South Dakota 2023 Rankings Report
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#1 Hilary Behrens Hilary Behrens 6'1" | SG Brandon Valley | 2023 State SD – Hilary comes in at the #1 spot as she has taken her game to another level. According to MAXPREPS she’s averaging 17.2 points per game.…
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Continue Reading#1 Hilary Behrens Hilary Behrens 6'1" | SG Brandon Valley | 2023 State SD – Hilary comes in at the #1 spot as she has taken her game to another level. According to MAXPREPS she’s averaging 17.2 points per game. D1 prospect.
#2 Reese Ross Reese Ross 6'1" | SF St. Thomas More | 2023 State SD – The 6’0 wing with massive upside gets the ranking she deserves coming in at the #2 spot. St. Thomas More is the favorite to win the Class A state title and Reese is a major factor in them reaching that goal.
#3 Avery Broughton Avery Broughton 5'11" | SG Corsica-Stickney | 2023 State SD – Unfortunately, Avery suffered a season-ending knee injury, but don’t count her out on coming back full strength and better than ever. We saw this happen to Lexi Unruh Lexi Unruh 6'0" | SF Sioux Falls Christian | 2021 State SD (Creighton commit) and she came back producing 40+ point outputs. Avery has D1 offers and is as a productive prospect you’ll find.
#4 Olivia Kieffer Olivia Kieffer 5'10" | CG Rapid City Christian | 2023 State SD – The scoring guard averaging 22.0 points per game, per the SD Attack website she will be joining their roster and competing with them this Spring/Summer, playing up on the 17U roster. The only 2023 to be doing so per roster. PGH will be at various events that SD Attack will be competing in and will update her progress and evaluate her against the best competition the country has to offer. The PGH Circuit will be transcending.
#7 Kamryn Wadsworth Kamryn Wadsworth 5'10" | SF Hamlin | 2023 State SD – Kami has already made a college commitment to D2 University of Sioux Falls. She’s the leader and toughness of the 18-2 Hamlin Chargers.
#8 Gracie Traphagen Gracie Traphagen 5'11" | PF Groton Area | 2023 State SD – The leader of the Groton Tigers has multiple D2 offers including MSU Moorhead, University of Sioux Falls, University of Mary, and Northern State University.
#10 Jessy VanDerWerff Jessy VanDerWerff 5'7" | CG Gregory | 2023 State SD – Average of 18.9 points per game via MAXPREPS. She’s an aggressive offensive prospect that has 40 point and 34 point performances this season. She can score.
#13 Remington Price Remington Price 5'7" | SG Pierre | 2023 State SD – Remington is making a name for herself this season and has been a breakout player. She recently led her Pierre squad with 19 points in a 56-38 win against Brookings.
#15 Shalayne Nagel Shalayne Nagel 5'11" | SF Wagner | 2023 State SD – Scored 25 points and had 11 rebounds in a 57 Wagner – 34 Madison regional win.
#18 Coral Mason Coral Mason 5'10" | CG Viborg-Hurley | 2023 State SD – Coral is progressing into a scorer for Viborg-Hurley, recently scoring 22 points versus Freeman in the Region 5 girls basketball tournament.
#19 Mallory Miller Mallory Miller 6'4" | C Wolsey-Wessington | 2023 State SD – The 6’4 center has transferred to Class B Aberdeen Christian and has lead them to a SoDak 16 appearance as a #15 seed, matching up against Caelyn Valandra-Prue Caelyn Valandra-Prue 5'10" | PG White River | 2021 State SD and #2 White River. On a side note, Valandra-Prue is a scoring machine and has a 46 point performance this season. If Mallory becomes a more aggressive player her stock will only rise.
#21 Zoey Gerry Zoey Gerry 6'0" | SF Madison | 2023 State SD – Happened to have 16 points in the same game in the loss against Wagner. She competed in the PGH Dakotas Top 250 Expo and showed her ability to board the ball and have a skill-set.
#29 Stella Peterson Stella Peterson 5'7" | SG Tea Area | 2023 State SD – Stella is under-the-radar because she plays on the same team as Olivia Ritter Olivia Ritter 5'9" | SG Tea Area | 2021 State SD and Katie Vasecka Katie Vasecka 6'2" | CG Tea Area | 2024 State SD . Don’t let her go unnoticed as a prospect to know in the state of South Dakota.
Jadyn Jensen Jadyn Jensen 5'10" | SG Jones County | 2023 State SD – Jadyn is a newcomer that will be rising up the ranks in our next update as PGH is gathering more intel. She was mentioned in previous articles and is averaging 19.4 points per game via MAXPREPS.
Kate Connor Kate Connor 6'0" | C Howard | 2023 State SD – The 6’0 center from Howard will be moving up the rankings. She recently scored 20 points in their regional matchup. She’s a hard-nosed and tough center prospect.