2025–26 Utah Utes women's basketball team

2025–26 Utah Utes women's basketball
2025–26 Utah Utes women's basketball
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Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	19–12 (10–8 Big 12)
Head coach	Gavin Petersen (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Jordan Sullivan; Morgan Bailey; Ryan Larsen; Jace Henderson; Jenna Ross;
Home arena	Jon M. Huntsman Center

2025–26 Big 12 women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 TCU	15	–	3	.833	31	–	5	.861
No. 11 West Virginia †	14	–	4	.778	28	–	6	.824
No. 21 Baylor	13	–	5	.722	25	–	9	.735
Oklahoma State	12	–	6	.667	24	–	9	.727
No. 25 Texas Tech	12	–	6	.667	26	–	8	.765
Colorado	11	–	7	.611	22	–	12	.647
Iowa State	10	–	8	.556	22	–	10	.688
Utah	10	–	8	.556	19	–	13	.594
BYU	9	–	9	.500	23	–	11	.676
Arizona State	9	–	9	.500	24	–	11	.686
Kansas	8	–	10	.444	21	–	13	.618
Kansas State	8	–	10	.444	19	–	18	.514
Cincinnati	6	–	12	.333	11	–	20	.355
UCF	3	–	15	.167	11	–	19	.367
Arizona	3	–	15	.167	12	–	18	.400
Houston	1	–	17	.056	7	–	23	.233

† 2026 Big 12 tournament winner As of March 22, 2026 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Utah Utes women's basketball team represented the University of Utah during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Utes, led by second year head coach Gavin Petersen, play their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center and compete as second year members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Utes finished the 2024–25 season 22–9, 13–5 in Big 12 play to finish in a 3-way tie for fourth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they lost in the second round to Texas Tech. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament as a No. 8 seed in the Birmingham Region 2 where they lost in the first round to Indiana.

Offseason

Departures

Utah Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Inês Vieira	2	G	5'6"	Senior	Madeira Island	Graduated
Gianna Kneepkens	5	G	6'0"	Junior	Duluth, MN	Transferred to UCLA
Kylie Ray	6	G	5'8"	Freshman	La Crescenta, CA	Transferred to San Diego
Mayé Touré	21	F	6'3"	Graduate Student	Athis-Mons, France	Graduated
Jenna Johnson	22	F	6'2"	Senior	Medina, MN	Graduated
Kennady McQueen	24	G	5'10"	Senior	Henefer, UT	Graduated
Néné Sow	25	C	6'8"	Senior	Brussels, Belgium	Transferred to Oregon State

Incoming

Utah incoming transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Lani White	0	G	5'11"	Senior	Irvine, CA	Virginia Tech
Kamryn Mafua	14	G/F	6'1"	Sophomore	Folsom, CA	California^[1]

Recruiting class of 2025

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight
Leonna Sneed PG	San Antonio, TX	Karen Wagner High School	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	N/A
Leonna Sneed PG	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (96)
Avery Hjelmstad G	Edmond, OK	Edmond Memorial High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Avery Hjelmstad G	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (94)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2025 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on November 1, 2025.

Recruiting class of 2026

College recruiting information (2026)
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Peyton Jones PG	Highlands Ranch, CO	Valor Christian High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
Peyton Jones PG	Recruit ratings: ESPN: (93)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2026 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on November 1, 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Utah Utes women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Lani White	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Mater Dei Virginia Tech	Irvine, CA
G	1	Avery Hjelmstad	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Edmond Memorial HS	Edmond, OK
G	2	LA Sneed	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Karen Wagner HS	San Antonio, TX
G	3	Brooke Walker	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Andover HS	Andover, KS
F	6	Evelina Otto	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Denver East HS	Ventspils, Latvia
G	10	Grace Foster	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Willetton	Perth, Australia
F	12	Chyra Evans	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Jr	Lake Ginninderra Michigan	Newcastle, Australia
G/F	14	Kamryn Mafua	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Folsom HS California	Folsom, CA
F	15	Alyssa Blanck	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Jr	Olympus HS BYU	Holladay, UT
F	20	Reese Ross	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	St. Thomas More HS	Rapid City, SD
G	22	Ella Todd	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	William Fremd HS	Palatine, IL
G	23	Maty Wilke	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	RS Sr	Beaver Dam HS Wisconsin	Beaver Dam, WI
F	44	Samantha Crispe	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Arapahoe HS Boston University	Castle Pines, CO

Head coach

Gavin Petersen (Hawaiʻi)

Assistant coach(es)

Jordan Sullivan (Montana)
Morgan Bailey (BYU)
Ryan Larsen (MSU Moorhead)
Jace Henderson (Montana)
Jenna Ross

