When Jessica Fields called her older brother to tell him her college choice, he hung up immediately.

Fields had picked Michigan. Her brother, Justin, had been a star quarterback at Ohio State.

They’d been on a family vacation when she scheduled her official visit to Ann Arbor; Justin bristled at that. So she expected his reaction to the call, though he was half-joking. He called right back, they had a laugh, and the sibling rivalry was on.

Fields will suit up for the Michigan women’s basketball team this season, arriving on campus later this month. She’ll join a freshman class that includes fellow top-100 prospects McKenzie Mathurin and Ciara Byars .

Fields, a 6-foot-1 forward from Georgia ranked No. 97 in the 2025 class by ESPN.

“Jess is going to bring another level of athleticis

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