Winter Rankings Review: 2024 Small Forwards

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tuesday, we released the Winter rankings update for the Class of 2024. There were more than 25 new additions, plus 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 58 small forward prospects who make up 29.0% of the rankings this time around, with analysis on a handful to "keep an eye on" detailed at the bottom.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><font color="#FFFFFF">.</font></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><font size="+1">Rk.</font></strong></td><td><strong><font size="+1">Name</font></strong></td><td><strong><font size="+1">Pos.</font></strong></td><td><strong><font size="+1">Ht.</font></strong></td><td><strong><font size="+1">H.S.</font></strong></td></tr><tr><td>1.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='177344' first='Ellery' last='Minch']</td><td>SF</td><td>6-2</td><td>Mt. Vernon (Fortville)</td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='177314' first='Alexis' last='Castator']</td><td>SF</td><td>6-1</td><td>Fort Wayne Northrop</td></tr><tr><td>3.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='177317' first='Destini' last='Craig']</td><td>CF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Fort Wayne Northrop</td></tr><tr><td>4.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='176406' first='Aniyah' last='Bishop']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Lake Central</td></tr><tr><td>5.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='177332' first='Sophia' last='Johnson']</td><td>CF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Evansville Memorial</td></tr><tr><td>6.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='177336' first='Scarlett' last='Kimbrell']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Franklin Community</td></tr><tr><td>7.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='264118' first='Morgan' last='Roberts']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Fishers</td></tr><tr><td>8.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='177316' first='Kennedy' last='Coleman']</td><td>SF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Charlestown</td></tr><tr><td>9.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='177310' first='Kennedy' last='Blakely']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-8</td><td>Bishop Noll</td></tr><tr><td>10.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='177359' first='Adrianne' last='Tolen']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-10</td><td>West Lafayette</td></tr><tr><td>11.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='177337' first='Kaiden' last='Kreinhagen']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-8</td><td>North Central (Indianapolis)</td></tr><tr><td>12.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='239358' first='Madison' last='Wagner']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Carroll (Flora)</td></tr><tr><td>13.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='177329' first='Keylee' last='Hudson']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Eastern Greene</td></tr><tr><td>14.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='177357' first='Kendall' last='Sterling']</td><td>CF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Seymour</td></tr><tr><td>15.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='264111' first='Audrey' last='Annee']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Center Grove</td></tr><tr><td>16.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='239357' first='Isabel' last='Scales']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-8</td><td>Caston</td></tr><tr><td>17.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='406433' first='Nadia' last='Clayton']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-8</td><td>Lake Central</td></tr><tr><td>18.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='177341' first='Koryn' last='Marshall']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-7</td><td>Heritage Christian</td></tr><tr><td>19.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='369825' first='Ava' last='Carter']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Carmel</td></tr><tr><td>20.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='298253' first='Catherine' last='Cline']</td><td>CF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Cathedral</td></tr><tr><td>21.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='264119' first='Ava' last='Shoemaker']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Noblesville</td></tr><tr><td>22.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='201882' first='Kooper' last='Stone']</td><td>CF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Danville</td></tr><tr><td>23.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='331778' first='Shena' last='Fleming']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-8</td><td>La Lumiere Prep</td></tr><tr><td>24.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='239354' first='Aleyna' last='Quinn']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Castle</td></tr><tr><td>25.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='326479' first='Erica' last='Buening']</td><td>CF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Franklin Community</td></tr><tr><td>26.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='201875' first='Emma' last='Hendricks']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-8</td><td>Brownsburg</td></tr><tr><td>27.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='326491' first='Kayla' last='Wilkerson']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-8</td><td>Lake Station Edison</td></tr><tr><td>28.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='369832' first='Becca' last='Gerdt']</td><td>SF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Valparaiso</td></tr><tr><td>29.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='326482' first='Sincere' last='Coleman-Francis']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>La Lumiere Prep</td></tr><tr><td>30.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='572794' first='Emma' last='Sperry']</td><td>SF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Frankton</td></tr><tr><td>31.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='177320' first='Brylee' last='Delano']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Evansville Mater Dei</td></tr><tr><td>32.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='331820' first='Morgan' last='Crowe']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-8</td><td>Pike</td></tr><tr><td>33.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='369829' first='Sienna' last='Foster']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Benton Central</td></tr><tr><td>34.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='239352' first='Olivia' last='Oman']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Lakeland</td></tr><tr><td>35.