Pac 12 Preview: Cal
Last Season: 19-15 overall and 7-11
The Coaches:
Charmin Smith with 2 degrees from Stanford returns for her 17th season at Cal and is now the Head Coach for her 6th year.
Heidi Heintz is in her 3rd year. Heintz was an assistant at St Mary’s the previous three years. She is the Associate Head Coach.
Eliza Pierre is in her 4th year after 4 years at UCSB.
Tarvon Bryant is in his 2nd year.
Jenny Huth is in her first year at Cal. Huth has coached at Oregon State, UCLA, Florida State, Kentucky and was once the Head Coach at Northern Colorado.
Kai Felton is back for her 12th year at Cal. Kai has been an Assistant at Oregon, 2 years, and at USC, 5 years. Kai is no longer an official coach but she is a Special Assistant.
Losses (6 players): McIntosh was honorable mention All-Pac-12
Leilani McIntosh averaged 10 ppg and almost 5 assists per game and turned pro.
Kemery Martin averaged almost 7 ppg. Transferred
Ila Lane averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds.
McKayla Williams averaged 6 ppg and 5 rebounds.
Mia Mastrov who averaged 3 ppg.
Alma Elsnitz played just 11 games.
Additions: 5 freshmen and 3 transfers
Natalia Ackerman, 6-1 Grad Student Forward a transfer from Cal Poly. Ackerman averaged 12 points, 9 rebounds and was first team all Big West.
Gabrielle Abigor, 6-3 Frosh Post from Northern California High School (NorCal).
Kamryn Mafua, 6-2 Frosh Forward from NorCal, ranked # 56.
Sofia Bowes, 5-10 Frosh Guard from Norcal
Lola Donez, 5-11 Frosh Guard from Hawaii where she was the state player of the year.
Zahra King, 5-10 Frosh Guard from Brooklyn. King was ranked # 76.
Gisella Maul, Soph Guard transfer from Texas where she had highs of 9 points and 6 assists. Maul was ranked # 38 out of HS.
Jayda Noble, 5-11 Guard and is a Grad student. Noble is a transfer from Washington where she averaged 3 points and 4 rebounds.
Kayla Williams, 5-7 Guard and a Grad student a transfer from USC. Last season Williams at USC averaged 5 ppg. The season before while a student at UC Irvine she averaged 15 ppg.
The Schedule:
Gonzaga, Auburn, Alabama, Michigan State and either Arizona or Vanderbilt are the highlights.
Returning Team (6 players): Lulu Laditan-Twidale 5-10 Soph Guard from Australia who averaged 6 ppg.
Anastasia Drosouni, 5-11 Soph Guard From Greece who was out all last season.
Ioanna Krilimi, 5-10 Guard Grad student who transferred from U of San Francisco. Last season Ioanna averaged 13 points and made 61 threes at 38%.
Marta Suarez , 6-3 Redshirt Sr Forward from Spain and a transfer from Tennessee. Last season Marta averaged 12 points and 7 rebounds. She also made 42 threes at 29%.
Claudia Langarita, 6-4 Sr Post averaged 2 points and 1 rebound.
Michelle Onyiah, 6-3 Grad Student Post averaged 7 points and 5 rebounds.
Predictions: The incoming Frosh class was ranked 23 overall. Cal returns 40 ppg so the frosh and transfers will be needed for depth. Cal does return three starters.
2025 Recruiting:
Grace McCallop, 5-9 PG from KS.
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