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Kentucky women’s basketball offers 2028 recruit Sydney “Bean” Douglas

Kentucky women’s basketball has offered Sydney Douglas of the class of 2028.

While new Kentucky women’s basketball coach Kenny Brooks has been hard at work building the 2024 team, he is certainly to be looking ahead as well. On Thursday, he looked a few years ahead by offering a scholarship to class of 2028 recruit Sydney “Bean” Douglas.

Already standing 6’6″ with the potential to still grow, she has plenty of length, but she is very talented out side of just her size. She shares a nickname with Kobe Bryant, and has received favorable comparisons to the former Lakers star.

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Comparisons to all-time greats are hyperbolic to a degree, but Douglas can certainly be a star. She comes from an athletic background, with a father who played in the NFL, and a grandfather who was a good college basketball player.

It will be a few years before Douglas has to make any kind of decision on where to play college basketball. However, Kenny Brooks sees the potential in her, and is recruiting her now. If she meets that potential, fans will be glad he did.

Iowa women’s basketball offers rising class of 2028 forward Sydney Douglas

Sydney Douglas, a talented freshman-forward-to-be from California, is Jan Jensen’s first-ever offer as Hawkeye head coach.

After just a pair of weeks on the job, new Iowa head women’s basketball coach Jan Jensen made her first scholarship offer as the head Hawkeye.

Jensen and Iowa offered talented class of 2028 forward Sydney Douglas out of Los Angeles, Calif.

Just a freshman this coming fall, the 6-foot-6 forward looks like an obvious elite talent moving forward. Douglas’ combination of size, handles, shooting touch, and rim protection is truly unique. With the proper coaching and development, she should only keep getting better and better.

Douglas plays for the Cal Stars EYBL squad and she also just took part in the USA Basketball U17 National Team Trials.

“After a great conversation with Coach Jensen, I am blessed to receive an offer from Iowa women’s basketball! I am honored to be your first offer as a head coach. Thank you so much for believing in me!” Douglas wrote on X.

Here’s a look at some of Douglas’ recent highlights.

ProspectsNation.com’s was out at the USA Basketball U17 National Team Trials. ProspectsNation.com managing editor Chris Hansen included Douglas among his “Six In the Mix” from the USA Trials.

The knock on Douglas has been that she doesn’t want to mix it up inside even though she’s 6-foot-6.  Well she didn’t get that memo for the day.  She was versatile but was arguably the most physical inside presence across both of Friday’s sessions. – Hansen, ProspectsNation.com.

Douglas has plenty of time to figure all of that out. She will continue to get stronger and more polished.

Regardless of how this recruitment ultimately plays out, Douglas will always have a special distinction in Iowa City as the first-ever offer from new Iowa head women’s basketball coach Jan Jensen.

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