2025’s Ready For Breakout Season #simmiecolsonclassic

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>That lightbulb always goes off as I'm constantly thinking and backtracking yet when it starts blinking, I'm on to something. I saw several players at my event who have either changed programs and (or) coming back from injuries and are showing they are ready for whatever on their run before the senior season in high school comes around. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>AER [program_tooltip program_id='712630' first='Lady' last='Thunder']</strong> has a couple that I've already dropped, <strong><em><a href="https://prepgirlshoops.com/2024/03/bigs-showing-top-100-plus-potential-simmiecolsonclassic/">6'3 [player_tooltip player_id='870818' first='Naomi' last='Taylor'], </a></em></strong>and<strong><em><a href="https://prepgirlshoops.com/2024/03/setting-it-offffff-hs-elite-division-simmiecolsonclassic/"> 5'9 [player_tooltip player_id='883540' first='Natalia' last='Galvan']</a></em></strong> left lasting first impressions. <strong><em><a href="https://prepgirlshoops.com/2024/03/bigs-showing-top-100-plus-potential-simmiecolsonclassic/">[player_tooltip player_id='870826' first='Laura' last='Sierra'] </a></em></strong>is back with the <strong>San Antonio Islanders</strong> and was sending messages but here are some others </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["475149"],"_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":"Bruce has been a fill up the stat sheet type of player from the first time I saw her and when you're a double-double waiting to happen, in high school or either club basketball, that's pretty impressive. 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