April 30, 2017

Pac 12 Next Season, the comings and the goings

Pac 12 for next season, who they lose, who they gain.

Arizona:
Losses:
Forward Breanna Workman: Averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds.
Guard Lauren Evans: Averaged 3 points.
Guard Melena Washington: Averaged 12 points.
Forward LaBrittany Jones: Averaged 15 points and 7 rebounds.
Forward Dejza James: Averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds.
Assistant Coach Kelly Rae Finley: Now an assistant at Florida.
The Wildcats lose 44 of their 64 points per game and their top 3 scorers and top 3 rebounders.

Additions:
Samantha Thomas, 6-0 Wing from Nevada, # 95 ESPN
Samantha Fatkin, 5-10 PG from Washington
Kiana Chew, 6-4 Post from Florida
Marlee Kyles, 5-7 Guard from Illinois
Tee Tee Starks 5-9 Redshirt Frosh transfer from Iowa State. Starks started 14 games this past season averaged 4 points and 2 assists.
Morgan Valley new assistant comes from Washington where she was the past two seasons and worked with HC Barnes in 2015-16.
Prospects Nation ranks the Class # 54



ASU:
Losses:
Sophie Brunner: Averaged 13 points and 7 rebounds.
Quinn Dornstauder: Averaged 10 points and 6 rebounds.
Kelsey Moos: Averaged 5 points and 6 rebounds but also missed 12 games.
Sara Hattis: Played just 5 minutes per game.
Sydney Goodson: She will transfer. Averaged just 8 minutes per game and 2 points.
Amanda Levens Assistant. Levens is now the Head Coach at Nevada.
The Sun Devils lose their top 2 scorers and rebounds and almost half their points per game.

Additions:
Courtney Ekmark, 6-0 Guard a transfer from UConn who sat out this past season. Ekmark was the Arizona Player of the Year in HS.
Sophia Elenga, 6-1 Post a JC transfer who is from France. A top 20 JC player
Eva Rubin, 6-5 Post from Illinois. # 120 PN.
Bre’yanna Sanders, 6-1 Forward from CA.
Briann January, Assistant. She won’t join the Sun Devils until after the WNBA season.
The Incoming Class was ranked # 58 but that excluded both Ekmark and Elenga.



CAL:
Losses:
Courtney Range: Averaged 9 points and 5 rebounds.

Additions:
Kiana Smith, 5-9 Guard from CA. Ranked # 27 by PN and # 21 by ESPN
Alaysia Styles, 6-1 Wing from CA. Ranked # 30 by PN and # 43 by ESPN
The Cal recruiting class is Ranked # 15 by PN.



Colorado:
Losses:
Mackenzie Ellis: Ellis will be transferring. She averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds.
Eleanor Jones: Jones will be transferring. She only played 75 minutes last season.
Monica Burich: Burich will be transferring. She averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds.
Bri Watts: Averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds.
Haley Smith: Averaged 11 points and 6 rebounds.
Zoe Beard-Fails: Averaged 4 points and 2 rebounds.
Lauren Huggins: Only played 5 games this past season. Averaged 7 points the year before last. Missed two seasons with injuries.

Additions:
Jamie Curtis a 6-7 Post from a CA JC. She averaged 7 points and 5 rebounds as a non starter last season.
Mya Hollinshed, 6-4 Post from Texas
Aubrey Knight, 6-1 Guard from CA ranked # 73 by ESPN
Annika Jank, 6-3 Forward from Minnesota Ranked as the # 20 Forward by ESPN
Mathilde Diop, 6-2 Wing from an Arizona JC. She is from Senegal.
Janea Bunn, 6-3 Post JC transfer. Last season she averaged 12 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocked shots.
Peyton Carter, 5-7 Guard will be a frosh. 3 star ESPN
PN ranked this class # 52 with only included Jank and Knight.