2023 Recruiting
 

Sole Williams, 5'8" G out of Cincinnati, OH

https://twitter.com/solewilliams15/s...79750595018753

Macy Brown, 6'0" G out of Grand Rapids, MI

https://twitter.com/macybrown_7/stat...87396684886019

She is the sister of Olivia Brown of the Bonnies. Another sister has committed to NW, after four B10 offers. Macy has an offer from MI. She is considered the best of the Brown sisters.. Just a Soph last year on a team that went 22-1. Good guard size at 6'0". We would love to get her.

Kymora Johnson, 5'8" PG/SG out of Charlottesville, VA

https://twitter.com/KymoraJohnson_/s...07953632292867

Interesting bit of history with Johnson from 2015

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...5e2_story.html

Johnson has offers from West Virginia, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Michigan State, Virginia Tech, Cincinnati, VCU and Xavier.

Jasmine Brown 5’9" G Joliet, IL

https://twitter.com/ExampleSports3/s...53159355699209

RaShunda Jones 5'8" South Bend, IN

https://twitter.com/rashunda_jones/s...01030771810308

Lisa Thompson, 5'8" G Joliet, IL

https://twitter.com/antthodua/status...94609306447872

Janae Kent, 6'1" G Oak Forest, IL

https://twitter.com/janae_kent/statu...79642268323842

Emily Fisher, 6'1" W out of Libertyville, IL

https://twitter.com/Emily_fisher3/st...67328969605129

Katy Eidle, 5'11" SG out of Arlington Heights, IL

https://twitter.com/katyeidle/status...74611774574592

Both are nice size guards with multiple big school offers. I hope we can land one.

Riley Nelson, 6'0" CG out of Middletown, MD

https://twitter.com/Coach_JamesN/sta...10207441281032

Sarah Rambus, 6'4" PF/C out of Flushing, MI

https://twitter.com/sarahrambus/stat...59577512378369

Natalie Potts, 6'2" PF out of St. Louis, MO

https://twitter.com/natpotts2023/sta...93401999106048

Rambus on campus for unofficial visit

https://twitter.com/sarahrambus/stat...76198083977221

UD offered her in July. According to Jonathan Deutsch she has offers from:

Ohio St, Dayton, Az St, Tex A&M, Clemson, Miss St, Minn, Va Tech, Kentucky, Auburn, Michigan, Wisconsin, WVU, Virginia, Maryland, Oakland, DePaul, Howard, Ok St. Purdue, Mich St, Mo St, Toledo, Buf, Vandy, Ill, WMU

Riley Rismiller, 6'4" C out of Coldwater, OH

https://twitter.com/RRismiller/statu...64435131768832

Jones verbals to Purdue

https://twitter.com/rashunda_jones/s...44048719286276

Brown chooses Michigan

https://twitter.com/macybrown_7/stat...53824290996224

Chose LSU

https://twitter.com/MatthewBrune_/st...65739853979655

Riley Makalusky 6’2” Guard/Wing Fishers, IN

https://twitter.com/RMakalusky/statu...69501913837571

Olivia Cooper 6'1" SG Pickerington, OH

https://twitter.com/LivOJC/status/1510952035440594945

Jenna Kopyar 5'11" PG/SG Dublin, OH

https://twitter.com/jennakopyar/stat...98054579916801

Tamara Ortiz 5'4" PG Columbus, OH

https://twitter.com/614tamaraortiz/s...04490462674945

She seems to be hitting Columbus area pretty hard. Pickering Central, Dublin Coffman and Reynoldsburg all have very good programs.

A lot of good players in this area.

Maya ‘25 her sister?

https://twitter.com/pobscout/status/...w8XJWlnHV_2j0Q

Also two offers for class of ‘24, don’t see a separate thread:

Berry Wallace, Pickerington
https://twitter.com/berrywallace_/st...1Z8AaLwAkmx-Yg

Gigi Bower, Olentangy Liberty
https://twitter.com/gigi_bower/statu...1Z8AaLwAkmx-Yg

Did Coach Meek have to make two separate phone calls?

Nice summary of the Makalusky sisters.

https://www.hsenews.com/2021/11/18/v...plash-sisters/

Their mom played for Villanova and dad played on the women's practice squad.

19 pts a game this year, she was second team all state last year. She is considered one of the top Juniors in Ohio.

