UConn added another star to its stacked roster with the commitment of Sarah Strong, the No. 1 recruit on ESPN’s HoopGurlz 2024 rankings, who announced her decision to play for the Huskies on Saturday.
Strong was the only top-100 recruit in ESPN’s 2024 ranking who was uncommitted. She’ll join fellow five-star recruits Allie Ziebell (No. 4) and Morgan Cheli (No. 18) in Connecticut next season. Strong, a 6-foot-2 forward, chose the Huskies over North Carolina and Duke.
As a senior playing for Grace Christian High School in Sanford, N.C., Strong averaged 21.0 points, 16.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. Strong led the Crusaders to a perfect 30-0 record and a second consecutive state title while notching 30 points and 21 rebounds in the championship game. In March, she was named the Naismith Girls High School Player of the Year.
Strong is the daughter of Allison Feaster, who played 10 seasons in the WNBA after the Los Angeles Sparks selected her with the No. 5 pick in the 1998 draft, and Danny Strong, who played at NC State from 1995-1997. Feaster, a star at Harvard during her collegiate playing days, also serves as the Boston Celtics’ vice president of player and organizational development.
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