2025–26 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team

2025–26 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Melanie Moore
  • Justine Raterman
  • Jillian Dunston
Home arenaCrisler Center
2025–26 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Illinois 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Indiana 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Iowa 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Maryland 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Michigan State 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Minnesota 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Nebraska 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Northwestern 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Ohio State 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Oregon 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Penn State 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Purdue 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Rutgers 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
UCLA 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
USC 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Washington 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Wisconsin 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team will represent the University of Michigan during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolverines will be led by head coach Kim Barnes Arico in her fourteenth year, and will play their home games at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This season will mark the program's 44th season as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Wolverines finished the 2024–25 season with a 23–11 record, including 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish tied for fifth place. They were ranked the No. 6 seed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament, and were eliminated in the second round by Notre Dame.[1][2] The Wolverines finished the year ranked No. 25 in the season-ending AP Poll.[3][4]

Offseason

On April 8, 2025, Yulia Grabovskaia transferred to Washington.[5][6] Michigan added two players via the transfer portal, Kendall Dudley from UCLA and Ashley Sofilkanich from Bucknell.[7]

Departures

Michigan Departures
Name Number Pos. Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Yulia Grabovskaia 55 C 6'5" Junior Rostov-on-Don, RU Transferred to Washington
Jordan Hobbs 10 G 6'3" Senior Springboro, OH Graduated
Greta Kampschroeder 11 G 6'1" Senior Naperville, IL Graduated

Incoming transfers

Michigan incoming transfers
Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Kendall Dudley F 6'2" SO Manassas Park, VA UCLA
Ashley Sofilkanich F 6'3" JR South Amboy, NJ Bucknell

Recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name Hometown School Height Weight Commit date
McKenzie Mathurin
G 		Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Broken Arrow High School 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) N/A Aug 7, 2024 
Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (94)
Ciara Byars
F 		Paris, KY George Rogers Clark High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) N/A Oct 23, 2024 
Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (93)
Jessica Fields
G 		Kennesaw, GA Mount Paran Christian School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A Aug 11, 2024 
Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (91)
Overall recruit ranking:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2025 Michigan Wolverines Recruiting Class". ESPN. Archived from the original on April 16, 2025. Retrieved April 16, 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Olivia Olson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Benilde-St. Margaret's New Hope, MN
G 2 Macy Brown 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr East Grand Rapids East Grand Rapids, MI
G 3 Mila Holloway 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Legacy Early College Charlotte, NC
G 5 Brooke Quarles Daniels 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Oakland Macomb, MI
G 12 Syla Swords 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Long Island Lutheran Sudbury, ON
F 20 Alyssa Crockett 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Westfield Westfield, IN
F 21 Ally VanTimmeren 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Jenison Allendale, MI
G/F 33 Te'Yala Delfosse 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Ewing Ewing, NJ
F 34 Aaiyanna Dunbar 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Blackman Murfreesboro, TN
F Ciara Byars 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr George Rogers Clark Paris, KY
F Kendall Dudley 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So UCLA Manassas Park, VA
F Jessica Fields 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Mount Paran Christian Kennesaw, GA
G McKenzie Mathurin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Broken Arrow Broken Arrow, OK
F Ashley Sofilkanich 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Bucknell South Amboy, NJ
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

References

  1. ^ VanMetre, Sarah (March 23, 2025). "Wolverines Fall to Irish in NCAA Second Round". MGoBlue.com. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  2. ^ McMann, Aaron (March 23, 2025). "Michigan bounced from NCAA Tournament in lopsided loss to Notre Dame". MLive.com. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  3. ^ "AP Top 25 Womens College Basketball Poll". AP News. April 7, 2025. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  4. ^ Kahn, Andrew (April 7, 2025). "Michigan basketball makes season's final AP Top 25 poll". MLive.com. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  5. ^ Koop, Trent (April 8, 2025). "Michigan basketball center transfers to Big Ten team". SI.com. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  6. ^ Kahn, Andrew (April 11, 2025). "Michigan basketball transfer staying in the Big Ten". MLive.com. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  7. ^ VanMetre, Sarah (April 15, 2025). "Michigan Adds Dudley, Sofilkanich to 2025-26 Roster". MGoBlue.com. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
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