We at Prep Girls Hoops got a recent glimpse of Small at the A1 Hoops Fall League camp at Brookland-Cayce this past weekend. The Confidence Cougars product is another with two seasons of varsity experience already on her resumé. Last season, she played in all 24 games for coach Paul Hudacko’s St. James team and averaged 11.1 points, 6.7 rebounds and two steals per contest. Small hopes to continue that success for a Sharks team that will play in the 4A ranks beginning this upcoming season. Small was the lone name from the class of 2030 on last season’s St. James assembling.

Big things do indeed come in “Small” packages. Small put herself firmly on the Palmetto State’s high school sports map last season as an eighth grader and has been competing at the high school varsity level since she was in the seventh grade. Last season, Small averaged 11.1 points, 6.7 rebounds and two steals for a St. James team that is moving down from 5A (Division 2) into the 4A realm beginning with this season. She was one of two from the Sharks to be selected for this upcoming weekend’s South Carolina Basketball Coaches Association (SCBCA) Elite Camp in North Charleston.

Small stands at a tall 5-foot-11 and is a noteworthy name at 5A St. James. She has ran with Confidence Cougars during this year’s AAU slate but is set to reconvene with her Sharks team throughout June’s camp month. Small’s June schedule includes an appearance at Dawn Staley’s South Carolina camp. She – as the only eighth grader on the 2025-26 Sharks team – helped St. James to a 14-10 record. Small averaged 11.1 points, a team-leading 6.7 rebounds and two steals as she would compete in all 24 games for the Sharks. Confidence Cougars is scheduled to take part in the NTBA National Championship in Myrtle Beach next month and July’s Run 4 Roses in Louisville.