Oklahoma State women's basketball: A look at coach Jacie Hoyt's 2026-27 OSU Cowgirls
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STILLWATER — This may be the best roster in Oklahoma State women’s basketball history.
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This offseason, OSU coach Jacie Hoyt retooled her roster and added the nation’s No. 1 ranked transfer portal class, per ESPN. Former Iowa State center Audi Crooks (Preseason Big 12 player of the year) and Florida guard Liv McGill (Preseason Big 12 Newcomer of the Year) headline the additions.
All-Big 12 Second Team guard Stailee Heard is the only returner on the roster.
OSU has reached the NCAA Tournament in three of Hoyt’s four seasons. Last season, the Cowgirls went 24-10 and lost in the NCAA Tournament’s second round.
Here is a look at each player on the roster:
Addisyn Bollinger
Position: Guard
Class: Freshman
Height: 5-11
What to know: At Frenship High School in Lubbock, Texas, Bollinger set the single-season record for points (596) and 3-pointers (83). Bollinger was a McDonald’s All-American nominee.
Ellie Brueggemann
Position: Guard
Class: Senior
Height: 5-11
What to know: Brueggemann has known Jacie Hoyt since high school, when Hoyt recruited her to Kansas City. Instead of Kansas City, Brueggemann chose to play three seasons at Lindenwood and was named to the First Team all Ohio Valley Conference team last season. The Tulsa Lincoln Christian High School graduate was USA Today’s No. 35 player available in the transfer portal. Brueggemann is a career 37.5% 3-point shooter.
Zoe Canfield
Position: Guard
Class: Junior
Height: 5-11
What to know: Canfield is from Topeka, Kansas, and has known Hoyt since grade school. Canfield started her career at Kansas and appeared in 10 games at Missouri State last season before a season-ending knee injury. She received a medical redshirt last season.
Audi Crooks
Position: Center
Class: Senior
Height: 6-3
What to know: Crooks was the consensus No. 1 player available in the transfer portal. She was voted preseason Big 12 Player of the Year. Last year at Iowa State, Crooks averaged 25.8 points per game, No. 2 in the country. She has an active double-digit scoring streak of 98 consecutive games, a streak that started her second career game.
Yuting Deng
Position: Guard
Class: Junior
Height: 6-2
What to know: Deng started her career at Auburn and played last season at Baylor. She averaged 6.6 points and 1.9 rebounds per game with the Bears. Deng was USA Today’s No. 80 available player in the transfer portal. She is from Hunan Province, China, and played for China’s U24 team in the FIBA 3x3 competition.
Callin Hake
Position: Guard
Class: Fifth year
Height: 5-8
What to know: Hake started 32 games last season with Nebraska and appeared in 131 games in four years as a Cornhusker. She made 154 3-pointers with Nebraska. Last season, Hake set a Nebraska school record drawing 33 offensive fouls.
Stailee Heard
Position: Guard
Class: Senior
Height: 5-11
What to know: Heard is the lone returner from last year’s Cowgirl basketball team. She was named to the All-Big 12 Second team last season after averaging 11.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists. The Sapulpa native is a versatile player who recorded the program’s third triple-double last season against Iowa State with 18 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists.
Mojca Jelenc
Position: Center
Class: Freshman
Height: 6-7
What to know: From Zelezniki, Slovenia, Jelenc gives OSU tremendous length in the paint. She most recently played for UNI Gyor in the Hungarian A-Division and averaged 11.3 points and six rebounds per game. She proved she is a capable 3-point shooter, making 38.8% of her attempts with UNI Gyor.
Liv McGill
Position: Guard
Class: Junior
Height: 5-9
What to know: CBS Sports and Yahoo ranked McGill as the No. 2 available player in the transfer portal. She scored more than 1,000 points in two seasons at Florida. McGill finished last season ranked No. 9 nationally with 6.3 assists per game and No. 11 with 22.5 points per game. McGill possesses elite quickness and excels at driving the lane and scoring at the rim or passing.
Nene Ndiaye
Position: Guard
Class: Senior
Height: 6-1
What to know: Ndiaye started 25 games for Rutgers last season and led the team with 14.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. She is from Saly, Senegal, and competed with the Senegal National Team at the 2026 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers.
LA Sneed
Position: Guard
Class: Sophomore
Height: 5-6
What to know: Sneed started 16 games with Utah last season and was one of five players named to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team. She averaged 6.3 points and excelled as a creator for others, dishing a team-high 107 assists. 247 Sports listed Sneed as a five-star recruit out of Wagner High School in San Antonio.
Talexa Weeter
Position: Guard
Class: Senior
Height: 6-0
What to know: Weeter played her first three seasons of college basketball at Division II Fort Hays State in Kansas. Last season as a junior, Weeter led NCAA Division II in scoring averaging 27.5 points. She broke the Fort Hays State single-game scoring record with a 46-point performance in the first round of the NCAA Central Regional. Weeter owns a career 51.8% shooting percentage from the field, 37.9% from 3.
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