Berkley Jones, a four-star recruit<\/a> from Eagle, Idaho, announced her commitment<\/a> to the Beavers on Monday.<\/p>\n Jones ranks as the No. 67 recruit in the class, according to the SportsCenter Next 100<\/a> rankings. She committed to Oregon State over offers from several Power Five institutions, including BYU, Kansas, Stanford and Oregon. <\/p>\n Jones stands at a listed 5-foot-10 and primarily plays small forward for Eagle High School, though she\u2019s a likely candidate to slide to shooting guard collegiately. The Idaho Press<\/a> named her the 2025-26 Girls Basketball Athlete of the Year and she is a two-time all-state first team selection. <\/p>\n Eagle won the Idaho 6A state championship last season, with Jones leading the charge. <\/p>\n She averaged 22.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists as a junior, according to MaxPreps<\/a>. Shooting 60% from the floor and 47% from behind the 3-point line, Jones scored 25-or-more points in a game nine times and posted seven double-doubles. She owns Eagle\u2019s single-game scoring record too, dropping 42 points on Rocky Mountain High School in a tournament semifinal matchup. <\/p>\n Beavers, Scott Rueck keep building through preps ranks As the women\u2019s college basketball landscape shifts more and more to transfer portal-based recruiting, Jones\u2019 commitment to Oregon State is the latest addition to Beavers head coach Scott Rueck\u2019s evident desire to build through the high school ranks. <\/p>\n The Beavers\u2019 four-deep class of incoming freshmen<\/a> is loaded with talent. <\/p>\n Taylor Young, a guard from Central Point, Oregon, led Crater High School to the 5A title last season and smashed the 5A tournament scoring-record with 85 points. She ranks as the top recruit in the state and the No. 83 player on the SportsCenter Next 100 recruiting rankings for the class of 2026. <\/p>\n Maggie Warpus is a 6-foot-2 forward who won New York\u2019s Class B Player of the Year last season. Warpus averaged 21 points per game for Chenango Forks High School and led the team to a state semifinal berth. <\/p>\n Ashley Uusitalo was a Tacoma News Tribune all-state first-teamer and league MVP for Lake Washington High School in Washington las fall. She broke her school\u2019s three-point record, splashing 133 from behind the arc. Uusitalo ranked as the No. 4 player in the state, according to Prep Girls Hoops. <\/p>\n Evelini Smith ranked as a top-30 player in Northern California, according to NorCal Preps. The 6-foot-4 wing has inside-outside versatility, shooting 45% from the floor and 34% from deep. As a senior, she helped lead St. Mary\u2019s High School to a top-25 ranking in the state. <\/p>\n From the international ranks, the Beavers also signed French forward Genesia Mayele<\/a> and Ukrainian post Mariia Ignatchenko<\/a>. Mayele will be a freshman for the 2026-27 season, while Ignatchenko is an incoming-junior. <\/p>\n
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