Former New Mexico State women's basketball coach Jody Adams made international players an important part of her recruitment strategy. Her successor has taken that to a new level.
The Aggies announced their first signing class under new coach Adeniyi Amadou on Tuesday, June 23. It includes 11 newcomers, of which six are transfers, and five are freshmen.
All five freshmen are from Amadou's native France. Four of the six transfers are also French, with two others hailing from Serbia and Latvia. Guard Emma Christiano, a Las Cruces native, is the only returner and NM State's only American player as of now.
Amadou is no stranger to recruiting internationally. Three of the four transfers that are from France were recruited by Amadou to Rhode Island while he was an **** ociate head coach for the Rams. Two of those three, forward Aimee Michel and center Lilyana Fontcha, entered the transfer portal with do-not-contact tags, a designation that typically signifies a player already has a destination in mind.
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