Friday, January 15, 2021

Saylor Poffenbarger Joins Huskies

STORRS—Saylor Poffenbarger has enrolled in classes and will join the UConn women’s basketball team this season, head coach Geno Auriemma announced Friday..

“I know Saylor’s really excited. This is an unprecedented event for us for a lot of reasons, but this is an unprecedented year,” Auriemma said. “Opportunities have presented themselves that weren’t available for the past. I’m excited for Saylor and her family that they wanted to take advantage of this opportunity and I can’t wait to coach her in practice and have her as part of the team.”.

A Class of 2021 signee, Poffenbarger will be eligible to participate in team activities and play this season after completing a medical quarantine. She is scheduled to arrive on campus this weekend. Ranked as the No. 30 recruit in her class by ESPN’s HoopGurlz Rankings, Poffenbarger is the 13th-ranked guard in the class.

The 6-foot-2 Middletown, Md., native won gold for USA Basketball at the 2019 FIBA Americas U16 Championship. She averaged 7.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists in the tournament. Poffenbarger was named all-state first team in 2018 and 2019. She was also tabbed the conference player of the year in 2018 and 2019..

Poffenbarger will wear No. 4 at UConn.Nine Big East WBB Games Rescheduled

—Staff Reports

1 comment:

  1. Good luck to her. It will be interesting . Is this the 7th freshman of 2021?

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