CLEMSON – Trinity Jones, ESPNW’s No. 7 recruit in the 2026 class, has committed to Clemson, she announced on social media Monday.
“You can just tell it’s bigger than basketball with them,” she told Rivals.com.
Head coach Shawn Poppie and his staff have hosted Jones multiple times, including an official visit in late September, and another stop on Oct. 21.
Jones, a Naperville, Il., native, picked the Tigers over TCU, North Carolina, South Carolina, LSU, and Tennessee, where Candace Parker (an alum of Jones’ high school) jumpstarted her career.
The six-foot-one guard’s commitment comes on the heels of three other ESPNW Top-50 recruits and in the 2026 class deciding to make the Upstate their home. Most recently, Clemson secured a commitment from No. 25 Julia Scott, a forward from Nanuet, NY, on Sep. 22.
“I just want to start off by thanking all my family, my friends, everyone that has recruited me over the past few years,” Scott said in a commitment ceremony in the gym of Albertus Magnus High School.
“But I truly feel like I found my home and I’m ready to tell the world. I will be committing to Clemson University,” she said while unzipping a jacket to reveal an orange-and-gray Clemson shirt.
Scott picked the Tigers over Michigan and Notre Dame.
Poppie and Co. also notched a commitment from four-star 2026 shooting guard Kimora Fields in March. Fields is listed as the 13th-ranked shooting guard in the country No. 27 player overall according to ESPNW, and picked Clemson over Mississippi State, Wake Forest, and several other national powers.
“Found home,” Fields said in an X post in late March.
The Tigers also added some size in August with a six-foot-six power forward/center from Charleston, S.C., in August. Dyarri Braddick, a standout for the First Baptist Hurricanes, garnered interest for her success playing AAU ball for the Palmetto 76ers (A’ja Wilson’s Elite).
Braddick averaged over eight points and six rebounds for the Hurricanes last season, helping her team to a 29-3 record. She played in all 32 games and led her team with 1.6 blocks per game.
Clemson’s first commitment in the ‘26 class came from Meeyah Green, 2025’s Miss Tennessee Basketball. Green is ranked No. 45 in ESPNW’s rankings. The Knoxville, TN., native announced her commitment on Nov. 15, 2024.
“Home is where the heart is,” Green said in an X post last November.
In only his second season at Clemson, Poppie has already brought in 14 transfers, two of which joined him from his time as the NCAA’s Rookie Coach of the Year at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and two top-100 recruits in freshmen Holland Harris and Amaia Jackson.
Now, with five four or five stars coming in the 2026 class, Clemson is poised to have a top-ten recruiting class in the nation headed to TigerTown next year. This marks the highest-rated class in Clemson women’s basketball history.
The Poppie era in Clemson is in full swing.