Tuesday evening, On3 reported that Stanford graduate transfer forward Courtney Ogden committed to the Michigan women’s basketball team, the first addition for the Wolverines out of the transfer portal.
Ogden is a 6-foot-1 forward who averaged 12.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game in her junior year for the Cardinal. She is a three-level scorer who also shot 37 percent from three, a mark that would have been good for second on Michigan’s roster last season and represents the highest clip
of a player on the 2026-27 team.
Playing for Stanford in the ACC, Ogden started every game her junior year despite the Cardinal’s struggles overall. Stanford failed to make the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year, concluding its season in a loss to BYU in the WBIT — a game in which Ogden scored a season-high 26 points. With her transfer, she has a chance to elevate the Wolverines from the program’s second Elite Eight to even greater heights.
Ogden was a five-star recruit out of Atlanta in the 2023 class, ranked No. 10 in the country by ESPN as a McDonald’s All-American. That makes Ogden the fourth McDonald’s All-American on the roster, joined by sophomore forward Kendall Dudley and guards Syla Swords and Olivia Olson.
As a proven Power Five transfer, Ogden can elevate Michigan’s frontcourt presence while bringing valuable experience and high talent potential to a still-young, but maturing, roster.
This news comes on the same day that the Wolverines emailed season ticket holders, requesting $100,000 in NIL funds to retain key talent by Friday, April 17, as reported by MLive.
