2027 Recruiting

[HawksGoneWild1]

Nation Williams doesn't visit UCLA until Oct 30-Nov 1.
Anyone else seeing this possible disruption for Williams to put the brakes on UCLA?
Wishful thinking for both of these actions to happen yet but something to keep an eye on.

 

[Hawkangler]

Nation Williams doesn't visit UCLA until Oct 30-Nov 1.
Anyone else seeing this possible disruption for Williams to put the brakes on UCLA?
Wishful thinking for both of these actions to happen yet but something to keep an eye on.

Mom's alma mater. Highly doubt it.

 

[Powell living Hawkeye]

Greenway’s dad played football at Iowa- she will be wearing blue and white for the time being….

 

[Hawkangler]

Greenway’s dad played football at Iowa- she will be wearing blue and white for the time being….

Her Mom ran track at Iowa. A lot of Hawkeye legacy.

 

[iThinkiWill]

Harper Dunn showed some early interest in Iowa but looks like Jenny landed another one.

Top 2027 recruit Harper Dunn commits to Oklahoma

Top 2027 recruit Harper Dunn has committed to Oklahoma, she told Rivals. The 6-6 post player from Corona (NM) Albuquerque Academy chose the Sooners over

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Harper Dunn recently suffered an unfortunate non competitive ACL injury.

 

[Scott559]

Harper Dunn recently suffered an unfortunate non competitive ACL injury.

Injuries really suck. Hopefully she can recover as well as McKenna has.

 

[Matt1nb7]

Twitters favorite 2027 prospect Payton Starwalt has decommitted from Murray State

 

[HawksGoneWild1]

Nation Williams is on her last official top list destination with UCLA Oct 30-Nov 1.
After this weekend her, announcement could come out. It's our last prospect remaining.


Santana Sabus selected Kansas:

 

[o_Terrykohawk]

Nation Williams is on her last official top list destination with UCLA Oct 30-Nov 1.
After this weekend her, announcement could come out. It's our last prospect remaining.


Santana Sabus selected Kansas:

Honestly not sure why anyone would pick Kansas on the women’s side. Men I could understand but Kansas WBB is a head scratcher. Playing time? NIL?

 

[TheGreatDivider101]

Honestly not sure why anyone would pick Kansas on the women’s side. Men I could understand but Kansas WBB is a head scratcher. Playing time? NIL?

They've landed several big time recruits in the last couple of cycles so there must be something going on.

 

[Hawkangler]

They've landed several big time recruits in the last couple of cycles so there must be something going on.

$$$$$

 

[Kceasthawk@77]

Honestly not sure why anyone would pick Kansas on the women’s side. Men I could understand but Kansas WBB is a head scratcher. Playing time? NIL?

Well she's basically in Denver, so about an 8 hr trip to KU as compared to many. Still probably a dicey drive (even if I 70 is open) in the winter.

 

[Hawkeye_Miguel]

Talia indicates that Nation Williams is expected to declare during the early signing period, which begins on Wednesday. Her sources are giving a slight lean toward UCLA.

Early Signing Period Intel: Which top recruits are closing in on decisions and who will wait?

The early signing period is nearly here, officially running from Wednesday, November 11, through November 18. It gives players the opportunity to

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[hawkod]

Twitters favorite 2027 prospect Payton Starwalt has decommitted from Murray State

That's interesting; saw her dad retweet an Iowa WBB post recently.

 

[UpstreamHawkeye]

That's interesting; saw her dad retweet an Iowa WBB post recently.

Maybe Iowa now thinks she's probably no worse than Medina this season?

 

[WDSMHawk]

That's interesting; saw her dad retweet an Iowa WBB post recently.

Her dad has been trying to get Iowa to offer for a long time.

