115 basketball players from Ohio to play in NCAA women’s tournament

Gannon Golden Knights' Bri Claxon and Washington and Lee Generals' Sarah Zimmerman

By Buckeye Reporter

Mar 18, 2025

Ohio is being represented by 115 players in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.

California will have the most players on the hard court during this year's tournament with 161 players, followed by Texas with 152.

Cincinnati is the most popular hometown for NCAA players from Ohio in the tournament with 12 players.

Ohio Players in 2024 NCAA Tournament

Name	Team	Height	Position	Hometown
Rylee Bennett	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	5′10″	Guard and Forward	Akron
Shyanne Sellers	Maryland Terrapins	6′2″	Guard	Aurora
Ashley Mullet	Ashland Eagles	5′5″	Guard	Berlin
Zoe Miller	Ashland Eagles	5′11″	Forward	Berlin
Karlee Ross	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′7″		Beverly
Sophie Spolter	Bates Bobcats	5′6″	Guard	Blacklick
Kate Ratliff	Gannon Golden Knights	6′0″	Guard	Canal Winchester
Cameron Dill	Seton Hill Griffins	5′10″	Guard	Canfield
Hayley Smith	Ashland Eagles	6′1″	Forward	Canton
Alayna McMullen	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′5″	Guard	Canton
Mia Guscoff	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′6″	Guard	Canton
Sadie Arend	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	5′11″	Forward	Carey
Kylie Leibacher	Ashland Eagles	5′10″	Guard	Castalia
Cotie McMahon	Ohio State Buckeyes	6′0″	Forward	Centerville
Kaycie Badylak	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	5′8″	Guard	Cincinnati
Leah Riley	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	5′7″	Guard	Cincinnati
Maddie Antenucci	Florida Gulf Coast Eagles	5′10″	Shooting Guard	Cincinnati
Makira Cook	Illinois Fighting Illini	5′6″	Guard	Cincinnati
Breanna Clemons	La Roche Redhawks		Guard	Cincinnati
KK Bransford	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	5′11″	Guard	Cincinnati
Elizabeth Homan	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′4″	Point Guard	Cincinnati
Laila Phelia	Texas Longhorns	6′0″	Guard	Cincinnati
Megan Zimmerman	Vermont Catamounts	5′8″	Guard	Cincinnati
Sarah Zimmerman	Vermont Catamounts	5′10″	Forward	Cincinnati
Megan Zimmerman	Washington and Lee Generals	5′8″	Guard	Cincinnati
Sarah Zimmerman	Washington and Lee Generals	5′10″	Forward	Cincinnati
Helen Holley	Michigan State Spartans	6′1″	Forward	Cleveland
Taylor Thierry	Ohio State Buckeyes	6′1″	Guard and Forward	Cleveland
Elise Champagne	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	5′6″	Guard	Columbia Station
Carly Callahan	Hillsdale Chargers	5′10″	Guard and Forward	Columbus
Nevaeh Tot	Oklahoma Sooners	5′3″	Guard	Columbus
Sakima Walker	South Carolina Gamecocks	6′5″	Center	Columbus
Madison Greene	Vanderbilt Commodores	5′6″	Guard	Columbus
Andrea Maibach	Gannon Golden Knights	6′2″	Power Forward	Creston
Cam Hoover	Murray State Racers	6′0″	Forward	Cuyahoga Falls
Addison Weimer	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	6′2″	Forward	Dayton
Lauren Dady	De Pauw Tigers	6′1″	Forward	Dayton
Evan Neely	Harding Bisons	6′0″	Forward	Dayton
Bree Hall	South Carolina Gamecocks	6′0″	Guard	Dayton
Kendallyne Kroeckel	Trine Thunder	5′7″	Guard	Defiance
Chelsea Edington	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′11″	Guard and Forward	Delaware
Katie Neuhart	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′9″		Delaware
Emma Shumate	Michigan State Spartans	6′1″	Guard	Dresden
Morgan Yoder	Ashland Eagles	5′8″	Guard	Dundee
Corina Conley	Nova Southeastern Sharks	6′0″	Guard	Englewood
Aubrey Stupp	Nova Southeastern Sharks	5′11″	Guard	Farmersville
Jamie Custer	Calvin Knights	5′8″	Guard	Galena
Mary Meng	Michigan State Spartans	6′5″	Center	Grafton
Kayla Jones	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	5′9″	Guard	Grove City
Leigha Dennison	Belmont Abbey Crusaders	5′10″	Guard	Hilliard
Kendall McCormick	Hillsdale Chargers	5′9″	Guard	Hinckley
Alexandria Magers	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′5″	Guard	Howard
Ali Menendez	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	5′4″	Guard	Hudson
Maddy Stumpf	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	6′0″	Forward	Johnstown
Madison Bartley	Baylor Lady Bears	6′3″	Forward	Kettering
Maddy Westbeld	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	6′3″	Forward	Kettering
Madison Cloonan	Nova Southeastern Sharks	5′10″	Forward	Kirtland
Michaela Cloonan	Nova Southeastern Sharks	5′10″	Guard	Kirtland
Delaney Garcia	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	5′11″	Forward	Lakewood
Ellie Bruce	Hillsdale Chargers	6′2″	Center	Lancaster
Kayla Delmore	Carnegie Mellon Tartans	5′9″	Guard	Lewis Center
