Intel: Who leads for the top 2026 WBB recruits?
With AAU season over, many recruits are beginning to focus in on their recruitment. Let's take a look at where many of the top women's basketball prospects stand.
2026 recruiting
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6-4 Aussie W/F Sitaya Fagan reportedly going to announce 4 finalists soon
Aussie teen sensation's record NCAA interest | Basketball.com.au
Sitaya Fagan has a record 26 NCAA Power Four offers, the most ever for an Australian women’s player.www.basketball.com.au
She has self-reported P4 26 offers, including UNC, which is an all-time record for an Aussie.
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Note: with the changing landscape of player compensation, it remains unclear how revenue share applies to athletes on an F-1 (student) visa. the general consensus is that it is not allowed. In addition, any active participation in NIL advertising is also not allowed, which includes content creation and signed memorabilia. That leaves passive activities, like selling of name, image and likeness, like video games, jerseys and similar. or deals that are signed and executed overseas. Such NIL is a new niche and not every team is pursuing it.
All of this is to say that international players right now are comparatively a bargain; they will not factor into your rev share budget. And if your school can work with partnered businesses to navigate some international NIL deals even just a little, this may be a niche you can stand out in for international recruits. So if you can swing it, this could be a really smart way to fill out your roster with talent that is secured under their market value when compared to U.S. players.
I have no idea where UNC stands in this way, but UNC MBB has stated a commitment to seeking international talent, and has two such recruits coming in. UNC WBB, to my knowledge, has made no such public commitment, but the recent results speak for themselves: Taissa Querioz (BRA) and Elina "The Finnisher" Aarnisalo (FIN) were just added to the team. (Henderson has dual USA and Can citizenship so does not apply to her.) Elina's agency is SIG Sports out of Netherlands.
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Watched her in the FIBA U19. She's a player for sure. Played well vs the top teams in the tourney like france and a loaded team USA. Offensively she's still raw but you can see the potential. She's an animal on defense. Had a highlight reel chase down block against team USA
In some publications she is ranked number 2. ESPN has her ahead of Kate for those who did not know. The rankings are up and down for the top 4 players in the 2026 class. Some publications have the top 4 flip flopped. Someone had posted earlier that UNC was not in the running for her. No surprise here.