 

[hawkod]

https://the-boneyard.com/threads/2027-espn-2026-sportscenter-next-100-commits-to-date.214918/post-5637030

 

[HawkFan10]

https://the-boneyard.com/threads/2027-espn-2026-sportscenter-next-100-commits-to-date.214918/post-5637030

Sounds like UCLA leading for her

 

[o_AMAYS]

Sounds like UCLA leading for her

If, in fact, Williams commits to UCLA, will be a disappointing end to the '27 high school recruiting class. Agree with those who highlight that if the current top 9 all return next season, then the '27 class is not as critical in the short term. Still, Williams looks like she could be a material contributor in year 1. Seubert and Hartwell look more like depth or development pieces. Perhaps Jan can add an immediately-helpful portal piece next spring (a 3-pt shooter?, a 5/4 who can spell Heiden if Hays does not develop this year as hoped?)

 

[Scott559]

If, in fact, Williams commits to UCLA, will be a disappointing end to the '27 high school recruiting class. Agree with those who highlight that if the current top 9 all return next season, then the '27 class is not as critical in the short term. Still, Williams looks like she could be a material contributor in year 1. Seubert and Hartwell look more like depth or development pieces. Perhaps Jan can add an immediately-helpful portal piece next spring (a 3-pt shooter?, a 5/4 who can spell Heiden if Hays does not develop this year as hoped?)

Yeah, Jan kind of addressed this on a podcast I saw. She said the nucleus that Iowa has for the next two and possibly even 3 years has made recruiting the 27 and 28 high school classes more difficult. Obviously transfer outs could happen after this season. I don’t want to misrepresent anything she said but going off memory she said they will likely be pretty selective with the 28 class and that they have been very upfront with potential 28 recruits, She also sounded like they will be more be more aggressive with the 29 class, Just me guessing but I think that means in regard to volume.

 

[Jonesy5960]

If, in fact, Williams commits to UCLA, will be a disappointing end to the '27 high school recruiting class. Agree with those who highlight that if the current top 9 all return next season, then the '27 class is not as critical in the short term. Still, Williams looks like she could be a material contributor in year 1. Seubert and Hartwell look more like depth or development pieces. Perhaps Jan can add an immediately-helpful portal piece next spring (a 3-pt shooter?, a 5/4 who can spell Heiden if Hays does not develop this year as hoped?)

I think the cake is probably baked for 2027. We don't really know what Seubert and Hartwell bring until they arrive, but 247 currently ranks the Iowa class as best in the Big10. With respect to what you're looking for, Seubert is the number 4 combo guard and shot 39% on high volume 3 point shooting her junior year, and Hartwell looks like a good option to back up Ava next year as the number 4 center in the class. Both look to be likely contributors next year.

 

[Powell living Hawkeye]

I have developed a finely tuned ability to fully, completely and totally forget about any recruit who puts the Hawkeyes in a "bridesmaid" roll ... only exception being Greenway!

 

[Scott559]

I have developed a finely tuned ability to fully, completely and totally forget about any recruit who puts the Hawkeyes in a "bridesmaid" roll ... only exception being Greenway!

I have never understood the animosity towards Greenway. A kid decided to go somewhere else. She owed Iowa nothing.

 

[Manfredi]

If, in fact, Williams commits to UCLA, will be a disappointing end to the '27 high school recruiting class. Agree with those who highlight that if the current top 9 all return next season, then the '27 class is not as critical in the short term. Still, Williams looks like she could be a material contributor in year 1. Seubert and Hartwell look more like depth or development pieces. Perhaps Jan can add an immediately-helpful portal piece next spring (a 3-pt shooter?, a 5/4 who can spell Heiden if Hays does not develop this year as hoped?)

In the portal age I'm completely fine with not adding 3 high school players.

 

[o_AMAYS]

I think the cake is probably baked for 2027. We don't really know what Seubert and Hartwell bring until they arrive, but 247 currently ranks the Iowa class as best in the Big10. With respect to what you're looking for, Seubert is the number 4 combo guard and shot 39% on high volume 3 point shooting her junior year, and Hartwell looks like a good option to back up Ava next year as the number 4 center in the class. Both look to be likely contributors next year.

