Winter Update: 2025 Centers

<!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"small"} --> <p class="has-small-font-size"><em>The featured image is of [player_tooltip player_id='884415' first='Rhiana' last='Bowman'] (2025) of Western High School.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The holiday season means it's time for the annual Winter rankings update. As it pertains to the Class of 2025, we have expanded the overall rankings and watch list from 235 total prospects to 275 total prospects, so there will likely be a number of new names on each position list. Below is a look at the Centers in 2025, with some analysis on a few who have stood out for one reason or another since our last update.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/position-ranking-table {"name":"acf/position-ranking-table","data":{"class":"2025","_class":"field_65cfb7374abb9","position":"12120","_position":"field_65cfbfcb19ad6","national_rankings":"0","_national_rankings":"field_660c1d73c0e49","state":"1286","_state":"field_65cfb88a603fe"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6773814d934af"} /--> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><font color="FFFFFF">.</font></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='884415' first='Rhiana' last='Bowman'], 2025, 6-1 C, Western H.S.</strong><br>- Rhiana is an intriguing post who has sort of developed her game a little later than most, but she definitely has some intriguing qualities for the next level. She has some strength, very good length, and she's a mobile front-liner. She has some touch in the mid-post and short corners, plus she is active and hard-working defensively.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='453219' first='Randee' last='Garringer'], 2025, 6-1 C, Mooresville H.S.</strong><br>- Randee is one of the strongest, most athletic posts in the state in 2025, and she is a tremendous volleyball player. At the same time, following a pair of 6-foot graduates in 2024, she has now gone from backup to double-double starter for the Pioneers. She is physical in the paint, she explodes to the basket to score, and she blocks plenty of shots.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='828063' first='Elysia' last='Laub'], 2025, 6-2 C, Lowell H.S.</strong><br>- Elysia is a broad-shouldered, strong, physical, and long-armed traditional center. She likes to sit down and post up defenders on the low block, she has some post skill as well, and throughout her career she has knocked down the occasional jumper/3-pointer. She is definitely a halfcourt, back-to-the-basket post, and she plays with effort.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='570379' first='Alivia' last='Peoples'], 2025, 5-11 PF/C, Anderson Prep Academy</strong><br>- Alivia is in her fourth year starting for the Jets, and she is by far having her best season yet. She's averaging a double-double with more than 20 points per game. She is strong, athletic, and versatile, and she can play inside like a center, but she also has the mobility and skill to play in the mid-post, or she can occasionally step outside to '3'.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1044775' first='Lyllee' last='Schnell'], 2025, 6-2 C, Northeast Dubois H.S.</strong><br>- I have seen Lyllee a few times over the years, but I felt like when I saw her this past July, she had turned a corner. She has carried that play over into the high school season and is having her best year yet. She is extremely long, wiry-strong, yet she likes physicality and to feel comfortable on the block offensively. Defensively, she is a shot-blocker.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->