As the 2026-27 women's college basketball season approaches, ESPN ranked Iowa guard Dani Carnegie among its top 20 impact transfers. The former Georgia Bulldog joins an Iowa squad looking to build off its success from last year.
The 5-foot-9, third-year guard rejoins former teammate Chit-Chat Wright in Iowa City, whom she spent one campaign with at Georgia Tech during the 2023-24 season.
Carnegie averaged 17.8 points per game on 42.7% field goal shooting and 35.4% 3-point shooting last season at Georgia. The New York native was a unanimous first-team All-SEC selection last year.
ESPN's Charlie Creme ranked Carnegie No. 3 on his list of impact transfers, behind No. 1 Audi Crooks (Oklahoma State) and No. 2 Addy Brown (UCLA), both of whom transferred
from Iowa State in the offseason.
Here's what Creme and ESPN had to say about Carnegie:
After completely changing the fortunes of Georgia a year ago, Carnegie hopes to take the Hawkeyes to the next level. She joins a team with far greater talent and higher expectations. With Carnegie, Iowa can contend at the top of the Big Ten. She is reunited with former Georgia Tech teammate Chazadi "Chit-Chat" Wright and will give the Hawkeyes one of the conference's best backcourts. She averaged 17.8 points per game with the Lady Bulldogs and 12.9 points as a freshman with the Yellow Jackets. - Charlie Creme, ESPN
Carnegie can be expected to shoulder a heavy scoring load in the backcourt alongside Wright and Taylor Stremlow.
"I think that they want to win. They are bought into winning. They're bought into how Iowa has won. That was attractive. And certainly being part of this incredible fan base... I think that was part of the reason for these four to come in. It's fun to play here. It's meaningful to play here. It's special to play here," Iowa head women's basketball coach Jan Jensen said of her transfer additions.
Fans will get their first look at Carnegie and the Hawkeyes in action when they host Maryville in an exhibition on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. CT. Iowa opens its 2026-27 regular season against Towson on Monday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. CT from inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. B1G+ will stream both contests.
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