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Shy Hawkins Commits to Syracuse Women's Basketball

The Orange landed one of the top players in New York in the 2024 recruiting class.

Mike McAllister

Shy Hawkins Commits to Syracuse Women's Basketball
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Syracuse women's basketball landed a commitment from Shy Hawkins, a 6-2 wing who plays at Long Island Lutheran, on Wednesday. Hawkins chose the Orange over offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Central Florida, Memphis, Penn State and St. John's, among others. She is ranked the 72nd best player in the 2024 recruiting class by ESPNW. She is also the 10th best win in the cycle according to those same rankings. 

Hawkins is the second top 100 player to commit to Syracuse in the 2024 class, joining wing Keira Scott. Scott comes in at 97th overall. Guard Olivia Schmitt and Maddy Potts are also committed to the Orange this cycle, giving coach Legette-Jack a four player class this far. 

That also gives the Orange two top 100 prospects in 2024 after landing one in 2023. Forward Alyssa Latham out of Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Illinois signed with Syracuse last cycle. ESPNW ranks her, ironically, as the 72nd best player in her class. 

Syracuse women's basketball is coming off of head coach Felisha Legette-Jack's first campaign with the Orange last season. She led Syracuse to a berth in the WNIT, becoming the first head coach in program history to lead the team to the postseason in her first year. Syracuse is looking to build off of that and make the NCAA Tournament in year two.   

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Mike McAllister
MIKE MCALLISTER

Title: Publisher All Syracuse Education: Roberts Wesleyan College Location: Syracuse, New York Expertise: Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting.  EXPERIENCE Mike McAllister has been covering Syracuse basketball, football and recruiting for more than a decade. Mike's career started with his own free blog as a way to vent following sporting events. Shortly thereafter, a network of basketball sites called Coast 2 Coast Hoops asked him to run their Syracuse site. That site was called Nation of Orange, and Mike quickly established it as a go-to for Syracuse fans.  After running Nation of Orange for several months, a position with the Syracuse site on the Scout network became available. After one year as the recruiting expert with Cuse Nation, he was named the publisher. Mike oversaw the transition from Scout to 247Sports, and ran the site on that network for years.  Presented with the opportunity to join one of the biggest names in the sports journalism industry, Sports Illustrated, Mike jumped at the chance. All Syracuse was started from scratch by Mike and the Fan Nation team. It has now become a staple for Orange fans of various sports.  Mike has broken news on recruiting, Syracuse basketball and football team information and has established himself as the top recruiting inside in the market. He has appeared on local radio shows, television broadcasts, national radio shows and much more. Mr. McAllister has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and Information Management from Roberts Wesleyan College. 

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