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 27, 2025* 7:00 p.m.	Western Colorado	W 90–56		–	–	–	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Sioux Falls	W 88–62	1–0	15 – Otto	9 – Otto	4 – Tied	Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,266) Salt Lake City, UT
November 7, 2025* 6:00 p.m., MW Network	at Utah State	W 90–53	2–0	19 – White	7 – Evans	9 – Sneed	Smith Spectrum (1,146) Logan, UT
November 11, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Utah Valley	W 75–52	3–0	16 – White	11 – Ross	4 – Tied	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
November 15, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 25 Washington	L 61–72	3–1	13 – Wilke	12 – White	5 – Ross	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,843) Salt Lake City, UT
November 21, 2025* 3:00 p.m., FS2	vs. Syracuse Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase	L 49–61	3–2	18 – Wilke	7 – Ross	5 – Walker	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
November 23, 2025* 12:30 p.m., FS1	vs. No. 1 UConn Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase	L 41–93	3–3	9 – White	4 – Tied	4 – Evans	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
November 26, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Weber State	W 65–52	4–3	12 – Hjelmstad	7 – Tied	6 – Wilke	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,030) Salt Lake City, UT
November 29, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Montana	W 78–38	5–3	16 – White	8 – Brooke	5 – Wilke	Dahlberg Arena (2,359) Missoula, MT
December 4, 2025* 6:30 p.m., MW Network	at Colorado State	W 70–58	6–3	22 – Hjelmstad	7 – Wilke	6 – Sneed	Moby Arena (2,817) Fort Collins, CO
December 10, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Boise State	W 91–58	7–3	23 – White	9 – White	6 – White	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,182) Salt Lake City, UT
December 14, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northwestern	W 91–66	8–3	26 – White	8 – Ross	6 – Sneed	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,217) Salt Lake City, UT
December 17, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC Riverside	W 61–52	9–3	17 – Ross	13 – Ross	3 – Tied	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,126) Salt Lake City, UT
Big 12 regular season
December 22, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Arizona	W 63–62	10–3 (1–0)	26 – White	14 – Ross	6 – Evans	McKale Center (5,580) Tucson, AZ
December 31, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Arizona State	L 68–69	10–4 (1–1)	17 – Wilke	13 – Ross	4 – Tied	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,594) Salt Lake City, UT
January 3, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 8т TCU	W 87–77 ^OT	11–4 (2–1)	25 – White	8 – Otto	5 – Evans	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,731) Salt Lake City, UT
January 7, 2026 5:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Kansas	W 62–59	12–4 (3–1)	17 – White	9 – Ross	4 – Tied	Allen Fieldhouse (3,459) Lawrence, KS
January 10, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Kansas State	W 80–73	13–4 (4–1)	21 – Ross	10 – Ross	5 – Evans	Bramlage Coliseum (3,820) Manhattan, KS
January 14, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18 Baylor	L 45–61	13–5 (4–2)	14 – Tied	11 – Evans	3 – Tied	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,862) Salt Lake City, UT
January 17, 2026 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Houston	W 71–61	14–5 (5–2)	19 – White	8 – Hjelmstad	4 – Tied	Fertitta Center (1,204) Houston, TX
January 24, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 19 Texas Tech	L 49–77	14–6 (5–3)	13 – Ross	9 – Ross	4 – Sneed	Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,440) Salt Lake City, UT
January 27, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 22 West Virginia	W 71–64	15–6 (6–3)	15 – Sneed	10 – Ross	4 – Ross	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,352) Salt Lake City, UT
January 31, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at BYU Rivalry						Marriott Center Provo, UT
February 4, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UCF						Addition Financial Arena Orlando, FL
February 7, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Iowa State						Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
February 11, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Arizona State						Desert Financial Arena Tempe, AZ
February 14, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cincinnati						Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
February 16, 2026 12:00 p.m., FOX	at Oklahoma State						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 21, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	BYU Rivalry						Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
February 24, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Colorado						CU Events Center Boulder, CO
February 28, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Arizona						Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
Big 12 Women's Tournament
March 4–8, 2026 TBA	vs.						T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Source:^[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*	—	RV	RV									Not released
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

References

^ Judd, Brandon (April 13, 2025). "The Utes are adding a former 4-star talent out of the transfer portal". Deseret News. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
^ "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". utahutes.com. University of Utah Athletics. 27 October 2025. Retrieved November 1, 2025.

[1] Judd, Brandon (April 13, 2025). "The Utes are adding a former 4-star talent out of the transfer portal". Deseret News. Retrieved September 19, 2025.

[2] "2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule". utahutes.com. University of Utah Athletics. 27 October 2025. Retrieved November 1, 2025.

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Utah Utes women's basketball
Venues	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1975–present)
Rivalries	BYU In-state Utah schools
Culture & lore	History Swoop
People	Head coaches
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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming

Recruiting class of 2025

Recruiting class of 2026

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References