Projecting 2026 No. 9 Jacy Abii's fit at Notre Dame, more five-star commits

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  • Shane Laflin

Oct 4, 2025, 12:55 PM ET

There are conscionable implicit 15 five-star recruits successful the girls' SC Next 100 Class of 2026. Eight person announced their decisions truthful far, with the latest commitment coming from No. 9 Jacy Abii (Notre Dame).

We won't spot these players successful a assemblage azygous for different season, but we tin marque immoderate informed projections. How volition they acceptable successful their chosen system? What's adjacent for those programs that person signed these top-tier talents? We effort to reply each these questions here.

Bookmark this page, arsenic we volition update this database and adhd cardinal investigation each clip a five-star enlistee announces a commitment. They are ordered by fertile below.

Last updated: Oct. 4, 2025

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Saniyah Hall, G

2026 ESPNW 100 Ranking: 1
Committed to: USC Trojans
Commitment date: July 25, 2025

Background: Hall announced her committedness to USC connected ESPN's "NBA Today." She went straight from her authoritative sojourn astatine USC to the ESPN studios to interruption the news, choosing the Trojans implicit UCLA and North Carolina. She dominated astatine Montverde (Florida) past play and has transferred person to location to Spire Academy (Ohio) for her elder twelvemonth of precocious school.

Hall was named the MVP of the U19 FIBA Women's World Cup held successful the Czech Republic, wherever Team USA won golden erstwhile again. She averaged 19.9 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 2.0 APG and 2.9 SPG. She changeable 52.6% from the tract done the tournament, including 39.3% from down the arc.

How she fits: Hall volition articulation a 2026-27 roster that volition see Jasmine Davidson (also connected the golden medal-winning U19 squad), JuJu Watkins, and 2025 FIBA Americup Gold medalist Kennedy Smith (No. 6 successful the ESPNW 100 people of 2024).

The versatility and scoring prowess of this operation volition airs problems for opposing teams. The Trojans volition person a WNBA/European benignant consciousness to the roster. Each of these players has a niche, but each of them tin handle, people and support astatine a precocious level. USC volition look to further bolster its interior play successful this 2026 class, and is targeting No. 2 enlistee Oliviyah Edwards, who visited field officially earlier successful the year.

How Hall indispensable adjust: Hall has capable endowment to lend instantly -- determination was adjacent speech of her perchance reclassifying into the 2025 class. However, she volition inactive request to marque adjustments, chiefly connected defense, arsenic a helping who volition apt play immoderate astatine guardant (like she did chiefly for Team USA). Hall has been the focal constituent offensively for her teams -- and though that aggressiveness volition service her good astatine each levels, she volition beryllium joining a roster that has Watkins, arguably the champion scoring defender successful the country. So, Hall volition request to larn however to play with different genuinely elite players, perchance taking immoderate of the load disconnected Watkins arsenic she returns from an ACL injury.

How USC is positioning itself successful the recruiting race: The signing of Hall shows conscionable however beardown of a marque the Trojans person built successful recruiting, peculiarly aft joining the Big Ten. The USC unit kept Watkins, the No. 1 enlistee successful 2023, adjacent to home, had the No. 1 recruiting people successful 2024, landed the No. 1 subordinate successful 2025 (Jasmine Davidson) -- and has done it again with Hall. All signs constituent to the Trojans being a recruiting powerhouse.


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