2028 Recruiting

[Carolina151]

<With apologies, I am turning this first post into a running recruit list. @Carolina151? Please edit as needed as well. >

On3 2028 Player Recruit Rankings (currently only top 25 ranked)
ESPNW 2028 NEXT Super 60
(247 has not yet dropped their rankings. I will use ESPNW until On3 publishes composite rankings)

Composite Rank

Player_Profile

Pos

Height

Team USA

Nat'l_and_ST_Awards_&_Notes

Offer

Unofficial Visit

Official Visit

Finalists

Commit

High_School

State

Club_Team

#2

Chloe Johnson

PG

5-11

Trials

Prep Girls #3 Nat'l, #1 in MN 2026 MaxPreps Soph A-A 1st Team 2026 Naismith HM A-A High Interest in UNC

7/24

planned

Duluth Marshall HS

MN

All Iowa Attack

#3

Jordyn Haywood

SG

6-1

U16

2026 MaxPreps Soph A-A 2nd Team Prep Girls #4 Nat'l, #1 in MO High interest in UNC MO HS POY & DPOY

7/25

11/25

Mary Institute & St Louis Country Day

MO

Missouri Phenom

#4

Morgan Reckley

PG

5-7

U17

2026 Naismith HM A-A 2026 MaxPreps Soph A-A 2nd Team Prep Girls #7 Nat'l

8/25

7/25

Sandy Creek HS

GA

AEBL

#6

Ella Peper

PF

6-4

Trials

Prep Girls #5 Nat'l, #1 in New England High Interest in UNC

12/25

3/26

Priority

Dexter Southfield

MA

Bay State Jaguars

#8

Sydney Douglas

PF

6-7

U18, U19

2026 MaxPreps Soph A-A 1st Team 2026 Naismith HM A-A Prep Girls #2 Nat'l, #1 in CA Interest in UNC

6/25

Centennial

CA

Cal Storm

#9

Ariana Robinson

SG

5-10

U16, U17

2026 MaxPreps Soph A-A 3rd Team Prep Girls #9 Nat'l, #1 in in TX Interest in UNC

9/24

10/25

Faith Family Academy

TX

CyFair Elite

#10

Jaylah King

G

5-10

2026 MaxPreps Soph A-A 1st Team Prep Girls #1 in MD

5/26

Bishop McNamara

MD

Team Takeover

#11

Giovanna Burress

SG

5-10

Trials

Prep Girls #14 Nat'l, #1 in NJ Daughter of Plaxico Burress

1/26

DePaul Catholic

NJ

Philly Rise

#13

Erin Thomas

SG

6-1

Trials

2026 MaxPreps Soph A-A HM Prep Girls #2 in OH OH HS POY

7/25

11/25

Princeton HS

OH

Sport City Angels

#17

Hailey Benbow

SG

5-9

Trials

2026 MaxPreps Soph A-A HM Prep Girls #1 in NJ

10/25

Rutgers Prep HS

NJ

Jersey Gemz

#18

Janaya Cooper

SF

5-10

Prep Girls #1 in IN

7/25

10/25

Nelson Snider HS

IN

Always 100 Elite

#19

Jhaliana Guy

PG

5-9

Trials

2026 MaxPreps Soph A-A HM Prep Girls #1 in NJ Decommitted from Stanford

6/26

Clinton HS

IA

#21

Dakhari "Strawberry" Blankumsee

SG

5-11

Trials

2026 MaxPreps Soph A-A HM Prep Girls #11 Nat'l, #1 in OH High Interest in UNC

2026

Winton Woods

OH

WV Thunder

#23

Meg Moore

G

5-11

Trials

2026 MS Gatorade POY 2026 MaxPreps Soph A-A HM Prep Girls #1 in MS

8/26

Tishomingo County

MS

Alabama Southern Starz

#26

Addie Seal

PF

6-3

Prep Girls #4 in TX

8/26

Homeschooled

TX

Southwest Select

#31

Easton McCollough

PG

5-9

Trials

2026 MaxPreps Soph A-A 2nd Team 2026 AR Gatorade POY Prep Girls #1 in AR

7/26

Farmington

AR

AO Flight

#41

Amy Nduka

PF

6-4

Camp

2026 MaxPreps Soph A-A HM Prep Girls #1 in WA

8/25

Eastside Catholic

WA

Cal Stars

#46

Kinsley Ketterhagen

WF

6-1

Prep Girls #2 in WI

7/26

#53

Taylor Williams

PG

5-8

Prep Girls #1 in VA UNC Camper High Interest in UNC

12/24

10/25

Bullis School

MD

WV Thunder

White: Offered only Orange: Unofficial Visit Yellow: Official Visit Green: Finalist Blue: Commitment

