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Youngstown State has scoured the midwest and has a nice representation in this year's early recruiting class.
The Penguins women's basketball team signed players from Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.
They have two guards and two forwards represented.
Amara Chikwe, a 6-foot-1 forward from Westland, Mich., plays for Wayne Memorial High School in the Detroit area.
She helped the Zebras to a 16-5 mark by averaging 10.4 points, 13.7 rebounds and five blocks a season ago.
Chelsea Olson is a 5-10 guard who plays for Westby (Wis.) Area High School, who averaged 20 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.4 steals and 3.1 assists. She shot 58 percent from the floor and 39-percent from 3-point range, and she has already surpassed 1,000 career points.
McKenah Peters is a 5-9 shooting guard from Keystone (Ohio) High School, located in Lorain County. Last year she set Keystone's record for career points while averaging 21 points.
She verbally committed to YSU prior to her junior season.
Anne Secrest is a 6-0 forward Claypool, Ind., who like Peters, committed prior to her junior season.
As a sophomore, she averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds in leading Tippecanoe Valley High School to the Class 3-A state championship game. As a junior, she averaged 17.5 points, eight rebounds, 2.7 steals and 1.6 blocks. Secrest was given a three-star ranking on espn.com.
YSU, which is coming off its second-straight 21-win season, begins the regular season tonight when it hosts American, starting at 7 p.m.