2025 AAU Players to Watch
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Arizona is loaded with girls basketball prospects. These prospects are making a bigger name for themselves on their respective AAU clubs this spring. Destiny Lunan Destiny Lunan 5'9" | PG Millennium | 2025 State AZ (Bella Vista Prep/West Coast Elite):…
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Continue ReadingArizona is loaded with girls basketball prospects. These prospects are making a bigger name for themselves on their respective AAU clubs this spring.
Destiny Lunan Destiny Lunan 5'9" | PG Millennium | 2025 State AZ (Bella Vista Prep/West Coast Elite): Lunan is one of the shiftiest guards in the entire nation. Her ability to shake her defender off the dribble is jaw-dropping to see. Lunan may be the most explosive player in the entire state regardless of class. Defensively, she has quick hands and is able to get a lot of deflections and steals. Lunan is playing AAU this spring on one of the best teams in the nation in West Coast Elite.
Taliyah Henderson Taliyah Henderson 6'1" | SF Salpointe Catholic | 2025 State AZ (Salpointe Catholic/ AZ Supreme Blue): Henderson is a superstar in the making. She is athletic, strong, and really skilled on the basketball court. This past season Henderson averaged 19pts/8rbs a game for Salpointe Catholic. Henderson excels finishing through contact in the lane. At 6’1 she is a very tough matchup for any guard to try and manage. If you put a bigger defender on her, she will zoom by her for easy layups inside. Henderson currently has a ton of division one interest form numerous programs in the country. She will be playing AAU this spring on AZ Supreme Blue.
Olivia Owens Olivia Owens 5'10" | PG Phoenix Country Day | 2025 State AZ (Phoenix Country Day/ West Coast Elite): Olivia Owens Olivia Owens 5'10" | PG Phoenix Country Day | 2025 State AZ is another super electric guard in the state. She is so quick with the ball in her hands and excels getting easy baskets in transition. Defensively, Owens is so quick laterally that she is able to harass opposing point guards into turnovers. Owens averaged 14pts/8rbs a game this past winter. Owens is playing AAU this spring for West Coast Elite with fellow 2025 superstars: Destiny Lunan Destiny Lunan 5'9" | PG Millennium | 2025 State AZ and Michaela Fairwell Michaela Fairwell 5'10" | SG Dutch Fork | 2025 State SC .
Michaela Fairwell Michaela Fairwell 5'10" | SG Dutch Fork | 2025 State SC (Desert Vista/West Coast Elite): Fairwell is one of the grittiest prospects in the class of 2025. Offensively, Fairwell excels at breaking her opponent down off the dribble and finishing through contact in the lane. Fairwell can also knockdown shots from deep if left unguarded. Defensively, Fairwell is so versatile and can guard any position on the court. She has great size and length that allows to guard any position on the perimeter as well as inside. Fairwell is an up and coming superstar in the state of Arizona. She will be playing AAU this spring with West Coast Elite.
Dylan Swindle Dylan Swindle 5'6" | PG Desert Vista | 2025 State AZ (Desert Vista/ Cal Stars): Swindle is a top floor general in the class of 2025. Swindle excels at initiating her teams offensive and playing off the ball. She has a flamethrower from deep and opposing teams can not leave her open. Defensively, Swindle is quick and is capable of staying in front of some of the best guards in the nation. Swindle is playing AAU this season on another top team on the west coast in Cal Stars.
Sidney Anderson Sidney Anderson 5'10" | CG Salpointe Catholic | 2025 State AZ (Ironwood Ridge/AZ Elite 17U Black): Anderson may be the purest shooter in the class of 2025. Anderson’s jump-shot is a piece of art in the basketball world. Her technique and footwork is some of the best I’ve seen. This silky-smooth scorer averaged 20pts/5rbs a game this past winter. Anderson is playing up a grade this AAU season on Arizona Elite’s top 17U-Black team.
Clara Mae Hrouch (Catalina Foothills/AZ Supreme Blue): Hrouch is another top guard prospect in the class of 2025. She can shoot it from deep as well as facilitate to teammates on her team. Hrouch averaged 14pts/5asts a game this past winter. Hrouch is playing AAU this spring AZ Supreme Blue team.
Alexa Simpson Alexa Simpson 5'11" | SF Saguaro | 2025 State AZ (Saguaro/AZ Supreme Blue): Simpson is one of more athletic guard prospects in the class of 2025. She is very lengthy and has ultra quick hands which allows her to get a ton of deflections and steals. Offensively, Simpson thrives having the ball in transition and zooming past defenders for layups at the rim. Simpson can also knock down shots from the perimeter if left open from 3. Simpson averaged 20pts/7rbs a game this past winter. Simpson is also playing AAU for AZ Supreme-Blue.
Sophia Doromal Sophia Doromal 5'4" | PG Cesar Chavez | 2025 State AZ (Caesar Chavez/AZ Pride): Doromal is an electric point guard prospect in the class of 2025. Doromal has the ball on a string when its in her hands and she is able to put her defender on skates when she snatches back with it. Doromal is a knockdown shooter from deep and plays really well coming off a pick and roll. Doromal thrives on the perimeter where is able to come off the dribble into jump shots. She averaged 14pts/4stls a game this past winter. Doromal is playing AAU this year for AZ Pride.
Olivia Frankel Olivia Frankel 5'10" | SG Notre Dame Prep | 2025 State AZ (Notre Dame Prep/West Coast Elite): Frankel is a lengthy wing prospect in the class of 2025. She plays well off the ball and does a really good jump finishing over taller defenders in the lane. Frankel is also a good spot up shooter from deep. Defensively, Frankel is long and is able to be in passing lanes with her wingspan. Frankel is playing AAU this spring one West Coast Elite with fellow stars: Destiny Lunan Destiny Lunan 5'9" | PG Millennium | 2025 State AZ , Michaela Fairwell Michaela Fairwell 5'10" | SG Dutch Fork | 2025 State SC , and Olivia Owens Olivia Owens 5'10" | PG Phoenix Country Day | 2025 State AZ .
Sophia Yancy Sophia Yancy 6'4" | C Desert Vista | 2025 State AZ (Desert Vista/AZ Supreme Blue): Yancy is a nice post prospect in the class of 2025. At 6’2 she is able to protect the rim really well and rebound at a very high level. Yancy does well finding shooters on the perimeter and chasing their misses on the O-Boards. Yancy is playing AAU this spring on AZ Supreme-Blue.
Carmella Gallardo (Seton Catholic/ AZ Fire): Gallardo is another really good guard prospect in the class of 2025. She can shoot it from deep as well as break her defender down off the dribble and finish at the rim. Gallardo played on a very talented Seton Catholic team this past winter and averaged 10pts/4rbs a game. Gallardo will be playing AAU for AZ Fire this spring.