Abundant wing Milika Satuala dedicates to Utah ladies’s basketball
It’s been an excellent couple weeks on the in-state recruiting trail for Gavin Petersen and the Utah women’s basketball program.One week after the
Utes received a verbal devote from the state’s top 2026 recruiting possibility, Kanab’s Rylee Little, Utah got another one Tuesday night.It came from Bountiful wing Milika Satuala,
who revealed her promise on Instagram.Who is Milika Satuala?Satuala is a 5-foot-10 shooting guard who is ranked a four-star
prospect with a 0.9723 score in 247 Sports ‘composite rankings.247 Sports rates her as the No. 70 recruit in the country in the 2026 recruiting class, the 12th-best shooting guard total and the No. 2 recruit in Utah, behind only Little.” Satuala plays the game with an intensity that few of her classmates can match. Her size and movement give coaches the option to play her at the 2-4 depending on the opponent matchup. Satuala is a perfect utility prospect because way. She produces without needing specific set calls and can defend high level scoring choices, “247 Sports’ Brandon Clay composed in hunting Satuala.” It’s uncommon that prospects with Satuala’s work principles, athleticism and competitive spirit do not wind up being efficient at the college level. Search for her to improve her 3-point
shooting over time. That’s an aspect of Satuala’s game that can go up a notch.” Satuala has a set of brother or sisters likewise playing collegiate sports: her sister, Emrie Moea’i, is a senior on the Utah volley ball group, while her sibling, Faletau Satuala, is a sophomore security on the BYU football team.Milika Satuala averaged 13.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.4 takes per game last season for Abundant, helping the Redhawks win the 5A state title.She scored a team-high 17 points and added six rebounds, 3 helps, 2 takes and
three blocks for Plentiful in its 57-47 win over West in last season’s 5A championship game.Satuala has actually won 3 straight 5A state titles with the Redhawks. As a freshman,
she scored 9 fourth-quarter points and led Abundant with 16 in assisting her team edge Springville 41-39 for the 5A crown.She is a two-time 5A first-team All-State honoree from the Deseret News Satuala likewise earned third-team all-state honors as a freshman.How does Milika Satuala fit into Utah’s future plans?Satuala ends up being the next high-rated guard recruit to dedicate to the Utes in recent seasons.While she is the first guard in the 2026 class, Satuala will team with numerous young skills when
she arrives at the school.Utah’s 2025 recruiting class– a group that will be freshmen this season– was headlined by first-class point guard LA Sneed and also includes four-star skills Avery Hjelmstad and Ella Todd. Utah will be paced along
the guard line by a number of upperclassmen this season in seniors Maty Wilke and Lani White.Satuala, however, will have her
opportunities to make an influence on a guard lineup that, when she shows up, could also include existing sophomores Brooke Walker and Grace Foster
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800″ height= “576”/ > Bountiful’s Milika Satuala walks around West High’s Ale Fonoti throughout the 5A women specify basketball championship game at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. Abundant won 57-47.|Kristin Murphy, Deseret News.