Nation’s elite girls teams set for Chipotle Nationals in Indiana

Elite girls programs from Maryland, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida and Virginia came to Fishers because Indiana has become the sport’s neutral stage for crowns, recruits and national bragging rights. Chipotle Nationals ran April 1-4 at Hamilton Southeastern High School outside Indianapolis, and the girls field gave local fans a look at the kind of inventory usually reserved for showcase events in bigger recruiting markets.

The six-team bracket was led by top seeds The St. James Performance Academy and Westtown School, with Bullis, Bishop Gorman, Long Island Lutheran and DME Academy filling out a field heavy on pedigree and high-major talent. ESPN said the girls bracket included 10 players committed to Power 4 schools, a number that explains why this tournament matters well beyond the Indiana border. This was not a collection of regional champions looking for a nice trip. It was a national collision of programs built to win now and place players on college rosters next year.

Bullis arrived after winning the Maryland Private School state title, while Bishop Gorman came in as the Nevada Class 5A champion. The St. James Performance Academy, a first-year program from Springfield, Virginia, made the bracket look even more dangerous because it already belonged on the same floor as the established powers. Westtown of West Chester, Pennsylvania, Long Island Lutheran of Brookville, New York, and DME Academy of Daytona Beach, Florida, gave the field six programs with the kind of depth that usually decides who is still standing on championship day.

That championship game was scheduled for April 4 at 10 a.m. ET on ESPN2, giving the girls bracket a national TV window that matched the stakes. ESPN said the overall event featured 16 teams ranked in the SC Next Top 25, including four girls teams in the top 10 nationally, plus 36 ESPN-ranked boys players, 17 espnW-ranked girls players and 14 total All-Americans. For Indiana fans, that meant one weekend of access to the same level of talent that has already produced names like Cooper Flagg.

Chipotle Nationals has been turning into this kind of destination for years. The event began in 2009 as the National High School Invitational, later became DICK’S Nationals and GEICO Nationals, then moved to Indiana and took on the Chipotle Nationals name in 2024. IMG Academy won the 2025 girls title, Montverde Academy won the first two girls championships before that, and this year’s field guaranteed a new winner. That is exactly why Fishers kept getting the country’s best teams: the path to the title ran straight through Indiana.