Kate Harpring, the No. 4 participant within the 2026 ESPNW 100 class, has dedicated to North Carolina, she introduced Saturday.
The 5-foot-10 guard had taken official visits to North Carolina, UCLA, Iowa and Vanderbilt and had gives from almost each main program, together with UConn, South Carolina, Duke, Texas and Tennessee.
“I am so excited to be committing to North Carolina after an extremely tough resolution course of,” she instructed ESPN. “Coach [Courtney] Banghart’s confidence in me has me prepared to affix the UNC household.”
Most not too long ago seen serving to the USA U19 staff to a gold medal on the FIBA U19 World Cup, Harpring is a tricky combo guard who broke out final yr. Named Time beyond regulation Choose MVP in 2024, she averaged 19.0 factors, 6.0 rebounds and three.5 assists on the adidas 3SSB circuit.
Though often called a proficient scoring guard, Harpring is a fierce and bodily defender on the ball and implausible rebounder.
It has been a fruitful weekend for Banghart and the Tar Heels, who had been almost on the end line with No. 1 Saniyah Corridor earlier than she introduced her dedication to USC in late July.
Harpring would be the highest-rated perimeter participant to signal with UNC ever, and the highest-rated recruit since No. 4 Ciera Toomey in 2023.
North Carolina additionally picked up the dedication of top-100 ahead Irene Guiamatsia (No. 48) on Friday evening.