Recruiting rankings are a crap shoot, but as far as the '27 class goes, the 247 rankings that you cite are among the worst at this point because they are very out of date, and they have yet to rank more than 58 players. Their Hartwell ranking hasn't been updated since January 2026. Since then, Hartwell had an unimpressive USA basketball tryout (didn't make the first cut), and a relatively unimpressive AAU season. Her AAU stats are:

Player	Team	Division	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	BLK	FG%	FT%
Khalia Hartwell	AEBL	Girls EYBL 17U	16	15.4	5.8	4.8	1.4	42.1%	49.3%

After her tryout and summer play, ESPN moved Hartwell down from # 27 in April 2026 to # 95 at the end of the summer. She was the biggest stock dropper in ESPN's rankings.

Not sure what to make of Talia Goodman's rankings for Rivals, but she moved Hartwell down to # 59 at the end of the summer from # 26 before the summer began. Hartwell was the 2nd biggest stock dropper in Rival's rankings. I hope you're right that Hartwell is a good option to back up Ava next year, but my guess is that Hartwell is a multi-year developmental project, as many Bigs are.

As far as Seubert goes, hard to know what to make of her ranking by 247, which has yet to extend their out-of-date rankings beyond 58 players in total. ESPN's current rankings have 38 guards ranked above her, 22 "guards" and 16 "point guards." Her overall ESPN rank is # 73. Seubert did have a productive AAU summer on the Adidas circuit (15.2 ppg), but she shot 24.6% from 3. If Iowa returns its top 9 next year, including Whiting, Chit Chat, Carnegie and Stremlow, seems unlikely that Seubert would make a significant contribution in year 1.

 

[Powell living Hawkeye]

I regard to my comment above re Greenway, she is one that I would be overjoyed to have her change her mind and play at Iowa for part of her 5 years. Meant as a compliment, not a negative!

 

[HawkFan10]

Yeah, Jan kind of addressed this on a podcast I saw. She said the nucleus that Iowa has for the next two and possibly even 3 years has made recruiting the 27 and 28 high school classes more difficult. Obviously transfer outs could happen after this season. I don’t want to misrepresent anything she said but going off memory she said they will likely be pretty selective with the 28 class and that they have been very upfront with potential 28 recruits, She also sounded like they will be more be more aggressive with the 29 class, Just me guessing but I think that means in regard to volume.

Nothing more than an excuse, UCONN/SC and other top loaded teams have zero issues recruiting top talent year in and year out....

 

[Natchrlman2]

Nothing more than an excuse, UCONN/SC and other top loaded teams have zero issues recruiting top talent year in and year out....

maybe you should be a UCONN/SC or some other top loaded team fan then

 

[WDSMHawk]

Nothing more than an excuse, UCONN/SC and other top loaded teams have zero issues recruiting top talent year in and year out....

 

[Anon1750875978]

The fans boyz here are an entertaining bunch.

Seem to get offended by any level of criticism.

 

[onionman1]

Nothing more than an excuse, UCONN/SC and other top loaded teams have zero issues recruiting top talent year in and year out....

If you're comparing our program's expected recruiting acumen with UCONN's, then I just don't know what to tell you.

 

[Hawkangler]

Any word? Today starts early signing day.

 

[TheGreatDivider101]

Any word? Today starts early signing day.

According to Hawkeyesports.com, both commitments have signed to play at Iowa.

 

[hawkod]

Looks like we finshed 2nd again.

 

[Hawkangler]

Looks like we finshed 2nd again.

Nation is a legacy recruit at UCLA. I'm not surprised. At least Jan is shooting for the fences. She does have a top 10 class.

 

[HawksGoneWild1]

Nation is a legacy recruit at UCLA. I'm not surprised. At least Jan is shooting for the fences. She does have a top 10 class.

How do you figure that "does have a top 10 class?"

That would be a very very optimistic prognostication. This class is not settled yet as the top 2 players of '27 could select teams to push us down the list even farther than we already are.

According to the last 2 classes of incoming recruits, IA will be very lucky to make Top 25.

