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Notre Dame women's basketball gets commitment from two-sport player from Florida

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Isabella Sangha
Notre Dame commit Isabella Sangha.

Notre Dame women’s basketball officially has its second commitment of the class of 2026, and it’s a two-sport student-athlete who will also spend her time in South Bend suiting up for the volleyball team.

Isabella Sangha committed to the Fighting Irish on Labor Day.

“GO IRISH,” she posted on social media Monday, complete with a shamrock emoji.

Sangha is a 6-3 forward from Ft. Lauderdale (Fla.) Pine Crest High School. She’s the No. 83 player in the class of 2026, according to ESPN. She joins 6-2 wing Bella Ragone, the No. 28 player in the class per ESPN, as the first two commits in Notre Dame’s class. And it’s an important class for head coach Niele Ivey and Co., at that.

Ivey’s been hurting for depth in recent seasons because of multiple classes in which Notre Dame only signed one player from the high school ranks. Having two committed in the upcoming class is already ahead of where the Irish have been in terms of welcoming young talent to campus lately.

It’s not like they’re takes just to take ’em, either. They’re both top-100 players in the country. They add size and skill to the court for Notre Dame as well.

According to MaxPreps, Sangha averaged 27.5 points, 11.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.8 steals and 1.3 blocks per game as a junior at Pine Crest. That was after averaging over 20 points and 12 rebounds per game as a sophomore, too. She owns the Pine Crest school record with 41 points in a single game.

She’s quite the stat sheet stuffer, clearly. And so much more.

“Isabella is a high level athlete still sharpening up her basketball skills,” SUTSreport.com wrote about Sangha. “Already a capable defender, rebounder and is efficient around the room. Has added face up skills along with being a capable ball handler in the open court, also nice mid range jumper touch. Extremely high ceiling, hard worker and a great kid off the court. Also an elite volleyball player that has P4 level offers! Originally from Canada & is at Pine Crest on a student visa.”

It’s obviously a different deal to affect every aspect of a game at the college level — especially against a schedule like that of Notre Dame, always one of the toughest in the sport — but Sangha is absolutely doing everything she can to do it in her preps career. She’s put together a track record worthy of putting on the blue and gold.

Now, for Ivey, it’s about getting a couple more players, maybe even three, to really fill out the class of 2026. That’ll set the program up for future success in ways that haven’t been the case during her tenure.

As for now, Notre Dame enters the 2025-26 season with junior point guard Hannah Hidalgo leading the charge midway through a college career that’s quickly becoming perhaps one of the best of all time. She owns many Fighting Irish single-season and career records, and she still has two years to obtain more of them.

Here’s the 2025-26 Notre Dame women’s basketball scholarship chart.

Notre Dame women’s basketball 2025-26 scholarship chart

Four years of eligibility leftThree years of eligibility leftTwo years of eligibility leftOne year of eligibility left
• F Leah Macy+–• G Hannah Hidalgo
• G KK Bransford^
• G Kelly Ratigan^		• G Cass Prosper
• F Malaya Cowles^
• F Gisela Sanchez^
• G Vanessa de Jesus^
• G Iyana Moore^

KEY
^ Has used a medical redshirt season
+ Incoming freshman

SYNOPSIS
Scholarship guards: 6
Scholarship forwards/centers: 3
Total scholarship players: 9

EXHAUSTED ELIGIBILITY AFTER 2024-25
• G Sonia Citron
• G Sarah Cernugel
• F Maddy Westbeld
• F Liatu King
• F Liza Karlen

ENTERED TRANSFER PORTAL
• G Olivia Miles^*
• G Emma Risch^
• C Kate Koval
• C Kylee Watson^*