The Golden Gopher women's soccer program will welcome the Big Ten's third-ranked recruiting class for the 2006 season according to Soccer Buzz Magazine. A year after signing the program's first top-100 national recruit in Kelsey Hood, Minnesota inked a Big Ten-best five national top-100 players. Chelsey Turner (Rochester, Minn.) and Kelly Wepking (Kenosha, Wis.) are ranked in the top 75, while Sara Clancy (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Dana Tripp (White Bear Lake, Minn.) and Jenny Green (Palatine, Ill.) are ranked in the top 100.

Big Ten Recruiting Classes
1. Penn State
2. Illinois
3. Minnesota
4. Ohio State
5. Indiana
6. Wisconsin
7. Michigan
8. Purdue
9. Michigan State
10. Northwestern
11. Iowa