Women's Basketball Adds Five Senior Transfers For 2024-25 - Georgia Southern University Athletics (2024)

AJ Henderson / Georgia Southern

Women's Basketball 6/6/2024 2:00:00 PM

Head coach Hana Haden begins filling out roster for upcoming first season in Statesboro

STATESBORO - New Georgia Southern head women's basketball coach Hana Haden has announced the addition of five senior transfers who will be joining the Eagles for the upcoming 2024-25 campaign.

The five seniors who join the roster are: guards Bukky Akinsola (5-6, Sr., Hillsdale, N.J. / High Point), McKenna Eddings (6-0, Sr., Williamsburg, Va. / Auburn) and Nicole Gwynn (5-7, Sr., Hartford, Conn. / Queens (NC)), along with forward Indya Green (5-11, Sr., Springfield, Mo. / Missouri State) and center Leah Johnson (6-3, Sr., Ewing, N.J. / Georgia Southwestern State).

"I'm very excited to coach these seniors and for them to help establish ourculture in my first season atGeorgia Southern," Coach Haden said. "These five young women are not only high character people, they also bring an incredible combination of experience, talent, athleticism, and leadership abilities. Obviously there is the familiarity with Bukky, McKenna, Indya, and Leah having coached them before. I'm grateful to experience a "full circle" moment in getting to coach them again in their senior seasons. I'm also extremely happy about the addition of Nicole Gwynn, who is a proven scorer and who we expect to have a major impact."

Read about the five senior transfers below!

Bukky Akinsola
5-6, Point Guard
Hillsdale, N.J.
Immaculate Conception / High Point

Played her junior season at High Point University ... Saw action in 32 games, making two starts ... Averaged 5.0 points per game for the Panthers ... Played her sophom*ore season at Moberly Area CC in 2022-23, averaging 8.8 ppg ... Played her freshman season at Colby CC, where she averaged 9.2 ppg ... Averaged 11.0 ppg as a senior at Immaculate Conception high school in Montclair, N.J.

McKenna Eddings
6-0, Guard
Williamsburg, Va.
Warhill HS/ Auburn

Played for one season at Auburn in 2023-24 ... Averaged 4.7 points per game in 30 games played ... Scored a season-high 15 points against No. 5 LSU in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals on March 8 ... Played for two seasons at Moberly Area CC in 2021-23 ... Earned first team NJCAA All-American honors in 2022-23, averaging16.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.4 steals per game while shooting 37% on 3-pointers … Had career-high 38-point, 14-rebound performance vs. Three Rivers CC ... Played one season at Stetson in 2020-21, seeing action in nine games ... Has scored 1,122 points in her collegiate career (Auburn 140, Moberly CC 971, Stetson 11) ...Averaged 14.8 ppg, 12.6 rpg, 4.8 apg, 6.2 spg and 2.5 bpg at Warhill HS as a junior, recording 17 double-doubles and five triple doubles ...Was an All-Class 4 Region A first team and an All-Tidewater second team selection.

Indya Green
5-11, Forward
Springfield, Mo.
Kickapoo HS/ Missouri State

Nicole Gwynn
5-7,Guard
Hartford, Conn.
Wethersfield HS / Queens (NC)

Leah Johnson
6-3, Center
Ewing, N.J.
The Pennington School / Georgia Southwestern State

Played her junior season at Georgia Southwestern State, where she was named the Peach Belt Conference's Defensive Player of the Year ... Averaged 9.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game for the Hurricanes ... Played for two seasons at Central Methodist University, where she earned second team NAIA All-American honors as a junior ... Averaged a double-double with 14.4 points per game and 11.1 rebounds per game in 2022-23, earning first team All-Conference honors, all-defensive team honors and three times was the Heart Conference Player of the Week ... Earned second team All-Conference honors as a freshman, averaging 11.3 points and 9.5 rebounds per game ... Earned All-State honors at The Pennington School, garnering 1,000+ points and 1,000+ rebounds in her career.