The Huskies released their 12-player roster for the 2026-27 season Friday.
The Washington Huskies women's basketball team could see the ultimate dividends to a years-long rebuild this upcoming season.
The Huskies have progressively improved year-over-year since head coach Tina Langley was hired ahead of the 2021-22 season.
This rebuild has led to back-to-back NCAA tournament berths for Washington the last two seasons. The 2026 tournament run for UW ended in the Round of 32 after a three-point, overtime loss to the Olivia Miles-led TCU Horned Frogs.
Following the near-berth to the Sweet 16, the Huskies improved their roster this offseason. They retained all three players who earned All-Big Ten honors last season: senior guard Sayvia Sellers, junior guard Avery Howell and sophomore forward Brynn McGaughy.
Washington also made several key additions via the transfer portal, earned a commitment from four-star Class of 2026 guard Amayah Garcia and a commitment from Hungarian guard Petra Toman.
The Huskies released their official 12-player roster for the 2026-27 season on Friday. Here's an overview of where the roster stands:
Guards (7)
-- Devin Coppinger, Jr.
-- Avery Howell, Jr.
-- Sayvia Sellers, Sr.
-- Amayah Garcia, Fr.
-- Macey Huard, Sr.
-- Brooke Carlson, Jr.
-- Petra Toman, Fr.
Forwards (5)
-- Nina Cain, Soph.
-- Brynn McGaughy, Soph.
-- Daniella McLean, Soph.
-- Tilda Trygger, Jr.
-- Kaelyn Carroll, Soph.
Overview
-- The team will have an almost equal balance of bigs and guards on the team.
-- Five of the team's seven guards will enter the season with college experience. Three of the seven guards on the team, Howell, Coppinger and Sellers, will be returning to the program.
-- Three-of-five of the team's guards, Cain, McLean and McGaughy, are returning players to the program. McLean redshirted her freshman season.
-- UW's 12-player roster features an equal split of returners and newcomers. Toman was an international signing and Garcia was a '26 high school graduate. Four of the new additions, Trygger (North Carolina State), Carlson (Colorado State), Carroll (Kentucky) and Huard (Oklahoma State) were added via the transfer portal.
-- Sellers was a first-team All-Big Ten selection, Howell was All-Big Ten honorable mention and McGaughy was on the Big Ten All-Freshman team. Those three players project to be starters with the other two starting spots open.
Up next
Washington will begin the season with three-straight nonconference home games to begin the season.
The Huskies' '26-27 campaign will begin against the UC San Diego Tritons at 6 p.m. PT on Nov. 2 at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle.
