Fall Rankings Review: 2023 Shooting Guards

<!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"small"} --> <p class="has-small-font-size"><em>The featured image is of [player_tooltip player_id='127229' first='Tatum' last='McFarland'] (2023) of Charlestown High School (#10 in white).</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last Friday, September 30th, we released the Fall rankings update for the Class of 2023. There were a handful of new additions, a few players who raised their "stock", so to speak, so subsequently there was some movement throughout the list. I wanted to take this time to circle back and address all of the ranked prospects, position by position. Below is a look at 54 shooting guard prospects who make up 24.0% of the rankings this time around, with analysis on a handful to "keep an eye on" detailed at the bottom.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><font size="+1">Rk.</font></strong></td><td><font size="+1"><strong>Name</strong></font></td><td><font size="+1"><strong>Pos.</strong></font></td><td><font size="+1"><strong>Ht.</strong></font></td><td><font size="+1"><strong>High School</strong></font></td></tr><tr><td>1.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59773' first='Ashlynn' last='Shade']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-10</td><td>La Lumiere Prep</td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59748' first='Nevaeh' last='Foster']</td><td>CG</td><td>5-8</td><td>Mishawaka Marian</td></tr><tr><td>3.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='96078' first='Asia' last='Donald']</td><td>CG</td><td>5-9</td><td>Hobart</td></tr><tr><td>4.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59775' first='Hailey' last='Smith']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-10</td><td>Fishers</td></tr><tr><td>5.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59776' first='Olivia' last='Smith']</td><td>CG</td><td>5-9</td><td>Fishers</td></tr><tr><td>6.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59779' first='Bailey' last='Tabeling']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-10</td><td>Trinity Lutheran</td></tr><tr><td>7.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59729' first='Savanna' last='Bischoff']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-9</td><td>Center Grove</td></tr><tr><td>8.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='127211' first='Emily' last='Mattingly']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-10</td><td>Evansville Memorial</td></tr><tr><td>9.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='203654' first='Eva' last='Fisher']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-8</td><td>Northridge</td></tr><tr><td>10.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59735' first='Kirsten' last='Clark']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-9</td><td>Ben Davis</td></tr><tr><td>11.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='96079' first='Taylor' last='Fordyce']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-10</td><td>Carroll (Fort Wayne)</td></tr><tr><td>12.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='178231' first='Trinity' last='Archey']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-6</td><td>North Central (Indianapolis)</td></tr><tr><td>13.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='96093' first='Lilly' last='Toppen']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-9</td><td>Kankakee Valley</td></tr><tr><td>14.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='127241' first='Tori' last='Thompson']</td><td>CG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Lafayette Central Catholic</td></tr><tr><td>15.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59727' first='Giavonnie' last='Belton']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Pike</td></tr><tr><td>16.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='203655' first='Maci' last='Chamberlin']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Blue River Valley</td></tr><tr><td>17.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='178236' first='Madelyn' last='Hackman']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-8</td><td>Brownstown Central</td></tr><tr><td>18.</td><td>[player_tooltip 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last='Martin']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-8</td><td>West Lafayette</td></tr><tr><td>33.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='372349' first='Ella' last='Haupert']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-6</td><td>Southwood</td></tr><tr><td>34.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='264990' first='Meghan' last='Kiebel']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Central Noble</td></tr><tr><td>35.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='127230' first='Caitlyn' last='Miller']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-8</td><td>McCutcheon</td></tr><tr><td>36.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='334259' first='Maliya' last='Turner']</td><td>CG</td><td>5-4</td><td>Ben Davis</td></tr><tr><td>37.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='300072' first='Emmrey' last='Collinsworth']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-9</td><td>Westfield</td></tr><tr><td>38.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='372354' first='Justice' last='Billingsley']</td><td>CG</td><td>5-5</td><td>Fort Wayne South Side</td></tr><tr><td>39.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='241198' first='Faith' last='Fleetwood']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-9</td><td>Vincennes Lincoln</td></tr><tr><td>40.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='496029' first='Jaylee' last='Hubble']</td><td>CG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Lapel</td></tr><tr><td>41.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='361363' first='Logan' last='Mouser']</td><td>CG</td><td>5-6</td><td>North Miami</td></tr><tr><td>42.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='303460' first='Eva' last='Dodds']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-8</td><td>New Prairie</td></tr><tr><td>43.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='300082' first='Emma' last='Long']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-9</td><td>Columbus North</td></tr><tr><td>44.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='410038' first='Dionna' last='Craig']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Culver Academy</td></tr><tr><td>45.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='372361' first='Emilia' last='Diaz']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-6</td><td>Fort Wayne Wayne</td></tr><tr><td>46.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='496005' first='Cameryn' last='Rector']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-6</td><td>Danville Community</td></tr><tr><td>47.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='331766' first='Aliyah' last='Hershberger']</td><td>CG</td><td>5-6</td><td>Mishawaka Marian</td></tr><tr><td>48.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='460828' first='Sydney' last='Keane']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Bellmont</td></tr><tr><td>49.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='460831' first='Jaelyn' last='Fee']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-8</td><td>Angola</td></tr><tr><td>50.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='460832' first='CeCe' last='Mitchell']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-8</td><td>Southport</td></tr><tr><td>51.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59730' first='Rylie' last='Boezeman']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Columbus North</td></tr><tr><td>52.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='460839' first='Allison' last='Craig']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Columbus East</td></tr><tr><td>53.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='460841' first='Payton' last='Reid']</td><td>CG</td><td>5-5</td><td>Highland</td></tr><tr><td>54.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='331814' first='Kendal' last='Rider']</td><td>SG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Lafayette Central Catholic</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><font size="+2">KEEP AN EYE ON:</font></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["178236"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"From helping lead her team to the semi-state as a Freshman, to her Senior season beginning, Madelyn has put together a nice career, including 61 wins, three Sectional titles, and a Regional title under her 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