UNC Women's Basketball Recruiting
Complete coverage of North Carolina Tar Heels Women's Basketball Recruiting.
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)
Future Tar Heel Lanie Grant scores 11 points, wins U16 Americas gold medal
Five-star UNC Women's Basketball commit
Lanie Grant scored double figures for the third time in the tournament as the United States easily upended Canada for its fourth straight gold medal at the FIBA Women’s U16 Americas Championship. Grant collected 11 points, five rebounds, two assists and a steal in the Americans’ 76–59 victory Monday. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
UNC Women's Basketball commit Lanie Grant scores 20 as US U16 team coasts into championship game
Argentina was helpless to stop the United States and a gritty effort from future Tar Heel
Lanie Grant. The 5-star
class of 2025 UNC Women's Basketball commit scored 20 points as the Americans coasted into the championship game of the FIBA U16 Women’s Americas Championship in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, with a 112–48 semifinal victory over Argentina. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Lanie Grant dishes out game-high six assists as U.S. U16 team rolls again
Future Tar Heel
Lanie Grant dished out six assists as the United States moved one win away from the championship game with another blowout victory at the FIBA U16 Women’s Americas Championship. The Americans dominated the Dominican Republic 106-34 Saturday in the quarterfinals to clinch a spot in the 2024 FIBA Women’s U16 World Cup. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Future Tar Heel Lanie Grant overcomes illness, helps U.S. U16 team roll to victory
For about 14 hours,
class of 2025 five-star UNC Women's Basketball commit
Lanie Grant felt pretty sick and missed Wednesday’s 93-28 victory over Colombia. Team doctors told her they thought she might have a stomach virus. Whatever it was, she improved enough to play 20 minutes and score eight points in Thursday’s 123-27 victory over host Mexico. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Lanie Grant impresses in U.S. U-16 team's rout of Puerto Rico
The U.S. team got off to an impressive start at the FIBA U16 Women’s Americas Championship, and future Tar Heel
Lanie Grant showed why she’s a 5-star recruit in the
Class of 2025. Grant came off the bench to score more than a point per minute in the first quarter and finished with 12 points as the Americans rolled to a 124-39 win over Puerto Rico. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
Watch UNC Women's Basketball 5-star commit Lanie Grant at U16 Americas Championships Tuesday night
The United States U16 girls team, which includes
class of 2025 5-star UNC Women's Basketball commit
Lanie Grant, plays three pool play games at the FIBA Women’s U16 Americas Championship beginning Tuesday night at 7:30 against Puerto Rico. Grant is a 5–9 guard ranked No. 20 in her class by ESPN. The game will stream on
FIBA’s YouTube channel. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
UNC Women's Basketball Commits Move Up In Rankings
ESPN updated its
Class of 2025 rankings Monday and upgraded UNC Women's Basketball commit
Lanie Grant from a 4-star to a 5-star recruit and moved her up to No. 20 and the No. 3 point guard in the class.
Class of 2024 center
Blanca Thomas fell from No. 10 to No. 26, but guard
Jordan Zubich is ranked No. 65 as a 4-star recruit after being unranked. (
Tar Heel Tribune)
UNC Women's Basketball Commit Lanie Grant Earns Spot On U.S. U16 Team
Guard
Lanie Grant, the only current UNC women’s basketball commit for the
2025 recruiting class, has earned a spot on the U.S. U16 team, which will play in the FIBA Women’s U16 Americas Championship June 13-19 in Merida, Mexico. High school players graduating in 2025 or 2026 make up the team, but Grant is one of only four Class of 2025 players. (
Tar Heel Tribune)