Recruiting has been booming for Virginia Tech women's basketball coach Megan Duffy and her staff when it comes to the Class of 2027. When Duffy replaced Kenny Brooks three years ago after the former coach bolted for Kentucky, Duffy needed time to get her feet on the ground in Blacksburg.
She quickly hit the ground running in terms of recruiting and landed commitments from the Class of 2025 guard Katie Sears from Boone, North Carolina, and Amani Jenkins from Johnston, Iowa. Sears was lost last season to an injury before it started, and Jenkins played some as a freshman. However, Sears is back this season and is coming off the bench, while Jenkins is getting a lot of playing time as well. Through the first three games of the 2026-27 season, Jessica Dimaro and Kaleo Anderson are already making an impact.
Duffy's Class of 2027 is coming together; however, on Tuesday, they came up short in landing five-star Class of 2027 recruit Qandace Samuels.
5-star recruit Qandace Samuels commits to Texas
Samuels had a final 4 of Virginia Tech, Rutgers, LSU, and Texas. On Tuesday, she committed to the Longhorns and Texas, which was not really a surprise. The fact that Duffy and the Hokies were in the mix right until the end, as Samuels eliminated teams from her list, is something of a positive. Sure, it would have been nice to get a commitment, but momentum is there going forward in recruiting that a Top 10 talent had the Hokies right down until the end.
Currently, Virginia Tech has four commitments in the current senior high school class. All are Top 100 players. Forward Lillie Graves is the 45th-ranked player according to On3, while guard Dani Robinson is the 56th-ranked player, Jazman Bailey, a point guard, is the 58th-ranked player, and Asley Kreiger is the 77th-ranked player as a forward.
Duffy has a Top 10 recruiting class and is cooking when it comes to recruiting. She has done a nice job going out and finding impact players who can come onto campus and make an immediate impact, as we are seeing with Dimaro and Anderson early this season.
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