COLUMBIA — Jerzy Robinson, the No. 5 recruit in the class of 2026, committed to South Carolina women’s basketball on Dec. 23.
She chose the Gamecocks over LSU and UConn, the defending national champion who beat coach Dawn Staley twice last season. She’s 6-foot and plays for Sierra Canyon High School in California. She revealed the news live on ESPN2.
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Robinson took her official visit in late October and was at South Carolina’s exhibition game on Oct. 24. She was spotted sitting behind the Gamecocks’ bench during the game.
Robinson then went to the football game on Oct. 25 with Staley, current players and legendary Gamecocks player A’ja Wilson, who had just become the WNBA’s first four-time MVP.
Jerzy Robinson commits to South Carolina, Dawn Staley
This is the third commit for South Carolina in the 2026 cycle but fourth addition to the roster this season, as Alicia Tournebize, a 6-foot-4 basketball player from France, announced she was enrolling at South Carolina on Dec. 22.
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Kelsi Andrews, a 6-4 center and the No. 18 recruit, committed on Oct. 7, and Kaeli Wynn, the No. 17 recruit who is a 6-2 forward, committed Nov. 10. They both signed in the early period.
Robinson is the highest-ranked recruit for Staley since Joyce Edwards, who was No. 3 in the class of 2023.
She took an official visit to LSU the weekend of Oct. 11.
Wynn took an official visit in early September and came back to Columbia on Oct. 24. She was sitting with Robinson at the exhibition game.
Dawn Staley, South Carolina class of 2026 commits
What will Dawn Staley’s 2026-27 South Carolina roster look like?
Staley will be without Ta’Niya Latson, Raven Johnson, Maryam Dauda and Madina Okot next season but Staley did say they would fight for more eligibility for Okot, who played in Kenya before coming to the United States.
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Ashlyn Watkins announced in July she is planning to return for her senior year in 2026-27, and Chloe Kitts has the option to return or go to the WNBA draft after missing this year due to an ACL tear.
Lulu Kesin covers South Carolina athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email her at lkesin@gannett.com. Follow her on X@Lulukesin and Bluesky@bylulukesin.bsky.social
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