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Indiana girls Class of 2027 rankings see 25 players rise

Twenty-five Indiana 2027 girls climbed in the new rankings, with seven jumping 10 spots or more as June live-period pressure sharpened the board.

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Indiana girls Class of 2027 rankings see 25 players rise
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The spring shake-up in Indiana girls basketball’s Class of 2027 was not subtle. Prep Girls Hoops’ June update pushed 25 prospects up at least one spot, and seven of them climbed 10 places or more, a clear sign that this class is separating quickly as the final AAU season and June live period put every possession under the microscope.

At the top, the board now stretches to 225 prospects and is led by Lillie Graves, Adah Hupfer and Paige Schnaus, with Hannah Menser and Claire Larrison rounding out the top five. That group sits at the center of a ranking cycle built to measure college projection, not just high school production, which is why the margin for error keeps shrinking for everyone beneath them.

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The biggest story, though, is the cluster of players who forced their way upward. Danielle Nubile, Samantha Konz, Autumn Hayes, Morgan Rysdam, Anna Smolich, Greta Swendseid, Maiya Slusarczyk, Sienna Fobb, Taylor Whitehill, Paige Norman, Mariko Lang, Kendall Krause, Kahlen Suelflow, Candice Ndomb, Samantha Bennett, Brooke Mickolichek, Lily Sabers, Laila Moses, Jersey Coleman, Sara Stern, Inarah Nesbitt, Annika Kieser, Ellie Drange, Amisha Ramlall and Ava Cupito all made the case that their spring arc mattered. The staff’s message was plain: the class is still fluid, and the players who showed the clearest gains in size, skill and overall ceiling were rewarded.

That movement matters because the June window is where college attention tends to harden. Prospects who looked like good in-state names a few months ago can turn into priority watch-list targets by showing they can handle pace, defend multiple actions, create off the bounce or stretch the floor against better competition. In a ranking system built from hundreds of high school and AAU games, plus conversations with coaches across the state, those traits carry real weight when the question is who can rise into the next recruiting tier.

The rankings also keep expanding as they change. A separate June 4 add-on brought new names onto the 2027 board, and Prep Girls Hoops has continued to revisit this class since a June 17, 2025 update, underscoring how much can still shift before these players even reach their junior seasons. For Indiana’s 2027 group, the message from this spring was unmistakable: the board is crowded, the ceiling is rising, and the prospects who improved fastest are no longer just part of the conversation. They are helping shape it.

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