Beasts In The East: Five Committed 2024 Ranked Athletes

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With only two scouts currently in the state, players will tend to fall through the cracks.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Before we say goodbye to the Class of 2024 I have been featuring reports the past couple of weeks on Kansas seniors expected to graduate next month.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This is the eighth report celebrating small groups of seniors from the Sunflower State. Each player in this report was a highly-ranked prospect in their class but did not receive much online coverage in the past six months. All five play for Eastern Kansas schools and have committed to play college sports.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='231282' first='Lainie' last='Douglas'], </strong>6'2”<strong>, </strong>PF, Blue Valley Northwest</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Douglas is ranked No. 4 overall by Prep Girls Hoops. She has committed to play for Missouri State. She is all arms and legs. She averaged 13.7 points per game as a senior. In 22 games she also averaged 7.9 rebounds per game and over one blocked shot per contest. Douglas can impact the game on both ends of the court.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='265115' first='Elise' last='Grosdidier']</strong>, 5'10”, SF, Blue Valley Northwest</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Grosdidier is ranked No. 13 overall in the Class of 2024. She has committed to play for Colorado Christian University. Has a senior she averaged 6.6 points and 3.5 rebounds in 22 games. She has quick hands, quick feet, and is an accurate shooter. She converted on 53 percent of her field goal attempts and shot 57 percent from the free-throw line.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='265111' first='Josie' last='Grosdidier']</strong>, 6'0”, PF, Blue Valley Northwest</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Grosdidier will be joining her sister Elise at Colorado Christian University. She is ranked No. 14 overall by Prep Girls Hoops. She finished with a scoring average of 5.1 points per game and collected 2.6 rebounds per contest.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='347856' first='Braylee' last='Rogers'], </strong>5'10”, SG, Olathe East</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rogers has also committed to play college basketball at Truman State University. She is currently ranked No. 22 overall among her 2025 Kansas peers. She has excellent court vision and averaged four assists per game. Her senior season stat line also included 7.4 points per game scoring and an average of 5.3 rebounds per game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='231276' first='Izzy' last='Joyce']</strong>, 5'5”, PG, Shawnee Mission West</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Joyce finished her high school career ranked No. 32 overall. She has decided to utilize her speed and athleticism on the soccer pitch instead of the basketball court. Joyce has committed to play for the Central Missouri Jennies' soccer club, a Division II MIAA program.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->