Have Unofficially visited UNC but no reported Offer as of yet:

• #29 6-3 PF JaKaila Gaskin, 10/25, High interest in UNC. Cannon School in Gastonia, NC
• UR 6-5 C Emma Fuller , 11/25, Providence High in Charlotte, NC
• UR 6-2 G Finley Sherrill, 11/25 , Lake Norman HS in Huntersville, NC

Offered & have eliminated UNC: (level of previous UNC Interest)

• none

rankings updated 10/23/26

 

[Carolina151]

 

[Jriv23]

Thanks for keeping us informed.

 

[KenbudUNC]

 

[KenbudUNC]

JaKaila Gaskin. 6’4” out of The Cannon School in Concord. Looks like she visited for the Clemson game

 

[KenbudUNC]

Taylor Williams 5’9” G out of VA.

Taylor Williams on Instagram: "Go Tar Heels!🩵🤍 #unofficial #notcommitted"

1,051 likes, 98 comments - taylorwilliamsballer3 on October 7, 2025: "Go Tar Heels!🩵🤍 #unofficial #notcommitted".

www.instagram.com

 

[23UNC]

New offer

 

[23UNC]

Unofficial visit Arianna Robinson. Twitter page not linking for me if someone else wants to paste it.

 

[3397char]

Unofficial visit Arianna Robinson. Twitter page not linking for me if someone else wants to paste it.

Instagram here:

 

[uman1]

Unofficial visit Arianna Robinson. Twitter page not linking for me if someone else wants to paste it.

She's a good fit for UNC.

 

[KenbudUNC]

 

[Jriv23]

She will be hard to bet Dawn S for her services unless SC does not go after her. If they do, then it is going to be tough.

 

[uman1]

She will be hard to bet Dawn S for her services unless SC does not go after her. If they do, then it is going to be tough.

Crazy that Sylvia owned SC for a while before Dawn arrived.

 

[23UNC]

Unofficial visit from Emma Fuller. Local kid from Charlotte

 

[23UNC]

Another visit by Jordan Haywood. Top 10 recruit

 

[23UNC]

And also Finley Sherrill from Charlotte

 

[Jriv23]

Looks like we had four recruits on campus today. 3 of them are local from the Charlotte area. Hopefully, they got a chance to talk with BT who is from Charlotte. They looked pretty tall. Go Heels!

 

[KenbudUNC]

Erin Thomas. 6’1” CG out of Cincinnati.

 

[KenbudUNC]

#4 in the 2028 class in ESPN

6’4” forward (and dunker) out of Massachusetts.

 

[Jriv23]

I hope we can land a few of these players.

 

[23UNC]

2028 Chloe Johnson wants to visit per this article

Top 2028 recruit Chloe Johnson discusses the latest with Baylor, USC, Duke & more

Top 2028 recruit Chloe Johnson remains open in her recruitment but hopes to narrow after this AAU season, she told Rivals.

www.on3.com

 

[3397char]

2028 Chloe Johnson wants to visit per this article

Top 2028 recruit Chloe Johnson discusses the latest with Baylor, USC, Duke & more

Top 2028 recruit Chloe Johnson remains open in her recruitment but hopes to narrow after this AAU season, she told Rivals.

www.on3.com

This Tweet reveals a little more info for those without premium access (if you are a diehard UNC WBB fan you SHOULD get premium access)



Chloe Johnson is the #5 overall 2028 recruit, the top PG in her class:

Chloe Johnson - Marshall - Point Guard

Chloe Johnson is a 4-star 2028 Point Guard at Marshall from Duluth, MN. Ranked No. 5 nationally and No. 1 among PGs with a 92.29 On3 industry rating.

www.on3.com

She is from MN, a state that for whatever reason we have recruited pretty well in the past (Koenen, Ustby, Zubich). Could Johnson keep the streak of Minnesotans wearing #1 alive? Next season will be year 11 with Zubich a Junior.

