Mount Pleasant Magazine March/April 2021

www. Char l es tonWomen . com | www. Char l es tonWomenPodcas t . com | www. ReadCW. com CW BY KATHER I NE WATERS First in Class The College of CharlestonWomen’s Basketball Team R ecruiting for college sports can be a tricky business. Coaches are looking for solid talent, of course, but they also need athletes that will mesh with the rest of the team, fill in gaps left by graduating players and perform well in the classroom. The leaders of College of Charleston’s women’s basketball team are clearly doing something right. The team’s recruiting class was recently ranked number one in the Colonial Athletic Association and number 47 in the country by the Dan Olson Collegiate Girls Basketball Report, an annual report on the top prospective athletes in the nation. “We were ranked first in recruiting only [out of 10 teams in the conference], but that helps us grow and get our team better,” said Head Coach Robin Harmony. “It’s unbelievable that we could be ranked 47th in the report because there are 351 Division I teams and they only ranked the first 800 basketball players. We got three Photos provided by Col lege of Char leston Athlet ics.