Adia Barnes lands one of top recruits in UA history

UA women’s basketball coach Adia Barnes hit it big last week when Texas forward Cate Reese, the No. 12 overall prospect in ESPN’s Class of 2018, committed to play for the Wildcats. The 6-foot-2-inch Reese had offers from powerhouse Washington as well as Baylor, TCU, Oklahoma State and national champion South Carolina. Some say Reese is the top prospect ever to commit to Arizona, but it’s difficult to think she was more highly rated than the late Shawntinice Polk, a dominating 6-4 center from the Fresno area who committed in 2001. Polk was a first-team Parade All-American and one of 20 players invited to the Women’s Basketball Coaching Association All-Star Game in Hartford, Connecticut, that year. 

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