WV’s 2025 Small School Breakout Players

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last month we brought you the 2024 installments of West Virginia's best breakout players. These players have already had an impact on their respective programs but could also get on the radar of the rest of the state as well as college coaches. The 2025 class is already poised to be the biggest and best recruiting class in WV basketball history. The state is quickly developing into a D2 &amp; D3 basketball factory with out of state college coaches foaming at the mouth to get here and land some of the many recruits, many on this list could be viable options at both of those levels. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1575159"],"_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_0_evaluation":"[player_tooltip player_id='1575159' first='Nick' last='Janey'] is a recent transfer from Winfield to AA power Poca.  Nick will not only look to have a breakout year but will also look toward a possible trip to Charleston where Poca is no stranger.  Janey's length could be a problem for many AA 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