Impact Transfers For Florida’s Top Teams
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Impact Transfers For Florida’s Top Teams By Michael Wholey 10/25/21 4:00 PM EST The start to the 2021-22 high school season is just under a month away. Players transferring have been much of the storyline for the last six months…
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By Michael Wholey 10/25/21 4:00 PM EST
The start to the 2021-22 high school season is just under a month away. Players transferring have been much of the storyline for the last six months as many of the state’s top players have been on the move. We take a look at who are the state’s most impactful transfers.
No team has improved more and been impacted more than Montverde Academy. Prep Girls Hoops Florida # 1 ranked player Janiah Barker Janiah Barker 6'2" | SF Montverde Academy | 2022 State #3 Nation FL (formerly at Tampa Bay Tech) and # 8 ranked player and Texas signee Jordana Codio Jordana Codio 6'1" | SF Montverde Academy | 2022 State FL (formerly at American Heritage Plantation) have enrolled at Montverde Academy) along with 5’10 2023 Guard / Wing Cori Allen Cori Allen 5'10" | SG Montverde Academy | 2023 State FL , who comes to Montverde Academy from Tennessee and is one of the top 50 players nationally in the 2023 class. Barker, Codio, and Allen join a Montverde Academy that was ranked in the top 5 nationally all of last season and welcome back 6’0 Xavier signee Fernanda Ovalle Fernanda Ovalle 5'11" | SF Montverde Academy | 2022 State FL (Xavier signee), 6’5 UCF signee Fatima Diakhate Fatima Diakhate 6'6" | C Montverde Academy | 2022 State FL and the 2023 duo of 5’10 Rusne Augustinaite Rusne Augustinaite 5'10" | CG Montverde Academy | 2023 State FL and 5’10 Mjarcle Sheppard.
DME Academy has improved tremendously to their starting rotation. Coming off a strong showing in 2020-21 and a breakout season from Chloe Kitts Chloe Kitts 6'2" | SF Faith Christian Academy | 2022 FL . DME has added University of Auburn verbal commit Sydney Shaw Sydney Shaw 5'9" | SG DME Academy | 2022 State FL (formerly at American Heritage Plantation) and 6’2 Forward Amiya Evans Amiya Evans 6'2" | PF DME Academy | 2022 State FL (formerly at Tampa Bay Tech) to run alongside Kitts, 5’10 Rollins College signee Emily McIntosh Emily McIntosh 5'11" | SF St. Augustine | 2022 State FL , and 5’9 Guard Sophia Rueppell Sophia Rueppell 5'9" | PG Bishop Kenny | 2023 State FL . The additions of Shaw and Evans make a solid squad stronger and make DME one of the top 10 teams in the state of Florida.
St Thomas Aquinas is coming off a state championship. They lost one of the top scorers in the state Samara Spencer Samara Spencer 5'8" | CG St Thomas Aquinas | 2021 State FL , who is now at the University of Arkansas but return a very talented group of players. University of Richmond verbal commit 6’1 Forward Jada Green Jada Green 6'0" | PF St. Thomas Aquinas | 2022 State FL , Jada’s younger sister 2023 5’9 super athletic guard Reina Green Reina Green 5'10" | CG St. Thomas Aquinas | 2023 State FL , two of the states’ top undecided guards Bre Gustave and Maya Williams Maya Williams 5'6" | CG St Thomas Aquinas | 2022 State FL , as well as 2023 combo guard Karina Gordon Karina Gordon 5'8" | CG St. Thomas Aquinas | 2023 State FL made up one of the strongest teams in the state. With the additions of 2023 6’1 Forward Alancia Ramsey Alancia Ramsey 6'0" | PF St Thomas Aquinas | 2023 State FL (formerly at American Heritage Delray) and 2024 guard Kamryn Corporan Kamryn Corporan 5'3" | PG St. Thomas Aquinas | 2024 State FL (formerly at Pace), St. Thomas is one of the strongest and deepest teams in the state and the favorites to repeat as FHSAA State Champions in 6A.
South Fort Myers welcomes has to have the most revamped roster from last season to this season. Coming off a 15-6 record, and losing their two top scorers to graduation Genesis Escalera and Jada McBride, South Fort Myers returns their # 3 and # 4 scorers Jireh Diggs (8.5 PPG) and Cameran Trapp (6.2 PPG) as well as Sydney Kashner. With just 3 returning players, the new look squad welcomes 9 new faces including Purdue verbal commit Addison Potts Addison Potts 6'0" | CG South Fort Myers | 2022 State FL (formerly at Seffner Christian), 6’1 2023 Wing / Forward Haley Lang Haley Lang 6'1" | SF South Fort Myers | 2023 State FL (formerly at Dunbar HS), 5’9 2023 guard Jayda Green Jayda Green 5'7" | CG South Fort Myers | 2023 State FL who was the leading scorer at Lehigh last year as a sophomore averaging 11.8 PPG, as well as Rylee Taber, V’davrielle Johnson, Jaylin Rivera, Makayla Sprague, Kimber Swift, and Aileen Wharcol.
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