Five-star center Sophie Hart joins the Wolfpack

Five-star 2021 women's basketball prospect Sophie Hart verbally committed to NC State Wednesday in an announcement on Twitter.

The 6-foot-4 recruit from Farmington (Minn.) High is ranked as the No. 5 center and the No. 40 overall prospect in the country according to ESPN's HoopGurlz.

Her commitment marks the third five-star pick up for Wolfpack head coach Wes Moore and his staff in the 2021 class. The group is currently rounded out by five-star guards Aziaha James and Jessica Timmons.

The Farmington standout averaged 17 points, 14 rebounds, two blocks and 1.5 steals per game last season as a junior.

"[Hart is a] blue-collar low-post prospect [that] brings skilled interior game, footwork, produces results," ESPN HoopGurlz scout Dan Olson wrote in his evaluation of her from Under Armour Nationals in July 2019. "Defensive presence in the block, rebounds and initiates the fast break; mobile in uptempo game; consistent workhorse on the boxes; continues as a stock-riser in the class of 2021."

Hart was named to the 2020 All-State team by the Minnesota Girls Basketball Association.

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