Indiana Women's Basketball Publishes Official 2023-24 Roster

The Indiana women's basketball program published its official 2023-24 roster including two freshmen, five sophomores, zero juniors and five seniors and graduate students.
Indiana Women's Basketball Publishes Official 2023-24 Roster
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The 2023-24 Indiana women's basketball season inches closer as the program released its official 2023-24 roster.

There's plenty of veterans but also a whole new slate of players and staff members looking to hang the Hoosiers' first banner in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall this season.

The roster below is broken up by class where the sophomores dominate the field, and the Hoosiers have zero juniors on this year's roster. If you include rising graduate student guard Sara Scalia, five starters return to the squad along with four bench players.

Two freshmen in Jules LaMendola and Lenee Beaumont and one UT Martin transfer Sharnecce Currie-Jelks join Indiana in their first seasons. 

2023-24 Indiana Women's Basketball Roster

Jules LaMendolafreshman guard — Coppell, Texas

Lenee Beaumont freshman guard — Lisle, Ill.

Lilly Meister — sophomore forward — Rochester, Minn.

Sharnecce Currie-Jelkssophomore forward — Jackson, Tenn.

Henna Sandviksophomore guard — Helsinki, Finland

Yarden Garzonsophomore guard — Ra’anana, Israel

Lexus Bargesser sophomore guard — Grass Lake, Mich.

Sydney Parrishsenior guard — Fishers, Ind. 

Chloe Moore-McNeil senior guard — Greenfield, Tenn.

Arielle Wisne redshirt senior center — Thornton, Colo.

Mackenzie Holmesgraduate forward — Gorham, Maine

Sara Scalia graduate guard — Stillwater, Minn.

The coaching staff is made up of head coach Teri Moren entering her 10th season at the helm, Rhet Wierzba in his tenth season and fourth as associate head coach and former Kentucky guard and assistant coach Amber Smith as the Hoosiers' new assistant coach announced Monday.

Linda Sayavongchanh enters her second season as the program's assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, and former guard Ali Patberg returns for her second season as the team and recruitment coordinator. Hannah Barber, Madison Green and Isaiah Specks join the staff in their first season as graduate managers.  

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Haley Jordan is a Sports Illustrated/FanNation video director, staff writer, host and reporter for Hoosiers Now, Fastball and Fastbreak sites. She is a graduate from Indiana University with degrees in Sports Broadcast Journalism and Spanish.