PGH NJ’s 2026 Watch List is Posted
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Prep Girls Hoops New Jersey has finally released its 2026 prospect watch list for everyone to read on our site.
Like how we approached last year's initial 2025 prospect list, we left the first list to be unranked, just a watch list for all players involved to give readers and fans across New Jersey the ability to watch these freshmen for themselves.
This list, relative to the other three currently on the PGH NJ website, is small, comprising of just 60 prospects.
However, within those 60 prospects includes some massive names for you to watch, from 5-10 Rutgers Prep combo guard
GiGi Battle
GiGi
Battle
6'0" | CG
DME Academy | 2026
State
#28
Nation
FL
to 6-4
Taylor Sofilkanich
Taylor
Sofilkanich
6'4" | PF/C
St John Vianney | 2026
State
#49
Nation
NJ
, following in the footsteps of her sister, Ashley, at St. John Vianney.
The beauty of our prospect lists is that they're subject to change and are fluid, meaning we have plenty of names to add that we haven't yet and actual rankings to look forward to.
Some names to keep an eye on from the 2026 class, with the two above, include Red Bank Regional point guard
Riley Wheeler
Riley
Wheeler
5'8" | CG
Red Bank | 2026
State
NJ
, Rutgers Prep power forward
Logan Squeri
Logan
Squeri
6'0" | PF
Rutgers Prep | 2026
NJ
, St. John Vianney combo guard
Madison Kocis
Madison
Kocis
6'0" | CG
St John Vianney | 2026
State
#112
Nation
NJ
, Manasquan combo guard
Jordyn Hollawell
Jordyn
Hollawell
5'5" | CG
Manasquan | 2026
State
NJ
and small forward
Ava Frith
Ava
Frith
6'1" | SF
Rutgers Prep | 2026
State
NJ
, and Gill St. Bernard's point guard
Ava Fajardo
Ava
Fajardo
5'4" | PG
Blair | 2026
State
NJ
.
That's just a taste of what you'll see in our prospect watch list for this season, which you can check out right here.
Prep Girls Hoops New Jersey will have plenty more content coming out about the 2026 prospect class with the high school season quite literally here.
You can find out more information on the lists and everything PGH NJ on Twitter at @PGHNewJersey as well as through our head writer, Alex Murphy, at his new Twitter account, @AlexMurphy_PGH.
Both are great follows with the high school season approaching.
Again, more content to come here at Prep Girls Hoops NJ as we expect another fantastic season of girls basketball in the Garden State.