Kaleena Smith
Ivanna Wilson-Manyacka of Frederick, Maryland, shoots over Nya Riack at the USA Basketball U17 national team trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado. *Photo by Chris Hansen.
With Memorial Day behind us on the 2026 calendar and a busy spring of basketball, the ProspectsNation.com ELITE 150 got its latest refresh.
The top four spots remain unchanged with Kaleena Smith (Perris, California), Ivanna Wilson-Manyacka (Frederick, Maryland), Sydney Savoury (Ann Arbor, Michigan), and Jezelle Banks (Wilmington, Delaware) leading the class. Recent Notre Dame commit Eve Long (Olathe, Kansas), a 6-foot-3 forward moved up four spots to No. 5.
The Spring was busy for the ProspectsNation.com team with multiple camps plus stops live weekend stops at adidas 3SSB and the EIite Is Earned Spring Invitational in April and Nike GEYBL in May followed by our 20thstraight annual trip to Colorado Springs for the USA Basketball national team trials.
RISERS TO WATCH
This update to the 2027 class’s ELITE 150, saw four players make big moves up the list.
Ogechi Okeke (Missouri City, Texas) and Azy Jackson (Bonney Lake, Washington) are on a similar path, really breaking into the national realm last year and stacking great performances to continue the rise as elite forwards. Ogechi moves up eight spots to 17 and Jackson is up 14 spots to 26. With continued success this summer the climb could very well continue.
A pair of guards we continue to see level up are Brookslee Colvin (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho) and Jazman Bailey (Mansfield, Texas). Both guards has a steady consistency to their games that isn’t always the easiest to appreciate but with that consistency comes trust. Colvin is up 12 spots to 31 while Bailey makes a big jump to 36 after making USA Basketball for a second straight summer.
WHAT’S NEXT
As we shift to summer we’ll cover several individual events as well as the early July GUAA session in Louisville. The ELITE 150 continues its expansion and should reach its full 150 by the end of the summer. ProspectsNation.com gives numerical rankings to the top 60 and designates the balance of the rankings with an ELITE 150 designation.
The 2028 class ELITE 25 will also be introduced next week and later this summer the 2029 E150 Watch List.
SEE THE FULL ELITE 150 HERE
Chris Hansen is managing editor of ProspectsNation.com and serves on the McDonald’s All-American and Naismith Trophy selection committees. He was a co-founder of and the national director of scouting for ESPN HoopGurlz from 2005 until 2012 and is the director of the Check Me Out Showcase and ELITE is EARNED events. He can be reached at chris@chrishansenbasketball.com.
