The UNC basketball team is officially making waves in the Class of 2025 recruiting. Five-star wing, Taliyah Henderson, has announced her commitment to the program this weekend.
Henderson is the No. 21 ranked player on the espnW 100 and has played her high school ball at Salpointe Catholic. Out of the 20 players ahead of Henderson on the rankings, only seven of them have committed at this point and no college has more than one of those players.
UNC basketball now joins the ranks of the top recruiting classes of the year in 2025. The Tuscon, Arizona, product has a 96 ranking on ESPN which is only two points back from the top players on the rankings.
5⭐️ Taliyah Henderson (no. 21 espnW 100) has committed to North Carolina! #GoHeels@taliyah_hend3 | @uncwbb pic.twitter.com/6xUS1bzgHH
— SportsCenter NEXT (@SCNext) August 24, 2024
Henderson told 247sports this about her chosen program.
The best way I can put it is that I love everything about North Carolina. They checked all my boxes. One part was the academics. With that being said North Carolina is one of the top public schools with one of the top journalism programs in the nation. A degree from North Carolina means a lot and you know great people have come from that school. Another thing was the athletics and not just women’s basketball. It’s such a strong successful community and that’s something I’d love to be around.
Henderson chose North Carolina over Arizona, USC, Tennessee, and Michigan, among others.
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