Washington Huskies Women's Basketball International Signee Has 2 Years of Eligibility

The Washington Huskies women's basketball team will have several new faces on the team this season and a much different bench than it has in head coach Tina Langley's tenure to this point.

The Huskies saw several seniors, including Elle Ladine and Hannah Stines, graduate last year. Those two players were members of the first full recruiting class for Langley. Other graduating players included backups Teagan Brown, Shayla Gillmer and Yulia Grabovskaia.

Washington hit the transfer portal, landed a Class of 2026 commitment in the form of four-star guard Amayah Garcia and earned an international commitment from Hungarian guard Petra Toman.

It's still yet to be seen who will take over the two starting spots vacated by Stines and Ladine and how the minutes will be spread among the bench players, but the Huskies' one international recruit will likely factor into those decisions. However, her eligibility was a question due to the NCAA's recent moves against players who competed for professional clubs, which directly affected international players across the country.

Earlier this offseason, the NCAA instituted a guidance that prohibited players from having eligibility who received compensation above "necessary expenses" from professional leagues, including foreign ones.

The men's basketball team saw that guidance instituted when two of its three international signings, Brazilian forward Wini Braga and Australian guard Tristan Devers, were granted eligibility whereas Croation forward Boris Tisma saw his eligibility denied.

Toman didn't seem to have an issue with being granted her eligibility. She was listed on the Washington women's basketball team's official roster for the 2026-27 season. However, despite this upcoming season being her first of college ball, the 6-foot-2 guard was listed as a junior rather than a freshman.

In a recent video posted on "X" by the team's official account, it was announced to Toman and the team that she was granted two years of eligibility by the NCAA, resulting in her status as a junior.

It's unclear why Toman was limited to two years of eligibility rather than the typical five for players who committed in the Class of 2023 or later under the NCAA's new "5-for-5" rules. Both Braga and Devers are listed as first-years on the men's basketball team's official roster page.

Toman's situation could have been judged differently than Braga or Devers' for the men. All three players are in their 20s (Toman is 21-years-old) and have experience playing professionally in their native countries.

In 30 games last season with Miskolc in the Hungary-A Division of professional basketball, Toman averaged 8.2 points on 53.5% shooting from the floor (38.3% from 3-point range) and also brought in 3.8 rebounds, dished 1.9 assists and swiped 1.4 steals per contest.