08-03-2025
Meet Aaliyah Chavez: The country's No. 1 girls basketball recruit
If the tension surrounding the country's No. 1 girls basketball recruit wasn't high enough, on Friday Aaliyah Chavez's father quickly disputed reports about his superstar daughter's upcoming college choice.
Chavez is ranked No. 1 in the USA TODAY 25 in '25 Girls Basketball Recruiting Rankings. Last month she was named a McDonald's All-American and earlier this week she won the Naismith Girls High School Player of the Year award.
On Friday, the website On3 reported that Chavez now considers Texas and Oklahoma as her top choices. She has said she will announce her choice on March 25.
NEW: WBB No. 1 recruit Aaliyah Chavez is commanding a NIL package valued at $1.5M annually, @PeteNakos_ reports👀Texas & Oklahoma have emerged as frontrunners in her recruitment. Intel:
— On3 (@On3sports) March 7, 2025
Her father, Sonny Chavez, quickly disputed the report.
'These people don't have a clue what's happening in Aaliyah Chavez's recruitment,' he wrote. 'They (are) just making up stuff to make themselves sound relevant.'
These people don't have a clue what's happening in @AALIYAH2CHAVEZ recruitment they just making up stuff to make themselves sound relevant!!!
— THE LAB (@TEXASTHELAB) March 7, 2025
For weeks, it has been reported that Chavez is strongly considering those two schools along with Texas Tech and South Carolina.
Last week, Chavez's Monterey team won Texas' Class 5A Division II state title. In the playoffs, Chavez averaged 29.3 points per game. That after averaging 34.9 points, 9.1 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 3.7 steals per game.
She's a legit scoring machine who will make an immediate impact at the next level.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY High School Sports Wire: All eyes on Aaliyah Chavez, the country's No. 1 recruit
