IE Summer Slam: 2025 Forwards

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Insider Exposure hosted their Summer Slam event over the weekend with teams from across the country coming to compete in front of college coaches.  The GAS Convention Center had 10 courts going with talent across all of them to observe.  Here are some of the forwards in the class of 2025 that stood out to me at the event.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["617106"],"_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":"u003cp class=u0022p1u0022u003e[player_tooltip player_id='617106' first='Sarah' last='Furst'] showed off her range shooting the ball.u003cspan class=u0022Apple-converted-spaceu0022u003e  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