Meet the No. 1 women's college basketball recruits in each class - and the prospects on their tails

[Carnac]

We have updated and published our espnW rankings for the Classes of 2022, 2023 and 2024. While there is an emphasis on which players improved their recruiting stock and moved up the charts, it also puts a sharp focus on who the No. 1-ranked players are in each class.

Rankings change with each update, sometimes dramatically. Questions emerge about which players rose or dropped, and there are different philosophies and thoughts into why those things happen.

Meet the No. 1 recruits in each class - and the prospects on their tails

Who are the top-ranked prospects in each women's college basketball recruiting class? And can anyone catch them?

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[nwhoopfan]

3 top 60 players from Washington in '23. Maybe a new coach at a certain in state school can reverse a long standing trend of top home grown talent going elsewhere. One can hope.

Also #29 is from Portland, OR area. The Oregon schools also have a very poor track record of getting talented in state recruits to stay home, kinda surprising that trend hasn't really ended even with OSU and UO improving so much in recent years.

 

[Kaizen]

If we get Kiki Rice we will have 3 players in the class 2022's top 5.

 

[Carnac]

If we get Kiki Rice we will have 3 players in the class 2022's top 5.

I really really want Rice and Mikaylah Williams to come to UConn. They would make a bright future for UConn look even brighter.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

I can't see Dawn allowing Joyce Edwards out of metro Columbia to go to college. Same with Ashlyn Watkins.

 

[TC22]

Or Malaysia Fulwiley.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Or Malaysia Fulwiley.

How could I forget her?

 

[visitingcock]

I can't see Dawn allowing Joyce Edwards out of metro Columbia to go to college. Same with Ashlyn Watkins.

Well, Dawn has been working her for two years - but you never knows a kid's desires. Joyce has top flight grades. A Stanford might be on her radar.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D9s3OmoXoAEYl4U?format=jpg&name=large

 

[saywho]

Well, Dawn has been working her for two years - but you never knows a kid's desires. Joyce has top flight grades. A Stanford might be on her radar.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D9s3OmoXoAEYl4U?format=jpg&name=large

Have heard definite interest between Edwards and Stanford. Not sure how strong or where she’s leaning, but definitely a possibility to Stanford as she seems to place a pretty strong value on education.

 

[visitingcock]

Have heard definite interest between Edwards and Stanford. Not sure how strong or where she’s leaning, but definitely a possibility to Stanford as she seems to place a pretty strong value on education.

Well Stanford has offered her and her 4.95 gpa.

https://twitter.com/joyceedwards24?lang=en

 

[TC22]

South Carolina Honors College - South Carolina Honors College | University of South Carolina

Bet Coach Staley will work hard to sell her this. #1 Honors College

 

[SCGamecock]

It’s funny how Stanford recently offered Joyce and now the entire Pac12 is in a rush to offer.

 

[DaBball]

It’s funny how Stanford recently offered Joyce and now the entire Pac12 is in a rush to offer.

It was reported that she visited multiple PAC-12 schools over the past weekend, so I’d assume they were offering her while she was on her visits.

Heard from a reliable source that Edwards is very interested in playing in the PAC-12, though of course those things are always fluid.