Naismith Player of the Year Sarah Strong commits to play at UConn (2024)

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Naismith Player of the Year Sarah Strong commits to play at UConn? ›

(AP) — Sarah Strong, the top-ranked recruit for the class of 2024, committed to play at UConn next year. She was deciding between the Huskies, Duke and North Carolina. She joins a really good recruiting class for UConn that includes Allie Ziebell and Morgan Cheli.

Sarah Strong Signs with UConn, Completes 2024 Signing Class - University of Connecticut Athletics.

UConn added another star to its stacked roster with the commitment of Sarah Strong, the No. 1 recruit on ESPN's HoopGurlz 2024 rankings, who announced her decision to play for the Huskies on Saturday.

Strong's mom, Allison Feaster, was a legendary player at Harvard, winning three Ivy League Player of the Year awards before being selected as the No. 5 overall pick in the 1998 WNBA Draft. Strong's dad, Danny Strong, played collegiately at NC State before a successful overseas career in France.

Sarah Strong, the top-ranked recruit in the class of 2024, committed to UConn at halftime of the Chipotle Nationals championship Saturday. Strong was the last recruit to commit from the ESPN 100 and was deciding from among UConn, Duke and North Carolina.

Geno Auriemma receives an annual base salary of $600,000 as UConn's women's basketball head coach. The coach signed a contract renewal in 2021, extending his stay through 2025 when he would have spent 40 years heading the program. The contract was backdated to April 2020, making it a five-year deal.

Sarah Strong, the No. 1 recruit in the 2024 high school class, has committed to play college basketball at UConn. Strong, who previously narrowed down her choices to a trio that also included Duke and North Carolina, announced her decision Saturday during the Chipotle High School Basketball Nationals.

How old was Sarah when he became a mother? ›

Yahweh then told Abraham that Sarah would give him a son. Sarah, then ninety years old, laughed at this idea. But, as prophesied, she became pregnant with Isaac and she nursed him herself.

Sarah was childless until she was 90 years old. God promised Abraham that she would be “a mother of nations” (Genesis 17:16) and that she would conceive and bear a son, but Sarah did not believe. Isaac, born to Sarah and Abraham in their old age, was the fulfillment of God's promise to them.

Strong committed to UConn on Saturday, choosing the 11-time women's basketball champions over Duke and UNC.

She studied journalism as an undergraduate, first at the University of Connecticut and then at New York University. During college, she acted in television commercials and the soap opera As the World Turns to earn extra money. Her success as an actress led her to leave college a semester before she planned to graduate.

Calhoun's decision essentially came down to whether he wanted to coach for another three or four years or retire now. He couldn't get back to the Big Dance to win another title unless he stayed well into his 70s, and that would have been a lot to ask of a coach whose health is always in question.

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