Spring Rankings Look-In: 2023 Small Forwards

<!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"small"} --> <p class="has-small-font-size"><em>The featured image is of [player_tooltip player_id='203652' first='Autumn' last='Rucker'] (2023) of Pike 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 65 small forward prospects who make up 26.0% 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><td><strong><font size="+1">College</font></strong></td></tr><tr><td>1.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59762' first='McKenna' last='Layden']</td><td>SF</td><td>6-2</td><td>Northwestern</td><td>Purdue</td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='96087' first='Riley' last='Makalusky']</td><td>SF</td><td>6-2</td><td>Hamilton Southeastern</td><td>Butler</td></tr><tr><td>3.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='155437' first='Monica' last='Williams']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Lawrence North</td><td>Ohio</td></tr><tr><td>4.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='96091' first='Renna' last='Schwieterman']</td><td>SF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Jay County</td><td>Purdue Fort Wayne</td></tr><tr><td>5.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59751' first='Layla' last='Gold']</td><td>SF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Cathedral</td><td>Valparaiso</td></tr><tr><td>6.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='96077' first='Ava' last='Couch']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-10</td><td>North Central (Indianapolis)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59726' first='Asiah' last='Baxter']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Warren Central</td><td>Ohio</td></tr><tr><td>8.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59758' first='Saniya' last='Jackson']</td><td>SF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Fort Wayne Northrop</td><td>Valparaiso</td></tr><tr><td>9.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59778' first='Alison' last='Stephens']</td><td>SF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Homestead</td><td>Nebraska Omaha</td></tr><tr><td>10.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='155438' first='Kaleah' last='Toomer']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Ben Davis</td><td>Indianapolis</td></tr><tr><td>11.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59759' first='Nevaeh' last='Jackson']</td><td>SF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Fort Wayne Northrop</td><td>Valparaiso</td></tr><tr><td>12.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='127226' first='Bailey' last='Kelham']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Garrett</td><td>Huntington</td></tr><tr><td>13.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='127211' first='Emily' last='Mattingly']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Evansville Memorial</td><td>Indiana Wesleyan</td></tr><tr><td>14.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59747' first='Riley' last='Flinn']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-11</td><td>West Lafayette 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player_id='127244' first='Camryn' last='Wise']</td><td>SF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Wapahani</td><td></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":["178232"],"_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":"Ava had a great four years for the Lady Panthers, but her state tournament run this year was her best stretch of basketball, averaging 26.7 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 3.7 steals per game, while shooting 55% from the field and 82% from the FT line. While they came up just short in the Class 3A State Finals, it was a great postseason. 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