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Ohio State starts 2026 class commitments with guard Atlee Vanesko
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Atlee Vanesko on Instagram | @atlee.vanesko
Head coach Kevin McGuff begins a potentially large 2026 class with top-100 point guard recruit.
While the stars of the WNBA were performing at All-Star weekend on Friday night, Ohio State women’s basketball began putting together their 2026 recruiting class. That is when point guard recruit Atlee Vanesko took to Instagram and announced her commitment to the Buckeyes.
Vanesko is a 5-foot-11 guard out of the Westtown School in Norristown, Pennsylvania, a town northwest of Philadelphia. The guard is ranked No. 57 on 247Sports and No. 78 on ESPN’s NEXT 100 rankings. Vanesko also led Westtown to four straight PAISAA titles.
With Vanesko, the Buckeyes get a player who can deliver offensively as a three-level scorer and can find teammates through accurate passing. The combo guard chose Ohio State over the University of Miami, Stanford and Virginia Tech and is the first player to choose Ohio State for the program’s 2026 class.
That gives head coach Kevin McGuff depth at the point guard role next season behind then junior Jaloni Cambridge. Should Cambridge play all four seasons in scarlet and gray, the addition of Vanesko gives the guard two seasons backing up Cambridge before potentially sliding into a starting position.
Vanesko is one of potentially many recruits to join Ohio State in this cycle, if all goes the way McGuff and the Buckeyes hope.
At media day in the fall of 2024, McGuff addressed the program’s recruiting plan. After Ohio State brought in five freshman in the 2024 class, all of whom are still in the program, 2025 was set to be a light year. Ohio State brought in two recruits with Daria Biriuk and Bryn Martin. The latter, the 2025 Ohio Division I Player of the Year, flipped her commitment from the Washington Huskies to the Buckeyes late in the cycle, on May 18.
With much of the recruiting class still uncommitted, and Ohio State offering scholarships to many of the top names in the class, the recruiting news is not over for the Buckeyes.
Named Gatorade D.C. Player of the Year, small forward Jordyn Jackson (No. 8 ESPN, No. 16 247Sports) also included Ohio State in her top six schools, alongside TCU, Alabama, University of Miami, Maryland and South Carolina.
Another name to watch is McKenna Woliczko (No. 6 ESPN and 247Sports). The 6-foot-2 forward from California who has Ohio State in her top four schools, alongside fellow Big Ten schools Iowa and USC, plus Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks.
The addition of Vanesko is a strong start for Ohio State and fills a need at the position. Currently, Cambridge and fellow sophomore Ava Watson are the two guard options for the Buckeyes in the upcoming 2025-26 season with the graduation of Madison Greene and transfer of graduate senior Kaia Henderson.
Below are highlights of the guard from 2024. In them, Vanesko shows her ability to run to the basket, hit shots from midrange and deep.
Continue reading...
ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Atlee Vanesko on Instagram | @atlee.vanesko
Head coach Kevin McGuff begins a potentially large 2026 class with top-100 point guard recruit.
While the stars of the WNBA were performing at All-Star weekend on Friday night, Ohio State women’s basketball began putting together their 2026 recruiting class. That is when point guard recruit Atlee Vanesko took to Instagram and announced her commitment to the Buckeyes.
Vanesko is a 5-foot-11 guard out of the Westtown School in Norristown, Pennsylvania, a town northwest of Philadelphia. The guard is ranked No. 57 on 247Sports and No. 78 on ESPN’s NEXT 100 rankings. Vanesko also led Westtown to four straight PAISAA titles.
With Vanesko, the Buckeyes get a player who can deliver offensively as a three-level scorer and can find teammates through accurate passing. The combo guard chose Ohio State over the University of Miami, Stanford and Virginia Tech and is the first player to choose Ohio State for the program’s 2026 class.
That gives head coach Kevin McGuff depth at the point guard role next season behind then junior Jaloni Cambridge. Should Cambridge play all four seasons in scarlet and gray, the addition of Vanesko gives the guard two seasons backing up Cambridge before potentially sliding into a starting position.
Vanesko is one of potentially many recruits to join Ohio State in this cycle, if all goes the way McGuff and the Buckeyes hope.
At media day in the fall of 2024, McGuff addressed the program’s recruiting plan. After Ohio State brought in five freshman in the 2024 class, all of whom are still in the program, 2025 was set to be a light year. Ohio State brought in two recruits with Daria Biriuk and Bryn Martin. The latter, the 2025 Ohio Division I Player of the Year, flipped her commitment from the Washington Huskies to the Buckeyes late in the cycle, on May 18.
With much of the recruiting class still uncommitted, and Ohio State offering scholarships to many of the top names in the class, the recruiting news is not over for the Buckeyes.
Named Gatorade D.C. Player of the Year, small forward Jordyn Jackson (No. 8 ESPN, No. 16 247Sports) also included Ohio State in her top six schools, alongside TCU, Alabama, University of Miami, Maryland and South Carolina.
Another name to watch is McKenna Woliczko (No. 6 ESPN and 247Sports). The 6-foot-2 forward from California who has Ohio State in her top four schools, alongside fellow Big Ten schools Iowa and USC, plus Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks.
The addition of Vanesko is a strong start for Ohio State and fills a need at the position. Currently, Cambridge and fellow sophomore Ava Watson are the two guard options for the Buckeyes in the upcoming 2025-26 season with the graduation of Madison Greene and transfer of graduate senior Kaia Henderson.
Below are highlights of the guard from 2024. In them, Vanesko shows her ability to run to the basket, hit shots from midrange and deep.
Continue reading...