The Bradley women's team is preparing to start their 2020-21 season, as well as the men's team. The NCAA official start date has also been set for Nov. 25, the same as the men. The team is still reworking their non-conference schedule, but the 2020-21 MVC schedule has been released and posted-
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...tball/schedule
The Bradley women finished a solid 3rd place in the MVC last season, just 1 game out of 2nd place-
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-...ngs/_/group/18
This year's schedule has Bradley playing their first 2 games at home against a couple of the perennial top teams, Drake and Northern Iowa.
The 2020-21 BU women's roster-
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...ketball/roster
Bradley lost one key player from last year's team, and she was one of the best players in Bradley history. Chelsea Brackmann finished as a two-time 1st team All-MVC player. Despite the premature end to the season, Chelsea set the all-time career rebounding record at Bradley with 953 career rebounds, and an 8.1 rpg average over her 4-year career. She also scored 1108 career points for a career scoring average of 9.5 ppg. The other 2 seniors were valuable reserves Amber Bozeman and Ryan Wilkins, who will also be missed.
Everyone else from last season returns this season. The team returns 82% of the team's points from last year, including 7 of the top 8 scorers, and 8 of the top 9 rebounders.
The 2020-21 team has 5 newcomers who will hopefully have an impact and contribute this season.
3 Freshmen-
#1 Tete Danso from Simley HS in Inver Grove Heights, Minn.- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...te-danso/12407
#15 Sami Martin from Platteville (WI) HS- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...i-martin/12409
#24 Isis Fitch from Homewood-Flossmoor HS- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...is-fitch/12410
1 grad-transfer-
#5 Uche Ufochukwu- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...fochukwu/12408
And a junior transfer from St. Louis University-
#0 Chloe Rice- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...loe-rice/12406
One other 2020 commitment was Daija Tyson, a 5'3" point guard from Detroit Edison HS.
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...sed#post488050
She also signed a NLI for Bradley, but she does not appear on the 2020-21 roster- we haven't seen a reason why she is not on the roster, or where she might be.
https://bradleybraves.com/news/2019/...ng-period.aspx
And things look good for the future, as well. As far as is able to be determined, Coach Gorski has already received 5 verbal commitments for 2021 from outstanding high school seniors-
By Verbal Commitment date-
Sept. 16, 2019- Caroline Waite- 5'4" point guard from Ames HS, Ames, Iowa-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...273#post488273
Sept. 28, 2019- Sasha Koenig- 5'5" guard from West Branch HS, West Branch, Iowa-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...353#post488353
Oct. 8, 2019- Abby Draper- 6'1" forward from Waverly-Shell Rock (Iowa)-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...475#post488475
Oct. 12, 2019 - Callie Ziebell- 6'2" forward from Sparta High School in Sparta, Wisconsin
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...474#post488474
April 6, 2020- Nika Dorsey- 5'10" left handed shooting guard from Renaissance HS, Detroit, Michigan
https://twitter.com/nikadorsey12/sta...74977969274880
If anyone has additions or corrections, let us know.
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...tball/schedule
The Bradley women finished a solid 3rd place in the MVC last season, just 1 game out of 2nd place-
https://www.espn.com/womens-college-...ngs/_/group/18
This year's schedule has Bradley playing their first 2 games at home against a couple of the perennial top teams, Drake and Northern Iowa.
The 2020-21 BU women's roster-
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...ketball/roster
Bradley lost one key player from last year's team, and she was one of the best players in Bradley history. Chelsea Brackmann finished as a two-time 1st team All-MVC player. Despite the premature end to the season, Chelsea set the all-time career rebounding record at Bradley with 953 career rebounds, and an 8.1 rpg average over her 4-year career. She also scored 1108 career points for a career scoring average of 9.5 ppg. The other 2 seniors were valuable reserves Amber Bozeman and Ryan Wilkins, who will also be missed.
Everyone else from last season returns this season. The team returns 82% of the team's points from last year, including 7 of the top 8 scorers, and 8 of the top 9 rebounders.
The 2020-21 team has 5 newcomers who will hopefully have an impact and contribute this season.
3 Freshmen-
#1 Tete Danso from Simley HS in Inver Grove Heights, Minn.- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...te-danso/12407
#15 Sami Martin from Platteville (WI) HS- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...i-martin/12409
#24 Isis Fitch from Homewood-Flossmoor HS- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...is-fitch/12410
1 grad-transfer-
#5 Uche Ufochukwu- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...fochukwu/12408
And a junior transfer from St. Louis University-
#0 Chloe Rice- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/wom...loe-rice/12406
One other 2020 commitment was Daija Tyson, a 5'3" point guard from Detroit Edison HS.
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...sed#post488050
She also signed a NLI for Bradley, but she does not appear on the 2020-21 roster- we haven't seen a reason why she is not on the roster, or where she might be.
https://bradleybraves.com/news/2019/...ng-period.aspx
And things look good for the future, as well. As far as is able to be determined, Coach Gorski has already received 5 verbal commitments for 2021 from outstanding high school seniors-
By Verbal Commitment date-
Sept. 16, 2019- Caroline Waite- 5'4" point guard from Ames HS, Ames, Iowa-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...273#post488273
Sept. 28, 2019- Sasha Koenig- 5'5" guard from West Branch HS, West Branch, Iowa-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...353#post488353
Oct. 8, 2019- Abby Draper- 6'1" forward from Waverly-Shell Rock (Iowa)-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...475#post488475
Oct. 12, 2019 - Callie Ziebell- 6'2" forward from Sparta High School in Sparta, Wisconsin
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...474#post488474
April 6, 2020- Nika Dorsey- 5'10" left handed shooting guard from Renaissance HS, Detroit, Michigan
https://twitter.com/nikadorsey12/sta...74977969274880
If anyone has additions or corrections, let us know.