With the early signing period less than two months away, the UConn women’s basketball team is still looking for the first commitment to its 2026 recruiting class.
The Huskies have never struggled to attract top talent and enter this season with two former No. 1 recruits — redshirt senior Azzi Fudd and sophomore Sarah Strong — on the roster. The team signed the No. 2 recruiting class in the country in 2024, and though its 2025 group didn’t include any McDonald’s All-Americans for the first time since 2013, that class still ranked in the top 10 nationally.
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Thirteen of the top 20 recruits in 2026 are still undecided, and UConn has also been active in pursuing international prospects over the last several seasons. The Huskies brought in Egyptian center Jana El Alfy in 2023 and signed Ecuador native Blanca Quinonez in 2025 after the freshman forward spent several years playing professionally in Italy.
UConn doesn’t need to sign a big class in 2026 with the maximum-allowed 15 players on the team this season. Fudd, Caroline Ducharme and Wisconsin transfer Serah Williams will be out of eligibility at the end of the year, but the Huskies have added at least one transfer in four of the last five seasons with two in 2025. There’s always the possibility of transfers out, but UConn has lost just seven players to the portal in six years and never more than three in a single offseason.
Coach Geno Auriemma also generally prefers not to carry a full roster and until this year, UConn hadn’t had 15 players on the team since 1998-99. Here are the five-star targets at the top of the Huskies’ board:
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No. 3 Olivia Vukosa, forward
Just about every top program in the country is in on Vukosa, a 6-foot-4 forward from New York City and the state’s reigning Gatorade Player of the Year. She announced her five finalists in early September: UConn, South Carolina, Texas, Ohio State and LSU.
UConn has deep ties to Vukosa’s high school, Christ the King, the alma mater of Huskies legends Tina Charles and Sue Bird. Vukosa also represents Croatia in international play and has a close relationship with fellow Croatian and former UConn standout Nika Muhl.
Vukosa is incredibly well rounded offensively with an impressive handle and shot range for a player of her size, relentlessness on the boards and strong vision as a passer. Her high school stats are eye-popping: 19.2 points and 17.9 rebounds plus 5.5 blocks and 3.8 assists per game as a junior. She has been equally productive in FIBA competition with 19.4 points, 15.6 rebounds, 2.6 blocks and 1.7 steals to lead Croatia at the 2024 U17 World Cup.
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No. 5 Jerzy Robinson, guard
Robinson has been quiet about her recruitment, but the Phoenix native told On3 last June that UConn, LSU and South Carolina were early frontrunners. Auriemma was courtside to watch the star guard at an event on the ultra-competitive Nike Girls EYBL circuit in April.
Robinson began her high school career at Desert Vista in Arizona but transferred after her freshman year to Sierra Canyon, one of the top girls’ basketball programs in the country. The Los Angeles prep school previously produced 2023 No. 1 recruit JuJu Watkins and 2024 No. 23 prospect Mackenly Randolph as well as Notre Dame guard Vanessa De Jesus and New York Liberty forward Kennedy Burke.
Robinson is an elite scorer first and foremost, but at 6-1, her skillset is versatile. She averaged 27.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game as a junior. She has shined internationally with USA Basketball, averaging a double-double at the 2023 U16 FIBA AmeriCup to earn the tournament’s MVP award. She was also the MVP of the 2024 U17 FIBA World Cup, leading all players in scoring with 20.9 points per game, and she won her third gold medal this summer at the U19 World Cup alongside UConn sophomore Kayleigh Heckel.
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No. 13 Addison Bjorn, forward
Bjorn, a 6-2 wing from Parkville, Missouri, announced a list of seven finalists on Sept. 18 and has all of her official visits set over the next six weeks. The schools still in the running are UConn, Duke, Iowa, Kansas, North Carolina, Notre Dame and Texas, and she will take her visit to Storrs from Oct. 16-19 according to 247Sports.
Bjorn can play and guard multiple positions with athleticism as her calling card, and she threw down her first in-game dunk in February. She was the Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior, averaging 22 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 3.3 steals to lead her high school team to an undefeated regular season record. Alongside Robinson, Bjorn also won gold medals as a member of the 2025 U19 World Cup, 2024 U17 World Cup and 2023 U16 AmeriCup teams.
