Duquesne Dukes Fan Forum / Tracking the Roster

**Posted by SkepticAl** 4/09/2026 8:39 am

There are now 9 players under scholarship. Class listed will be start of next season

1. Dunja Zecevic -- Sr.
2. Gabby Grantham Medley -- Redshirt Jr.
3. Bakhaw Seye - Redshirt Fr.
4. Maja Rohkol -- Jr.
5. Kelly McConnell -Jr.
6. Nadia Moore -- I'm presuming due to her injury this year -- will be a Redshirt So.
7. Alexis Bordas -- So.
8. Raeven Washington - S0.
9. Amaya Robinson -- Fr. (She is a PG from Canada)

6 Scholarships are Available.

**Posted by SkepticAl** 4/10/2026 11:52 am

With the commitment from Ayala Oren there are now 10 scholarship players in the program and 5 vacancies.

Thanks for the information Bluff Hunter,

**Posted by SkepticAl** 4/11/2026 11:40 am

With the departure of Alexis (This one REALLY HURTS) the team once again has 9 players on scholarship and 6 openings.

**Posted by levon1975** 4/18/2026 2:13 pm

I’m a little surprised that Bordas is in the Portal. Anyone have insight into the decision? Are her skills such that she can play at a higher level, same level or lower level?

**Posted by SkepticAl** 4/18/2026 6:57 pm

With the addition of Dieymarie Diouff - There are now 10 scholarships filled and 5 openings.

**Posted by SkepticAl** 4/18/2026 7:41 pm

levon1975 wrote:
I’m a little surprised that Bordas is in the Portal. Anyone have insight into the decision? Are her skills such that she can play at a higher level, same level or lower level?

Levon: On 2/20/23 There was an article on the FIRST page of the PG -- NOT the first page of the Sports Section..The first page of the paper itself.. Megan and Tess were roommates from day 1..Why not enjoy one last year together??

Tess goes into the portal to finish her career at Wisconsin. can't say I blame her nice to get some/more $$ to play basketball.

Since the offense was built around Alexis, can't see her going down in level but that could teach us when it comes to NEVER take ANYTHING for granted and EACH YEAR you have to re-recruit YOUR ENTIRE ROSTER.. She can play (a lower role) at a higher level.. You can NEVER have too many shooters but instead of 30MPG it could be 10-20MPG.

Also on the Men's side the A-10 was ranked as the 6th best conference.. Don't know how high the Women are as a whole but it is probably somewhat lower.. So could be difficult to see if a player is "dropping down" or "moving up"

Last edited by SkepticAl (4/19/2026 1:22 pm)

**Posted by townsonkid** 4/22/2026 12:02 pm

After reading she was pre med, or med school, and DU having the med school, I thought she would stay here, but she can also cash in right now and get some good money(which I thought her family wouldnt have needed to begin with). Maybe she just didnt like playing for a bad coach on an awful team?

**Posted by DuqLaw95** 4/22/2026 1:51 pm

Can't blame Alexis for wanting to jump ship from this team. They were abysmal for 95% of the season, through no fault of her own.

**Posted by SkepticAl** 4/25/2026 8:06 am

With the signing of De'Naya Rippey there are now 11 scholarships filled and 4 vacancies. Thanks for finding it DuqBlue

**Posted by SkepticAl** 5/04/2026 12:50 pm

With the signing of Carla Viegas there are now 12 scholarships filled and 3 vacancies.

Faith Walker is going to Ball State -- Fatou Sane is going to Cleveland State and Mackenzie Blackford is going to Robert Morris. Reina Green is still undecided.

**Posted by levon1975** 5/04/2026 5:16 pm

Seems like an odd transfer for Blackford from Duquesne to RMU. Duquesne definitely needed to get more athletic at guard and forward.

**Posted by SkepticAl** 5/07/2026 10:05 am

SkepticAl wrote:
With the signing of Carla Viegas there are now 12 scholarships filled and 3 vacancies.

Faith Walker is going to Ball State -- Fatou Sane is going to Cleveland State and Mackenzie Blackford is going to Robert Morris. Reina Green is still undecided.

Harriett Ford to Richmond

**Posted by townsonkid** 5/07/2026 1:19 pm

DuqLaw95 wrote:
Can't blame Alexis for wanting to jump ship from this team. They were abysmal for 95% of the season, through no fault of her own.

Buddy of mine from WVa who knows that family said that was always the plan, she always wanted to go to WVU, and a year at Duquesne was her "tryout". IDK about all that, she was WVa HS POY 2x I think, they should have taken her out of HS, but maybe wanted to see her in D1 first.

**Posted by SkepticAl** 5/30/2026 3:02 pm

With the addition of Dalma Grets there are now 13 scholarships filled and 2 openings

**Posted by ACV81** 6/08/2026 2:47 pm

https://goduquesne.com/news/2026/6/8/womens-basketball-dukes-welcome-seven-newcomers-for-2026-27-season.aspx

**Posted by du4life** 6/08/2026 6:34 pm

SkepticAl wrote:
SkepticAl wrote:
With the signing of Carla Viegas there are now 12 scholarships filled and 3 vacancies.

Faith Walker is going to Ball State -- Fatou Sane is going to Cleveland State and Mackenzie Blackford is going to Robert Morris. Reina Green is still undecided.
Harriett Ford to Richmond

Reina Green to St. John's

**Posted by townsonkid** 6/10/2026 11:57 am

Is there a push from the school to recruit foreign players? 5 of 13 players are from the US. Thats gotta be some kind of record for a school, at any level.

**Posted by SkepticAl** 6/16/2026 3:45 pm

ACV81 wrote:
https://goduquesne.com/news/2026/6/8/womens-basketball-dukes-welcome-seven-newcomers-for-2026-27-season.aspx

Bit of a Head Scratcher that the "roster is FINALIZED "at 13.

Most teams will use an 8-9 player rotation. With injuries you are perhaps looking at perhaps 11 players to cover the rotation.

One of the points frequently made last year was that DU was the YOUNGEST team in the A-10 - Yet 5 of the 7 newcomers (I'm including the one from Senegal who redshirted last year) will be playing NCAA basketball for the FIRST time. ALL of these from foreign countries as Townson mentioned.

While NOT advocating to "sign someone just to sign someone" I find it difficult to believe another experienced player or two that would have been capable of playing some at this level were not brought in.