Class Of 2025: Top 5 Rebounders Returning To See This Summer

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Over the next few weeks as we get closer to summer and the month of June I am going to be looking back at last years high school season and highlighting some of the top returning players in their perspective categories. I think this will really help give everyone a better idea of who to watch out for this summer, leading into the season this winter. Enjoy!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='766600' first='Tarryn' last='Godsey']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2025","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"6'0u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"12122","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Nebraska City ","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"[player_tooltip player_id='766600' first='Tarryn' last='Godsey'] comes back for her junior season as the top returning rebounder out of the 2025 class in the state of Nebraska. Last season, Godsey held her own and really stepped up on the varsity level. She averaged 12.1 PPG and 11.6 rebounds, a big jump compared to her freshman year where she average 2.1 PPG and 6 RPG. Godsey has some game. She is a really physical presence down low in the paint who lives on the boards. She has a relentless and high motor that helps her secure more rebounds than most. This summer I expect her to come back to school ball and excel over her competition, setting up for a great winter to come. 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With that being said, she does so many positive and successful things on the court, rebounding is just one of the few. When you look at Black as a prospect she checks a lot of boxes. She has length at 6'2, IQ for the game of basketball, the knowledge to never bring the ball down for a smaller opponent, and she fills up a ton of categories on the stat sheet. A perfect example of this was last season for her Sophomore year where she averaged 12.7 PPG, 10.8 RPG, 1.8 SPG, and a MONSTROUS 6.6 BPG. Ranking her in the top 5 in a good amount of categories, overall, when looking back. There is a ton of potential and promise here, if she keeps putting it together, she is going to be a top post player come this winter throughout the entire state of Nebraska. 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