A recruiting source confirmed that Kiah Stokes, a 6-foot-3 junior center at Linn-Mar High in Marion, Iowa has been offered a scholarship by UConn.

UConn coach Geno Auriemma went to see Stokes play earlier in this week and although he is precluded from speaking directly to Stokes, the source indicated that he made it clear to Stokes when she took her unofficial visit to UConn last month that a scholarship offer could be forthcoming assuming Auriemma liked what he saw when he took in one of Stokes' high school games. Obviously that is the case meaning that UConn has offered California stars Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Bonnie Samuelson as well as Stokes and gifted Delaware high star Betnijah Laney among the current group of high school juniors.

The source also indicated that Auriemma is planning to catch another highly touted junior post player next week when he goes to see Elizabeth Williams out of Princess Anne High in Virginia Beach, Va. in action.

At Thursday's practice, UConn associate head coach Chris Dailey and assistant coach Shea Ralph were not in attendance. Dailey was scheduled to take in the New York Section IX AA semifinal as UConn incoming freshman Stefanie Dolson's Minisink Valley squad played Warwick High. Ralph headed out to SUNY-Farmingdale to see UConn incoming freshman Bria Hartley in action. Hartley's North Babylon team is playing Sachem East in the Suffolk AA championship game tonight at 7:30 p.m.