Best High School Girls Basketball Player in Every State 2022: Midwest
These are the best high school girls basketball players in every state in the Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
Best Girls Basketball Player in Every State 2022: Midwest
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It's time for Stadium Talk to put out its list of the best boys and girls high school basketball players in every state headed into the 2022-2023 season, and this year we're doing it a little differently by releasing our picks by region.
Here's our list of the best high school girls basketball players in the 13 Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
Check Stadium Talk now and in the coming weeks for more lists of the best boys and girls high school basketball players from the West, Northeast and South regions.
Illinois: Alyssa Latham
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High School: Homewood-Flossmoor High School (Flossmoor, Illinois)
Position: Forward
Graduation Year: 2023
Height: 6-foot-2
College: Syracuse (committed)
Bottom Line: Alyssa Latham lit up the stat sheet for Homewood-Flossmoor as a junior in 2021-2022, averaging a double-double with 19.4 points, 10.2 rebounds to go with 3.1 blocks, as Homewood-Flossmoor went 19-9 and reached the sectional finals.
Latham was one of just 30 players invited to try out for the Team USA U18 National Team over the summer and caught the eye of new Syracuse coach Felicia Leggette-Jack, who offered her a scholarship, and Latham committed to play for the Orange shortly after.
Indiana: Ashlynn Shade
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High School: La Lumiere School (La Porte, Indiana)
Position: Guard
Graduation Year: 2023
Height: 5-foot-11
College: UConn (committed)
Bottom Line: Ashlynn Shade swept the Indiana Gatorade Player of the Year and Indiana MaxPreps Player of the Year awards as a junior after she averaged 20.9 points, 8.3 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 3.7 steals and led Noblesville High to the Class 4A state championship.
Shade, who is committed to UConn, won't get a chance to defend her school's state championship after she transferred to La Lumiere School in La Porte — but what she will do is get a chance to face her old school when La Lumiere plays Noblesville on Jan. 6, 2023. You might want to get there a little early for that one.
Iowa: Sahara Williams
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High School: Waterloo West High School (Waterloo, Iowa)
Position: Forward
Graduation Year: 2023
Height: 5-foot-11
College: Oklahoma (committed)
Bottom Line: You know what's cool? Getting a parade thrown in your honor.
Waterloo West High star and Oklahoma commit Sahara Williams has already experienced as much when her hometown threw a parade for her when she returned home from helping lead the Team USA U18 National Team to a gold medal in the FIBA 3-on-3 U18 World Cup in Hungary.
As a junior at Waterloo West, Williams led her school to a 24-4 record and Class 5A state runner-up finish, as she averaged 17.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists.
Kansas: Addyson Brown
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High School: Derby High School (Derby, Kansas)
Position: Forward
Graduation Year: 2023
Height: 6-foot-3
College: Iowa State (committed)
Bottom Line: Derby High's Addyson Brown saw her scoring numbers take a slight dip as a junior in 2021-22 — she was down from 18.5 points to 14.8 points per game to go with 9.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.6 steals — but her team still finished 23-2 and was the Class 6A state runner-up.
Brown should be an immediate impact power forward on the next level — she's committed to play for Iowa State and is the younger sister of Oregon State center and 2019 McDonald's All-American Kennedy Brown.
Michigan: Macy Brown
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High School: East Grand Rapids High School (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Position: Guard
Graduation Year: 2023
Height: 6-foot
College: Michigan
Bottom Line: East Grand Rapids guard Macy Brown was named Division I All-State as a junior in 2022 and is one of two elite players from the Midwest headed to play for the University of Michigan alongside Benilde-St. Margaret (Minn.) guard Olivia Olson.
Brown averaged 22.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists as a junior and was named to the 2022 Detroit Free Press Girls Basketball Dream team.
Minnesota: Olivia Olson
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High School: Benilde-St. Margaret's (St. Louis Park, Minnesota)
Position: Guard
Graduation Year: 2024
Height: 6-foot-1
College: Michigan (committed)
Bottom Line: Olivia Olson was a double-double machine for Benilde-St. Margaret's as a sophomore in 2021-22 — she averaged 22.8 points and 10.0 rebounds and is one of the top-rated recruits in the nation for the Class of 2024. She also helped lead her team to a berth in the Class 3A state tournament.
Olson was named a MaxPreps Sophomore All-American and became the first elite recruit from her class to pick a major college, committing to play for the University of Michigan.
