Point guard and post were Western Kentucky’s two areas of need heading into the spring recruiting signing period.

WKU announced two new signees Friday that add depth to those positions.

Post player Raneem Elgedawy, an Egyptian national, and JUCO point guard Naomi Mayes and will join the Lady Topper roster this fall. Both will be eligible right away, with Elgedawy having a full four years of eligibility left and Mayes having three seasons left to play.

Elgedawy and Mayes join fall signees Whitney Creech, Malaka Frank and Sarah Price – all Kentucky high school seniors – to make up a five-player Class of 2016 for WKU coach Michelle Clark-Heard.

Mayes joins the Lady Toppers from Joliet Junior College in Joliet, Ill., and will have three years of eligibility remaining. The guard was the second-leading scorer for the Lady Wolves as a freshman in 2014-15 while leading the squad in assists and free throws both made and attempted.

The 5-foot-5 Crest Hill, Ill., native reached double figures in scoring 13 times her freshman year before missing last season with an injury.

Mayes is “a quick, intelligent point guard with great court vision who will have three years of eligibility remaining and provide immediate depth at the position for us,” Heard said in a statement. “Our fans are going to love her passion and enthusiasm for the game.

“She’s a winner; I feel like we’ve added another high-character, highly-driven player to our team. I think Naomi is going to help make everyone on the team better, that’s what we’re expecting of her.”

Elgedawy, an Alexandria, Egypt native, has represented her nation at the U-19 level. She competed in both the FIBA World Championships and the 2015 Afrobasket Championships.

The 6-foot-4 Elgedawy will provide an immediate boost in post depth for the Lady Toppers.

“I am honored and proud to have a young lady like Raneem to choose to travel halfway around the world to be a Lady Topper,” Heard said. “She will give a bigger presence inside than we’ve had recently and some much-needed depth in the post.

“Her experience playing with the Egyptian national team against international competition really helps her to be more prepared to compete for playing time right away. We are very fortunate to add a player like Raneem in this spring signing period.”

In eight games at the 2015 Afrobasket Championships, Elgedawy nearly averaged a double-double with 11.9 points and 8.1 rebounds.

At the U-19 World Championships, Elgedawy averaged 18 points and 8.9 rebounds across seven contests, including three double-doubles against Spain, the United States and Taiwan. She was the team’s leading scorer and rebounder against the United States (14 points, 10 rebounds) and tallied her tournament-high mark of 26 points against Spain.

This marks the second-straight year WKU has signed an Egyptian national. Guard Nadine Selaawi inked with WKU last spring, but couldn’t join the program because she was unable to obtain a student visa.

Selaawi has been released from her National Letter of Intent and is free to play somewhere else, Heard told the Daily News on Wednesday.

Elgedawy and Mayes join a signing class of three high schoolers who were all named to the Kentucky All-Star Team earlier this month.

Creech has earned the most notoriety of the fall signees. The Jenkins High School guard finished her career as the leading scorer in KHSAA history, male or female.

Creech and Frank were named Region Players of the Year for Region 14 and Region 11, respectively.

Heard said Wednesday she expects the new Lady Toppers to go through ups and downs next season, but that she’s excited for their futures.

“I think Whit will have a chance to score for us because she has a scorer’s mentality and she’s very unselfish,” Heard said. “Malaka just plays so hard defensively and then Sarah is a back-to-the-basket-type post, but can face up as well and shoot the 3.

“So I’m excited and I think throughout their high school career they showed what they can be able to come here and do and help us with.”

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