82 basketball players from New Jersey to play in NCAA women’s tournament

Immaculata Mighty Macs' Katie McGuigan and Princeton Tigers' Madison St. Rose

By Garden State Times

Mar 18, 2025

New Jersey is being represented by 82 players in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.

California will have the most players on the hard court during this year's tournament with 161 players, followed by Texas with 152.

Califon is the most popular hometown for NCAA players from New Jersey in the tournament with 3 players.

New Jersey Players in 2024 NCAA Tournament

Name	Team	Height	Position	Hometown
Clare Saalfield	Montclair State Red Hawks	5′11″	Forward	Andover
Quanirah Montague	Mississippi State Bulldogs	6′5″	Center and Forward	Atlantic City
Makoye Diawara	Norfolk State Spartans	6′0″	Forward	Bayonne
Emma Wagner	Immaculata Mighty Macs	5′7″	Guard	Beachwood
Kristina Turner	Montclair State Red Hawks	5′3″	Guard	Burlington
Grace Soltes	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays	5′11″	Forward	Califon
Cat Pettegrove	Vermont Catamounts	6′1″	Center	Califon
Cat Pettegrove	Washington and Lee Generals	6′1″	Center	Califon
Maddie Hartnett	Scranton Lady Royals	5′8″	Guard	Chatham
Raegan Fogarty	Messiah Falcons	5′11″	Forward	Clarksburg
Cristina Parrella	Princeton Tigers	5′10″	Guard	Closter
Katie Hill	Richmond Spiders	6′0″	Guard	Colts Neck
Quinn McGuinness	Vermont Catamounts	5′7″	Guard	Columbia
Quinn McGuinness	Washington and Lee Generals	5′7″	Guard	Columbia
Sam Lederman	Vassar Brewers	5′5″	Guard	East Brunswick
Katherine Bogutsky	Stevens Ducks	5′6″	Guard	Edison
Trisha Nair	Stevens Ducks	5′6″	Guard	Edison
Joi Johnson	Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	5′11″	Forward	Ewing
Te'Yala Delfosse	Michigan Wolverines	6′3″	Forward and Guard	Ewing
Keegan Douglas	Catholic Cardinals	5′7″	Guard	Haddonfield
Ashley Adamson	Elizabethtown Bluejays	5′11″	Guard	Hamilton
Cassidy Perri	Immaculata Mighty Macs	5′3″	Guard	Hammonton
Grace O'Connor	Elizabethtown Bluejays	6′0″	Forward and Guard	Hillsborough
Julia Karpell	Fairfield Stags	5′11″	Guard	Holmdell
Grace Leary	Assumption Greyhounds	5′8″	Guard	Howell
Hannah Orloff	Christopher Newport Captains	6′3″	Forward	Howell
Sydney Stokes	Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	6′0″	Forward	Linwood
Kylee Watson	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	6′4″	Forward	Linwood
Chloe Teter	NYU Violets	5′9″	Guard	Little Silver
Devyn Quigley	North Carolina State Wolfpack	5′11″	Guard	Manchester
Kaijhe Hall	Assumption Greyhounds	6′0″	Forward	Maplewood
Talia Baptiste	Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	5′6″	Guard	Maplewood
Amanda Castro	Montclair State Red Hawks	5′6″	Guard	Marlboro
Samantha Slofkiss	Trinity Bantams	6′0″	Center and Forward	Marlboro
Gabby Recinto	Jefferson Rams	5′9″	Forward and Center	Marlton
Belle Pellecchia	NYU Violets	5′8″	Guard	Mendham
Hannah Hidalgo	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	5′6″	Guard	Merchantville
Madison Marcotte	Montclair State Red Hawks	5′3″	Guard	Middletown
Salange Bell	Montclair State Red Hawks	5′7″	Guard	Montclair
Charlotte Milanesi	Messiah Falcons	5′6″	Guard	Morristown
Chloe Milanesi	Messiah Falcons	5′9″	Guard	Morristown