In my own rankings (which used 6 Top 25 lists from the '25-'26 class as a framework guide to rank top, middle and lower teams), IA would end with ~between a Top 30-40 class for 2027. I provided some real examples of the prior 2 classes below.

Iowa ended up #8 (Deal, Houston & Hays) and #14 (McW) respectively the prior two years. That won't happen this year. EDIT: We were 14th, not 15th as previously stated.

This is OSU for the '25-'26 class ranked 30th.

Rk

Ohio State

ASGR

PN

JRAS

ESPN

TSB

247S

BSBB

ON3

MISC

HI

Avg Rank

1​

Bryn Martin

43​

67​

30​

68​

62​

64​

30​

55.67​

2​

Daria Biriuk

46​

79​

83​

46​

69.33​

This is Maryland for the '25-'26 class ranked 32th.

Rk

Maryland

ASGR

PN

JRAS

ESPN

TSB

247S

BSBB

ON3

MISC

HI

Avg Rank

1​

Rainey Welson

80​

63​

34​

64​

29​

23​

23​

48.83​

2​

Addi Mack

106​

55​

100​

100​

55​

90.25​

Only tracked 33 teams for '25-'26 class so IA could be even lower than this.

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Tracked all 115 teams who had at least one ranked player from at least one ranking service for '26-'27 class.

This is Auburn for the '26-'27 class ranked 30th.

#

Auburn

ASGR

PN

JRAS

ESPN

247S

BSBB

ON3

RI

MISC

HI

Avg Rank

1​

Zaniyah Williams

37​

36​

55​

77​

62​

36​

45​

53​

36​

50.13​

2​

Ashley Knox

65​

72​

68​

94​

63​

63​

72.40​

This is South Florida for the '26-'27 class ranked 40th.

#

South Florida

ASGR

PN

JRAS

ESPN

247S

BSBB

ON3

RI

MISC

HI

Avg Rank

1​

Brooklyn Hall

56​

77​

56​

66.50​

2​

Serenity Hardy

93​

93​

93.00​

I'd say IA is ~30-35th ranked as a guesstimation at this time using the prior 2 years as a measuring stick. I still need to do '27-'28 class to see where we end up but this should be a close representation looking at the prior two years I tracked for them.

 

[Anon1750875978]

Nation is a legacy recruit at UCLA. I'm not surprised. At least Jan is shooting for the fences. She does have a top 10 class.

It's one thing to aim high.
It's another to use time and resources chasing a legacy recruit.
The "hit" probability had to be extraordinarily low.

 

[Nvhwk]

It's one thing to aim high.
It's another to use time and resources chasing a legacy recruit.
The "hit" probability had to be extraordinarily low.

Not a practical use of recruiting dollars.

 

[J.Hawkeye]

How do you figure that "does have a top 10 class?"

That would be a very very optimistic prognostication. This class is not settled yet as the top 2 players of '27 could select teams to push us down the list even farther than we already are.

According to the last 2 classes of incoming recruits, IA will be very lucky to make Top 25.

In my own rankings (which used 6 Top 25 lists from the '25-'26 class as a framework guide to rank top, middle and lower teams), IA would end with ~between a Top 30-40 class for 2027. I provided some real examples of the prior 2 classes below.

Iowa ended up #8 (Deal, Houston & Hays) and #14 (McW) respectively the prior two years. That won't happen this year. EDIT: We were 14th, not 15th as previously stated.

This is OSU for the '25-'26 class ranked 30th.

Rk

Ohio State

ASGR

PN

JRAS

ESPN

TSB

247S

BSBB

ON3

MISC

HI

Avg Rank

1​

Bryn Martin

43​

67​

30​

68​

62​

64​

30​

55.67​

2​

Daria Biriuk

46​

79​

83​

46​

69.33​

This is Maryland for the '25-'26 class ranked 32th.

