Tag: Zachara Perkins

Rutgers women’s basketball offered Maryland four-star guard Autumn Fleary

Autumn Fleary pulled in another offer this week.

Autumn Fleary is one of the latest offers to be sent out from Rutgers women’s basketball. The Maryland guard was offered by Rutgers on May 23.

In addition to being offered by Rutgers, she recently participated in the trials for the United States U17 national team. She is a guard for the McDonogh School (Owings Mills, Maryland).

Fleary is a four-star guard according to ESPN. She is the No. 21 recruit in the nation in the ESPN rankings for 2026 and is considered one of the top point guards in the country (if not the top point guard).

Along with Rutgers, other programs to have offered Fleary include Boston College, Central Florida, Florida, Marquette, Mississippi State, St. John’s, SMU, TCU, Virginia and Virginia Tech among others in a very crowded recruitment.

Fleary is electric with the ball in her hands. Her court vision and basketball IQ are impressive for a class of 2026 guard and she has the ability to create for herself offensively and distribute to teammates.

 

Rutgers has built some nice momentum on the recruiting trail with their 2024 class.

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Headlining the incoming class are five-star guard [autotag]Kiyomi McMiller[/autotag] and four-star forward [autotag]Zachara Perkins[/autotag].

 

Zachara Perkins on why she picked Rutgers basketball

Zachara Perkins breaks down why she picked Rutgers women’s basketball.

Incoming freshman Zachara Perkins is a big piece of the future of Rutgers women’s basketball. The highly-rated forward, who signed with the program in November, very much believes in the direction of the Scarlet Knights’ rebuild.

During her recruitment, she picked Rutgers from a final three that also included Syracuse and Tulsa.

Perkins, a four-star according to ProspectsNation, is a 6-foot-2 forward from St. Pius X (Humble, Texas). As a senior, she was an all-state and all-region selection by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches.

She is comfortable in the post where here physicality was a difficult match-up at the high school level. But the ability to square up and shoot is a noticeable part of her offensive game.

“I felt that Rutgers was everything I was looking for in a school,” Perkins told Rutgers Wire.

“They believed in me, they paid attention to the details and were – and still are – persistent about how confident they are in my ability.”

Perkins joins a 2024 recruiting class that also includes five-star guard Kiyomi McMiller.

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Rutgers women’s basketball is undoubtedly going through a rebuild under Coquese Washington, set to enter her third year with the program.

Last year, Rutgers went 8-24 (2-16 Big Ten). Perkins said that the season wasn’t a letdown in the slightest and was part of what she sees as the needed steps to create a firm foundation for Rutgers.

“No, I wouldn’t say I was discouraged at all,” Perkins said.

“I know coach ‘Co’ is rebuilding and that doesn’t just come in the blink of an eye. I also know what’s to come for our program and I’m excited to come in and truly show what Rutgers is all about.