The girls 2025-26 WIAA season is right around the corner, and you can feel the energy rising. Every gym smells like hardwood and possibility. Every practice sounds like quick footsteps and bouncing basketballs, whistles, and dreams starting to take shape. And across Wisconsin, four young players are stepping into high school basketball with a fire that cannot be taught.
If you get the chance, go see these freshmen. They are not waiting for their moment. They are creating it.
Nora Meudt
Waunakee High School
Combo Guard/Small Forward
Class of 2029
Walk into a Waunakee practice and you will spot Nora immediately. She does not have to score or shout to stand out. There is a calm strength about her. A confidence that settles everyone around her. Nora plays the game with the poise of a senior and the hunger of a newcomer.
She can run the point. She can bang in the paint. She can defend any spot on the floor. And she does all the small things that never show up in the box score but always show up in the win column. Nora is the kind of leader you build a program around. Waunakee already knows that. Soon the whole state will.
Maliyah Thompson
Sun Prairie West High School
Combo Guard
Class of 2029
Maliyah brings electricity with her. She is the kind of athlete who forces the gym to sit up a little straighter when she checks in. The moment she puts the ball on the floor, she turns into a downhill force who refuses to be slowed.
Her competitiveness jumps out first. Then you notice the power. Then the touch. Then the confidence. And by the time she finishes her first drive, you understand exactly why she will shake up the Big Eight as a freshman. Maliyah is a problem for defenders and a blessing for Sun Prairie West.
Alyanna Moore
Racine St Catherine
Point Guard
Class of 2029
Alyanna does not just play fast. She thinks fast. She reacts fast. She reads the floor with an instinct that cannot be coached. She might be the quickest guard in the entire 2029 class, and she uses every bit of it to control the game.
She can score at all three levels. She can break down a defense in two steps. She can feed teammates in stride like she has been running the show for years. Alyanna has the rare combination of skill, IQ, and fearlessness that turns a good team into a dangerous one. Racine St Catherine has a star in the making.
Aniya Jones
Milwaukee Academy of Science
Wing/Small Forward
Class of 2029
There is one word for Aniya. Fierce. She plays every possession with an intensity that demands your attention. At five feet nine inches, she brings power, strength, and a physical presence that leaves defenders shaking their heads.
When she gets into the lane, she finishes through contact like she was built for it. She plays with no fear. No hesitation. Just heart and pressure. Milwaukee Academy of Science has produced plenty of tough competitors over the years. Aniya fits that tradition and raises it.
Freshmen are not supposed to look this ready, but these four do. They bring energy, confidence, and a hunger that cannot be coached. If you love the girls game in Wisconsin, make time to see them play. The season is just getting started, and for these four, the spotlight is already waiting.
Because the next generation is not coming. The next generation is here.
