Fresh off the program’s first-ever Final Four appearance, the Oregon Ducks women’s basketball program learned Wooden Award winner Sabrina Ionescu would be returning for her senior season.

It was an emphatic statement that Oregon would be the team to beat next season and the likely preseason No. 1 program in the country.

But what about the future?

Even with emerging stars Satou Sabally, Erin Boley and Nyara Sabally, Oregon would need help to develop into a perennial national title contender.

The Ducks and coach Kelly Graves received some Monday, as ESPNW five-star guard Sydney Parrish announced her commitment, choosing Oregon over fellow finalists Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, South Carolina, Tennessee and UCLA:

The 6-foot-2 athlete is rated the nation’s No. 11 overall prospect and the No. 1 guard in the class of 2020, according to ESPNW.

As a junior, she averaged 21.0 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.9 steals per game, leading Hamilton Southeastern School (Indiana) to its first-ever state championship.

Parrish is the first ESPNW five-star prospect to commit to Oregon since Satou Sabally in the class of 2017, and is the highest-rated pledge since Ionescu in 2016 (No. 4; No. 5 Erin Boley originally committed to Notre Dame out of high school, but later transferred).

-- Andrew Nemec