Playing without a freshman this season, the Kansas women’s basketball team will add several first-year post players next year.
During the early signing period, which ended Wednesday, the Jayhawks picked up letters of intent from 6-foot-2 wing Micaela Wilson, 6-5 center Brittany Franklin and 6-5 center Bailey Helgren.
“Signing two post players early was really important to us and we feel like both have a lot of potential to come in and develop into the kind of players that will have a positive impact on our team,” second-year KU coach Brandon Schneider said in a press release. “Micaela Wilson is a three, stretch four if you will, and fills a need for us as we move forward.”
The left-handed Wilson, of Rayville, La., averaged 25 points and 12 rebounds per game as a junior in high school. Both Wilson and Franklin, from Plymouth, N.C., led their teams to their respective state tournaments.
Helgren, an Edina, Minn. native, averaged 9.5 points per game last year, earning all-conference honors.
