2025-26

Women's Basketball Roster 2025-26

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Kelly Ratigan

Junior

Position Guard

Height 5-8

Hometown South Bend, IN

Vanessa de Jesus

Graduate

Position Guard

Height 5-8

Hometown Valencia, CA

Hannah Hidalgo

Junior

Position Guard

Height 5-6

Hometown Merchantville, NJ

Malaya Cowles

Graduate

Position Forward

Height 6-3

Hometown Wilkesboro, NC

Cassandre Prosper

Senior

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Position Guard

Height 6-3

Hometown Montreal, Quebec

Bella Tehrani

Senior

Position Forward

Height 6-3

Hometown Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jordyn Smith

Graduate

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Position Guard

Height 5-6

Hometown Granger, IN

KK Bransford

Senior

Position Guard

Height 5-11

Hometown Cincinnati, OH

Luci Jensen

Sophomore

Position Guard

Hometown Brookfield, WI

Height 5-10

Iyana Moore

Graduate

Position Guard

Height 5-8

Hometown Milwaukee, WI

Gisela Sanchez

Graduate

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Position Forward

Height 6-4

Hometown Barcelona, Spain

Leah Macy

Freshman

Position Forward

Height 6-2

Hometown Elizabethtown, KY

Women's Basketball staff

Niele Ivey

Karen & Kevin Keyes Family Head Women's Basketball Coach

Carol Owens

Associate Head Coach

Pat Garrity

General Manager, Men's & Women's Basketball

Michaela Mabrey

Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coordinator

Charel Allen

Assistant Coach

Jas Smith

Director of Operations

Carlos Knox

Assistant Coach

Sharla Lewis

Program Manager

Shane Turner

Video Coordinator

Sarah Bailey

Assistant to the Head Coach

Number	Name	POSITION	Height	Class	Eligibility	Hometown	High School	Social
1	Kelly Ratigan	Guard	5-8	Junior	Junior	South Bend, IN	St. Joseph/Loyola Maryland	instagram twitter
2	Vanessa de Jesus	Guard	5-8	Graduate	Senior	Valencia, CA	Sierra Canyon/Duke	instagram twitter
3	Hannah Hidalgo	Guard	5-6	Junior	Junior	Merchantville, NJ	Paul VI	instagram twitter
5	Malaya Cowles	Forward	6-3	Graduate	Senior	Wilkesboro, NC	Winston-Salem Christian/Wake Forest	instagram twitter
8	Cassandre Prosper	Guard	6-3	Senior	Senior	Montreal, Quebec	Cairine Wilson SS/Capital Courts Academy	instagram
10	Bella Tehrani	Forward	6-3	Senior	Sophomore	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	St. Jean de Brébeuf	instagram twitter
11	Jordyn Smith	Guard	5-6	Graduate	Senior	Granger, IN	Penn/Holy Cross	instagram
14	KK Bransford	Guard	5-11	Senior	Junior	Cincinnati, OH	Mount Notre Dame	instagram twitter
15	Luci Jensen	Guard	5-10	Sophomore	Sophomore	Brookfield, WI	Brookfield Academy	instagram twitter
23	Iyana Moore	Guard	5-8	Graduate	Senior	Milwaukee, WI	Blackman/Vanderbilt	instagram twitter
30	Gisela Sanchez	Forward	6-4	Graduate	Senior	Barcelona, Spain	Segle XXI/Arizona/Kansas State	instagram
44	Leah Macy	Forward	6-2	Freshman	Freshman	Elizabethtown, KY	Bethlehem	instagram twitter

Women's Basketball staff

Name	Position
Niele Ivey	Karen & Kevin Keyes Family Head Women's Basketball Coach
Carol Owens	Associate Head Coach
Pat Garrity	General Manager, Men's & Women's Basketball
Michaela Mabrey	Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coordinator
Charel Allen	Assistant Coach
Jas Smith	Director of Operations
Carlos Knox	Assistant Coach
Sharla Lewis	Program Manager
Shane Turner	Video Coordinator
Sarah Bailey	Assistant to the Head Coach

Women’s Basketball Grants-in-Aid

Notre Dame is grateful for the philanthropic support of those who have endowed grants-in-aid (athletic scholarships) for our Women’s Basketball student-athletes.

Peg and Bill Stoutenburgh Athletic Scholarship for Women's Basketball at Notre Dame

Jack and Germaine Rooney Family Endowed Grant-in-Aid

Mollie and Matt Busam Family Women’s Basketball Grant-In-Aid