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Prep Girls Hoops expands Indiana girls basketball 2029 rankings to 100 players

Prep Girls Hoops pushed Indiana’s 2029 board to 100, and the early hubs are already clear: Culver Academies, Hamilton Heights and Pike.

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Prep Girls Hoops expands Indiana girls basketball 2029 rankings to 100 players
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1. Laine Lyles, the 5-foot-10 guard from Culver Academies, remains the class headliner and gives Indiana a lead option with real size.

2. Riley Suarez of Hamilton Heights brings a 6-2 wing frame, a smooth jumper and mid-post comfort that usually translates fast.

3. Savayah Mitchell of Pike keeps the Indianapolis side of the class in the spotlight, and her Indy One connection ties her to a major grassroots lane.

4. Jillian Sanderson at Penn adds a point guard who already owns sectional-winning credibility and a reputation for steady production.

5. Malyiah Evans of Pike rounds out the top five with size, perimeter skill and another sign that Pike is building a real talent base.

6. Millie Allison of Mooresville is one of the early names helping stretch the board beyond the obvious power schools.

7. Caleigha Alston of Orleans gives the watch list a small-school entry point and keeps south-central Indiana in the mix.

8. Madilyn Aumsbaugh of Lakeland already has the kind of club track, with Always 100 E40, that keeps eyes on her.

9. Nola Baker of Wapahani shows how the 2029 class reaches into out-of-the-way programs, not just the metro names.

10. Addison Barger of Wawasee is another watch-list guard who helps define the northern half of the state.

11. Arianna Rowell of South Bend St.

Joseph gives the class a productive backcourt name from the St. Joseph County corridor.

12. Karsyn Schwieterman of Jay County is part of the northern Indiana layer that keeps the class from becoming metro-only.

13. Jaliyah Farmer of Evansville Harrison gives southwest Indiana another point guard to track.

14. Jordyn Suggs of Lawrence North adds another Indianapolis guard to a class that already leans heavily on the city.

15. Lilly Maple of East Central brings size and a club résumé with Indiana Pride, which fits the state-wide feel of the board.

16. Journey Washington of Franklin Central is part of the school's growing freshman footprint.

17. Lillia Tapak of Center Grove matters because the reigning 4A champion is already showing up in the next cycle.

18. Lillian Clark of Westfield gives the west side of Indianapolis another name in the class.

19. McKenzie White of Fort Wayne Snider keeps the northeast Indiana talent pool stocked.

20. Avery Elijah of Kouts is one of the more intriguing long-frame prospects in the class, with Team Evans listed on her profile.

21. Iyla Kress of Heritage Hills shows that the southwest corner still has size to offer.

22. Cora Loveless of West Lafayette adds a familiar basketball name from Tippecanoe County.

23. Briley Morelli of Noblesville keeps Hamilton County in the discussion.

24. Harvest Green of Fort Wayne Bishop Luers gives the area another guard to watch.

25. Zoey Curry of Hamilton Heights pairs with Suarez to make the Huskies one of the clearest 2029 hubs in Indiana.

26. Tatum Skibinski of Ben Davis gives the Giants another 2029 name and reinforces the west-side pipeline.

27. Natalie Whelan-Edwards of Carmel adds another high-major suburb to the board.

28. Kylah Kendall of South Bend Adams keeps the north-central map crowded.

29. Hadley Cooper of Henryville brings southern Indiana depth to the list.

30. Grayce Renn of Terre Haute North gives west-central Indiana a name to file away.

31. Audrey Lloyd of Franklin Central helps make that program one of the early freshman magnets in the class.

32. Journey Frederick of Franklin Community adds another Franklin-area backcourt piece.

33. Lamonee Dozier of Franklin Central gives the Flashes a post presence in the 2029 cycle.

34. Mackenzie Myers of Westfield is part of the school’s visible 2029 cluster.

35. Amelia Allison of Mooresville gives the Pioneers another guard in the database.

36. Gabby Bassett of Westfield adds another combo guard to the Shamrocks’ freshman layer.

37. Farrah Camp of Westfield extends that same Westfield pipeline.

38. Kylie Wyatt of Westfield keeps the school appearing again and again in the 2029 conversation.

39. Mariyah Parker of South Bend Adams gives the area a true interior answer.

40. Kendall Freeman of Owen Valley is a perimeter shooter whose profile already hints at a role beyond a typical freshman.

41. Eliza Koreen Williams of New Prairie brings a point-guard mindset and a 5Star Basketball Club connection to the class.

42. Addison Jones is another name Prep Girls Hoops has placed into the Indiana 2029 database, which shows how broad the board has become.

43. Blair Babcock is part of the same next-wave inventory, another fresh entry in the 2029 pool.

44. Raine Freed of DeKalb gives northeast Indiana a guard with an OPS club background.

45. Olivia Tennery adds a West Virginia Thunder tie to the Indiana 2029 mix.

46. Cecilia Titus of Guerin Catholic already has production to point to, including steady scoring and all-around numbers.

47. Daijah Royston of Ben Davis is another freshman whose production is beginning to match the hype.

48. Lania Jackson of Pike is one more sign that the Panthers’ freshman pipeline has real depth.

49. Stella Taylor of Hamilton Heights keeps the Huskies loaded at the guard spot.

50. Erin Butler of Evansville Harrison adds another guard from the southwestern part of the state.

51. Sophia Buening remains one of the quiet names to monitor in the Indiana 2029 file.

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52. Kylah Loyal is another board entry that helps show how many freshmen are still being sorted.