Rk

Maryland

ASGR

PN

JRAS

ESPN

TSB

247S

BSBB

ON3

MISC

HI

Avg Rank

1​

Rainey Welson

80​

63​

34​

64​

29​

23​

23​

48.83​

2​

Addi Mack

106​

55​

100​

100​

55​

90.25​

Only tracked 33 teams for '25-'26 class so IA could be even lower than this.

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Tracked all 115 teams who had at least one ranked player from at least one ranking service for '26-'27 class.

This is Auburn for the '26-'27 class ranked 30th.

#

Auburn

ASGR

PN

JRAS

ESPN

247S

BSBB

ON3

RI

MISC

HI

Avg Rank

1​

Zaniyah Williams

37​

36​

55​

77​

62​

36​

45​

53​

36​

50.13​

2​

Ashley Knox

65​

72​

68​

94​

63​

63​

72.40​

This is South Florida for the '26-'27 class ranked 40th.

#

South Florida

ASGR

PN

JRAS

ESPN

247S

BSBB

ON3

RI

MISC

HI

Avg Rank

1​

Brooklyn Hall

56​

77​

56​

66.50​

2​

Serenity Hardy

93​

93​

93.00​

I'd say IA is ~30-35th ranked as a guesstimation at this time using the prior 2 years as a measuring stick. I still need to do '27-'28 class to see where we end up but this should be a close representation looking at the prior two years I tracked for them.

How dare you support your Post with Facts!!!

 

[Hawkangler]

How do you figure that "does have a top 10 class?"

That would be a very very optimistic prognostication. This class is not settled yet as the top 2 players of '27 could select teams to push us down the list even farther than we already are.

According to the last 2 classes of incoming recruits, IA will be very lucky to make Top 25.

In my own rankings (which used 6 Top 25 lists from the '25-'26 class as a framework guide to rank top, middle and lower teams), IA would end with ~between a Top 30-40 class for 2027. I provided some real examples of the prior 2 classes below.

Iowa ended up #8 (Deal, Houston & Hays) and #14 (McW) respectively the prior two years. That won't happen this year. EDIT: We were 14th, not 15th as previously stated.

This is OSU for the '25-'26 class ranked 30th.

Rk

Ohio State

ASGR

PN

JRAS

ESPN

TSB

247S

BSBB

ON3

MISC

HI

Avg Rank

1​

Bryn Martin

43​

67​

30​

68​

62​

64​

30​

55.67​

2​

Daria Biriuk

46​

79​

83​

46​

69.33​

This is Maryland for the '25-'26 class ranked 32th.

Rk

Maryland

ASGR

PN

JRAS

ESPN

TSB

247S

BSBB

ON3

MISC

HI

Avg Rank

1​

Rainey Welson

80​

63​

34​

64​

29​

23​

23​

48.83​

2​

Addi Mack

106​

55​

100​

100​

55​

90.25​

Only tracked 33 teams for '25-'26 class so IA could be even lower than this.

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Tracked all 115 teams who had at least one ranked player from at least one ranking service for '26-'27 class.

This is Auburn for the '26-'27 class ranked 30th.

#

Auburn

ASGR

PN

JRAS

ESPN

247S

BSBB

ON3

RI

MISC

HI

Avg Rank

1​

Zaniyah Williams

37​

36​

55​

77​

62​

36​

45​

53​

36​

50.13​

2​

Ashley Knox

65​

72​

68​

94​

63​

63​

72.40​

This is South Florida for the '26-'27 class ranked 40th.

#

South Florida

ASGR

PN

JRAS

ESPN

247S

BSBB

ON3

RI

MISC

HI

Avg Rank

1​

Brooklyn Hall

56​

77​

56​

66.50​

2​

Serenity Hardy

93​

93​

93.00​

I'd say IA is ~30-35th ranked as a guesstimation at this time using the prior 2 years as a measuring stick. I still need to do '27-'28 class to see where we end up but this should be a close representation looking at the prior two years I tracked for them.

As of yesterday, 247 has Iowa ranked #4. Yes there are some 5* not commited, depending where they go could push uz down. 247 has Hartwell at #16 where ESecPN pushed her down. #16 and #42 on 247.