ICYMI: 2025 Rankings Were Posted This Week
In case you missed it, Prep Hoops Washington updated our 2025 Prospect Rankings earlier this week! The rankings now include 99 college prospects with a top five of Gelonni “JuJu” Ervin Gelonni “JuJu” Ervin 6'8" | SF North Central | 2025 State #274 Nation WA , Legend Smiley Legend Smiley 6'5" | SG Garfield | 2025 State #98 Nation WA , Cam Hiatt Cam Hiatt 6'4" | CG Western Reserve Academy | 2025 OH , Martin Kaupanger Martin Kaupanger 6'5" | SG Annie Wright | 2025 State WA , and Marco Varani Marco Varani 6'7" | SG Bellevue | 2026 State #328 Nation WA !
See where your favorite players stack up in the state by viewing the Washington 2025 Rankings!
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Things you need to know about our Prospect Rankings
How do you decide where a player gets ranked? Let us tell you.
Prep Hoops Washington prospect rankings are compiled by our Scouts with input from high school, AAU, and college coaches who watch a ton of Washington basketball. We put a lot of time and energy into it and we are as diligent as we can possibly be to get it right. We never intentionally set out to bury a kid or leave them off the list. We try not to be biased, other than favoring athletes with talent and a desire to get better. We work hard at being fair.
Most importantly, this list is about college potential, not current performance. Let us repeat that: This list is about college potential, not current performance. This is the big one, the factor that causes the most consternation, the most misunderstanding, especially among keenly interested parents. With that in mind, grassroots ball matters greatly. We are obviously not ignoring the high school season. It is a reality, however, that players who do not play in grassroots events that are highly attended by other collegiate prospects are diminishing their opportunity to get noticed and distinguish themselves as a recruit and therefore make the rankings.