Indiana Women’s Basketball Lands Top-50 Recruit Gigi battle
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women’s basketball has received a commitment from four-star recruit Gigi Battle, a 5-10 guard ranked No. 48 nationally in the 2026 class according to ESPN. Battle’s commitment marks a notable step in head coach Teri Moren’s efforts to bolster the program’s recruiting pipeline.
Battle joins Addison Nyemchek, another top-50 recruit, and Ashlinn James in Indiana’s growing 2026 class. The commitments of Battle, Nyemchek, and James signal a shift in the program’s recruiting success, coming after Moren overhauled the team’s recruiting operations.The class also includes 6-4 center Zoe Jackson out of Australia.
Moren expressed a desire for Indiana to be consistently in contention for top recruits, stating to The Herald-Times, “as I said to him, we’ve done enough from a success standpoint, I feel like we should be in the conversation for some of these top kids and I don’t feel like we have been. I’m hopeful that by bringing Colsten Thompson in, he can help us with that.” Thompson replaced Linda Sayavongchanh as recruiting coordinator in April.
All three committed players – battle, Nyemchek, and James - are featured on ESPN’s top 100 2026 recruits list.
