Women's March Madness 2025: 35 players from Illinois who are part of the NCAA tournament

The NCAA women's basketball tournament begins in earnest on Friday.

The women's March Madness field of 68 includes just one team from Illinois, with the Fighting Illini of the Big Ten Conference joining their men's team in the NCAAs.

But what about those athletes who played high school hoops in Illinois? We have you covered.

Below are the at least 35 NCAA women's tournament players who are from Illinois, listed by conference starting with the Big Ten and the Missouri Valley, followed by other major conferences and mid-majors.

Big Ten

Sydney Affolter, Iowa: 5-11 senior from Chicago Marist.
Lenee Beaumont, Indiana: 6-1 sophomore from Lisle Benet.
Jasmine Brown-Hagger, Illinois: 5-9 sophomore played part of her high school career at Joliet Catholic.
Angela Dugalic, UCLA: 6-4 senior from Des Plaines Maine West.
Kyle Feuerbach, Iowa: 6-0 senior from Sycamore.
Emily Fisher, Maryland: 6-0 sophomore from Libertyville.
Aaliyah Guyton, Iowa: 5-7 freshman from Peoria High.
Amiah Hargrove, Nebraska: 6-2 freshman from Christopher
Greta Kampschroeder, Michigan: 6-1 senior from Naperville North.
Bri McDaniel, Maryland: 5-10 junior from Chicago Kenwood.
Kendall Moriarty, Nebraska: 6-1 senior from Lisle Benet.
Hayden Smith, Illinois: 6-6 freshman from Frankfort Lincoln-Way East.
Mia Zenere, Illinois: 5-11 freshman played part of her high school career at Lincoln-Way Central.

Missouri Valley

Katelyn Young, Murray State: 6-1 senior from Fithian Oakwood.

ACC

Lorena Awou, NC State: 6-5 freshman from East Moline United.
Sarah Cernugel, Notre Dame: 5-4 senior from Hinsdale Central.
Jordan Wood, Duke: 6-4 sophomore from Mundelein Carmel.

Big 12

Kenzie Hare, Iowa State: 5-9 junior from Bartlett.
Sydney Harris, Iowa State: 6-1 junior from Edwardsville.

SEC

Alyssa Latham, Tennessee: 6-2 sophomore from Homewood-Flossmoor.
Aneesah Morrow, LSU: 5-1 senior from Chicago Simeon.

Mid-major

Addie Budnik, Richmond: 6-2 senior from Highland Park.
Taylor Charles, Princeton: 6-2 junior from Burlington Central.
Peyton Gerdes, High Point: 6-0 freshman from Grayslake North.
Anna Griffin, Arkansas State: 6-1 senior from Aurora Christian.
Erin Houpt, San Diego State: 5-6 junior from Danville.
Quincenia Jackson, Arkansas State: 6-1 junior from Decatur MacArthur.
Lexi Kerstein, Vermont: 5-6 sophomore from Deerfield.
Katie Krupa, Harvard: 6-1 junior from Morton.
Annika Manthy, Richmond: 6-3 freshman from Arlington Heights Hersey.
Jessie Ozzauto, Lehigh: 5-10 sophomore from Huntley.
Zuri Ransom, Ball State: 5-10 freshman from Evanston.
Maddy Saracco, Tennessee Tech: 5-10 sophomore played part of her high school career at Lombard Montini.
Taris Thornton, Tennessee Tech: 6-0 senior played in high school at Willowbrook and Lombard Montini.
Tessa Towers, Ball State: 6-5 junior from Batavia.

This article originally appeared on Journal Star: March Madness 2025: IHSA high school players from Illinois in NCAA women's tournament

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