The Lady Vols had a key 2027 target on campus over the weekend, and Maci Pringle’s timing made the visit a little more memorable. The four-star wing from Flower Mound, Texas, was in Knoxville to take a closer look at Kim Caldwell’s Tennessee program while celebrating her birthday.
Pringle, who is listed at 6-foot-1 and plays for Flower Mound High School, is ranked as a four-star prospect by ESPN. Tennessee first offered her on May 20, 2026.
The Lady Vols are far from alone in the chase. Pringle’s offer sheet already includes Arizona State, Houston, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Oregon, Georgia, Cincinnati, Penn State, Ole Miss, Miami, SMU, Alabama, Mississippi State, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Missouri, Georgia Tech, Texas Tech, Cal, UCF and more.
Her visit to Tennessee adds to a list of trips she has already made to Georgia, Oregon, Vanderbilt, Texas Tech and Arizona State.
The visit came during a season of major change for the Lady Vols as they head into year three under Caldwell. Tennessee moved on from assistant coaches Gabe Lazo and Roman Tubner and brought in Bill Ferrara and Isoken Uzamere. The roster also got a complete overhaul, with the program fielding an entirely new 15-player group for 2026.
Ferrara, who has become an important part of Tennessee’s recruiting push, explained how the staff wants to present the program moving forward. His comments came after the staff’s approach had already been shaped during the transfer portal cycle.
“One of the first things I said to Kim, and this is on the very first phone call and I haven’t been offered the job yet, but we’re just having conversations and I was like, okay, here’s the deal, I’m excited, I want to be part of this, Tennessee’s not a place that you do Lambos at,” Ferrara said. “Like, that’s just not it.
So, yeah, the pitch is Kim’s personality. We’re going to tell you the real, we’re going to tell you how it is, how hard it’s going to be.
We’re going to tell you what it’s going to be, really, like, you got a question? Great.
We’re going to answer everything. I watched her answer every question honestly.”
Tennessee still doesn’t have a commitment in the 2027 class. In the 2026 cycle, the Lady Vols signed five-star Oliviyah Edwards and four-star Gabby Minus, but Edwards later asked for a release from her signing and landed at South Carolina instead. Tennessee answered by signing international guard Irene Oboavwoduo to join Minus.
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