ICYMI: 2025 Rankings Were Posted This Week
In case you missed it, Prep Girls Hoops California updated our 2025 Prospect Rankings earlier this week! The rankings now include 42 college prospects with a top five of Addison Deal Addison Deal 5'10" | CG Mater Dei | 2025 State CA , Nina Cain Nina Cain 6'1" | PF McClatchey | 2025 State CA , Brooklyn Shamblin Brooklyn Shamblin 5'9" | CG Oaks Christian | 2025 State CA , Nyah Buntun Nyah Buntun 5'4" | PG St. Mary’s | 2025 State CA , and !
See where your favorite players stack up in the state by viewing the California 2025 Rankings!
We have begun analyzing the rankings updates in the following articles, too:
- Blackwater Blackout Final Day Standouts Pt. 2
- 2025 Rankings - New Additions to the List - Part 1
- 2025 - DIA(Do It All) Players
Things you need to know about our Prospect Rankings
How do you decide where a player gets ranked? Let us tell you.
Prep Girls Hoops California prospect rankings are compiled by our Scouts with input from high school, AAU, and college coaches who watch a ton of California basketball. We put a lot of time and energy into it and we are as diligent as we can possibly be to get it right. We never intentionally set out to bury a kid or leave them off the list. We try not to be biased, other than favoring athletes with talent and a desire to get better. We work hard at being fair.
Most importantly, this list is about college potential, not current performance. Let us repeat that: This list is about college potential, not current performance. This is the big one, the factor that causes the most consternation, the most misunderstanding, especially among keenly interested parents. With that in mind, grassroots ball matters greatly. We are obviously not ignoring the high school season. It is a reality, however, that players who do not play in grassroots events that are highly attended by other collegiate prospects are diminishing their opportunity to get noticed and distinguish themselves as a recruit and therefore make the rankings.