Maryland Women's Basketball Recruiting - WBB Blog (2024)

Conference: Big Ten

Head Coach: Brenda Frese (22nd season in 2023-24)

Official Terrapins roster

Unofficial Maryland Women’s Basketball
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Note: The NCAA granted an extra year of eligibility to 2020-21 D-I winter sports athletes (including women’s basketball players). Until there is definitive word that a player will be taking advantage of this extra year, the WBB Blog scholarship charts will not reflect this extra eligibility.

Personnel Notes:

  • January 2023: Summer Bostock enrolls early but will not compete until the 2023-24 season (press release)
  • February 2023: Ava McKennie (2024) commits to Maryland
  • March 2023: Brinae Alexander, Lavender Briggs, and Faith Masonius all say they plan to return to Maryland for the 2023-24 season
  • March 2023: Mila Reynolds enters her name into the transfer portal; 2023 signee Amiyah Reynolds (her sister) is released from her NLI and reopens her recruitment (both eventually commit to Purdue)
  • March 2023 transfer portal entrants: Ava Sciolla (to Columbia) and Gia Cooke (to Houston)
  • April 2023: Jakia Brown-Turner transfers in from NC State (press release)
  • April 2023: Kyndal Walker (2024) commits to Maryland
  • June 2023: Noelle Cobb is hired as director of recruiting/assistant coach (press release)
  • June 2023: Kaitlynn Fratz is named assistant coach/defensive specialist; Jessica Imhof is named director of scouting/assistant coach (press release)
  • June 2023: Breanna Williams (2024) commits to Maryland
  • October 2023: Zen Nuako and Mary Sareen join the roster as walk-ons (press release)
  • December 2023:Emma Chardon is out for the season with a torn ACL
  • January 2024: Riley Nelson is out for the season with a torn ACL
  • February 2024: Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu (juco transfer) commits to Maryland
  • February 2024: Rainey Welson(2025) commits to Maryland
  • February 2024: Lavender Briggs is out for the season with a knee injury
  • March 2024: Summer Bostock enters the transfer portal
  • April 2024 transfer portal entrants: Hawa Doumbouya(to Virginia), Faith Masonius (grad xfer to Seton Hall), and Riley Nelson (to Duke)
  • April 2024 transfer commitments: Amari DeBerry (UConn) and Christina Dalce (Villanova)
  • April 2024 transfer signings:Kaylene Smikle (Rutgers) and Sarah Te-Biasu (VCU grad xfer) (press release);Saylor Poffenbarger (Arkansas) (press release, which also covers juco transfer Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu)
  • May 2024: Virginia grad transfer Mir McLean commits to Maryland

2024 Recruiting Class

2024 Maryland Women’s Basketball Commitments

Ava McKennie, 6-2 W, McDonogh School (Owings Mills, MD) / hometown: McSherrystown, PA [offered September 2022; committed 2/23/2023; other finalists: Harvard, Penn State, and Princeton]

Isimenme Ozzy-Momodu, 6-3 juco sophomore F/C, Gulf Coast State College (FL) / London, England [committed 2/20/2024]

Kyndal Walker, 5-9 PG, St. John’s College HS (Washington, DC) [offered October 2022; committed 4/26/2023; other finalists: Arizona State, Duke, Ohio State, and Wake Forest]

Breanna Williams, 6-2 F, Billings Skyview HS (MT) [committed 6/25/2023]

Former 2024 Targets

Tabitha Betson, 6-2 F, DME Academy (Daytona Beach, FL) / hometown: Melbourne, Australia [offered July 2023; Maryland among five finalists announced in October 2023; committed to Colorado, November 2023]

Mikayla Blakes, 6-0 CG, Rutgers Prep (Somerset, NJ) [offered July 2021; Maryland not among seven finalists announced in August 2023]

Tahj Bloom, 6-3 W/F, Grayslake Central HS (IL) [offered April 2021; committed to Mississippi State, June 2023]

Alexandra Blue, 6-2 W, Lake Highland Prep School (Orlando, FL) [offered July 2021; committed to Virginia Tech, July 2023]

Kendall Dudley, 6-1 W, Sidwell Friends School (Washington, DC) [offered April 2021; Maryland not among 10 finalists announced in October 2022]

Joyce Edwards, 6-2 F, Camden HS (SC) [offered June 2022; Maryland not among three finalists]

Tatum Greene, 6-3 SG/W, St. John’s College HS (Washington, DC) {previously attended McDonogh School (Owings Mills, MD)} [offered July 2021; Maryland among 10 finalists announced in August 2022; committed to Boston College, February 2023]

Kate Koval, 6-5 C, Long Island Lutheran HS (Brookville, NY) [committed to Notre Dame, October 2023]

Olivia Olson, 6-1 PG, Benilde St. Margaret’s HS (St. Louis Park, MN) [offered April 2021; Maryland not among 10 finalists announced in August 2022]

