Iowa Hawkeyes pick up a pair of commitments from 2023 F Ava Jones, G Kennise Johnson-Etienne

Iowa girls’s basketball has picked up a pair of commitments within the 2023 class previously week. The newest is from Nickerson Excessive College (Kan.) energy ahead Ava Jones.

Jones initially dedicated to Arizona State in February of 2021, however after Solar Devils head coach Charli Turner Thorne elected to retire on the finish of this previous season, Jones decommitted from ASU and reopened her recruitment.

Finally, that winds up being nice information for the Hawkeyes. Jones dedicated to Iowa over colleges similar to Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Oregon State and Texas Tech. The 6-foot-2 ahead additionally had presents from Drake, Ohio State, Minnesota, TCU, Tulsa and Wichita State.

“I might first off prefer to thank my household for every little thing they do, together with my WSE and SWE household. None of this is able to be doable with out every considered one of you. I might additionally prefer to thank all the faculties which have recruited me and brought the time to get to know my household and myself. With that being mentioned, I’m excited to announce that I shall be committing to the College of Iowa! Go Hawkeyes!!” Jones wrote on Twitter.

Based on Billy Watson of The Hutchinson Information, Jones averaged 20.8 factors, 15.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.6 steals per sport en path to first-team all-state and first-team all-Central Kansas League alternatives. Jones and Nickerson gained the Central Kansas League title and completed fourth within the Class 3A state event. Jones is ranked because the No. 83 participant in ESPN’s 2023 HoopGurlz participant rankings.

Jones joins Instance Academy (Sick.) guard Kennise Johnson-Etienne as a current Hawkeye commit. Based on HawkeyeReport‘s Kyle Huessman, the 5-foot-8 guard averaged 11.3 factors, 6.2 assists and three.1 steals this previous season.

“I simply wish to thank god for each blessing despatched my method. I additionally wish to thank my mother and father for the numerous sacrifices of money and time to feed my each dream and purpose. I wish to thank Coach Frazier, Coach E, Coach X and the whole Instance Household for pushing me out of my consolation zone and to achieve my full potential. Additionally for believing in me and by no means giving up on me.

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“Lastly however not least, I wish to thank the Iowa workers and gamers for making me really feel at house, and making me really feel like a precedence. So with deep thought and consideration, I shall be attending The College of Iowa. Let’s go Hawkeyes,” Johnson-Etienne wrote in her Instagram announcement.

Johnson-Etienne is rated because the No. 3 guard and the No. 13 recruit from Illinois within the 2023 class by Prep Woman Hoops. These two commitments are huge information for Iowa head girls’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder and her workers because the Hawkeyes look to parlay their 24-8 season in 2021-22 into future successes.

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