Ajong Lual<\/a>.<\/p>\nBrief bios on the incoming class, in alphabetical order, are below.<\/p>\n
Sacramento State is coming off a 2025-26 campaign that saw the Hornets finish 15-18 overall and 8-10 in its final Big Sky Conference season, advancing to the semifinals of the conference tournament for only the fifth time in school history after finishing fifth in the league regular season standings.<\/p>\n
The 15 wins matched the win total from the 2024-25 campaign and gave Sacramento State back-to-back seasons with 15-or-more wins for the first time in a decade since the 2013-14 (18-12) and 2014-15 (18-16) teams accomplished the feat. The Hornets finished with double-digit wins for the fourth time in the last five seasons after doing so just twice in the five years before that.<\/p>\n
SACRAMENTO STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2026-27 INCOMING CLASS
\nKOKO AKRIDGE (5-8, G, San Diego, Calif., Mater Dei HS \/ Long Island University)
\n\u2022 Spent her first two collegiate seasons (2023-25) at Alabama State before transferring to Long Island University for the 2025-26 campaign
\n\u2022 Started 22 of 32 games for the Sharks last season, averaging 9.4 points and 2.1 rebounds and leading the team in assists (3.1 apg)
\n\u2022 Ranked third on the team in scoring, fourth in the Northeast Conference in assists, ninth in the conference with a .344 three-point percentage, and sixth in three-pointers per game (2.03)
\n\u2022 Led the NEC with a 1.87 assist-to-turnover ratio
\n\u2022 Also finished second on the team with 40 steals
\n\u2022 Finished with double-digit points 13 times, including a season-high 23 against Dayton and Le Moyne
\n\u2022 Prepped at Mater Dei HS in Chula Vista, Calif., where she averaged 20.7 points, 2.9 assists, and 4.4 rebounds per game as a senior
\n\u2022 Helped the Crusaders to a CIF San Diego Section Division I title as a senior en route to CIF second-team, and all-league first team honors<\/p>\n
JORDAN BARLOW (5-10, G, Medford, Ore., South Medford HS)
\n\u2022 2026 Southwest Conference Defensive Player of the Year and first-team all-conference selection as a senior
\n\u2022 Second-team All-State selection for the Southwest Conference champions
\n\u2022 Helped the Panthers to a Oregon Class 6A state title as a sophomore and was an all-conference selection
\n\u2022 Team was a four-time state qualifier during her prep career
\n\u2022 Second-team all-conference selection as a junior<\/p>\n
BROOKLYN CHARLO (6-0, G, Thornton, Colo., IMG Academy \/ Memphis)
\n\u2022 Spent the 2025-26 season at Memphis, appearing in 26 games and making five starts
\n\u2022 Averaged 2.1 points in 9.2 minutes per game
\n\u2022 Scored a season-high 15 points in 22 minutes against Rust College
\n\u2022 Played senior prep year at IMG Academy, where she helped win the 2025 Chipotle High School Nationals Championship
\n\u2022 Named MVP of the national championship game behind 13 points in the fourth quarter and overtime
\n\u2022 Rated a four-star recruit and top-150 prospect by Prospects Nation
\n\u2022 Averaged 12.9 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in her junior season at Riverdale Ridge High School in Colorado, winning the school’s first-ever 4A state championship
\n\u2022 Her father played college basketball at Nevada and is now an assistant coach for the South Bay Lakers in the NBA G League following a professional career that included stops in the G League at home and abroad in France, Belgium, Mexico, Japan, and the Philippines\u00a0<\/p>\n
JENESSA COTTON (6-2, F, Orange, Calif., Mater Dei HS \/ Kansas State)
\n\u2022 Wrapped up her sophomore season at Kansas State in 2025-26 after playing her true freshman year at Duke (2024-25)
\n\u2022 Started 16 of her 24 appearances with the Wildcats, averaging 4.3 points and 3.4 rebounds per game while shooting .422 from the field in just under 15 minutes per contest
\n\u2022 Appeared in only eight games and 44 minutes with the Blue Devils as a freshman, gathering eight points and six rebounds
\n\u2022 Made her collegiate debut, ironically, against Kansas State while at Duke
\n\u2022 Ranked 80th in the nation in the ESPNW Top 100 and was a four-star prospect by Prospects Nation out of Mater Dei HS in Santa Ana, Calif.
\n\u2022 Was the 2024 Orange County Register Player of the Year and Trinity League MVP with the Monarchs after averaging 17.9 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.9 steals as a senior while also earning a McDonald’s All-America nomination
\n\u2022 Two-time CIF All-Trinity League First Team selection in 2023-24 as well as being named to the 2023 Cal-Hi Sports All-State Second Team, the 2023 Orange County Register Girls Basketball First Team, and the 2023 All-CIF Southern Section Open Division First Team
\n\u2022 Also won a Nike EYBL National Championship in 2023 with her Cal Sparks travel team<\/p>\n
ALEXIS HESS (6-1, F, Blandon, Pa., Fleetwood Area HS \/ Kansas State)
\n\u2022 Spent the last three years at Kansas State, sitting out her first two years due to injury before appearing in four games in 2025-26
\n\u2022 Made her collegiate debut against Cincinnati and logged her first points with a three-pointer at Kansas
\n\u2022 Prepped at Fleetwood Area HS in Pennsylvania where she was a 2023 McDonald’s All-America nominee
\n\u2022 Named to the Pennsylvania Class 5A All-State first team in 2022 and the third team in 2021
\n\u2022 Was a four-time Pennsylvania Class 5A All-County first-team selection, finishing with 1,403 career points
\n\u2022 Averaged 17.6 points, 9.2 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game as a senior<\/p>\n
ACHOL MAGOT (6-7, C, Tucson, Ariz., Salpointe Catholic HS \/ Arizona)
\n\u2022 Appeared in 19 games as a reserve at Arizona in 2025-26 after spending the previous two years at Texas Tech
\n\u2022 Averaged 3.5 points and 1.3 rebounds in six minutes per game with the Wildcats, shooting .609 from the field and finishing with a season-high 12 points in 16 minutes against TCU
\n\u2022 Following a redshirt year in 2023-24 with the Red Raiders, she appeared in nine games off the bench for Texas Tech, helping her team to the quarterfinal round of both the Big 12 Tournament and the Women’s Basketball Invitational Tournament
\n\u2022 Born in South Sudan<\/p>\n
JELENA SAVIC (5-11, G\/F, Melbourne, Australia, Kurunjang Secondary College \/ Evansville)
\n\u2022 Appeared in 35 games for the Purple Aces, averaging 18.5 minutes per contest as a freshman in 2025-26
\n\u2022 Averaged 5.2 points and 3.1 rebounds per game, shooting .399 from the field overall and 37 percent from three-point range
\n\u2022 Finished with double-digit points five times, scoring a season-high 14 points three times against Illinois State (1\/11), Illinois-Chicago (2\/7), and Northern Iowa (2\/21) \u2014 playing a season-high 32 minutes in the latter
\n\u2022 Before coming to the United States, competed for the the Keilor Thunder in the Victorian Youth League, helping her team to the league title in 2022
\n\u2022 In 2023, helped the Thunder win the Victorian Championship Reserve for U18 Juniors
\n\u2022 Was the Dra\u017ea Mihailovic Cup Tournament MVP in 2024 and also earned Bacchus March Lions Country Basketball Team MVP award
\n\u2022 In the Country Basketball League semifinal, she tallied 26 points and 11 rebounds before totaling 12 points and 10 rebounds in the championship game versus Ballarine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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