Macy Comito has been part of Iowa State’s plan for a while now, and she made sure that plan stayed intact after last season’s roster shakeup.
Comito first committed to the Cyclones in August of 2024 and officially signed on Nov. 12, 2025.
Even with the roster turning over - nine transfers out and eight coming in - she remained locked in. Bill said she was “born to be a cyclone” because both of her parents attended Iowa State.
The Cyclones are getting plenty of production with her arrival. Comito’s high school résumé out of Carlisle, Iowa, is loaded with record-setting numbers: single-season scoring (559 points), career scoring (1,800 points), season scoring average (22.1 PPG), career scoring average (18.8 PPG), career 3-pointers (199), and career steals (328).
She also put together the kind of decorated prep career that jumps off the page. Comito earned 4A All-State honors three times, was First-Team All-Iowa twice, made All-Conference every year of high school, and set a Class 4A record with 42 points in one state tournament game. In the 2025-26 season, she helped Carlisle win a state championship and was named the 2026 Iowa Class 4A Player of the Year along with All-Tournament team captain.
The accolades didn’t stop on the court. Comito was also a 2026 Academic All-State selection and picked up Academic All-Conference honors four times.
For Iowa State, she joins a backcourt that has a lot of moving pieces and a lot of competition. Comito is one of several guards on the new roster and will have to carve out her place among players who bring collegiate experience, mostly from other programs. Even so, her quickness, three-point shooting, and defense should all be part of the equation from the start.
A lineup featuring Comito, Arriana Jackson, and Evangelia Paulk could be a nasty defensive group. That matters, too, because Iowa State averaged just 5.72 steals per game during conference play last season, which ranked 15th in the Big-12.
On offense, the fit is just as interesting. Bill Fennelly has recently talked about getting back to the “Iowa State Way,” and that usually means shots from deep.
“I don’t know what the biggest green light there is, but they all have it,” Fennelly stated in a recent press conference. That kind of freedom should suit Comito well, whether she’s spacing the floor, creating looks for teammates, or letting it fly herself.
A quicker offense could also open up more driving lanes, which makes her role as one of the point guards even more important. If Comito can bring the same kind of production she had at Carlisle to the college level, Iowa State may have one of its better long-term bets sitting right there in the backcourt.
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