Kentucky Women’s Basketball Signs Five-Star, Team USA Gold Medalist Maddyn Greenway
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky women’s basketball program inked another five-star guard to its incoming class to continue the early signing period, head coach Kenny Brooks announced Tuesday. Five-star guard Maddyn Greenway will join five-star, 6-1 forward Savvy Swords and four-star, 6-0 guard Emily McDonald as freshmen in 2026-27.
The Wildcats, under second-year Coach Brooks, currently have the No. 4 recruiting class in the nation, according to ESPN, which includes No. 13 Greenway, No. 19 Swords and No. 23 McDonald.
Maddyn Greenway
5-8 | Guard | Wayzata, Minn. | Providence Academy
Maddyn Greenway, a 5-8 guard from Wayzata, Minnesota, has played for Providence Academy since she was in seventh grade, helping the Lions to one staete runner-up finish (2021) and four straight state championships (2022-25).
She has been named an All-State, All-Conference and All-Tournament team selection, as well as Conference Player of the Year, each year since she was in seventh grade, but it was her most recent year that the honors piled up.
In her junior season in 2024-25, in addition to the previous accolades, Greenway also added Minnesota Star Tribune Player of the Year, Minnesota MaxPreps Player of the Year and Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year to her already lengthy bio. That season, she averaged 32.8 points per game, 7.5 rebounds per game, 8.7 assists per game and 4.9 steals per game, totaling 1,050 points, 232 rebounds, 280 assists and 160 steals as a junior in 2024-25.
She was critical in helping Providence earn a 32-0 record and its fourth straight state title.
Outside of girls’ high school basketball, Greenway also played for North Tartan EYBL in Summer 2024 and for Team USA in Summer 2025. With Team USA, she won a gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Cup in Czech Republic. In six games there, she averaged 3.3 ppg, 1.3 rpg and 4.5 apg in less than 15 minutes per game en route to guiding United States to a 7-0 overall record.
In addition to girls’ basketball, the multi-sport student-athlete also is a four-time All-State, All-Conference and All-Tournament selection in girls’ soccer. She set the all-time Minnesota career goals record (218) and the all-time Minnesota single-season goals record (62) last season.
Greenway was named Minnesota Miss Soccer in 2025 after helping the Lions to back-to-back state titles in 2024 and 2025.
From Maddyn Greenway:
“I am beyond excited for the amazing opportunity to play at Kentucky. It is an honor to be recruited and trusted by this coaching staff and I am excited to get on campus and prepare to have a great freshman year!!”
From Kenny Brooks:
“I am very excited to welcome Maddyn to Big Blue Nation. Maddyn will be a tremendous addition to our program. Her competitive drive combined with her innate ability to shoot the basketball will make her ready to compete for us immediately. I can’t wait for her to be in the blue and white!”
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