Committed to Butler...her sister can't be far behind

Lauren Pollatta Jackson HS Massillon Oh committed. https://twitter.com/lauren_pallotta/...43CM5DU78veazQ
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Awesome, a 5’9” forward/guard
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Reminds me of Cannatelli. Good outside shooter.

Interesting recruit. Not sure who else was recruiting her in hoops, but her best sport is not basketball; it’s lacrosse. She seems to be a nationally ranked prepster in that sport.

We need some size now. Hope Tamika has a 6-4/6-5 big on her radar. We’re hugely deficient at the 5.

She was recruited by Ball State, Canisius, Buffalo LaSalle and Wright State.

She seems like a solid student athlete and works hard. If she can shoot like Cannatelli I would be very happy!

Riley Rismiller commits to Dayton

https://twitter.com/BrooksHall33/sta...5Es1_&ref_url=

Finally size — 6-4 or 6-5, depending what publication you read. Seems to be a great catch for Coach Meeks, Good offer list if this blog post is correct:

https://wbbblog.com/riley-rismiller/

Video highlights:

https://www.ncsasports.org/womens-ba...iley-rismiller

Top post player in Ohio:

https://statelinesportsnetwork.net/2...life-of-riley/

Lots of good offers. This is big in many ways. The best news since Meeks took over.
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This is a good get. She's been a known commodity for some time in Ohio and a lot of schools were after her. Whats interesting is Shauna recruited her at UD and when Tamika takes over she still believes the UD sales pitch and commits to the local school. Tells me she really wants to be here.

They play some serious hoops in the MAC -- although its small-school ball its probably one of the two or three most competitive small school conferences in the whole country. So many UD WBB and VB players have come out of the MAC recruiting honeyhole its been a goldmine.

She's not a finished product so she will have to put on muscle and developer her skills, but all the other schools recruiting her knew that as well and didnt mind offering.

Chooses Columbia

https://twitter.com/Raoul_000/status...66515359817728

BIG get today from Tamika. 6-4 (or 6-5) Eve Fiala from Indiana verbals to UD. Played in Indiana in 2020, moved to PA to live and play w/family, back to Indiana and didnt play a year based on what I could find out.

Had offers from Ohio State, Minnesota, Michigan, Penn State, Va Tech, Miss. State, Louisville, Pitt, Virginia, West Virginia, and others. Was getting looks from UConn.

Double-double player with shot-blocking that moves well. Combined with 6-4 Riley Rismiller we are adding some good talent and height.

Finally getting this ship back in the water. This year will be a disaster, but help is on the way.

Watch some video of this lady. She looks as good as we have ever recruited. Runs the floor, can shoot the three, very long arms and great hands.

These are comments after her Soph year, "Standing at 6-foot-5, Fiala is a matchup nightmare in the women’s high school game. Her sheer size in addition to her blossoming athletic ability combines for a skill set that college coaches are salivating over.

“Her athleticism is her best strength,” Tate added. “She can score the basketball 12 feet and in. She runs the floor like a gazelle, blocks shots, she is really athletic. She blocks, rebounds, and controls the paint on defense.”

Fiala did not move. She played for Indiana HS, PA near Pitt. How confusing is that?

To get a pair of 6-4+ post players in this class that were recruited by Big10 schools is a big step forward. I agree this year is gonna be ugly but it wasnt Tamika's fault. Everybody bailed on her. She needs 4 recruiting cycles to get her players in and develop them to her style. At that point we can determine if its all workin'.

In Tamika's favor is her personality, along with being able to say I was the best prep recruit in the country on the best HS team in the country that eventually played for the best college program in the country for maybe the best college team ever assembled while shooting the best percentage of anyone in the history of college basketball. That will get a kid's attention.

How many ships do we still have open for next year? I count five. Securing those two bigs should help us induce some good guards.
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Thanks Chris I love the way you phrased this below - I'm going to bring this up in my interview with her October 11th...

In Tamika's favor is her personality, along with being able to say I was the best prep recruit in the country on the best HS team in the country that eventually played for the best college program in the country for maybe the best college team ever assembled while shooting the best percentage of anyone in the history of college basketball. That will get a kid's attention.
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I am excited about these two bigs coming in. Ready to see how it all plays out over these next few years.

Go Flyers

I love theway she uses the backboard for most of her shots.

Gretchen Dolan a PG from NY that avgd 38ppg committed to Shauna and Illinois. Meek offered her in May.

Looks like the Flyers had four players sign today

Rismiller
Fiala
Pallette
Denika Lightbourne

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