Washington’s roster build for the coming seasons has already taken on a distinctly international flavor, and now the Huskies are trying to turn that momentum into a high school recruiting win.
The latest target drawing serious attention is Deng Ngor, a four-star small forward in the Class of 2027. According to an update from Rivals.com’s Jamie Shaw, Washington is among the final teams still in the mix for the 6-foot-8 wing.
Ngor is ranked by the 247Sports composite as the 79th-best player in the country, the 21st-best small forward and the top player in Ontario, Canada. He attends Fort Erie International Academy in Fort Erie, Ontario.
His résumé already includes a strong showing on the international stage. In June, Ngor helped Canada knock off the U.S. in the FIBA U18 AmeriCup, averaging 10.2 points, four rebounds and three assists per game. He finished that event with 15 points in the championship game.
Washington’s pursuit of Ngor comes after a busy offseason that pushed the Huskies to build creatively. The program added 15th player for the upcoming season when it landed 6-foot-7 Bosnian guard Harun Zrno from Rutgers through the transfer portal.
That move capped a roster makeover that included six returning players from last season, five transfer additions, three international recruits and one player from the Class of 2026. Washington went after several of the top names in the Class of 2026, but the only high school addition it secured from that group was three-star Lattimore Ford.
The international pipeline has become a major part of the roster. Wini Braga of Brazil, Tristan Devers of Australia and Boris Tisma of Croatia were all recruited from their home countries. Along with Zrno and returning forward Nikola Dzepina, that gives Washington five international players on this season’s roster.
The Huskies are now trying to shift more of that recruiting success toward high school prospects in the classes ahead, including 2027 and 2028. Landing a player like Ngor would be a meaningful step in that direction, especially after a year in which Washington didn’t have much success with high school graduates.
Even so, the program has generally recruited well under Danny Sprinkle, and the Huskies are hoping to get back to that standard in the seasons ahead. If that happens, Washington may not need to lean so heavily on creative roster construction in the future.
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