Spring Rankings Look-In: 2023 Point Guards

<!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"small"} --> <p class="has-small-font-size"><em>The featured image is of [player_tooltip player_id='402337' first='Lailah' last='Hadley'] (2023) of Purdue Polytechnic High School.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last Monday we released the Spring rankings update for the Class of 2023. We have also changed formats to make rankings more exclusive, therefore at this time we are ranking just 125 total players in the Class of 2023, with the rest being placed on a watchlist of 125 players. This is the last list to be released for the Class of 2023 before they head off to college. In the meantime, I wanted to take this time to circle back and address all of the listed prospects, position by position. Below is a look at 33 point guard prospects who make up 13.2% 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><td><strong><font size="+1">College</font></strong></td></tr><tr><td>1.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59769' first='Amiyah' last='Reynolds']</td><td>PG</td><td>6-0</td><td>South Bend Washington</td><td>Purdue</td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='96086' first='RaShunda' last='Jones']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-7</td><td>South Bend Washington</td><td>Purdue</td></tr><tr><td>3.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59766' first='Karsyn' last='Norman']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Bedford North Lawrence</td><td>Butler</td></tr><tr><td>4.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59732' first='Ashlynn' last='Brooke']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Pioneer</td><td>Ball State</td></tr><tr><td>5.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='2402' first='Olivia' last='Brown']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Hamilton Southeastern</td><td>Akron</td></tr><tr><td>6.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59746' first='Abby' last='Fleetwood']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-9</td><td>Indian Creek</td><td>Spring Arbor</td></tr><tr><td>7.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='96080' first='Isabella' last='Gizzi']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-7</td><td>New Palestine</td><td>St. Francis-IN</td></tr><tr><td>8.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59781' first='Sanaa' last='Thomas']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-5</td><td>Warren Central</td><td>Indianapolis</td></tr><tr><td>9.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59780' first='Kailyn' last='Terrell']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Brownsburg</td><td>Nova Southeastern</td></tr><tr><td>10.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59756' first='Ella' last='Hobson']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-4</td><td>Center Grove</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='241188' first='Kristin' last='Bukata']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Valparaiso</td><td>Elmhurst</td></tr><tr><td>12.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='127237' first='Molly' last='Stock']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Homestead</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>13.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='264991' first='Kaitlyn' last='Shoemaker']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-4</td><td>Noblesville</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>14.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='372346' first='Kate' last='Thomas']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-5</td><td>Kankakee Valley</td><td>Purdue (Student)</td></tr><tr><td>15.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59761' first='Gracie' last='Kramer']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-4</td><td>Vincennes Lincoln</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>16.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='203657' first='Jackie' last='Crews']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Paoli</td><td>Indiana Tech</td></tr><tr><td>17.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='300068' first='Hannah' last='Ruddle']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Homeschooled</td><td>Bethel-IN</td></tr><tr><td>18.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59764' first='Briley' last='Munchel']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-3</td><td>Rushville Consolidated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>19.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='410035' first='Evie' last='Bottoms']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-6</td><td>Homestead</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>20.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='96094' first='Addison' last='Ward']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-6</td><td>Twin Lakes</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>WL</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='372355' first='Hilary' last='Adams']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-3</td><td>Homestead</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>WL</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='372358' first='Kinsey' last='Atkins']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-3</td><td>Triton</td><td>Manchester</td></tr><tr><td>WL</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='127216' first='Devyn' last='Barton']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-6</td><td>Castle</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>WL</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='574561' first='Claire' last='Ecenbarger']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-7</td><td>Clinton Prairie</td><td>Franklin</td></tr><tr><td>WL</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='574548' first='Karsyn' last='Flowers']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-5</td><td>Tecumseh</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>WL</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='402337' first='Lailah' last='Hadley']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-3</td><td>Purdue Polytechnic</td><td>North Iowa Area</td></tr><tr><td>WL</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='331808' first='Nyla' last='Lewis']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-4</td><td>Avon</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>WL</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='300070' first='Maranda' last='Mason']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-5</td><td>Jeffersonville</td><td>IU-Northwest</td></tr><tr><td>WL</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59768' first='Sophia' last='Reese']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-5</td><td>Jeffersonville</td><td>Rose-Hulman</td></tr><tr><td>WL</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='241191' first='Gabby' last='Richie']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-4</td><td>Logansport</td><td>Indiana Tech</td></tr><tr><td>WL</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='574563' first='Katheryn' last='Rutherford']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-3</td><td>Western Boone</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>WL</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='241193' first='Grace' last='Stapleton']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-5</td><td>Eastern Hancock</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>WL</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59787' first='Kamryn' last='Washington']</td><td>PG</td><td>5-7</td><td>University</td><td>Glen Oaks</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><font color="#FFFFFF">.</font></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><font size="+2">STILL AVAILABLE:</font></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>To the best of our knowledge, below are five prospects who remain available and who stood out at times throughout the Winter. If any of these prospects are already committed or at least know where they are planning to attend, even if they aren't playing, please feel free to drop us a message through the Twitter messenger. Thanks!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["59756"],"_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":"Ella is an extremely quick and shifty lead guard who has done a nice job of changing positions throughout her high school career. When I first saw her, between her 8th Grade and Freshman years, she was roughly the same size and was used as more of a wing shooter because she had great touch and deep range. 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