Syracuse basketball added two more New York names to its 2027 recruiting haul, with both the women’s and men’s programs officially signing prospects during the early national signing period.
On the women’s side, Syracuse locked in point guard Josephine Pinnock, one of the top seniors in the Empire State. Pinnock, who stands 5-foot-10, verbally committed to the Orange in late September after choosing Syracuse over Seton Hall, Hofstra and Stony Brook.
Pinnock is a standout at Christ the King High School in Middle Village, N.Y. As a junior in the 2025-26 season, she put up 19.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game while earning New York State Catholic High School Athletic Association (“CHSAA”) AAA player of the year honors.
Felisha Legette-Jack’s staff offered Pinnock in July, around the time she made an unofficial visit to Syracuse. She later returned for an official visit in September, as first reported by Inside the Loud House.
In a prepared statement, Legette-Jack said Pinnock will be a candidate for Gatorade player of the year in New York state in 2026-27. Legette-Jack added, "We are excited to have another New York player stay in the state and come to Syracuse to represent the best school in our state, arguably the country.
She's going to bring flash. She's going to bring finesse.
She's going to bring passes that remind me of a great guy who played here years ago, Pearl Washington."
Syracuse’s men’s program also announced the signing of three-star wing Jack Donohue, a 6-foot-8, 220-pound prospect from Albany, N.Y. Donohue committed to SU in early August.
Donohue has drawn attention as an underrated 2027 recruit and an elite shooter. He missed about 10 months last year following open-heart surgery, but analysts and scouts have told Inside the Loud House that a strong senior year at The Newman School in Boston could push him into four-star territory.
His path to Syracuse has been building for a while. Donohue took an official visit to the Orange in late October and had previously made an unofficial visit in late June. Before transferring to Newman, he played at Christian Brothers Academy in Albany.
Since the fall recruiting period opened in September, Orange assistant coach Arinze Onuaku has been in to see Donohue at an open gym at Newman. Syracuse offered him on June 25, and his connection with first-year head coach Gerry McNamara goes back to McNamara’s time at Siena, when he offered Donohue there.
The other member of Syracuse men’s 2027 class is five-star wing/small forward Moussa Kamissoko from the Bronx, N.Y. The 6-foot-8, 180-pound Kamissoko committed in late September and has started quickly in the 2026-27 season at the Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio. He had not officially signed with Syracuse at the time of this writing, though there was no indication that Orange fans should be concerned about that situation.
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