Elite 5-star PF Ashlyn Koupal provides recruiting update, lists Spartans as a finalist
Ashlyn Koupal of Wagner, S.D. has reportedly named her five finalists and Michigan State is in the mix, according to Dushawn London of 247Sports. The Spartans are joined by Nebraska, TCU, Kansas and Duke as finalists for the elite power forward prospect.
Koupal is listed as a five-star power forward, with a recruiting rating of 99.56 in 247Sports' composite rating system. She is ranked as the No. 3 power forward and No. 9 overall prospect in 247Sports' rankings for the 2026 class. She is also ranked as the top player from South Dakota in the class.
Koupal has previously named her top five schools -- which included each of these same schools mentioned as finalists. But another notable update from London's recent reporting is that it sounds like she is nearing a decision.
'Each school has done their best to show me what it's going to be like and how I'll fit, so now it's about how I feel about all of them," Koupal told London.
There is no scheduled commitment date at this time for Koupal so we will just need to continue to monitor her recruitment in anticipation of a big decision coming. Michigan State women's basketball has had a resurgence over the past two seasons under new head coach Robyn Fralick, and landing a commitment of Koupal's nature would truly push them into the upper tier of the Big Ten. This could be a massive recruitment for the Spartans and the quickly evolving program under Fralick.
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