Adeang Ring returns, and more UVA women’s basketball roster updates

At 6-foot-5, Ring provides great length in the frontcourt, and despite her inefficiency this past season (38.5% from the floor and 25% from beyond the arc), she has a smooth shooting stroke and tremendous mobility for a player of her height. If her shooting numbers can begin to align with her sky-high potential, Ring could be a perfect floor-spacer in Roussell’s fluid offensive scheme, and a potent rim protector on the defensive end of the floor.

This week’s trio of additions brings Virginia’s current roster total up to nine players. Ring will join Kymora Johnson, Olivia McGhee, and Breona Hurd as returning Cavaliers, while Brzonova and Coogen join Mary-Anna Asare, Erica Gribble, and Caterina Piatti as newcomers.

Piatti, a transfer forward from Florida, is the other half of UVA’s new Gainesville pipeline. At 6-foot-4, Piatti offers size and high-level collegiate experience after starting all 33 games for the Gators as a freshman this past season.

Also from the transfer portal, Asare heads to Charlottesville after four seasons in Richmond at VCU. Coach Roussell is very familiar with her game after battling against Asare’s Rams in the Atlantic 10, and now she’ll join forces with him at Virginia. Asare averaged 17.4 points per game in seven starts this past year before missing the remainder of the season due to injury.

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Rounding out the group, Roussell earned his first top-100 freshman commitment in the form of Gribble, who is the No. 82 overall prospect in the class of 2026, according to espnW. A highly talented 5-foot-11 guard from Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Gribble is Greensburg Central Catholic’s all-time leading scorer and averaged 21.5 points per game as a senior in 2025-26.

With a few roster spots yet to fill, stay tuned to Streaking the Lawn as Roussell continues to build upon a very strong recruiting class heading into year one of his tenure in Charlottesville.