 

[Jriv23]

We need Koenen, Ustby, and Zubich to all go to this young woman's house at the same time and discuss UNC women's basketball for her and her parents to promote UNC and why she would be a get fit if she chose to go there.

 

[3397char]

That would be a recruiting violation, but I love the idea of it.

 

[Jriv23]

They can pay those guys money under the table to turn a blind eye. LOL.

 

[23UNC]

 

[Jriv23]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[3397char]

Top 2028 recruit Sydney Douglas breaks down recruitment

Top 2028 recruit Sydney Douglas remains wide open in her recruitment.

www.on3.com

i’m going to guess UCLA unless they get eliminated at some point.

 

[Jriv23]

I hope you are wrong 3397char about Sydney Douglas.

 

[tarboy]

Doing a Dusty Springfield : Wishing and Hoping. Fingers crossed.

 

[3397char]

Stanford lost a top 20 commit:

Jhaliana Guy - Clinton - Point Guard

Jhaliana Guy is a 4-star 2028 Point Guard at Clinton from Clinton, IA. Ranked No. 16 nationally and No. 4 among PGs with a 91.65 On3 industry rating.

www.on3.com

I don't see any indication that she has visited/interested in UNC though

 

[Jriv23]

The article is misleading. She is in the class of 2028. I do not think she can commit this early. She can verbal say I want to go to Stanford, but to commit two years out. I don't think so.

 

[3397char]

The article is misleading. She is in the class of 2028. I do not think she can commit this early. She can verbal say I want to go to Stanford, but to commit two years out. I don't think so.

Not an article; it is her personal social media page. Virtually all offers in the world of women's college basketball are self-reported. Whether that is on their social media or in interview with a reporter. colleges cannot comment on who they offer. So we are always relying on what recruits say and we never really know if these offers are "committable offers" or more of an expression of strong interest by a program.

You can verbally commit well before signing day, at any time really. It just isn't binding to either party. Programs can offer young recruits by extending unofficial verbal offers at their elite camps or through indirect communication, or when a player contact them. Now that players have agents, indirect communication is even easier. That can be before June 15 of their rising junior year when official communication channels open up. After then, yo your point, things begin to get much more official.

Lanie Grant committed to UNC between her freshman and Soph years.

 

[KenbudUNC]

Top 2028 recruit Jordyn Haywood breaks down recruitment
https://on3.com/her/news/top-2028-recruit-jordyn-haywood-breaks-down-recruitment

 

[nicheel]

Eggperts. Surely there are another 30-40 names we will get? Lets sign another 4-5 guards less that 5'9". Pies in those skies. Not on the court. Tiresome for May-June.

 

[6string]

Eggperts. Surely there are another 30-40 names we will get? Lets sign another 4-5 guards less that 5'9". Pies in those skies. Not on the court. Tiresome for May-June.

Are you asking this board not to report on players we are recruiting?

 

[3397char]

 

[3397char]

Top 2028 recruit Jordyn Haywood breaks down recruitment
https://on3.com/her/news/top-2028-recruit-jordyn-haywood-breaks-down-recruitment

Tweet that indicates the schools she discussed:

 

[kjcooper]

On the upside of recruiting, UNC is getting a lot of interest from the top players in HS. Some of them will be a long shot, but there seems to be interest in a lot of them taking unofficial visits. This could be related to what's in NIL for them, or CB is getting some recognition and respect from players who really want to be involved with a team which feels like family.

There are a lot of offers out for there for players who could be impact type of athletics, all is needed is for two of the Top 20 players to commit.

 

[Jriv23]

That is the plan. I think CB has been talking to some of the elite coaches about recruiting top level talent and If you offer at ten to 15 of them, you are hoping that you can get at least 1 or 2 of them to commit to your program. I hope that we can at least land 1 or 2 of them from the 2027 class. Go Heels!