Missouri: Natalie Potts
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High School: Incarnate Word Academy (Bel-Nor, Missouri)
Position: Forward
Graduation Year: 2023
Height: 6-foot-2
College: Nebraska
Bottom Line: Incarnate Word Academy's Natalie Potts is one of two elite players from the Class of 2023 committed to play for the University of Nebraska alongside Bismarck Central (N.D.) guard Logan Nissley.
Potts was named Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year in 2021 and has won three consecutive state championships at Incarnate Word, which is on a 67-game winning streak dating back to 2020 and has gone 29-0 each of the last two seasons. Incarnate Word has now won five consecutive state titles.
Nebraska: Britt Prince
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High School: Elkhorn North High School (Omaha, Nebraska)
Position: Point Guard
Graduation Year: 2024
Height: 5-foot-11
College: Uncommitted
Bottom Line: Britt Prince may have two seasons of high school basketball left, but the Elkhorn North High star seems like she's ready for college basketball already. She averaged 24.1 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.4 steals and 4.3 assists as a sophomore in 2021-22, as her team went 26-1 and won the Class B state championship.
Prince is already a deadly efficient shooter at 40.4 percent from beyond the 3-point line and 83.7 percent on free throws in 2021-22, and she was named a MaxPreps Sophomore All-American.
North Dakota: Logan Nissley
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High School: Bismarck Century High School (Bismarck, North Dakota)
Position: Guard
Graduation Year: 2023
Height: 6-foot
College: Nebraska (committed)
Bottom Line: Logan Nissley will try to win her third consecutive North Dakota Gatorade Player of the Year award in basketball this season — she's also won in volleyball — before she heads off to play basketball for the University of Nebraska. She's also been named North Dakota MaxPreps Player of the Year the last two seasons.
Nissley averaged 21.6 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.7 steals and 2.0 assists as a junior in leading Bismarck Century to a state runner-up finish following a state championship in 2021. Century's loss to Minot in the state championship game snapped a 50-game winning streak, and Nissley's record with her team is 69-5 over the last three seasons.
Ohio: Sole Williams
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High School: Princeton High School (Cincinnati)
Position: Guard
Graduation Year: 2023
Height: 5-foot-9
College: Louisville (committed)
Bottom Line: Sole Williams led Princeton High to a 22-4 record thanks in large part to her elite scoring ability — she averaged 23.2 points, shot 53 percent from the field and 39 percent on 3-pointers. She also averaged 3.8 assists, 3.6 steals and was named Greater Miami Conference Player of the Year as well as All-Ohio and a MaxPreps Junior All-American.
Williams, who had approximately 40 scholarship offers, committed to play for Louisville in April 2022.
Oklahoma: Keeley Parks
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High School: Norman High School (Norman, Oklahoma)
Position: Guard
Graduation Year: 2025
Height: 5-foot-11
College: Uncommitted
Bottom Line: Norman High's Keeley Parks is one of the top-ranked players in the country from the Class of 2025 and ranked as the No. 6 overall recruit in her class, according to ESPN's HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings.
Parks won't be the first Division I guard from her family, either — older sister Mikayla Parks plays for Kansas State.
South Dakota: Hilary Behrens
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High School: Brandon Valley High School (Brandon, South Dakota)
Position: Forward
Graduation Year: 2023
Height: 6-foot-1
College: South Dakota State (committed)
Bottom Line: Brandon Valley forward Hilary Behrens averaged 16.4 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.8 steals as a junior on the way to being named Class AA All-State and to The Argus Leader Second Five. Behrens achieved a huge milestone late in her junior season when she passed 1,000 points for her career and led Brandon Valley to the Class AA state semifinals in 2022.
Behrens has committed to play for South Dakota State — the Jackrabbits have made the NCAA Tournament each of the last three seasons.
Wisconsin: Kamorea Arnold
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High School: Germantown High School (Germantown, Wisconsin)
Position: Guard
Graduation Year: 2023
Height: 5-foot-9
College: UConn (committed)
Bottom Line: Kamorea Arnold did a little bit of everything for Germantown High as a junior, leading her team to a 23-6 record, as the UConn-bound guard was named Wisconsin MaxPreps Player of the Year and repeated as Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year.
Germantown reached the Division I state quarterfinals in 2022, as Arnold averaged 24.8 points, 7.9 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 4.4 steals … could she average a triple-double as a senior? Arnold was also named Wisconsin AP Player of the Year and played for the Team USA U16 National Team.
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