SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Santa Clara women's basketball has added seven new players to its roster for the 2024-25 season. The Broncos will welcome six transfers as well as a dual-sport athlete at Santa Clara.
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Mia Curtis | G | 5-9 | Graduate | Minneapolis | Minnehaha Academy | Dartmouth
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Curtis played in 26 games as a senior at Dartmouth and finished third on the team with 6.9 ppg. She scored in double-figures five times and led the team in steals. She was named CSC Academic All-District and Academic All-Ivy.
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Her junior year she played in 28 games while starting 23. She scored 7.7 ppg, third on the team, while scoring in double-digits six times, in 23.5 minutes per game.
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As a sophomore, Curtis played in 21 games with 16 starts and led the team with 6.8 ppg and added 1.4 apg and 2.3 rpg. She cracked double-figures six times.
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Her freshman season was canceled due to COVID-19.
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In high school, Curtis was a four-time all-conference pick and was three times named all-state while taking home conference player of the year in 2019. That same season her team won the state championship and she was named to the all-tournament team. Curtis was also a Minnesota Coaches Association all-star selection. She holds the Minnesota single-game scoring record (42), all-time scoring record (2,544), and single-game 3-point record (9).
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Alana Goodchild | F | 6-2 | Junior | Sydney, Australia | Australian Institute of Sport | Northwestern
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Goodchild played in 26 games with one start at Northwestern last season and 15 as a freshman in 2022-23. She earned Academic All-Big Ten honors in 2023.
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She won a gold medal with Australia at the U15 Oceania and was selected for U16 Asia and U17 World Cup teams. Goodchild was a 2019 Australian All Schools Gold Medalist and the State Player of the Year.
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A WNBL player for Bendigo Spirit, Goodchild helped the team to the U20 National Championship of New South Wales.
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Lauren Grover | F | 6-1 | RS Senior | Corona, Calif. | Santiago HS | Santa Clara (Volleyball)
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Grover has been a member of the Santa Clara volleyball team the three seasons. She took home WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll Silver Honors in 2022 and 2023 and was 2023 WCC All-Academic honorable mention in 2023.
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She was a two-time Big VIII all-league selection in high school.
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Kaya Ingram | G | 5-8 | Graduate | Albuquerque, N.M. | La Cueva HS | Cornell
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Ingram started all 26 games for Cornell last season while leading the team in minutes per game (30.5), scoring (10.5), and assists (80).
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As a junior, she started every one of the team's 27 games while averaging 23.9 mpg with 8.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.5 apg, and 1.0 spg.
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During her sophomore campaign, Ingram appeared in 21 games with nine starts. She scored 4.7 ppg with 2.2 rpg, 1.5 apg, and 1.2 spg.
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Her freshman year was canceled due to COVID-19.
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In high school, Ingram was a three-time all-state selection, including first team accolades as a junior and a senior. She led La Cueva HS to the New Mexico Class 5A state semifinals as a senior. In 2019-20, she was named the District 2-5A Player of the Year, was the 2020 New Mexico High School Coaches Association 5A Girls All-Metro Player of the Year, and Albuquerque Journal Basketball Athlete of the Year. Ingram was also a 2020 McDonald's All-American nominee.
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Irena Korolenko | F | 6-0 | Graduate | Redmond, Wash. | Cedar Park Christian | Seattle
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Korolenko played in 28 games at Seattle a season ago with 26 starts. She averaged 8.3 ppg and 6.3 rpg in 29.2 ppg.
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In 30 games, including 13 starts, as a junior, she averaged 8.9 ppg and 4.6 rpg in 25.4 mpg.
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As a sophomore, Korolenko started five game and appeared in 27. She scored 5.6 ppg with 2.4 rpg.
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During the 2020-21 season as a freshman, she played in 22 games and made nine starts while scoring 6.5 ppg and 2.9 rpg.
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Korolenko was named Academic All-WAC for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.
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In high school, she was a league MVP two times and was a two-time team captain. She scored 1,000 career points in her first three years.
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Her mother Lana played professional basketball in Russia.
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Hannah Rapp | G | 5-10 | Graduate | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Avila College | Saint Mary's
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Rapp played in 30 games with 18 starts at Saint Mary's during the 2023-24 season. She averaged 4.2 ppg and 3.3 rpg while shooting over 40-percent from the field.
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As a sophomore, Rapp appeared in 31 games and made 24 starts. She scored 7.0 ppg with 5.5 rpg and added 66 assists.
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Rapp's remained freshman eligibility in 2021-22 and started three of her 20 games. The season before, she played in the final 16 games of the season after joining the roster in January.
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With the Gaels, Rapp was CSC Academic All-District and WCC Academic honorable mention in 2022-23.
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Rapp was a developmental player for the Dandenong Rangers in the NBL 1, one of Australia's national leagues. She was selected as a reserved for the U18 Victoria Metro team that won the U18 Championship.
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Vitolia Tuilave | F | 6-2 | Sophomore | Mount Maunganui, New Zealand | Mount Maunganui College | Wofford
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Tuilave played in all of Wofford's 30 games with 25 starts. She scored 3.5 ppg and 3.8 rpg while leading the team with 22 blocks.
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Over four years with Mount Maunganui College, her squad never finished worse than second in the city competition, claiming back-to-back victories in her sophomore and junior seasons. Tuilave was named all-region all four years. She was tabbed her team's MVP as a senior.