Prep Girls Hoops expands Indiana 2027 girls basketball rankings to 225

The clearest climb in Indiana’s 2027 girls basketball class belonged to Paige Schnaus, who moved from fifth in March to third in Prep Girls Hoops’ new June rankings. But the bigger story was the wave around her: the list grew from 200 prospects to 225, and the players moving up were scattered from Indianapolis to southern Indiana and Northwest Indiana. That kind of spread says this class is getting deeper, not just shuffled.

Prep Girls Hoops said the rankings are built on college potential, not merely game-night numbers, and its scouts use input from high school, AAU and college coaches. That helps explain why the June update centered on development. The players who moved up did so because of gains in skill set, size and overall performance, the exact ingredients that tend to matter when college staffs start deciding who can translate to the next level.

Schnaus was the most visible name at the top, but she was far from the only one making noise. Franklin Central placed Payton DuVall, Ashlee Baker and Aniya Doughty among the risers. Zionsville had both Emily Zack and Emma Tinder on the move, while Fishers saw Alanna Anthony, Lily Burns and Arianna Harrington climb. Other schools with players moving up included Gibson Southern’s Paige Schnaus, Greensburg’s Claire Larrison, South Spencer’s Rylee Canaan, Indianapolis Roncalli’s Elliot Leffler, South Knox’s Kendal Hill, Northview’s Carlee Schrader, Brebeuf Jesuit’s Jailen Bowling and McCutcheon’s Keara Lipscomb-Allen.

That breadth matters because it changes recruiting fights before they fully form. A program in Indianapolis no longer has a monopoly on the names getting attention, and neither do the traditional power pockets elsewhere in the state. Ben Davis’ Shania Curry, Lawrence North’s Brooklyn Roberts, Homestead’s Eva Scarbeary, Crown Point’s Ivy Henderson, Jennings County’s Etta Young, Providence’s Jayda Kempf and Hammond Noll’s Giniya Williams all underline the same point: the strongest movement was statewide.

Prep Girls Hoops’ April recap had already shown how tight the top of the class was, with Lillie Graves, Adah Hupfer, Kylah Patterson, Hannah Menser and Schnaus leading the way. The June update kept Graves and Hupfer near the top and pushed Schnaus higher, a sign that the gap between the best prospects is still being shaped by who adds more size, skill and polish over the summer. For Indiana recruiters, that is the real headline: the 2027 race is still open, and the players making the biggest jumps are the ones changing the map.