Isabella Ipri	Messiah Falcons	5′7″	Guard	Mullica Hill
Bella Steidle	Tampa Spartans	5′10″	Guard	Mullica Hill
Grace Kinum	Bowdoin Polar Bears	5′7″	Guard	New Providence
Meghan Lamanna	Scranton Lady Royals	5′5″	Guard	New Providence
Raquel Guidetti	Catholic Cardinals	5′7″	Guard	Oceanport
Malvina Sullivan	Montclair State Red Hawks	5′6″	Guard	Old Bridge
Madison St. Rose	Princeton Tigers	5′10″	Guard	Old Bridge
Amanda Rapel	Gettysburg Bullets	5′7″	Guard	Phillipsburg
Olivia Miles	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	5′10″	Guard	Phillipsburg
Katie Gorski	Scranton Lady Royals	6′0″	Guard and Forward	Pine Brook
Sophia Davis	Tufts Jumbos	5′10″	Guard	Piscataway
Angelina Dragone	Catholic Cardinals	6′2″	Forward	Pitman
Zoe Brooks	North Carolina State Wolfpack	5′10″	Guard	Plainfield
Cadence Anderson	Elizabethtown Bluejays	5′5″	Guard	Riverton
Ciara Norman	Bentley Falcons	5′10″	Forward	Roebling
Sarah Hughes	Bates Bobcats	5′6″	Guard	Rumson
Casey Prior	Fairfield Stags	5′7″	Guard	Sea Girt
Alyssa Craigwell	Montclair State Red Hawks	5′11″	Forward	Secaucus
Janice Ashong	Jefferson Rams	6′0″	Forward	Sicklerville
Mikayla Blakes	Vanderbilt Commodores	5′8″	Guard	Somerset
Zahra Alexander	NYU Violets	5′8″	Guard	South Orange
Jessica Cooper	Anderson Trojans	6′0″	Forward	South Plainfield
Ally Sweeney	Richmond Spiders	5′6″	Guard	Sparta
Siobhan Stapleton	Tufts Jumbos	6′0″	Forward	Spring Lake
Paige Morton	Princeton Tigers	6′3″	Forward	Summit
Jess Pronchick	Elizabethtown Bluejays	5′10″	Forward	Tabernacle
Kelis Simpson	New Haven Chargers	6′0″	Forward	Teaneck
Nina Emnace	Harvard Crimson	5′7″	Guard	Toms River
Justine Pissott	Vanderbilt Commodores	6′4″	Guard and Forward	Toms River
Natalie Stoupakis	Scranton Lady Royals	5′9″	Guard	Totowa
Katerina Dakos	Christopher Newport Captains	5′9″	Guard	Towaco
Ishuana Hunter	Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds	6′0″	Forward	Trenton
Katie McGuigan	Immaculata Mighty Macs		Guard	Villas
Skylar Reale	Gettysburg Bullets	5′10″	Forward and Guard	Warren
Annie Ryan	Tufts Jumbos	5′9″	Guard	Westfield
Kaci Mikulski	Jefferson Rams	5′8″	Guard	Wildwood
Jada Elston	Fairleigh Dickinson Knights	5′7″	Guard	Woodbine
Selena Cieszko	Scranton Lady Royals	5′4″	Guard	Woodcliff Lake
Macie Nugent	Amherst Mammoths	5′9″	Guard	Woolwich Township
Lauren Achter	Vermont Catamounts	5′11″	Forward and Guard	Wyckoff
Lauren Achter	Washington and Lee Generals	5′11″	Forward and Guard	Wyckoff

Total Tournament Teams and Players by State

State	Total Tournament Players	Total Tournament Teams
California	161	11
Texas	152	11
New York	137	11
Pennsylvania	131	16
Wisconsin	125	9
Illinois	120	5
Ohio	115	4
Minnesota	104	5
New Jersey	82	4
Massachusetts	81	10
Michigan	81	8
North Carolina	74	8
Tennessee	67	6
Georgia	61	4
Virginia	57	10
Indiana	48	5
Maryland	39	2
Florida	38	7
Colorado	37	4
Iowa	36	3
Connecticut	33	6
Missouri	32	1
Washington	32	3
Kentucky	30	5
Oklahoma	29	3
South Carolina	22	4
Kansas	22	3
Alabama	21	3
Arizona	16	1
Nebraska	15	2
Arkansas	14	2
Montana	13	2
Oregon	13	2
Utah	12	1
New Hampshire	12	1
South Dakota	12	1
Maine	11	2
Nevada	10	0
West Virginia	9	2
Delaware	7	0
New Mexico	7	1
Mississippi	6	2
Alaska	5	1
Idaho	5	0
Rhode Island	5	0
Vermont	5	1
Louisiana	4	2
Wyoming	3	0
North Dakota	1	0
Hawaii	1	0