Women's Basketball | 10/16/2026 10:25:00 AM

The Cloud County Community College women's basketball team was picked to finish 10th in the 2026-2027 Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) Division I Preseason Coaches' Poll.

Dodge City Community College was selected as the preseason favorite after receiving nine first-place votes and 153 points. Hutchinson followed in second with three first-place votes and 143 points, while Coffeyville, Butler and Barton rounded out the top five.

Colby Community College earned the remaining first-place vote and was picked sixth.

Cloud County received 65 points to place 10th in the preseason poll.

The T-Birds enter the 2026-2027 season under head coach Brett Erkenbrack, who is beginning his 38th season at the helm of the women's basketball program. Cloud County is looking to build on a 2025-2026 campaign in which they finished 14-16 overall and 10-14 in KJCCC play. Cloud County earned the No. 10 seed in the 2026 NJCAA Region 6 Division I Women's Basketball Tournament before seeing its season come to an end against Barton in the opening round.

Erkenbrack's roster will feature plenty of new faces this season as the team returns zero minutes from a year ago. Forward Annika Moore and guard Jazlene Ruiz are the only two returners, but both redshirted last season due to injury.

Cloud County has welcomed a core group of transfers, including guard Auburn Aton from Weatherford College, forward Zanasia Marshall from Daytona State College, guard Breanna Reeves from Pratt Community College, and forward Paige Smith from Kansas Wesleyan University.

Newcomers include guard Sara Mora Gonzalez of Alicante, Spain, guard Bre'Azia Jones of Houston, Texas, forward Ceanna McKines of Las Cruces, New Mexico, guard Ella Oehmke of Palmer, Kansas, and guard Khiya Smith of Dallas, Texas.

Cloud County opens the 2026-2027 season on the road with two games at the Motlow State Classic in Tullahoma, Tennessee October 30-31.