With the college basketball season fast approaching, we figured it was time to put together a definitive list of every female British basketball player in the US College system.
As with the men, the US is an extremely popular option for our most talented with many making the jump as soon as they finish college in the UK.
There are 21 players hooping in NCAA Division 1 this season by our count, after a number of players graduated at the end of last season.
This is by no means a completed list – if you know of any we are missing, please let us know in the comments so we can add them in!
Becca Allison (Redshirt Senior) – Old Dominion
Renee Busch (Junior) – Pennsylvania
Mollie Campbell (Freshman) – University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Chantel Charles (Sophomore) – Maine
Ella Clark (Redshirt Junior) – Long Beach State
Lana Doran (Sophomore) – Gardner Webb
Maisie Elston (Junior) – Houston Baptist University
Melita Emanuel-Carr (Freshman) – University of Illinois Chicago
Temi Fagbenle (Junior) – Harvard
Christina Gaskin (Junior) – Fordham
Femi Hamilton (Sophomore) – University of Massachusetts Lowell
Shequila Joseph (Freshman) – Ole Miss
Erin McGarrachan (Junior) – Houston Baptist
Janice Monakana (Freshman) – Toledo
Ashleigh Munns (Sophomore) – Southern Utah
Harriet Ottewill-Soulsby (Freshman) -Lafayette
Timeyin Oritsesan (Senior) – Florida International University
Kathryn Taylor (Senior) – Colgate
Jamila Thompson (Redshirt Junior) – Drexel
Cristal Turner (Redshirt Senior) – Utah State
Flo Ward (Freshman) – North Florida
Whitney Allen (Freshman) – Edinboro University
Dee Hayward (Junior) – Armstrong Atlantic State University
Jessica Hurd (Senior) – Franklin Pierce
Rosie Hynes (Junior) – Florida Tech
Lauren Milligan (Freshman) – Chestnut Hill
Claire Paxton (Freshman) – Colorado Christian University
Josephine Salmon (Senior) – University of Minnesota Duluth
Michelle Turner (Sophomore) – Fort Lewis College
Kerri-Leanne Taylor (Junior) – Virginia Wesleyan College
Liliana Almeida (Sophomore) – McCook Community College
Vanessa Akra (Sophomore), Darton State
Alicia Gallagher (Freshman) – Lamar Community College
Lizzy Harrison (Sophomore) – Panola College
Markella Suka (Freshman) – Iowa Western
Kaela Greig (Freshman) – Belhaven University
Rebecca Dodunski (Freshman) – Briar Cliff University JV
Jess Shillito (Sophomore) – Tennessee Temple
Kristie Velasquez-Sheils (Year 3) – University of Calgary
Gemma Bullard (Year 4) – Queen’s University
Anyone we are missing? Let us know in the comments!
Image Credit: Gil Talbot and Harvard Athletics
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