Pac 12 Preview: Washington
Last Year: 7-16 overall and 2-12 in league play.
Coaches:
Tina Langley is in her 2nd year asHead Coach after 6 great seasons at Rice and before that 7 seasons as an Assistant at Maryland. She was 126-61 at Rice. Langley has two Masters Degrees.
Katie Faulkner is in her 2nd year coming from Oregon State where she was an Assistant for 5 years. Faulkner played at Montana where she was an outstanding player. She will also be the Recruiting Coordinator.
Dan Tacheny is in his 2nd year and was new to Women’s Basketball having coached Men, most recently in the NBA G League.
LaTara King is in her 2nd year coming from Rice with Langley, having coached there the past 3 seasons and before that at Boston College.
Losses:
Nancy Mulkey who graduated, averaged 10 points and 6 rebounds last season.
Missy Peterson graduated and last season averaged 7 points and 3 rebounds.
Olivia Pollerd transferred to Santa Clara after playing only 37 minutes last season.
Maka Jackson, averaged 3 points. Jackson graduated.
Marisa Davis-Jones who transferred to San Jose State after playing in just 4 games last season.
Jess Finney transferred to San Diego after playing just 4 games last season.
Alexis Whitfield transferred to UC Santa Barbara after averaging 3 ppg.
Additions:
Tergan Brown, 5-10 Wing CA , Ranked # 79
Elle Ladine, 5-11 Guard Pinewood HS Ranked # 53
Hannah Stines, 5-10 Guard SoCal Ranked # 40
Dalayah Daniels 6-2 Jr Wing Transferred from Cal where she averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds.
Emma Grothaus 6-3 Grad Forward Grad transfer from Lehigh where she averaged 12 points and 9 rebounds.
Shalya Gilmore 6-1 Forward from SoCal who was POY in her league.
The Returning Team:
Haley Van Dyke is a 6-1, 5th year Forward. Last season Haley averaged 11 points and 6.7 rebounds.
Lauren Schwartz, 5-11 Sr Wing who transferred from Rice. Last season with Washington she averaged 10 ppg.
Trinity Oliver, 5-9 Redshirt Sr Guard who averaged 4 points and 5 rebounds.
Darcy Rees is a 6-4 5th year Post from Australia. Two seasons ago Rees averaged 8 points and 3 rebounds. Last season she didn’t play much.
Nia Lowery is a 5-9 Redshirt Soph who played just a few games last season.
Alexis Griggsby is a 5-9 grad student Guard from SoCal who averaged 7 points however played just 7 games last season.
Tyiona Watkins is a 5-11 Redshirt Sr Guard who averaged 4 points
Jayda Noble, 5-11 Jr Guard averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds.
Schedule:
Washington doesn’t play a Power 5 team non-conference.
Predictions:
With returnees Van Dyke and Schwartz and a healthy Rees plus solid transfers Daniels and Grothaus Washington has a good experienced five. However frosh Ladine and Stines should break into their backcourt. The recruiting and future are on the rise in Seattle.
2023 Recruiting:
Olivia Anderson, 6-6 Post from WA, was ranked top 60 at one point
Ari Long, 6-0 Guard/Wing from SoCal, ranked # 46
Chloe Briggs, 5-11 Guard from SoCal, ranked # 93
Sayvia Sellers, 5-7 PG from Alaska, ranked # 28
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