53. Hadley Keith is part of the growing statewide player database, even before the rankings settle.

54. Taniyah Jones of Kokomo gives north-central Indiana another identifiable 2029 name.

55. Ella Horvath of Guerin Catholic keeps that school in the freshman conversation too.

56. Kenly Ferriell is another 2029 player who shows how deep the pool has become.

57. Shaniya Harden-John is another fresh name in the expanding Indiana database.

58. Makayla Minnis of Randolph Southern and Midwest Explosion adds another small-school guard to the map.

59. Mallori McColley of Harrison (West Lafayette) gives Tippecanoe County another point guard to track.

60. Laney Kocher of Roncalli, with Indiana Showcase Black Club, shows how school and club exposure keep intersecting.

61. Ava Mills of Delphi is another 2029 power forward to file under small-school upside.

62. Kyla Demmings of Pike adds another reason the school keeps appearing in the class notes.

63. Carlie Kuebler is one more guard on the watch-list side of the 2029 board.

64. Saniyah Davenport is another of the new names in the guard group.

65. Kodie Cox gives the list another backcourt body in the development phase.

66. Ella Boyanski is another guard who popped into the 2029 update group.

67. Makenzie Juszczak of Hamilton Heights extends the school’s 2029 reach.

68. Kalia Madison is another wing name that helps round out the statewide depth.

69. Addison Blum of Hamilton Heights, with West Virginia Thunder GUAA, reinforces how loaded that program is.

70. Bayleigh Eisele of Hamilton Heights gives the Huskies yet another 2029 point guard to monitor.

71. Center Grove sits atop the team rankings at 30-0, and that champion’s aura naturally spills into the next class.

72. Pike at No. 2 in the team rankings is the clearest sign that Indianapolis talent is clustering where it always gets noticed.

73. Warsaw at No. 3 keeps northern Indiana central to the statewide picture.

74. Homestead at No. 4 keeps Fort Wayne on the recruiting map.

75. Valparaiso at No. 5 gives northwest Indiana a real foothold in the conversation.

76. Center Grove’s 29-0 title run was the first undefeated Indiana girls season since 2013, which makes its program footprint even louder.

77. Bellmont’s first girls basketball state title gives northeast Indiana a fresh landmark and a new recruiting talking point.

78. Eastern (Pekin) repeated as the Class 2A champion, which keeps the south-side championship lane very much alive.

79. Borden’s back-to-back Class 1A titles show that the smallest schools are still shaping the loudest storylines.

80. Prep Girls Hoops says its rankings are built after watching hundreds of high school and AAU games, talking with coaches and weighing statistics, so spring movement is baked into the process.

81. The leap from 75 ranked players in late January to 100 by April 16 shows the 2029 board is growing fast.

82. Prep Girls Hoops also says the broader Indiana 2029 pool has nearly 200 freshmen listed, which means the top 100 is only the visible slice.

83. With 25 ranked players heading into AAU season, the spring circuit becomes the next sorting ground.

84. The watch list still reaches into schools like Mooresville, Orleans, Lakeland, Wawasee and Franklin Central, so the map is far from finished.

85. Hamilton Heights has the cleanest multi-player footprint in the class, with Suarez, Curry, Blum, Taylor and Eisele all attached to the same program.

86. Pike is doing similar work in Indianapolis, with Mitchell, Evans, Jackson and Demmings all pointing back to the same school.

87. Westfield is another cluster worth noticing, with Myers, Bassett, Camp and Wyatt all showing up in the 2029 conversation.

88. Franklin Central has real freshman volume too, through Washington, Lloyd and Dozier.

89. South Bend’s footprint runs through Rowell, Parker and Kendall, which gives the area multiple entry points into the class.

90. East Central, New Prairie and DeKalb show that the class is spreading well beyond the biggest metropolitan centers.

91. Fort Wayne still matters because Homestead, Snider and Bishop Luers are all represented in the board.

92. Southwest Indiana is not fading either, with Evansville Harrison, Heritage Hills, Henryville and Pekin all in the mix.

93. The Indianapolis corridor remains the center of gravity because Pike, Center Grove, Franklin Central, Westfield, Ben Davis and Lawrence North keep producing names.

94. The AAU layer matters just as much, with West Virginia Thunder, Indy One, Indiana Basketball Club, Always 100 E40, Team Evans and 5Star Basketball Club all feeding the list.

95. That school-and-club overlap is why the 2029 board can move quickly before most of these players become varsity seniors.

96. Lyles, Suarez and Mitchell give the top of the class a blend of guard play, wing size and scoring versatility that helps define the early standard.

97. Sanderson is the first casual-fan name to learn because Penn already has a freshman who helped win a sectional and is producing across the stat sheet.

98. Rowell is another must-know name after the NIC MVP nod and the kind of scoring burst that turns freshmen into statewide storylines.

99. Mitchell matters because Pike and Indy One are the sort of combination that can turn early ranking buzz into a real recruiting narrative.

100. The bigger takeaway is that Indiana’s 2029 class already has a top tier, a deep second wave and enough school and club overlap to keep the recruiting map shifting all spring.

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