South Dakota 2023 Rankings Report

#1 [player_tooltip player_id="100467" first="Hilary" last="Behrens"] - 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 [player_tooltip player_id="154266" first="Reese" last="Ross"] - 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 [player_tooltip player_id="100468" first="Avery" last="Broughton"] - 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 [player_tooltip player_id="98751" first="Lexi" last="Unruh"] (Creighton commit) and she came back producing 40+ point outputs. Avery has D1 offers and is as a productive prospect you’ll find. #4 [player_tooltip player_id="100478" first="Olivia" last="Kieffer"] - 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 [player_tooltip player_id="100476" first="Kami" last="Wadsworth"] - 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 [player_tooltip player_id="100474" first="Gracie" last="Traphagen"] - 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 [player_tooltip player_id="100479" first="Jessy" last="VanDerWerff"] - 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 [player_tooltip player_id="100484" first="Remington" last="Price"] - 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 [player_tooltip player_id="100471" first="Shalyne" last="Nagel"] - Scored 25 points and had 11 rebounds in a 57 Wagner - 34 Madison regional win. #18 [player_tooltip player_id="166689" first="Coral" last="Mason"] - Coral is progressing into a scorer for Viborg-Hurley, recently scoring 22 points versus Freeman in the Region 5 girls basketball tournament. #19 [player_tooltip player_id="100472" first="Mallory" last="Miller"] - 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 [player_tooltip player_id="98753" first="Caelyn" last="Valandra-Prue"] 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 [player_tooltip player_id="100499" first="Zoey" last="Gerry"]  - 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 [player_tooltip player_id="242471" first="Stella" last="Peterson"] - Stella is under-the-radar because she plays on the same team as [player_tooltip player_id="98700" first="Olivia" last="Ritter"] and [player_tooltip player_id="218149" first="Katie" last="Vasecka"]. Don’t let her go unnoticed as a prospect to know in the state of South Dakota. [player_tooltip player_id="246223" first="Jadyn" last="Jensen"] - 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. [player_tooltip player_id="188478" first="Kate" last="Connor"] - 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.