{"id":390851,"date":"2025-11-19T22:19:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T22:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/390851\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T22:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T22:19:13","slug":"phoenix-signs-five-from-class-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/390851\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Signs Five From Class of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     <strong>ELON \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The Elon women&#8217;s basketball team signed five new additions to its program from the Class of 2026 last week. The group with join the Phoenix&#8217;s roster ahead of the 2026-27 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are extremely excited to welcome our 2026 signing class,&#8221; said head Coach <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/charlotte-smith\/1544\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"1544\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte Smith<\/a>. &#8220;My staff and I did an excellent job identifying exceptional young women who exemplify our program&#8217;s culture both on and off the court. We are blessed that they chose Elon, as they come from outstanding families and have strong basketball pedigrees shaped by excellent coaching.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Macayla Askew <\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<strong>Derby, Kansas\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Derby High School\u00a0\u2022\u00a06&#8217;0 \u2022\u00a0 Forward<\/strong>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Three-year varsity player at Derby High School<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>2024-25 Kansas 6A First Team All-League<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>2024-24 Kansas 6A Second Team All-League<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Two-time AVCTL First Team All-League Selection (2023-25)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>2024-25 AVCTL MVP<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Played AAU for MOKAN 17U EYBL<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>First team Summer High School Basketball League<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Skylar Bolden<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>New Castle, Delaware\u00a0\u2022\u00a0St. Elizabeth High School\u00a0\u2022\u00a06&#8217;0 \u2022\u00a0 Forward<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Played at Ursuline Academy (2022-24) and St. Elizabeth School (2024-26)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Led teams to three consecutive DIAA State Championship appearances&#13;\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>2022-23: State Finalist<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>2023-24: State Champion<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>2024-25: State Finalist<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n\t<\/ul>\n<p>&#13;\n\t<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Played AAU for iExcel<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Norah Fuld<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Westport, Conn.\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Western Reserve Academy\u00a0\u2022\u00a06&#8217;3 \u2022\u00a0 Forward<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Competed at Staples, Millbrook School, and Western Reserve Academy<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Four-time Honor Roll studen<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>2025 NEPSAC Honorable Mention<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>2024 NEPSAC All-Star<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Nominated for Defensive Player of the Year (2024)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Played AAU for I90 Elite and IBelieve Elite<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sidney Smith<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Roselle, N.J.\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Roselle Park High School\u00a0\u2022\u00a05&#8217;4 \u2022\u00a0 Guard<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Played at Roselle Catholic High School (2022-24) and Roselle Park High School (2024-26)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>2025 New Jersey State Scoring Champions (33 PPG)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Ranked Top 10 nationally in scoring (2025)<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>2025 Second Team All-State<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>2023 All-County Second Team<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Eclipsed 1,000 career points in her junior year<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Played AAU for iExcel<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Savannah Whitley<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Laurel, Maryland\u00a0\u2022\u00a0St. Vincent Pallotti High School\u00a0\u2022\u00a06&#8217;0 \u2022\u00a0 Forward<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Played at St. Vincent High School under coaches Rashida Joiner and Johnathan Moore<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Played AAU for Boo Williams<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SUPPORT THE PHOENIX<\/strong><br \/>\nFans can support Elon Athletics through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/connect2.elon.edu\/g\/phoenix-club-elon-athletics?d=44dbbd2e-67eb-4e45-90fb-78a465437c9c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Club<\/a>. To purchase 2025-26 Elon women&#8217;s basketball tickets, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/am.ticketmaster.com\/elontickets\/mensbasketball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TicketMaster.com\/ElonTickets<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>STAY POSTED<\/strong><br \/>\nFor further coverage of Elon women&#8217;s basketball, follow the Phoenix on X @<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ElonWBasketball\" rel=\"nofollow\">elonwbasketball<\/a>\u00a0and Instagram @<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elonwbasketball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">elonwbasketball<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; ELON \u2013\u00a0The Elon women&#8217;s basketball team signed five new additions to its program from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":390852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-390851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115578691104153069","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390851","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=390851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}