of schoos for Sherf, at 6.5 they wouldn't care if they already signed another centre, think she could have her pick.
Sharp is also 2016 signing so early days yer.
As for st Mary's being high on list, it is for the men but the women not so much, it's more the hype than the program that gives it the name as a good div1 college.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

McKay is early 97, tupaea and sharp are born later in 97. Does that change eligibility?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Do milisic and collett have a shot at division 1. Same size and build as Megan McKay.
Megan produced some huge numbers at state level.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

No McKay will finish school before those, as wa and qld finish early, that's what gives them their eligibility not the year they are born. McKay has just completed final yr this yr so 2015 start to college, tupaea and sharp are only yr 11 this yr so still have another yr of schooling so 2016 intake for them.

Div1 are available for any player should the colleges be interested, but their are lots of very good div2 colleges, some even better than the lower ranked div1. It all depends on who's looking and what they need at that time.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Only 4 schools left for scherf.
Mississippi state, Florida, Louisville and Kentucky.

Kentucky highest ranked.

Kentucky isn't ranked higher than Louisville for the women, it is for men but it's out of top 10 for women according to latest rankings

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Anonymous  
Years ago

could scherf possibly go uconn?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Sherf could go anywhere if they wanted her, so answer would be yes, but don't think icon take in internationals if you look at that roster

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Kia nurse is Canadian.

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-  
Years ago

alanna smith's game about to go into the stratosphere ! will be awesome

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Will depend on where they play her, but she's a great athlete, so I'm sure she will adapt no matter what.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

She will play the 4 spot no doubt. Her defence and rebounding are her biggest assets.
Needs to develop a offensive post game...

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Anonymous  
Years ago

More signings will happen after un20s next year no doubt , if they haven't committed by now then they obviously are waiting for better offers, isn't that what happened with kristy Wallace, she ended up at Baylor.
Most top colleges keep a couple of spots vacant till the last signing period, which is April 2015.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

My guess is scherf to Kentucky. 2015 signings are 3 guards and a forward so far.
Missisippi state outside top 25. Can't see it. Need a centre though.
Louisville have incoming centres/forwards. Lots of big signings already. 5 signed.
Florida a possibility. Lacks height. Tallest player will be a senior next season. Another school just outside the top 25.


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:-)  
Years ago

Stanford ranked no. 1 pre season.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Why do you think kids will pick a college based on basketball rankings? It defies belief as if it were THE most important consideration.

If for example my daughter was 6'4" and rated as the best junior prospect in Australia, I would want her to go to a great college that provides the best education and life experience, and potentially not be a super basketball program. Potentially a smaller program where she could play a big role in leading that team in the NCAA to newfound success.

Just saying of course, if I had such a daughter.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Maley - will get good looks from mid majors

Tupea - Most mid majors would take her as she does it easy with great poise and experience

Sharp - Good interest from lower ACC and PAC 12 schools

Pineau - WCC schools interested

Forcadilla - ???? Surely there is interest there, was a prolific scorer until the world's hope she gets her confidence back, she can score in waves

Smith - Big time school and player

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Anonymous  
Years ago

The other thing about rankings is the conferences the colleges are in, some of these conferences hold a lot more strong teams than others, but the rankings of those who don't hit top 4 get pushed down, but many would actually be stronger than some who finish top 4 in lesser conferences. Their are also other things to consider, the coaching staff can also be a big factor in choice, the uni courses offered, the location, the position they play and how many are likely to be before them on the roster. Also the strength of the team mates that they will have to train against. It's not like here where these players can go train with older bigger bodied and more experienced women who play in WNBL and seabl. They are only permitted to train against other college athletes max age 23, who have never played against nor with any senior players. This is why colleges like the Aussie kids who have had exposure to these stronger trainings and game play.
How many times do you see athletes go to colleges that are so called top ranked only to sit there for the first couple of years sometimes more.
Also a lot of these colleges fly on the coat tails of the men's programs, st Mary's is one that comes to mind.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

our freshman haven't been sitting on the bench this season, which is good.

Wallace getting big minutes along with the froling sisters and Lou brown.

Fareo I thought would get more minutes, but not so far.

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-  
Years ago

smith will become huge - she is already a prime future national rep and her development at stanford will put her stocks through the roof.

Getting a gig at such a profiled programme will put her right up there for her future.

IMO - her rising will time nicely with some of our older national team forwards careers.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Sara anastasiska to Texas at San antonio
Kalani Purcell (nz) to byu
Courtney woods to Northern illinois
Stephanie Reid to buffalo
Courtney Wilkins to buffalo
Anais kirvan to Fresno state

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Anonymous  
Years ago

possibly a few mistakes with positions/heights

Women division 1.
Australia
2015/2016
Alanna smith 6'3 f Stanford
Megan McKay 6'3 f st Mary's
Danijiela milisic 6'4 c Southern California
Bridget obrien 6'2 f Winthrop
Madeleine Dennis 6'2 f Dayton
Taylah Hepburn 6'2 f San Diego
Anais kirvan 6'2 f Fresno state
Megan trinder 5'8 g Oregon
Sara anastasieska 5'11 g Texas at san Antonio
Courtney woods 6'1 g Northern Illinois
Sammi Deakin sharpe 5'8 g Nicholls state
Tylah king 6'0 g pacific
Mikayla delcastegne 5'9 g Hartford
Ashley taia 6'0 g Indiana state
Yasmin miller 6'1 f coastal Carolina
Kaylee biddell 6'3 c Seattle
Bridgette oneill 6'2 f Idaho
Jasmine trimboli 5'10 g South Dakota
Rachel antoniadou 5'9 g Florida state
Karina chandra 5'9 g Eastern Illinois
Jessie Edwards 6'3 c Minnesota

2016/2017
Ella hellessey 6'2 f Texas Christian
Morgan Yaegar 5'9 g Oregon
Alexandra sharp 6'1 g wake Forest

Nz
2015/2016
Kalani Purcell 6'2 f Brigham young
Dru toleafoa 6'1 g Santa Clara
Khaedin Taito 5'11 g Southern California
Whitnee wehi 6'2 f pacific
Ella fotu 5'10 g Boise state

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Lot of girls this year, but how many are good colleges in good conferences, how many are top 10 or top 20 even.?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

5 girls total in top 20 schools now. Based on last years rankings.

5. Baylor. Kristy Wallace.
7. Florida state. Rachel antoniadou.
14. Stanford. Alanna smith.
17. Dayton. Madeleine Dennis.
19. Gonzaga. Georgia stirton

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FalconsTV  
Years ago

Gonzaga finished 9th last year. These rankings are quite out of date.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

According to ncaa div1 rankings as of 10th april 2015

5th Baylor . Kristy Wallace
7th Florida State . Rachel Antoniadou
11th Dayton. Madeline Dennis
17th Stanford . Alanna Smith


Gonzago is ranked 33 this year was ranked 40 the season before.

Rankings - NCAA Women's Basketball RPI
http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-basketball-rpi

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Anonymous  
Years ago

How does a player like Dennis get a scholarship to a top school like Dayton flyers?
Watched her at u20 champs, didnt think she stood out on a team who had McKay, Hepburn and Sidebottom in the same position.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Dayton are in the Atlantic 10 conference, it's not a super strong conference, unlike ACC, Southeastern, Big12 and Big10 which would be your top 4 probably in that order.



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Anonymous  
Years ago

haha did Georgia Stirton play with Waverley. Typical Falcons over selling themselves.

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