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Carolina Signing Class Ranked No. 13 By ESPN

The North Carolina women’s basketball team recruited the No. 13 class according to ESPN, during the 2015 early signing period.

The Tar Heels brought in a strong 7-player class that will help head coach Sylvia Hatchell and her staff beginning with the 2016-17 campaign.

The seven members of the class of 2020 are Shayla Bennett of Piedmont, S.C., Jhileya Dunlap of Hopkins, S.C., Jocelyn Jones of Richmond, Va., Taylor Koenen of Savage, Minn., Alyssa Okoene of Houston, Texas, Emily Sullivan of Newburgh, Ind., and Naomi Van Nes of Hamden, Conn.

“This is an outstanding class that will bring much success to our great University and many championships to the future of Carolina Women's Basketball,” said Hatchell, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame head coach.