The Depth of the Class of 2026

Earl Austin November 17, 2025 @ 10:35 PM

From the beginning of the 2022-23 season, we knew that there were many talented players in the incoming Class of 2026 that were going to be impact players right away. There was plenty of depth and quality in the Class of 2026 and that talent was spread out across the state.   As this group enters its senior year, it has definitely played out that way. The Class of 2026 will go down as one of the deeper groups that we've seen in the Show-Me State in quite awhile.   When you take a look at the most recent Prep Girls Hoops rankings, there are 22 players in the Top 25 who will be heading to Division I schools next season. Several more players have already committed or signed to Division II schools as well.   Here is look at that list of Class of 2026 players and their Division l college destinations. Our No. 1 player [player_tooltip player_id='317337' first='Addison' last='Bjorn'] of Park Hill South has not made her final decision, but her final list of schools is UConn, Kansas, Duke, Notre Dame, Iowa, Texas and North Carolina.   No. 2 [player_tooltip player_id='351752' first='Jayda' last='Porter'] of Rock Bridge - Texas A&M   No. 3 [player_tooltip player_id='317343' first='Ava' last='Miles'] of Staley - Nebraska   No. 4 [player_tooltip player_id='317348' first='Nevaeh' last='Lucious'] of Incarnate Word - Missouri State   No. 5 [player_tooltip player_id='351820' first='Moriyah' last='Douglass'] of John Burroughs - Texas Tech   No. 6 [player_tooltip player_id='458975' first='Londyn' last='Parker'] of Staley - Arizona State   No. 7 [player_tooltip player_id='351817' first='Sophie' last='Terry'] of Raymore-Peculiar - Murray State   No. 8 [player_tooltip player_id='302756' first='Peyton' last='Olufson'] of Incarnate Word - Saint Louis   No. 9 [player_tooltip player_id='538901' first='Alex' last='Couch'] of Liberty North - Drake   No. 10 [player_tooltip player_id='409880' first='Kennedy' last='Stowers'] of Lutheran St Charles - Illinois State   No. 11 [player_tooltip player_id='460862' first='Elsie' last='Larsen'] of Strafford - Colorado State   No. 12 [player_tooltip player_id='855104' first='Antil' last='Snoddy'] of Lee's Summit West - Missouri State   No. 13 [player_tooltip player_id='554959' first='Evelyn' last='Shane'] of Ursuline - Saint Louis   No. 14 [player_tooltip player_id='466067' first='Hailey' last='Buckman'] of Logan Rogersville - SEMO   No. 15 [player_tooltip player_id='351778' first='Savannah' last='Stricker'] of Incarnate Word - Lindenwood   No. 16 [player_tooltip player_id='344797' first='Ava' last='Albanese'] of Incarnate Word - UC Santa Barbara   No. 17 [player_tooltip player_id='409898' first='Alex' last='Nicastro'] of St Charles West - SIUE   No. 18 [player_tooltip player_id='488377' first='Zha' last='Harris'] of Lift for Life - Missouri State   No. 19 [player_tooltip player_id='622852' first='Addison' last='Carr'] of Hickman - Cleveland State   No. 21 Addi Owen of Incarnate Word - SEMO   No. 22 [player_tooltip player_id='415885' first='Brooke' last='Blankenship'] of St Pius - SIUE   No. 23 [player_tooltip player_id='445429' first='Millie' last='Perry'] of Liberty North - Rider   *As a bonus, there are two other players with Missouri ties that are in the Class of 2026 who are also headed to Division l schools.   Kamora Pruitt, a 6'2 guard who lived in St Louis before moving to the Dallas area, signed North Carolina State.   E'Marriha Johnson, a 6'0 small forward who played her first two years at Kennett before moving to Arkansas, signed with Louisiana Tech.

From the beginning of the 2022-23 season, we knew that there were many talented players in the incoming Class of 2026 that were going to be impact players right away. There was plenty of depth and quality in the Class of 2026 and that talent was spread out across the state.