After signing the highest-rated freshman class of Teri Moren’s tenure for this year, Indiana women’s basketball is looking to keep that momentum going on the recruiting trail.
The Hoosiers are entering a big week of unofficial visits with some highly-rated recruits in the class of 2028, 2029, and 2030, a source told The Daily Hoosier. The headliner of that group is guard Kristen Winston, whom ESPN rated the No. 1 player in the class of 2029. The Hoover, Ala. native is visiting Bloomington on Thursday. Indiana sees star upside in Winston, as a true three-level scorer and someone who also impacts the game without scoring, along with her 6-foot stature and high-level mentality for a player entering her sophomore year of high school.
Indiana is hosting recruits every day of the coming week, with six players visiting in the next five days.
2028 guard Love Best (No. 32 ESPN; 5-foot-6 from Tualatin, Ore.) kicks it off on Monday. 2030 guard/wing Aryelle Franklin (6-foot-2 from Dallas) visits on Tuesday. IU has two players on campus on Wednesday: 2028 wing Marlee Coleman (No. 25 ESPN; 6-foot-1 from Tinley Park, Ill.) and 2029 wing Geralynn Byers-Veal (No. 6 ESPN; 6-foot-1 from Austin, Texas). And after Winston’s visit Thursday, IU brings in 2030 wing Taylor Nash (5-foot-10 from Tualatin, Ore.) on Friday.
The class of 2030 players are entering their freshman years of high school, and major recruiting platforms do not yet have prospect rankings for those classes. But IU, per source, sees Nash as a future top-five recruit and Franklin as a future top-25 player.
This isn’t the first crop of high school visitors the Hoosiers have hosted this offseason. Class of 2027 four-star guards Brookeslee Colvin (No. 25 ESPN, No. 29 247Sports) and Anna Moser (No. 79 ESPN) took official visits last week. IU got off to a strong start for the class of 2027, landing a commitment from forward Finley Parker (No. 27 247Sports, No. 61 ESPN) in early April.
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