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South Dakota 2028 Rankings: ELITE Class

South Dakota 2028 Rankings: ELITE Class
Spencer Christenson
Spencer Christenson
March 31, 2025 @ 05:19 PM
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Karson Zak
Karson Zak 6'0" | CG | 2028
SD
Myles Ellwein
Myles Ellwein 6'4" | SG | 2028
SD
Mitch Grant
Mitch Grant 6'3" | CG/PG | 2028
SD
Ryan Dieleman
Ryan Dieleman 6'9" | C/PF | 2028
SD
Tanner Wagner
Tanner Wagner 6'5" | C/PF | 2028
SD
Lincoln Mcinerney
Lincoln Mcinerney 6'1" | CG | 2028
SD
Cooper Strande
Cooper Strande 6'1" | PG | 2028
SD
Owen Schelske
Owen Schelske 6'5" | C | 2028
SD
David Walter
David Walter 6'4" | SF/SG | 2028
SD
Sullivan Felberg
Sullivan Felberg 6'8" | SF/PF | 2028
SD
<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The long-awaited and highly-anticpated South Dakota 2028 rankings update has hit the Prep Hoops Dakotas site!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>After diving deeper into the 2028 class for this rankings update, all I have to say is, Wow is the future bright in South Dakota high school boys basketball! The more I learn about the the 2028 class and discover more talent, the 2028 class is becoming the best and deepest in South Dakota — by a long shot. Best class I've seen in my few years of scouting South Dakota high school basketball. I don't want to overreact, but this class is VERY special. ELITE<br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The 2028 class offers everything and it possesses more height, length, and size than any class I've scouted for boys high school basketball in South Dakota. The size in this class and how many prospects that are already 6'5”+ is actually very surprising and quite rare. We have some 6'7” prospects and a couple prospects that are already 6'8”. That's not to mention that their are a plethora of strong guard prospects as well. <br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I'm not seeing a big number of D1 prospects, with [player_tooltip player_id='1655914' first='Sullivan' last='Felberg'] being one, then I think one or two more may emerge if things go well. The exciting part is is that there is an insanely deep pool of prospects with D2/high-end NAIA potential pretty far down the board. If I'm a college coach, I'm heavily targeting this class and really getting to know and understand it.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the debut of the 2028 class rankings, we opened with 40 ranked prospects, including a long watchlist. We added 10 to the rankings for a list of 50. There were many high-end additions deserving of Top 50 status, but I want to see them more before placing them.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With it being such a crazy-deep class, it's also one of my most challenging classes to rank. In some or most cases, I elected to go with size/height/length as a final tiebreaker on close prospects. And of course comparing guards to Bigs, the Bigs won out a majority of the time. You will notice that there is a TON of size in the top 30 prospects.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">South Dakota Top 10 2028 Prospects</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1655914"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-67e96279aa7a8"} --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"placeholder":"Add evaluation here...","className":"text-gray-700"} --> <p class="text-gray-700"></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block 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The long-awaited and highly-anticpated South Dakota 2028 rankings update has hit the Prep Hoops Dakotas site!

Sullivan Felberg

Sullivan Felberg

SD
SF/PF
HEIGHT 6'8"
POS SF/PF
CLASS 2028
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Sullivan
Felberg SF/PF
Class
2028
Height
6'8"
HS
Clark/Willow Lake
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SD

Sullivan Felberg

State: South Dakota
School: Clark/Willow Lake
Club: TEAM Warwick
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Ryan Dieleman

Ryan Dieleman

SD
C/PF
HEIGHT 6'9"
POS C/PF
CLASS 2028
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Dieleman C/PF
Class
2028
Height
6'9"
HS
Sioux Falls Christian
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SD
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Ryan Dieleman

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School: Sioux Falls Christian
Club: TEAM Warwick
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Karson Zak

Karson Zak

SD
CG
HEIGHT 6'0"
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CLASS 2028
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Karson
Zak CG
Class
2028
Height
6'0"
HS
Groton Area
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SD
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Karson Zak

State: South Dakota
School: Groton Area
Club: James Valley Thunder
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Cooper Strande

Cooper Strande

SD
PG
HEIGHT 6'1"
POS PG
CLASS 2028
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2028
Height
6'1"
HS
Sioux Falls Christian
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SD

Cooper Strande

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Club: TEAM Warwick
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Mitch Grant

Mitch Grant

SD
CG/PG
HEIGHT 6'3"
POS CG/PG
CLASS 2028
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Grant CG/PG
Class
2028
Height
6'3"
HS
Tea Area
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SD
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Mitch Grant

State: South Dakota
School: Tea Area
Club: TEAM Warwick
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Owen Schelske

Owen Schelske

SD
C
HEIGHT 6'5"
POS C
CLASS 2028
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Schelske C
Class
2028
Height
6'5"
HS
Mitchell
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SD
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Owen Schelske

State: South Dakota
School: Mitchell
Club: TEAM Warwick
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Tanner Wagner

Tanner Wagner

SD
C/PF
HEIGHT 6'5"
POS C/PF
CLASS 2028
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2028
Height
6'5"
HS
West Central
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SD
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Tanner Wagner

State: South Dakota
School: West Central
Club: Sanford Sports Academy SF
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Myles Ellwein

Myles Ellwein

SD
SG
HEIGHT 6'4"
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CLASS 2028
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Height
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HS
Huron
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SD

Myles Ellwein

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School: Huron
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David Walter

David Walter

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SF/SG
HEIGHT 6'4"
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CLASS 2028
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2028
Height
6'4"
HS
Freeman
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David Walter

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School: Freeman
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Lincoln Mcinerney

Lincoln Mcinerney

SD
CG
HEIGHT 6'1"
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CLASS 2028
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2028
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6'1"
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Brandon Valley
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Lincoln Mcinerney

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