Empire State Today

New York is being represented by 137 players in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.

California will have the most players on the hard court during this year's tournament with 161 players, followed by Texas with 152.

Brooklyn is the most popular hometown for NCAA players from New York in the tournament with 14 players.

Name	Team	Height	Position	Hometown
Mandy Brink	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	5′5″	Guard	Ashville
Peyton Maneri	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	5′7″	Guard	Auburn
Kimberly Hopkins	Gettysburg Bullets	5′7″	Guard	Baldwin
Katelyn Simpson	New Haven Chargers	5′9″	Guard	Baldwin
Renelle Grannum	New Haven Chargers	5′7″	Guard	Baldwin
Cam Tooley	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	5′7″	Guard	Ballston Lake
Liv Monturo	Messiah Falcons	5′10″	Forward	Bayport
Alexia Mousouroulis	NYU Violets	5′10″	Guard	Bayside
Reily Roberts	Geneseo Knights	5′8″	Forward	Bayville
Beth Corelli	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays	5′6″	Guard	Bedford
Anna Tranum	Amherst Mammoths	5′11″	Guard	Bemus Point
Delaney Cusack	Catholic Cardinals	6′2″	Forward	Bethpage
Sugar Williams	Stevens Ducks	5′7″	Guard	Binghamton
Sylvia Liddle	Amherst Mammoths	6′0″	Forward and Guard	Bovina
Sandra Diaz	Brooklyn Bulldogs	5′4″	Guard	Bronx
Kadidiatou Diallo	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays	5′7″	Guard	Bronx
Andrene Thomas	Bentley Falcons	5′10″	Forward	Brooklyn
Ameea Daniel	Brooklyn Bulldogs		Guard	Brooklyn
Brianna Gutierrez	Brooklyn Bulldogs	5′7″	Guard	Brooklyn
Cheyenne Castellano	Brooklyn Bulldogs	5′4″	Guard	Brooklyn
Danae McMullen	Brooklyn Bulldogs	5′9″	Forward	Brooklyn
Ifeoma Ezike	Brooklyn Bulldogs	6′2″	Center	Brooklyn
Mary Dolgin	Brooklyn Bulldogs	5′9″	Forward	Brooklyn
Noha Khalifa	Brooklyn Bulldogs		Forward	Brooklyn
Zahra King	California Golden Bears	5′10″	Guard	Brooklyn
Rebecca Osei-Owusu	Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	5′11″	Guard	Brooklyn
Kamiya Dambreville	IUP Crimson Hawks	5′10″	Forward	Brooklyn
Da'naijah Williams	Norfolk State Spartans	5′9″	Guard	Brooklyn
Natalya Muchinsky	Vermont Catamounts	5′11″	Guard and Forward	Brooklyn
Natalya Muchinsky	Washington and Lee Generals	5′11″	Guard and Forward	Brooklyn
Lydia Sweeney	Ashland Eagles	5′8″	Guard	Buffalo
Mariah Huss	Cortland Red Dragons	5′4″	Guard	Buffalo
Meghan Trapper	Daemen Wildcats	5′10″	Guard	Buffalo
Gabby McDuffie	Edinboro Fighting Scots	5′8″	Guard	Buffalo
Gretchen Dolan	Illinois Fighting Illini	5′11″	Guard	Buffalo
Sydney Fenn	Indiana Hoosiers	6′3″	Forward	Buffalo
Clara Strack	Kentucky Wildcats	6′5″	Center	Buffalo
Reece Beaver	Daemen Wildcats	5′7″	Guard	Busti
Kyleigh Chapman	Daemen Wildcats	5′10″	Guard	Canandaigua
Alyssa Martin	Cobleskill Fighting Tigers	5′4″	Guard	Castleton
Jenna Sloan	Scranton Lady Royals	5′9″	Guard	Central Square
Joleen Lusk	Cortland Red Dragons	6′2″	Forward	Cherry Valley
Abby Sheehan	Cortland Red Dragons	5′4″	Guard	Clifton Park
Jillian Huerter	Fairfield Stags	6′0″	Guard	Clifton Park
Macie Trimarchi	Daemen Wildcats	5′10″	Guard	Colonie
Claire Turner	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	6′0″	Forward	Cortland