Savannah Smith	Hillsdale Chargers	6′0″	Forward	Liberty
Lily Johnson	Trine Thunder	5′10″	Guard	Liberty Township
Corri Vermilya	Ashland Eagles	5′9″	Guard	Loudonville
Hannah Archer	Washington & Jefferson Presidents	5′9″	Guard	Lowell
Claire Wakim	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′9″	Guard	Madison
Brooke Thompson	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	6′2″	Forward	Maineville
Chloe Ebeling	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	6′0″		Mansfield
Leslie Huffman	Fairmont State Lady Falcons	5′10″	Guard	Marietta
Madeline Huffman	Fairmont State Lady Falcons	5′5″	Guard	Marietta
Ava Wilkerson	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	5′6″	Guard	Marysville
Macy Miller	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	6′0″		Marysville
Carly Prows	Ashland Eagles	6′0″	Forward	Mason
Kasey Schipfer	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′9″	Guard	Mechanicsburg
Sarah McKee	Ashland Eagles	6′2″	Forward	Medina
Carly Lehman	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′8″	Guard	Milford Center
Lydia Stalnaker	Principia Panthers	5′6″	Guard	Mount Gilead
Chloe Kelly	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′7″	Guard	Mount Sterling
Caely Ressler	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	5′11″	Forward and Guard	Napoleon
Alyssa Miller	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	5′11″	Forward and Guard	New Philadelphia
Jacey Mullen	Washington & Jefferson Presidents	5′10″	Guard and Forward	New Springfield
Laura McCoy	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	5′8″	Guard	Newton Falls
Grace Kingery	Ball State Cardinals	5′11″		North Ridgeville
Jessica Wolanin	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	5′7″	Guard	Olmsted Falls
Mia Kalich	Seton Hill Griffins	5′11″	Forward	Olmsted Falls
Lauren Denison	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	6′0″	Guard	Pataskala
Bella Vaillant	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	6′0″	Forward	Perrysburg
Emily Irwin	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	5′4″	Guard	Pickerington
Berry Wallace	Illinois Fighting Illini	6′1″	Forward	Pickerington
Jocelyn Tate	Michigan State Spartans	5′10″	Guard and Forward	Pickerington
Madison Greene	Ohio State Buckeyes	5′8″	Guard	Pickerington
Ava Hassel	De Pauw Tigers	5′6″	Guard	Portsmouth
Caitlin Splain	Hillsdale Chargers	5′9″	Guard	Powell
Katelyn Harabedian	Ashland Eagles	6′0″	Forward	Richfield
Nora Saffell	Union Bulldogs	6′0″	Forward	Somerset
Bri Claxon	Gannon Golden Knights	5′7″	Guard	South Webster
Jordan Hobbs	Michigan Wolverines	6′3″	Guard	Springboro
Kendall Dieringer	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′4″	Point Guard	St. Marys
Taylor Bass	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	5′10″	Guard	Strongsville
Jordan Walters	Trine Thunder	5′8″	Guard	Sunbury
Maddy Greene	Hillsdale Chargers	5′11″	Guard and Forward	Sylvania
Gia Casalinova	Ashland Eagles	5′8″	Guard	Tallmadge
Maddie Schumacher	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′7″	Guard	Tiffin
Sinai Douglas	Michigan State Spartans	5′4″	Guard	Toledo
Koko Sylvester	Wayne State Warriors	5′6″	Guard	Toledo
Dasja Anderson	La Roche Redhawks		Forward	Twinsburg
Alana Ellis	Nova Southeastern Sharks	5′11″	Guard	Twinsburg
Lucy Whetzel	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	6′2″		Warren
Shaylee McDonald	UT Tyler Patriots	5′6″	Guard	Washington Court House
Jalen Gibbs	Fairmont State Lady Falcons	6′0″	Forward	Wellington
Leila Jones	Fairmont State Lady Falcons	5′10″	Forward and Guard	Westerville
Sophia Roush	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′8″	Guard	Westerville
Eily Badertscher	Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets	6′0″	Forward	Wooster
Lauren Gerber	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′6″	Guard	Worthington
Lexi Howe	Ashland Eagles	5′10″	Guard	Zanesville

Total Tournament Teams and Players by State

State	Total Tournament Players	Total Tournament Teams
California	161	11
Texas	152	11
New York	137	11
Pennsylvania	131	16
Wisconsin	125	9
Illinois	120	5
Ohio	115	4
Minnesota	104	5
New Jersey	82	4
Massachusetts	81	10
Michigan	81	8
North Carolina	74	8
Tennessee	67	6
Georgia	61	4
Virginia	57	10
Indiana	48	5
Maryland	39	2
Florida	38	7
Colorado	37	4
Iowa	36	3
Connecticut	33	6
Missouri	32	1
Washington	32	3
Kentucky	30	5
Oklahoma	29	3
South Carolina	22	4
Kansas	22	3
Alabama	21	3
Arizona	16	1
Nebraska	15	2
Arkansas	14	2
Montana	13	2
Oregon	13	2
Utah	12	1
New Hampshire	12	1
South Dakota	12	1
Maine	11	2
Nevada	10	0
West Virginia	9	2
Delaware	7	0
New Mexico	7	1
Mississippi	6	2
Alaska	5	1
Idaho	5	0
Rhode Island	5	0
Vermont	5	1
Louisiana	4	2
Wyoming	3	0
North Dakota	1	0
Hawaii	1	0