December Rankings Update: Who moved up the rankings in Iowa’s 2026 class?
Prep Hoops Staff
The 2026 Rankings were posted just hours ago! Our staff has plenty of analysis on the way to complement the release!
Below is a simple look at the names of players who moved up the ranks due to advancement in their skill-set, size, and overall performance:
- Cael LaFrentz | C | Decorah
- Evan Jacobson | C | Waukee
- Shay Stephens | PG/SG | Burlington Notre Dame
- Tyler Hilton | SF | Linn-Mar
- Leyton Wolf | SG | Cedar Falls
- AJ Evans | PF | Xavier
- Jack McGuire | SF/CG | Pella
- Brock Badding | SG | Kuemper Catholic
- Jaishon White | PG | Waukee
- Talan Becker | SF/SG | Muscatine
- Noah Martens | CG/PG | Dowling Catholic
- Drake Medinger | SG | Senior
- Zander Murray | SG | Xavier
- Conley Schauf | SF | Monticello
- Alec Lovely | PG | Treynor
- Ryan Clair | PF | Kuemper Catholic
- Lorenzo Pino | PG/CG | Cedar Rapids Xavier
- Max Roach | PG | Waukee
- Will Thomas | SG | Ames
- Eli Dee | CG | Baxter
- Spencer Biah | SF | Muscatine
- Dylan Bosma | PG | Unity Christian
- Davis Hardersen | SG | Urbandale
- Isaiah Oliver | PG | Waukee Northwest
- Hunter Horn | SF | St. Edmond
- Chance Burkett | CG | Roosevelt
- Landon Hanson | SG | Waukee
- Jorden Meyer | SG | West Lyon
- Mick Hoffman | SF | Cascade
- Parker Berns | PG/SG | Cedar Falls
- Giovanny Quiles | SF | Dowling Catholic
- Austin Schulte | SF | Pella
- Brady Boulton | PG | Montezuma
- Jake Pargeon | SG | Urbandale
- Cameron Boyd | PG | Storm Lake
- Benny Waller | PG | Aplington-Parkersburg
- Trevor Theobald | PG | Clear Lake
- Nathan Jenkins | SF | Dowling Catholic
- Gilbert Flagel | SF | Pella Christian
- Draeden Punt | PF | MOC-Floyd Valley
- Synceare Simons | SG | Assumption
- David Fason | SG | Prairie
- Ryder Knapp | SG/CG | Valley
- Ethan Headings | SG | Iowa City West
- Christopher Watkins | SF | City
- Malachi Rice | SG | Centerville
- Connor Walsh | SF | Wahlert Catholic
- Marcele Whitner | SF | Mason City
- Quentin Teeter | SF/PF | Urbandale
- Kellen Haverback | SF | Mount Vernon
- Max Town | PG | Des Moines Christian
- Jack Ritchie | PG | Sioux City East
- Austin Wieringa | SG | Unity Christian
- Brady Harr | C | Hampton-Dumont-CAL
- Carter Light | SF | Davenport Central
- Quinn Street | PG | Osage
- Cooper Grimm | SF | Center Point-Urbana
- Caden Klein | SG | Newton
- Judd Jirovsky | SG | Grundy Center
- Nate Lukkarinen | PG/SG | Muscatine
- Landon De Stigter | SG | Western Christian
- Kolby Bechen | PG | Centennial
- Eli Evans | CG | Waterloo Columbus
- Grady Braunschweig-Norris | PG | Southeast Polk
- Tristan Faille | SF | Anamosa
- Jack Jensen-Fitzpatrick | SG | Iowa City West
- Wesley Walz | SG | Spirit Lake
- Victor Ward | PG/SG | Charles City
- Kyle Smith | SG | Marshalltown
- Drew Sorensen | SF | Ankeny
- Brady Gogel | PG | Beckman Catholic
- Carson Bargfrede | SG/CG | St. Edmond Fort Dodge
- Brady Meadows | PG | Central DeWitt
- Tyler Baatz | SF | Tri-Center
- William Terrones | PG | Gilbert
- Kade Wheatley | PF | Clinton
- KeShawn DeShaw | PF | Bellevue
- Carter Kleinwolterink | PG | Boyden-Hull
- Jack Ohman | PF | Sioux City East
- Dallas McDowell | SG | Harlan
- Nolan Ehlinger | SG | Maquoketa
- Spencer Abbott | SF | Bellevue
- Caden Green | SG | Davenport West
- Jared Mohr | PF | Carroll
- Owen McCleary | SG | Wahlert Catholic
- Carter Van Gelder | SG | MOC-Floyd Valley
- Kaden Van Schepen | PG | Rock Valley
- Emmanuel Tete | PG | Southeast Polk
- Carter Schwab | PG | Bishop Garrigan
- Will Hayes | PF | Central Lee
- Ty Sopko | PG | Forest City
- Parker Burmeister | CG | Maquoketa
- Isaiah Jervik | SG | Sergeant Bluff-Luton
- Chris Loggins | SF | Sioux City East
- Karver DeGroot | PG | Hinton
- Jackson Ruggles | SG | Mount Ayr
- Dylan Weisskopf | SG | Williamsburg
- Kai Chamberlain | SG | Sioux City North
- Colby Gray | SF | Northeast
- Max Larson | PF | Clear Lake
- Ja'Vion Robinson | SF | City
- Cameron Mullen | SG/CG | Union
- Teral Burge | SG | Bettendorf
- Garbieno Weno | C | Storm Lake
- Easton Ersland | PF | Ballard
- Alex Jamison | SF | Monticello
- Matthew Malven | CG | Nashua-Plainfield
- Caden Sorensen | PG | Union
- Henry Elser | PG | Iowa City West
- Gustavo Drahos | SG | Perry
- Jack Johnson | PG | Glenwood
- Jamison Ewing | PG | Southeast Warren
- Owen Putman | PF | Bellevue
- Gavin Swanson | SG | Emmetsburg
- Noah Milburn | SF | Decorah
- Jackson Davis | SF | Waukee Northwest
- Kamren Hegna | SG | Sioux City West
- Tate Van Dyke | SF | Union
- Kayden Estell | PG | Hillcrest Academy
- Reegan McKee | SF | Akron-Westfield
- Cael Hogan | PG | Southwest Valley
- Johnale Johnson Jr | SG | Davenport North
- Matson Winings | SF | South Winneshiek
- Boie Gomo | PG | Hoover
- Mac Collison | SG | Carroll
- Braiden Todd | PG | South Winneshiek
- Amaury Thomas | PF | Bishop Garrigan
- Garret Van Es | PF | Boyden-Hull
- Caden Burns | PF | Urbandale
- Khael Jones | PG | North Union
- Jacoby Johnson | SG | Vinton-Shellsburg
