How No. 1 recruit Saniyah Hall fits at USC, more commitment fits

There are conscionable nether 20 five-star recruits successful the ESPNW Class of 2026. Three players committed good earlier the 2025 summertime recruiting play began, and arsenic the July unrecorded play coiled down, different 1 hit: No. 1 Saniyah Hall announced Friday she would suit up for USC successful 2026-27. More announcements should statesman to trickle successful during the fall.

With rosters much fluid than ever owed to the accrued absorption connected the transportation portal and the caller epoch of gross sharing, precocious schoolhouse prospects indispensable deliberation much cautiously astir their aboriginal assemblage landing spot. We won't spot these players successful a assemblage azygous for different season, but we tin inactive marque immoderate informed projections. How volition they acceptable successful their chosen system? What's adjacent for those programs that person signed these top-tier talents? We'll effort to reply each these questions here.

Bookmark this page, arsenic we volition update this database and adhd cardinal investigation each clip a five-star enlistee announces a commitment.

Last updated: July 25, 2025

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Saniyah Hall, G

2026 ESPNW 100 Ranking: 1
Committed to: USC Trojans

Background: Hall announced her committedness to USC connected ESPN's NBA Today. She went consecutive from her authoritative sojourn astatine USC to the ESPN studios to interruption the news, choosing the Trojans implicit UCLA and North Carolina. She dominated astatine Montverde (FL) past play and has transferred person to location to Spire Academy (OH) for her elder twelvemonth of precocious school.

Hall was precocious named the MVP of the U19 FIBA Women's World Cup held successful the Czech Republic, wherever Team USA won golden erstwhile again. Her accumulation was rather impressive, arsenic she averaged 19.9 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 2.0 APG and 2.9 SPG. She changeable 52.6% from the tract done the tournament, including 39.3% from down the arc.

How she fits: Hall volition articulation a 2026-27 roster that volition see Jasmine Davidson (also connected the golden medal-winning U19 squad), JuJu Watkins, and 2025 FIBA Americup Gold medalist Kennedy Smith (No. 6 successful the ESPNW 100 people of 2024).

The interchangeability and scoring prowess of this operation volition beryllium hard to vie against successful women's assemblage basketball. They volition person a WNBA/European benignant consciousness to the roster. Each of these players has their ain niche, but each of them tin handle, people and support astatine a precocious level. USC volition look to further bolster its interior play successful this 2026 class, and is targeting No. 2 enlistee Oliviyah Edwards, who visited field officially earlier successful the calendar year.

How Hall indispensable adjust: Hall volition get connected field talented capable to lend instantly -- determination was adjacent speech of considering a reclassification into the 2025 class. However, she volition inactive request to marque adjustments to her game, chiefly connected the antiaircraft end, arsenic a helping who volition apt log immoderate minutes astatine the guardant spot (like she did chiefly for Team USA). Hall has ever been the focal constituent offensively for her teams -- and portion that aggressiveness volition service her good astatine each levels, she volition beryllium joining a roster that has Watkins, arguably the champion scoring defender successful the country. So, Hall volition request to larn however to play with different genuinely elite players, perchance taking immoderate of the load disconnected of Watkins arsenic she returns to the tribunal from her ACL injury.

How USC is positioning itself successful the recruiting race: The signing of Hall shows conscionable however beardown of a marque the Trojans person built successful recruiting, peculiarly wrong the imprint of the caller Big Ten landscape. The USC unit managed to support JuJu Watkins, the No. 1 enlistee successful 2023, adjacent to home, had the No. 1 recruiting people successful 2024, landed the No. 1 subordinate successful 2025 (Jasmine Davidson) -- and person done it again with Hall. All signs constituent to the Trojans being a recruiting powerhouse.

Maddyn Greenway, PG

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 11
Committed to: Kentucky Wildcats

Background: The 5-foot-8 multi-sport jock (basketball, soccer, track) chose Kentucky implicit finalists Iowa, Duke, Clemson, UCLA, and Stanford successful November. It was a monolithic triumph for Wildcats manager Kenny Brooks, who present has 2 five-stars commits (No. 18 Savvy Swords).

Greenway is 1 of the astir decorated precocious schoolers to travel retired of Minnesota, with authorities championships successful each 3 sports, and conscionable won a golden medal with the 2025 USA Women's Basketball U19 World Cup team. She's besides the reigning Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year. Her mother, Jenni, ran way astatine Iowa (and is present her precocious schoolhouse way coach) and her father, Chad, played 11 years successful the NFL aft starring astatine linebacker for the Hawkeyes.

MADDYN PULL UP JUMPER 💦 @maddyngreenway #USABWU19 x #FIBAU19 pic.twitter.com/m3WF8NIfV5

How she fits: Kentucky's constituent guards indispensable beryllium large playmakers, and Brooks is getting conscionable that successful Greenway. She puts contiguous unit connected the defence and scores astatine each 3 levels. She's the eventual rival defensively, applying shot unit and all-out hustle successful rotations.

What's next: Greenway volition beryllium tasked with becoming the adjacent prima constituent defender for Brooks, overmuch similar Georgia Amoore, who led Virginia Tech to a Final Four nether him successful 2023 earlier some moved connected to Kentucky. Brooks is hoping to physique Kentucky successful a akin method successful Year Two.

Lilly Williams, P

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 17
Committed to: Michigan State Spartans

Background: Williams' way to becoming 1 of the apical station players successful the state was antithetic from galore connected this list: she was homeschooled until this upcoming play (where she volition be Howell High School successful Michigan), and she played for autarkic nine programme Michigan Mystics P24 alternatively than for a footwear circuit team. She is not lone bully now, but has much imaginable to reach: At 6-foot 5, Williams tin dunk the basketball.

Five-star Michigan State perpetrate @LillyAWilliams is getting it done connected some ends astatine Super Showcase 🔥@MImystics pic.twitter.com/OmxUpVMTqZ

How she fits: Williams committed to Michigan State successful aboriginal 2024. She had offers from astir of the Big Ten, and past some. She volition articulation the programme arsenic the tallest subordinate connected the roster, and volition beryllium expected to anchor a defence that prides itself successful unit and creating turnovers. As a mobile and beardown interior player, Williams volition springiness the Spartans a existent halfway to play through. The programme volition inactive look to motion a constituent defender and scoring defender to circular retired the class.

Savvy Swords, W

2026 ESPNW 100 ranking: 18
Committed to: Kentucky Wildcats

Background: The younger sister of Michigan defender and Canadian Olympian Syla Swords, Swords is simply a Canadian nationalist squad staple erstwhile not playing astatine Long Island Lutheran successful precocious school. She missed astir of the 2024-25 precocious schoolhouse play and summertime with a genu injury, but has rehabbed successfully. She brings a winning pedigree from everyplace she plays, from precocious schoolhouse to FIBA competition. She committed to Kentucky implicit finalists South Carolina, UCLA, Michigan, and Notre Dame.

How she fits: The 6-1 younger Swords volition beryllium capable to log minutes astatine the helping oregon guardant spots and perchance beryllium precise interchangeable with 2025 McDonald's All-American signee Kaelyn Carroll. She is simply a assured shooter and facilitator from the perimeter, but plays with the physicality needed inside. She and Maddyn Greenway are a large aboriginal tandem of commits for the Wildcats.