This post was written by Hatchet reporter Agam Mittal.

Three players have signed National Letters of Intent to join the women’s basketball program for the 2017-2018 season, the team announced Thursday.

Guards Lexus Levy and Chyna Latimer, as well as forward Neila Luma, are head coach Jennifer Rizzotti’s first signees as head coach at GW since she replaced Jonathan Tsipis this past April.

Levy, a two-time all-state basketball guard for Seton Catholic Central High School in Binghamton, N.Y., helped lead her girls basketball team to the Class B Section 4 title as a junior. Last year, she was named Class B Player of the Year by the New York State Sportswriters Association, and she was a NYSSA District 4 First Team pick.

The 5-foot-6-inch guard was already committed to play at the University of Hartford, then coached by Rizzotti. When the head coach left for GW in April,  Levy opted to decommit from Hartford and join Rizzotti in Foggy Bottom.

Six-foot guard-forward Chyna Latimer, who according to a release was Rizzotti’s first target this summer, was a Maryland 2A/1A First Team selection as a junior at Patterson Mills High School. The Bel Air, Md. native helped to lead Patterson Mills to two consecutive Maryland 2A State titles in her freshman and sophomore year. She was also a contributor on the Maryland Belles AAU Girls Basketball Team.

Neila Luma is a 6-foot-1-inch forward from Allentown Central Catholic High School in Macungie, Pa. Now attending Bethlehem Catholic High School for her senior season, she averaged 11.7 points and 9.2 rebounds per game in her final year at Allentown Central.

Luma, a three-star forward, is ranked as the 59th-best forward in the nation by ESPN. Luma was also recruited by Pittsburgh, JMU, UCF, and Fordham, but will arrive at GW with the opportunity to contribute immediately at the forward position next year, when the Colonials will be without current senior Caira Washington and redshirt senior Lexi Martins.