Mallory Turner	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	5′6″	Guard	Cortland
Julia Harvey	Vassar Brewers	5′8″	Guard	Delmar
Laci Prignon	Cobleskill Fighting Tigers	5′6″	Guard	Dryden
Sophie Bissaillon	Cortland Red Dragons	5′10″	Forward	East Greenbush
Sonia Citron	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	6′1″	Guard	Eastchester
Josie Wray	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	5′9″	Forward	Eden
Ellie Clearwater	Geneseo Knights	5′6″	Guard	Elmira
Adriana Fontana	Cortland Red Dragons	5′7″	Guard	Endicott
Kaety L’Amoreaux	Fairfield Stags	5′6″	Guard	Endwell
Kaylene Smikle	Maryland Terrapins	6′0″	Guard	Farmingdale
Colleen McGovern	Gettysburg Bullets	5′8″	Guard	Floral Park
Kayla Campbell	Cortland Red Dragons	5′10″	Guard and Forward	Franklin
Audrey Waldvogel	Brooklyn Bulldogs		Guard	Glendale
Harmony Philo	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	5′9″	Guard	Gloversville
Nana Rojas	Cobleskill Fighting Tigers	5′9″	Guard and Forward	Greenwich
Madeline Hoak	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	5′9″	Guard	Hamburg
Riley Weiss	Columbia Lions	5′10″	Guard	Hewlett
Leah Thompson	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	5′10″	Forward	Hilton
Claire Pikett	Daemen Wildcats	6′0″	Forward	Holland
Mackenzie Szlosek	Gettysburg Bullets	5′7″	Guard	Holtsville
Teagan Kamm	Assumption Greyhounds	6′1″	Forward	Honeoye Falls
Bella Zingoni	Cortland Red Dragons	5′6″	Guard	Kings Park
Natalie Fox	William & Mary Tribe	6′4″	Forward	Lagrangeville
Sophie Auer	Daemen Wildcats	5′8″	Guard	Lewiston
Aliza Whitehead	Geneseo Knights	5′10″	Guard	Lewiston
Fiona O'Boyle	Stevens Ducks	6′1″	Forward	Mahopac
Melanie DeMeo	UMass Dartmouth Corsairs	5′6″	Guard	Mahopac
Uta Nakamura	Smith Pioneers	5′7″	Guard	Manhattan
Margaret Trinkaus	Mount Saint Mary Knights	5′10″	Guard and Forward	Marcy
Mady Victorin	Cobleskill Fighting Tigers	6′0″	Guard and Forward	Menands
Janelle Brown	Fairfield Stags	5′6″	Guard	Middle Island
Emma McCaffrey	Cortland Red Dragons	6′1″	Forward	Middletown
Emily Grasseler	Merchant Marine Mariners	6′0″	Forward	Millbrook
Shaina Cooney	Western New England Golden Bears	6′0″	Forward	Montgomery
Dani Carnegie	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	5′9″	Guard	Mount Vernon
Loucie Jean	Saint Joseph Blue Jays	5′7″	Forward	Nanuet
Anna Kitch	Brooklyn Bulldogs	5′9″	Guard	New York
Reyna Scott	Oklahoma Sooners	5′10″	Guard	New York
Cha Gardner	Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks	6′3″	Forward	Newark Valley
Kathleen Birmingham	Geneseo Knights	5′10″	Guard	Niskayuna
Olivia Schiraldi	Cobleskill Fighting Tigers	5′7″	Guard	Norwich
Ainsley Boras	De Pauw Tigers	6′0″	Forward	Orchard Park
Aubrey Griffin	UConn Huskies	6′1″	Guard and Forward	Ossining
Natalie Angeletti	Edinboro Fighting Scots	5′11″	Power Forward	Panama
Lauren Kingsley	Gannon Golden Knights	6′3″	Point Guard	Pavilion
Niya Fields	Norfolk State Spartans	5′8″	Guard	Peekskill
Jackie Funk	Cortland Red Dragons	5′10″	Guard	Penfield
Lena Lipani	Smith Pioneers	5′11″	Forward	Penfield
Kayleigh Heckel	USC Trojans	5′9″	Guard	Port Chester
Ashley Santiago	Cortland Red Dragons	5′8″	Guard and Forward	Poughkeepsie
Kate Peek	NYU Violets	5′9″	Guard	Poughkeepsie
