Autumn Fleary, the No. 12 recruit and the highest level guard within the ladies’ SC Subsequent 100 class of 2026, has dedicated to play at Duke, choosing coach Kara Lawson’s Blue Devils over UCLA, North Carolina and LSU.
Fleary, who made the announcement Saturday, is the fourth top-50 commit within the class and the second 5-star commit this week for the Blue Devils alongside No. 16 Bella Flemings. Fleary and Flemings be part of No. 25 Sanai Inexperienced and No. 43 Taylor Sofilkanich in Duke’s 2026 class to this point.
“I selected Duke as a result of it actually felt like household,” Fleary instructed ESPN. “Coach Kara Lawson and her workers are unbelievable individuals who care deeply about their gamers on and off the courtroom. The workforce’s tradition, identification, and drive to win align completely with who I’m as an individual and as an athlete. I do know Duke will push me to develop each academically and athletically, and put together me for the subsequent degree.”
Fleary, out of Sidwell Mates in Washington, D.C., is an all-around level guard on each ends of the courtroom with elite defensive ball strain expertise and a savviness with the ball that separates her from the remainder of the category. This summer time, she led her Crew Takeover squad to the Nike EYBL Championship whereas averaging 19.1 factors, 3.4 rebounds and three.1 assists per recreation.
Jadyn Donovan, a junior ahead on the Duke squad, additionally hails from Sidwell Mates and got here up via the Crew Takeover pipeline.
Lawson, a former level guard and now additionally the pinnacle coach of the U.S. girls’s nationwide workforce, has a robust, balanced recruiting group that ought to characteristic within the top-5 of ESPN’s class rankings for 2026. The Blue Devils signed only one freshman within the 2025 class — No. 4 Emilee Skinner — however are ranked seventh within the girls’s AP Prime 25 preseason ballot and first within the ACC coaches’ ballot.
Duke opens the 2025-26 season towards No. 16 Baylor on Nov. 3 in Paris (midday ET, ESPN).