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='298260' first='Ellie' last='Falkenstein']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Jeffersonville</td></tr><tr><td>36.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='264120' first='Carys' last='Wilson']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Franklin Central</td></tr><tr><td>37.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='177360' first='Sarah' last='Werth']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>West Lafayette</td></tr><tr><td>38.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='572796' first='Ciara' last='Sims']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-7</td><td>Fort Wayne Snider</td></tr><tr><td>39.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='331818' first='Morgan' last='White']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>New Prairie</td></tr><tr><td>40.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='331815' first='Denyha' last='Jacobs']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-7</td><td>Warren Central</td></tr><tr><td>41.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='331773' first='Madelyn' last='Poynter']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Lapel</td></tr><tr><td>42.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='326481' first='Liza' last='Froedge']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Trinity Lutheran</td></tr><tr><td>43.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='572797' first='Zoe' last='Wheeler']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-8</td><td>Ben Davis</td></tr><tr><td>44.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='331797' first='Candyce' last='Hollins']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Warren Central</td></tr><tr><td>45.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='572799' first='Alante' last='Wright']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Portage</td></tr><tr><td>46.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='455937' first='Aniya' last='Woodson']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Fort Wayne North Side</td></tr><tr><td>47.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='455939' first='Atta' last='Garnett']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-8</td><td>Brownsburg</td></tr><tr><td>48.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='331791' first='Jamie' last='Elliott']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Carmel</td></tr><tr><td>49.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='326488' first='Alexis' last='Lynch']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Danville</td></tr><tr><td>50.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='572802' first='Aniyah' last='Henry']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-8</td><td>Hammond Central</td></tr><tr><td>51.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='572804' first='Macy' last='Pries']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-8</td><td>South Adams</td></tr><tr><td>52.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='455945' first='Adrianna' last='Woods']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-8</td><td>Lawrence North</td></tr><tr><td>53.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='572806' first='Mackenzie' last='White']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Evansville Central</td></tr><tr><td>54.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='572808' first='Regan' last='Canada']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-8</td><td>Tri-West</td></tr><tr><td>55.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='572809' first='Julia' last='Meyer']</td><td>CF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Jac-Cen-Del</td></tr><tr><td>56.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='572814' first='Ava' last='Wilson']</td><td>CF</td><td>5-8</td><td>Shelbyville</td></tr><tr><td>57.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='572819' first='Alex' last='DeLisle']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Speedway</td></tr><tr><td>58.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='572825' first='Morgan' last='Downs']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-7</td><td>Knox</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><font color="#FFFFFF">.</font></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><font size="+2">NEW ADDITIONS:</font></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='572808' first='Regan' last='Canada'], Tri-West - Solid to strong frame, great touch in the mid-post, and range to the 3-point line.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='572819' first='Alex' last='DeLisle'], Speedway - Long, wiry-strong, active, and a solid athlete. Has a balanced skillset inside and out.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='572802' first='Aniyah' last='Henry'], Hammond Central - Athletic frame, good strength at her size, and active. Rebounds and defends with energy.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='572809' first='Julia' last='Meyer'], Jac-Cen-Del - Long, wiry-strong, fluid athlete. Has touch outside but is better using the dribble to attack.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='572804' first='Macy' last='Pries'], South Adams - Athletic, attacking style of wing. Has a little touch outside but is much better off the bounce.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='572796' first='Ciara' last='Sims'], Fort Wayne Snider - Strong, broad-shouldered, physical wing. Nice athlete, plays with a motor, and has skill.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='572794' first='Emma' last='Sperry'], Frankton - Long, wiry, fluid, and smooth wing. Grew up as a PG, so she has nice ball skill and hoops IQ.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='572797' first='Zoe' last='Wheeler'], Ben Davis - Nice all-around athlete, has provided a perimeter shooting threat for the Lady Giants this year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='572806' first='Mackenzie' last='White'], Evansville Central - Tough, strong, and physical wing. Likes to drive it and play more in the mid-post but has ball skill.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='572799' first='Alante' last='Wright'], Portage - Broad shoulders, strong, and physical forward. Can play in the mid-post but has nice perimeter skill.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><font color="#FFFFFF">.</font></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- 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":["264111"],"_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":"Audrey has had a very nice year for the Lady Trojans. She is averaging 13.3 points per game through 14 games, shooting 35% from 3-point range, while making just over 2 1/2 3-pointers per game. 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