Britt Prince, 5-11 PG, Elkhorn North HS (Omaha, NE) [offered April 2021; Maryland not among 11 finalists announced in September 2023]

Cameron Rust, 6-2 F, Worcester Academy (MA) [offered March 2021; committed to Penn State, February 2023]

Clara Silva, 6-6 C, Portugal [committed to Virginia Tech, September 2023]

Zania Socka-Nguemen, 6-4 F/C, Sidwell Friends School (Washington, DC) [offered July 2022; Maryland among eight finalists announced in August 2023, not among four finalists announced in October 2023]

Blanca Thomas, 6-5 C, Charlotte Catholic HS (NC) [offered June 2022; Maryland not among 10 finalists announced in August 2022]

Kennedy Umeh, 6-4 C, McDonogh School (Owings Mills, MD) [offered June 2021; committed to Stanford, August 2023]

Talayah Walker, 5-10 SG, Our Lady of Good Counsel HS (Olney, MD) [offered July 2021; committed to Penn State, July 2023]

Laura Williams, 6-2 F, St. Paul VI Catholic HS (Chantilly, VA) [offered June 2022; Maryland among five finalists announced in August 2023; committed to Southern Cal, September 2023]

Faith Wiseman, 6-4 F, Indian Creek HS (Trafalgar, IN) [offered July 2022; committed to Indiana, October 2022]

See next page for 2025 commitments and targets for Maryland women’s basketball

Disclaimers: The roster information, offers, and commitments are all unofficial. Offers come and go, so some offers listed may no longer be on the table, and some offers are erroneously reported. In addition, the target lists are inevitably incomplete because offers are not publicly reported for many prospects.

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How much do WBB coaches make in Maryland? ›

Frese, who has coached Maryland women's basketball since 2002, earns a $660,000 per year base salary. That's 30 percent higher than Willard's base salary. But Frese will earn less than a third of Willard's supplemental income at $1.04 million during the 2023-24 season.

Where is Maryland womens basketball? ›

College Park, Maryland

Is UMBC D1 women's basketball? ›

The UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team represents the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I competition as a member of the America East Conference.

What division is HBU women's basketball? ›

The team currently competes in the Southland Conference.

Who is the highest-paid female women's basketball coach? ›

1. KIM MULKEY, LSU: $3,264,000. Kim Mulkey and LSU agreed in September to a massive 10-year, $32 million contract extension to make her the highest-paid coach in women's college basketball.

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Flau'jae Johnson joins her teammate Angel Reese as the lone women's college basketball player making over $1 million in NIL, according to ON3.

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Top 25 Coaches 2023 to '24
RankCoachSalary
4Vic Schaefer$2.3 million
5Brenda Frese$1.88 million
6Jeff Walz$1.75 million
7Joni Taylor$1.5 million
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BIG TEN
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5Nebraska23-12
6Penn State22-13
7Michigan20-14
8Maryland19-14
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Has Maryland women's basketball ever won a national championship? ›

Since her first season at the helm when the team won just 10 games, Frese has guided Maryland to a National Championship in 2006, 21 winning seasons, 19 20-win seasons, seven 30-win campaigns and 20 bids to the NCAA Tournament.

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Women's Basketball
RANKTEAMPREVIOUS
RANKTEAMPREVIOUS
1South Carolina (35)1
2Iowa2
3UConn10
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UMBC is excited to announce Candice Hill as the new head coach for UMBC women's basketball team. Hill is the 11th coach in the history of the program. Hill returns to her home city of Baltimore after spending the last three seasons as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at perennial Big East contender St.

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For recruits interested in competing at D1 women's basketball colleges, there are plenty of options—there are currently 351 member basketball colleges across the U.S. However, because college coaches also recruit JUCO athletes to round out their Division 1 women's basketball teams, landing a roster spot—especially as ...

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This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. The Towson Tigers women's basketball team represents Towson University in Towson, Maryland in NCAA Division I competition.

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The Tar Heels are one of only four Division I men's basketball programs to have achieved 2,000 victories. Kentucky, Kansas, and Duke are the other three. Carolina has played 182 games in the NCAA Tournament.

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The SMU Mustangs women's basketball team represents Southern Methodist University in women's basketball. The school competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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Womens College Basketball Coach Salary
Annual SalaryHourly Wage
Top Earners$66,500$32
75th Percentile$60,000$29
Average$49,424$24
25th Percentile$32,000$15

How much does a University of Maryland assistant basketball coach get paid? ›

The estimated total pay range for a Assistant Coach at University of Maryland is $36K–$64K per year, which includes base salary and additional pay.

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What are Top 10 Highest Paying Cities for Division Iii Basketball Coach Jobs
CityAnnual SalaryHourly Wage
Santa Cruz, CA$59,388$28.55
Sunnyvale, CA$57,895$27.83
Livermore, CA$57,208$27.50
Barnstable Town, MA$56,400$27.12
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Ranking The Highest-Paid WNBA Coaches
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1Nate Tibbetts~$1.2 million
2Becky Hammon$1 million
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