Fall Rankings Review: 2023 Power Forwards

<!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"small"} --> <p class="has-small-font-size"><em>The featured image is of [player_tooltip player_id='203664' first='Olivia' last='Marks'] (2023) of South Central High School in Union Mills, Indiana.</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last Friday, September 30th, we released the Fall rankings update for the Class of 2023. There were a handful of new additions, a few players who raised their "stock", so to speak, so subsequently there was some movement throughout the list. I wanted to take this time to circle back and address all of the ranked prospects, position by position. Below is a look at 46 power forward prospects who make up 20.4% of the rankings this time around, with analysis on a handful to "keep an eye on" detailed at the bottom.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><font size="+1">Rk.</font></strong></td><td><font size="+1"><strong>Name</strong></font></td><td><font size="+1"><strong>Pos.</strong></font></td><td><font size="+1"><strong>Ht.</strong></font></td><td><font size="+1"><strong>High School</strong></font></td></tr><tr><td>1.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59757' first='Laila' last='Hull']</td><td>CF</td><td>6-1</td><td>Zionsville Community</td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59784' first='Josie' last='Trabel']</td><td>CF</td><td>6-0</td><td>East Central</td></tr><tr><td>3.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='127232' first='MaKaya' last='Porter']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Mishawaka Marian</td></tr><tr><td>4.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='127236' first='Saige' last='Stahl']</td><td>PF</td><td>6-1</td><td>Columbus East</td></tr><tr><td>5.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='96082' first='Taylor' last='Guess']</td><td>PF</td><td>6-1</td><td>Ben Davis</td></tr><tr><td>6.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59743' first='Kelsey' last='DuBois']</td><td>PF/C</td><td>6-2</td><td>University</td></tr><tr><td>7.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='178237' first='Amber' last='Tretter']</td><td>PF</td><td>6-1</td><td>Forest Park</td></tr><tr><td>8.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='328917' first='Amiyah' last='Buchanan']</td><td>PF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Evansville North</td></tr><tr><td>9.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59749' first='Brea' last='Garber']</td><td>PF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Fairfield</td></tr><tr><td>10.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59753' first='Nakiya' last='Harris']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-11</td><td>North Central (Indianapolis)</td></tr><tr><td>11.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='148149' first='Alycia' last='Triplett']</td><td>CF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Fishers</td></tr><tr><td>12.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='96089' first='Annaka' last='Nelson']</td><td>PF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Concordia Lutheran</td></tr><tr><td>13.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59754' first='Mallory' last='Heerdt']</td><td>PF/C</td><td>6-0</td><td>Zionsville Community</td></tr><tr><td>14.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='178230' first='Dani' last='Mendez']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Noblesville</td></tr><tr><td>15.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='372343' first='Taylor' last='Delp']</td><td>PF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Plymouth</td></tr><tr><td>16.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59789' first='Linzie' last='Wernert']</td><td>CF</td><td>5-8</td><td>Lanesville</td></tr><tr><td>17.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='59774' first='Cadence' last='Singleton']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Jeffersonville</td></tr><tr><td>18.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='241195' first='Jaci' last='Menard']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Boone Grove</td></tr><tr><td>19.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='96092' first='Jalyn' last='Shelby']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Evansville North</td></tr><tr><td>20.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='203651' first='Brooklyn' last='Peterson']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Mitchell</td></tr><tr><td>21.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='96075' first='Exsencia' last='Cloma']</td><td>PF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Gary West Side</td></tr><tr><td>22.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='203665' first='Peyton' last='Hull']</td><td>CF</td><td>5-10</td><td>South Bend St. Joseph</td></tr><tr><td>23.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='241199' first='Whitney' last='Warfel']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Pendleton Heights</td></tr><tr><td>24.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='203664' first='Olivia' last='Marks']</td><td>CF</td><td>5-9</td><td>South Central (Union Mills)</td></tr><tr><td>25.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='372344' first='Kyia' last='McKinley']</td><td>PF/C</td><td>5-11</td><td>Eastern (Pekin)</td></tr><tr><td>26.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='203659' first='Paige' last='Kirtz']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Brownsburg</td></tr><tr><td>27.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='96096' first='Kate' last='Wenger']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Evansville Mater Dei</td></tr><tr><td>28.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='91591' first='Lauren' last='Stewart']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Hamilton Southeastern</td></tr><tr><td>29.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='127217' first='Lydia' last='Bordfeld']</td><td>CF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Evansville Memorial</td></tr><tr><td>30.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='372347' first='Khloe' last='Patterson']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Mt. Vernon (Fortville)</td></tr><tr><td>31.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='178242' first='Reagan' last='Martin']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Owen Valley</td></tr><tr><td>32.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='96095' first='Maykayla' last='Washington-Cobb']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Lawrence North</td></tr><tr><td>33.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='372350' first='Abbi' last='Foster']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Crown Point</td></tr><tr><td>34.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='241192' first='Tyra' last='Marcum']</td><td>PF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Goshen</td></tr><tr><td>35.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='410036' first='Caroline' last='Bell']</td><td>CF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Bishop Chatard</td></tr><tr><td>36.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='300079' first='Kenady' last='Hudson']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Eastern Greene</td></tr><tr><td>37.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='300075' first='Sydney' last='Fream']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Homestead</td></tr><tr><td>38.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='178235' first='Evelyn' last='Scharer']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Twin Lakes</td></tr><tr><td>39.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='460830' first='Imani' last='Benson']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Warren Central</td></tr><tr><td>40.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='372362' first='Caroline' last='Long']</td><td>PF/C</td><td>5-11</td><td>Western</td></tr><tr><td>41.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='424861' first='Katie' last='Moyer']</td><td>CF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Bremen</td></tr><tr><td>42.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='372357' first='Evah' last='Smith']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-9</td><td>Woodlan</td></tr><tr><td>43.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='460833' first='Payton' last='Brooks']</td><td>PF</td><td>6-0</td><td>Penn</td></tr><tr><td>44.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='460835' first='Reagan' last='Riggin']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-11</td><td>Winchester Community</td></tr><tr><td>45.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='516351' first='Hadja' last='Walker']</td><td>PF</td><td>5-10</td><td>Avon</td></tr><tr><td>46.</td><td>[player_tooltip player_id='460837' first='Lily' last='Long']</td><td>PF/C</td><td>5-10</td><td>Western</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><font size="+2">KEEP AN EYE ON:</font></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_634171805e9de","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["59754"],"_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":"Zionsville will likely start the year as a Top-10 team, and Mallory will be a u0022secret weaponu0022 of sorts for them. 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