Top 2023 Players in Fort Wayne
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With the release of the updated top 200 rankings and a 100+ player watch list for the class of 2023, it is time to take a look at some of the top players in different areas of Indiana. We started with the Region and are working our way down to the Southern half where we will finish off with Evansville, so we continue with Fort Wayne. We currently have 22 players from Fort Wayne in the Class of 2023 database with 16 in our top 200, 8 in our top 70, and 4 in our top 50. All of the other players on our watch list are listed in alphabetical order with no ranking order whatsoever. At this point, Fort Wayne has a trio of NAIA commits and one DIII commit.
Gage Sefton
Gage
Sefton
6'4" | SG
Blackhawk Christian | 2023
State
IN
, a shooting guard from Fort Wayne Blackhawk, takes over the top spot in Fort Wayne for the 2023 class as the #26 player in the state. He is committed to play basketball at Grace next season.
Austin Cripe
Austin
Cripe
6'3" | SG
West Noble | 2023
State
IN
(West Noble), who is committed to Bethel,
Kyron Kaopuiki
Kyron
Kaopuiki
6'3" | SG
Homestead | 2023
State
IN
(Homestead) and
Josh Furst
Josh
Furst
6'6" | C
Blackhawk Christian | 2023
State
IN
(Homestead) join Sefton in the top 50 in the state for the 2023 class. Kaopuiki is the highest ranked uncommitted player in the Fort Wayne area. Now, let’s take a look at the 2023 rankings for Fort Wayne.
| Rank | Player Name | Height | Position – Rank | High School | Commitment | Known Offers |
| 26 |
Gage Sefton
Gage
Sefton
6'4" | SG
Blackhawk Christian | 2023
State
IN
| 6’4″ | SG 8 | Fort Wayne Blackhawk | Grace | |
| 41 |
Austin Cripe
Austin
Cripe
6'3" | SG
West Noble | 2023
State
IN
| 6’3″ | SG 12 | West Noble | Bethel | |
| 43 |
Kyron Kaopuiki
Kyron
Kaopuiki
6'3" | SG
Homestead | 2023
State
IN
| 6’3″ | SG 14 | Homestead | Elmhurst, Heidelberg, Manchester, Wabash | |
| 47 |
Josh Furst
Josh
Furst
6'6" | C
Blackhawk Christian | 2023
State
IN
| 6’6″ | C 2 | Fort Wayne Blackhawk | ||
| 51 |
Darrion Brooks
Darrion
Brooks
6'5" | SF
New Haven | 2023
State
IN
| 6’5″ | SF 11 | New Haven | ||
| 63 |
Grant Leeper
Grant
Leeper
6'7" | C
Homestead | 2023
State
IN
| 6’7″ | C 4 | Homestead | Iowa (FB) | |
| 67 |
Andrew Hedrick
Andrew
Hedrick
6'0" | PG
Columbia City | 2023
State
IN
| 6’0″ | PG 16 | Columbia City | Bethel | |
| 68 |
Preston Ross
Preston
Ross
6'8" | PF
Bishop Dwenger | 2023
State
IN
| 6’8″ | PF 18 | Fort Wayne Dwenger | Ball State (FB) | |
| 100 |
Dalman Alexander
Dalman
Alexander
6'6" | PF
Fort Wayne Northrop | 2023
State
IN
| 6’6″ | PF 22 | Fort Wayne Northrop | Albion, Defiance, Manchester, Trine | |
| 106 | Omarion Washington Omarion Washington 6'3" | SF Fort Wayne South Side | 2023 State IN | 6’3″ | SF 24 | Fort Wayne South | ||
| 120 |
Jordan Green
Jordan
Green
6'4" | PF
Fort Wayne North Side | 2023
State
IN
| 6’6″ | PF 26 | Fort Wayne North | ||
| 130 |
Nick Thompson
Nick
Thompson
6'2" | SG
Bishop Luers | 2023
State
IN
| 6’2″ | SG 36 | Fort Wayne Luers | Toledo (FB) | |
| 138 |
Brashawn Bassett
Brashawn
Bassett
6'2" | SG
Fort Wayne North | 2023
State
IN
| 6’2″ | SG 37 | Fort Wayne North | Indiana State, New Orleans, Northwestern | |
| 151 |
Monte Smith
Monte
Smith
6'0" | PG
Fort Wayne Wayne | 2023
State
IN
| 6’0″ | PG 33 | Fort Wayne Wayne | ||
| 153 |
Hunter Kline
Hunter
Kline
6'7" | PF
East Noble | 2023
State
IN
| 6’7″ | PF 31 | East Noble | Albion | |
| 170 | Luke Saylor Luke Saylor 6'1" | PG Heritage | 2023 State IN | 6’1″ | PG 40 | Heritage | ||
| WL | Grant Hayworth Grant Hayworth 6'5" | PF Concordia Lutheran | 2023 IN | 6’5″ | PF | Fort Wayne Concordia | Grinnell (FB), Indiana Wesleyan (FB), Wheaton(FB) | |
| WL |
Langston Leavell
Langston
Leavell
6'1" | PG
Fort Wayne Snider | 2023
IN
| 6’1″ | PG | Fort Wayne Snider | St. Francis (FB) | |
| WL | Conner Lemmon Conner Lemmon 6'0" | PG Central Noble | 2023 IN | 6’0″ | PG | Central Noble | Manchester | |
| WL |
Mason Posey
Mason
Posey
6'3" | SF
Lakewood Park Christian | 2023
IN
| 6’3″ | SF | Lakewood Park Christian | Goshen, Manchester | |
| WL | Jayden Schmenk Jayden Schmenk 6'0" | PG Fort Wayne Northrop | 2023 IN | 6’0″ | PG | Fort Wayne Northrop | Anderson (FB), Defiance (FB), Manchester (FB), Mississippi Prep (FB), St. Francis(FB) | |
| WL | Alan Ter Molen Alan Ter Molen 6'6" | C Concordia Lutheran | 2023 IN | 6’6″ | C | Fort Wayne Concordia |
