UNC Women's Basketball Recruiting
Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Women's Basketball Recruiting.
UNC Women's Basketball Signee Jordan Zubich Pours In 46 Points
Mountain Iron-Buhl (Minn.) High School’s
Jordan Zubich poured in 46 points to lead the Rangers to an 82-66 victory over Esko on Monday night. Zubich, the 2023 News Tribune All-Area Player of the Year and a
class of 2024 University of North Carolina women's basketball signee, is averaging 25.4 points and 6.2 assists through nine games so far this season. (
Duluth News Tribune)
UNC at No. 18 in updated 2024 women's college basketball recruiting rankings
No. 18 UNC - Highest ranked commit: C
Blanca Thomas (No. 30).
Courtney Banghart brings in a balanced 2024 class of signees. Thomas is one of the best bigs in the country and stands at an intimidating 6-5. She protects the paint and is a tough cover on the block. She also has a sweet stroke from 3. No. 68
Jordan Zubich is a knock down shooter. (
ESPN.com)
UNC Women’s Basketball commit Lanie Grant puts together dominating performance
It’s still very early in the recruiting cycle for the Class of 2025, but
Courtney Banghart and the North Carolina women’s basketball program have already secured a commitment from one of the class’ rising stars. Five-star
Lanie Grant had a career night as she led the James River Rapids girls basketball team to a hard-fought victory over Manchester. (
Keeping It Heel)
UNC women's basketball commitment Lanie Grant selected to Jr. NBA Court of Leaders
Future North Carolina Tar Heel point guard
Lanie Grant has been selected to participate in the Jr. NBA Court of Leaders program, an extra preparation step for her journey to joining the women’s basketball team. Grant is a part of the 2025 recruiting class and has been carving out a name for herself with dominating performance for the USA Basketball U16 team. (
Tar Heels Wire)
Drake Powell zooms up ESPN rankings, five other UNC men’s and women’s basketball recruits fall
While
Drake Powell continues to rise in the ESPN rankings, the other five UNC men's and women's basketball recruits all dropped. ESPN has changed Powell from a 4-star to a 5-star and elevated him from 34th in the Class of 2024 to 12th.
Ian Jackson dropped from 12th to 17th. Five-star center
Blanca Thomas fell from 26th to 29th in ESPN’s 2024 rankings. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
UNC Women's Basketball Commits Blanca Thomas, Lanie Grant Headline Under Armour Elite 24 Showcase
UNC Women's Basketball coach
Courtney Banghart has two Tar Heel commits competing in the Under Armour Elite 24 Showcase, which is reserved for the top 24 players in girls and boys high school basketball.
Class of 2024 five-star center
Blanca Thomas will join
class of 2025 five-star point guard
Lanie Grant as part of Team BreakThru on August 12 in Atlanta. (
Keeping It Heel)
UNC Women's Basketball Offers 2026 4-Star Wing Bella Ragone
Bella Ragone announced that she has received an offer from North Carolina. Ragone, a 6-foot-2 wing from Hoschton, Georgia, is a 4-star recruit ranked No. 20 in the 2026 class in the latest HoopGurlz rankings. Ragone also holds offers from Harvard, Baylor, Texas Tech, Louisville, Florida State, Northwestern, TCU, Auburn, Villanova, Illinois, and more. (
Keeping It Heel)
UNC Women’s Basketball commit Jordan Zubich finishes AAU career strong
Four-star recruit
Jordan Zubich was the first player in the
2024 recruiting class to commit to
Courtney Banghart and the North Carolina Tar Heels women’s basketball program. Currently ranked as the No. 65 player in her graduating class (according to HoopGurlz), Zubich has certainly made a case to move up the rankings over the last couple of weeks. (
Keeping It Heel)
Lanie Grant makes high school basketball history with gold-medal victory
Lanie Grant can't believe it happened. The standout guard became the first basketball player in James River High School history to win a Gold Medal when her team won the FIBA Women's Americas Championship in Mexico. She's also committed to North Carolina. "Something about UNC, the coaches, the campus, the culture, I fell in love with it." (
WTVR.com)
Courtney Banghart offers three top-10 2026 basketball recruits
UNC Women's Basketball coach
Courtney Banghart has offered 6–2 wing McKenna Woliczko (who ESPN ranks No. 4 in the class), 6–0 guard Trinity Jones (No. 6) and 6–1 guard Jacy Abii (No. 9). Banghart apparently liked what she saw when she traveled to Mérida, Mexico, and saw the class of 2026 trio play in the FIBA Women’s U16 Americas Championship. (
Tar Heel Tribune)