May 15, 2017

Pac 12 Comings and Goings, Utah, Washington, Washington State and Stanford

USC has added Mariya Moore, 6-0 Sr forward who will transfer from Louisville joining her sister. This past season Moore averaged 12 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game. Moore also made 72 threes at 32%.


Utah:
Losses:
Paige Crozon: Averaged 10 points and 4 rebounds per game. Also led the tem with 49 threes at 32%.
Assistant Coach Wesley Brooks has moved to Michigan as an assistant.

Additions:
Tori Williams, 5-7 Guard from Idaho ranked # 65
Jordan Cruz, 5-10 Guard from CA ranked # 118
Dru Gytlen, 5-10 Guard from South Dakota ranked # 149
Maurane Corbin, 6-5 Post from Canada
The Class was ranked # 28 without Corbin.



Washington:
Losses:
The Coaching staff moved to Arkansas
Kelsey Plum the National POY who averaged 32 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
Chantel Osahor: Averaged 16 points and 15 rebounds
Katie Collier: Averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds.
Heather Corral: Averaged 5 points and made 50 threes at 45%.

Additions:
Brianna Ruiz: She missed last season with a knee injury. The 5th year Sr has played just 1 ½ seasons out of four at Washington. In her full season she averaged 5 points and made 34 threes.
Gigi Garcia: She missed her frosh season with an injury. A 6-2 Forward ranked # 89 out of HS.
Kierra Collier: 5-6 Guard from Missouri ranked # 55.
Khayla Rooks: 6-1 Forward from San Diego.
The Class was ranked # 41.
Jody Wynn is the new Head Coach moving from Long Beach State where she was the Head Coach for 8 seasons. Her husband Derek Wynn is an assistant, as is former Washington player Michelle Augustavo and Paul Reed. All three assistants moved with the Wynns from Long Beach State.



Washington State:
Losses:
Ivana Kmetovska: Averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds

Additions:
Taryn Shelley: 6-5 Post from Washington
Celena Molina: 5-9 Guard from Hawaii
The Class was not ranked in the top 50.



Stanford:
Losses:
Erica McCall: Averaged 14 points and 9 rebounds.
Karlie Samuelson: Averaged 12 points and made 96 threes at 48%.
Brianna Roberson: Averaged 6 points.
Amy Tucker, retiring as a coach but still in the Basketball office

Additions:
Kiana Williams, 5-7 Guard from Texas ranked # 8
Maya Dodson, 6-3 Forward from GA ranked # 11
Estella Moschkau, 6-2 Wing from Wisconsin ranked # 41
Alyssa Jerome, 6-2 Wing from Canada ranked as the # 6 foreign recruit
The Class was ranked # 8 by PN.
Lindy LaRocque the former Stanford player is now an assistant after 2 years at Belmont where they went to the NCAAs both years.









May 9, 2017

Pac 12 Comings and Goings

The Pac 12: Who teams lost and who they gained.

Meg Sanders the long time Associate Head Coach is taking time off to spend with her family. Angie Nelp is the now Assistant replacing Sanders. Nelp was at Rice last season.



Oregon:
Losses:
Mar’Shay Moore: Averaged 5 minutes per game
Jacinta Vandenberg: Averaged 2 points and 3 rebounds per game.
Lauren Yearwood: She will transfer, averaged 6 minutes per game.

Additions:
Anneli Maley, 6-2 Guard from Australia. A 19U teammate of Alana Smith.
Aina Ayuso, 5-9 Guard from Spain. # 7 foreign player by PN.
Satou Sabally, 6-4 Post from Germany # 1 ranked foreign player by PN.
This class ranked 23 without the late addition of Maley.





Oregon State:
Losses:
Sydney Wiese: Averaged 15 points, 5 rebounds and almost 5 assists. Made 103 threes.
Gabriella Hanson: Averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds.
Kolbie Orum: Averaged 7 points and 5 rebounds.

Additions:
Tara Corosdale, 6-3 from Washington ranked # 35.
Aleah Goodman, 5-9 Guard from Oregon ranked # 52.
Joanna Grymek, 6-8 YES, 6-8 Post from Poland. Joanna played the last two season at a Kansas JC and ranked as the # 2 JC player in the country.
Destiny Slocum, 5-7 PG from Idaho who played last season at Maryland and has just signed with the Beavers.
The Class is ranked # 20 with just Corosdale and Goodman considered.



UCLA:
Losses:
Nicole Kornet: Averaged 8 points.
Kori Korver: Averaged 8 points and made 77 threes at 35%. Together these two made 58% of all the Bruins threes.
Paula Hersler: Averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds. Will graduated and play her 5th year elsewhere.

Additions:
Chantel Horvat, 6-0 Wing from Australia ranked as the #2 foreign player.
Lauren Miller, 6-2 Forward from MO, ranked # 16
Michaela Onyenwere, 5-11 Wing from Colorado Ranked # 16.
Kayla Owens, 6-2 Forward from TX, ranked # 45
The class is ranked # 4.
However UCLA also has three players who redshirted with injuries.
Lindsey Corsaro, 6-2 Wing ranked # 15 for the 2016 class.
Ally Rosenblum, 6-3 Post ranked # 75 for the 2016 class.
Lajahna Drummer, 6-1 will be a redshirt Jr who averaged 6 points and 5 rebounds in 2015-16.



USC:
Losses:
The Coaching staff after Head Coach Cooper-Dyke resigned early March.
Jordan Adams: An outstanding player who suffered injuries in her career and played just 5 games last season. However she has her Masters, I believe.
Ivana Jakubcova: Averaged 2 points and 3 rebounds.
Courtney Jaco: Averaged 10 points and made 68 threes at 40%. She made about 40% of the team’s threes.
Alexis Lloyd: Averaged just 10 minutes and 1 point.
Destiny Littleton: She had signed with USC in November but got her release. Destiny set the California State scoring record for her career.

Additions:
Mark Trakh returns to USC after 6 years at New Mexico State. Mark was the Head Coach at USC before he went to New Mexico for 5 seasons. Mark won 58% of his games at USC despite a number of injuries. Mark brought his New Mexico State staff to USC.
Shalexxus Aaron: 6-1 Guard from Washington ranked # 57.
Ayanna Clark: 6-2 Post from SoCal ranked # 38.