Top Non-Texas Players- 8th Grade Division #NBC22

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I'm pretty sure most of these players are heading into high school so I'll roll with C/O 2026 for right now so here are some guards that </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Micah Woollery (Level Up) TN</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Woollery is "long and athletic" and that is the base, yet her DESIRE to go after rebounds over and over on both ends caught my eye. She scored around the basket as well as on putbacks, plus she played the passing lane</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Taniyah Hurt (Level Up) TN</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hunt is also long and athletic, I love that profile, more importantly, so do college coaches and they give scholarships. She scored countless times off the dribble and finished after contact plus she also played the passing lane and handled the ball in the open court</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Jessica Cullins (AR JB Lady Ballers 2026)</strong> <strong>AR</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Cullins attacked the basket relentlessly and showed how powerful she was on her finishes, literally with defenders hanging on her back. She has the nice pull-up jumper in the set and in transition but her court vision JUST DID IT for me</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Summer Morgan (AR JB Lady Ballers 2026) AR</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Morgan is, one more time, long and athletic and she has several intangibles starting with her smothering defense baseline to baseline. Throw in that she scores both off the dribble or the short jumper and played the passing lane, well handled the ball after the steal too</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Joy Fisher (Team Dunn) LA</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Fisher is, you guessed it, long and athletic and I enjoyed watching her rebound and go coast to coast and finish multiple times. Her pull-up jumper was effective, she already understands how to "create her shot" and she too played the passing lane</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Erynn Felton (Team Dunn) LA</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Felton is, wait, not she isn't but long and athletic doesn't matter because she has UPS, and watching her elevate over defenders and score going C2C had me going. She also scored off the dribble but those UPS enabled her to block some shots </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Brooklyn Owens (D.E.B.S. Elite Purple 2026) AR</strong> and <strong>Kaylin Bean (D.E.B.S. Elite Purple 2026) AR</strong> games mirrored each other in so many ways. Both scored off the dribble and played the passing lane but Owens understands positioning and outrebounded taller players while Bean brought some on-the-ball heat on defense </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kenzie Raasch (Oklahoma Aces-2026 Carrington) OK</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Raasch has the SWB tag which means "speed with ball" basically meaning she can go full-speed dribbling under control, that's HUGE. She also scores both off the dribble and with the jumper which she dropped with hands in her face</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sadie Franklin (Oklahoma Aces-2026 Carrington) OK</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Franklin is heady, plays within herself, and understands how to get hers "in the flow". She also does a good job creating her shot to either drop the jumper or attack the basket from multiple angles </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->