Angelina Donato	Mount Saint Mary Knights	5′6″	Guard	Queens
Kaileigh Hunt	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	5′10″	Guard and Forward	Queensbury
Kyra Pence	Cobleskill Fighting Tigers	5′6″	Guard	Randolph
Katie Boyd	Cortland Red Dragons	5′6″	Guard	Red Hook
Ne'vaeh Buntley	Daemen Wildcats	5′10″	Forward	Rochester
Alahna Paige	Florida Gulf Coast Eagles	5′4″	Shooting Guard	Rochester
Audrey Hintz	Geneseo Knights	6′1″	Forward	Rochester
Shinya Lee	Gettysburg Bullets	5′11″	Forward	Rochester
Kaitlyn Nestor	Cortland Red Dragons	5′7″	Guard	Rockaway Beach
Annie Kiernan	Bentley Falcons	6′0″	Forward	Rockville Centre
Haylee Ellwood	Daemen Wildcats	5′6″	Guard	Rockville Centre
Olivia Medford	High Point Panthers	5′11″	Guard	Rockville Centre
Kerry Flaherty	Catholic Cardinals	5′7″	Guard	Saratoga Springs
Kristin Suydam	Geneseo Knights	6′3″	Forward	Sayville
Zephyr Connolly	Geneseo Knights	5′5″	Guard	Scarsdale
Payton Graber	Nova Southeastern Sharks	5′8″	Guard	Schenectady
Alivia Killian	Cobleskill Fighting Tigers	5′5″	Guard	South Glens Falls
Jackie Kozakiewicz	SUNY Brockport Golden Eagles	5′5″	Guard	Staatsburg
Tryhnati Donato	Cobleskill Fighting Tigers	5′5″	Guard	Stamford
Dior Dorsey	Brooklyn Bulldogs	5′6″	Guard	Staten Island
Sierra Kern	Brooklyn Bulldogs		Forward	Staten Island
Jenna Teterycz	Embry-Riddle FL Eagles	5′8″	Guard	Staten Island
Briana Robles	Gettysburg Bullets	5′4″	Guard	Staten Island
Elizabeth Bennett	Scranton Lady Royals	5′11″	Forward	Staten Island
Sabrina Kraker	Scranton Lady Royals	5′9″	Forward	Staten Island
Karly Fischer	Fairfield Stags	6′2″	Guard and Forward	Tappan
Alexandra Falesto	Belmont Abbey Crusaders	5′6″	Guard	Thiells
Kaia Henderson	Ohio State Buckeyes	5′6″	Guard	Utica
Morgan Brewer	Scranton Lady Royals	5′10″	Guard	Vernon
Alex Dembinsky	Cortland Red Dragons	5′9″	Guard	Wallkill
Sam Dembinsky	Cortland Red Dragons	5′9″	Forward	Wallkill
Meghan Andersen	Fairfield Stags	6′1″	Guard and Forward	Wantagh
Kaelah Carter	Holy Family Tigers	5′7″	Guard	Watervliet
Rachel Storey	Bowdoin Polar Bears	6′0″	Forward and Guard	Westport
Raiana Brown	Fairfield Stags	6′0″	Forward and Guard	Wheatley Heights
Cecilia Lapertosa	Daemen Wildcats	6′1″	Forward	Whitesboro
Amari DeBerry	Maryland Terrapins	6′6″	Forward	Williamsville
Caitlin Kenney	NYU Violets	6′1″	Forward	Williston Park
Kaitlin McDunough	Saint Anselm Hawks	6′2″	Forward	Wilton
Emily Mountain	Washington & Jefferson Presidents	5′8″	Guard	Youngstown

State	Total Tournament Players	Total Tournament Teams
California	161	11
Texas	152	11
New York	137	11
Pennsylvania	131	16
Wisconsin	125	9
Illinois	120	5
Ohio	115	4
Minnesota	104	5
New Jersey	82	4
Massachusetts	81	10
Michigan	81	8
North Carolina	74	8
Tennessee	67	6
Georgia	61	4
Virginia	57	10
Indiana	48	5
Maryland	39	2
Florida	38	7
Colorado	37	4
Iowa	36	3
Connecticut	33	6
Missouri	32	1
Washington	32	3
Kentucky	30	5
Oklahoma	29	3
South Carolina	22	4
Kansas	22	3
Alabama	21	3
Arizona	16	1
Nebraska	15	2
Arkansas	14	2
Montana	13	2
Oregon	13	2
Utah	12	1
New Hampshire	12	1
South Dakota	12	1
Maine	11	2
Nevada	10	0
West Virginia	9	2
Delaware	7	0
New Mexico	7	1
Mississippi	6	2
Alaska	5	1
Idaho	5	0
Rhode Island	5	0
Vermont	5	1
Louisiana	4	2
Wyoming	3	0
North Dakota	1	0
Hawaii	1	0