The 6-foot-3 forward from Washington chose coach Kim Caldwell and the Lady Volunteers over USC<\/a>, South Carolina<\/a>, LSU<\/a>, Florida<\/a> and Washington<\/a>.<\/p>\n “I chose the University of Tennessee because I felt welcomed from the very beginning,” Edwards told ESPN. “The freshman class reached out and made me feel a part of the family right away. Most importantly, I love their style of play and the freedom it gives me on the court. This program has an amazing legacy, and I cannot wait to be a part of it.”<\/p>\n Edwards most recently averaged 17 points and 7.8 rebounds on 63.5% shooting for the Northwest Greyhounds this past year, including taking the team to the Final Four of the Adidas 3ssb circuit.<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n 1 Related<\/p>\n She has arguably the most upside among the top three players in the 2026 class along with No. 1 Saniyah Hall<\/a> (USC) and No. 3 Olivia Vukosa<\/a> (uncommitted), and can guard almost any position on the floor.<\/p>\n Edwards is also capable of feats like dunking in the middle of a game after slicing through a passing lane on defense, and her immense talent creates a high standard.<\/p>\n She is Tennessee’s first commitment in the class, the highest-rated recruit for the Lady Volunteers since 2019 (No. 2 Jordan Horston<\/a>, for former coach Holly Warlock) and the first top-five recruit for Caldwell.<\/p>\n The second-year coach has so far proved she can compete for top talent: She recruited the No. 2 class for 2025 in her first year at the helm, featuring five-stars No. 9 Mia Pauldo<\/a>, No. 17 Deniya Prawl<\/a> and No. 20 Jaida Civil<\/a>, along with No. 45 Lauren Hurst<\/a> and No. 57 Mya Pauldo<\/a>.<\/p>\n For the 2026 cycle, the Lady Vols remain in the mix for five-stars Trinity Jones<\/a> (No. 7), Brihanna Crittendon<\/a> (No. 9), Jacy Abii<\/a> (No. 10) and Bella Fleming<\/a> (No. 12).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sep 13, 2025, 12:21 PM ET Oliviyah Edwards, the No. 2 player in the 2026 SportsCenter NEXT 100…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":225480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[1339,1317,1337,1338,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-225479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-basketball","11":"tag-ncaabasketball","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115201203520219499","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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