Rutgers' Recruiting Class Ranked Second by Blue Star
Nov 14 | Women's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, NJ – The Rutgers women’s basketball recruiting class has been ranked second nationally by Blue Star.
RU’s four-member class -- Rashidat Junaid (Atco, NJ), Myia McCurdy (Cincinnati, OH), Epiphanny Prince (New York, NY) and Brittany Ray (Bronx, NY) – was picked second nationally. Prince was rated third, McCurdy was 21st, Junaid was 43rd and Ray was picked 53rd by Blue Star, giving the Scarlet Knights their third consecutive top-15 class (2003-2004 recruits ranked third by the All Star Girls Report, 2004-2005 recruits ranked 13th by Blue Star) and their third top-five group in the last six years (2000-2001 class ranked first by the Women’s Basketball News Service).
Rutgers, ranked fifth in both the preseason Associated Press and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association/ESPN/USA Today polls, posted a 28-7 overall record and a 14-2 mark in BIG EAST play last season, winning their first outright BIG EAST regular-season title and advancing to their second consecutive BIG EAST Tournament championship game. Rutgers reached the Elite Eight of the 2005 NCAA Tournament and finished seventh in the final WBCA/ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Poll.
Rutgers, which returns nine letterwinners and four starters from last season’s Elite Eight team, will officially begin the 2005-2006 campaign on Grand Bahama Island, competing at the Junkanoo Jam Nov. 25-26.
Blue Star 2005-2006 Recruiting Class Rankings
1. Connecticut
2. Rutgers
3. Purdue
4. Duke
5. Stanford
6. Oklahoma
7. Southern California
8. Texas
9. Georgia
10. Middle Tennessee State
