Iowa women's basketball with one of ESPN's top transfer portal players
Iowa reloaded the backcourt this offseason with Dani Carnegie via the transfer portal. She is viewed as one of ESPN's top transfer portal commits.
After another strong and successful regular season during the 2025-26 women's college basketball season, the Iowa Hawkeyes were bounced from the NCAA Women's Tournament at home inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena as a No. 2 seed before even making the Sweet 16. While that left a sour taste, it also seems to have awoken a sense of urgency in the Iowa coaching staff, led by head coach Jan Jensen.
Iowa needed to add more top-end talent, and they did that via the transfer portal. Jensen swung big in the portal and landed Dani Carnegie, the guard from Georgia. Her commitment to Iowa infuses talent in the backcourt and is viewed as one of ESPN's top transfer portal commitments in women's college basketball, sitting at the No.
3 best player in the transfer portal rankings. 3. Dani Carnegie , 5-9, G, So.
Transferring to Iowa (from Georgia) This season Carnegie was one of the SEC's most impactful transfers. In 2026-27, she's likely to do the same in the Big Ten. Carnegie's move to Iowa reunites her with former Georgia Tech teammate Chazadi Wright and will give the Hawkeyes one of the conference's best backcourts.