Downers Grove North High School Guard Maggie Fleming’s collegiate team the Smith Pioneers were invited to the NCAA tournament.
The Smith Pioneers ended the regular season with a 30-2 record. They are paired against the UW – Oshkosh Titans. The game will take place on Thursday, March 20 in Salem, Virginia.
The table below shows other former Illinois basketball players currently on rosters competing for the 2025 National Championship.
| Name | Hometown | College Team | Seed in tournament |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessie Ozzauto | Algonquin | Lehigh Mountain Hawks | 15 |
| Mary Kate Fahey | Arlington Heights | NYU Violets | |
| Annika Manthy | Arlington Heights | Richmond Spiders | 8 |
| James Brown | Aurora | North Carolina Tar Heels | 11 |
| Kenzie Hare | Bartlett | Iowa State Cyclones | 11 |
| Conrad Luczynski | Bartlett | Lenoir-Rhyne Bears | 3 |
| Tessa Towers | Batavia | Ball State Cardinals | 12 |
| Allison Forney | Batavia | UW – Oshkosh Titans | |
| Jordan Pickett | Belleville | SIU Edwardsville Cougars | 16 |
| Danny Stephens | Bowen | Missouri Tigers | 6 |
| Maliyah Johnson | Chicago | Ball State Cardinals | 12 |
| Jordan Wood | Chicago | Duke Blue Devils | 2 |
| Aneesah Morrow | Chicago | LSU Lady Tigers | 3 |
| Bri McDaniel | Chicago | Maryland Terrapins | 4 |
| Christian Shumate | Chicago | McNeese State Cowboys | 12 |
| Kamryn Thomas | Chicago | Omaha Mavericks | 15 |
| Daniel Jacobsen | Chicago | Purdue Boilermakers | 4 |
| Darrion Baker | Chicago | SIU Edwardsville Cougars | 16 |
| Cam Lawin | Chicago | San Diego State Aztecs | 11 |
| Ayanna Jackson | Chicago | UNC Greensboro Spartans | 16 |
| Matt Moore | Chicago | UNC Wilmington Seahawks | 14 |
| Xavier Amos | Chicago | Wisconsin Badgers | 3 |
| Amiah Hargrove | Christopher | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 10 |
| Ray’Sean Taylor | Collinsville | SIU Edwardsville Cougars | 16 |
| Mckaylee Allen | Danville | Coker Cobras | 2 |
| Quincenia Jackson | Decatur | Arkansas State Red Wolves | 15 |
| Angela Dugalić | Des Plaines | UCLA Bruins | 1 |
| Maggie Fleming | Downers Grove | Smith Pioneers | |
| Lorena Awou | East Moline | North Carolina State Wolfpack | 2 |
| Brennan Weller | Edwardsville | UMSL Tritons | 4 |
| Max Scharnowski | Elgin | Alabama Crimson Tide | 2 |
| Taylor Charles | Elgin | Princeton Tigers | 11 |
| Zuri Ransom | Evanston | Ball State Cardinals | 12 |
| Mitch Mascari | Geneva | Drake Bulldogs | 11 |
| Lauren Slagle | Geneva | Grand Valley State Lakers | 1 |
| Braden Huff | Glen Ellyn | Gonzaga Bulldogs | 8 |
| Braden Huff | Glen Ellyn | Gonzaga Bulldogs | 8 |
| Danny Wolf | Glencoe | Michigan Wolverines | 5 |
| Alyssa Latham | Glenwood | Tennessee Lady Volunteers | 5 |
| Kathryn Schmidt | Hampshire | Grand Valley State Lakers | 1 |
| Addie Budnik | Highland Park | Richmond Spiders | 8 |
| Jeremy Fears Jr. | Joliet | Michigan State Spartans | 2 |
| Jeremiah Fears | Joliet | Oklahoma Sooners | 9 |
| Kaleb Jackson | Lake Forest | Baylor Bears | 9 |
| Asa Thomas | Lake Forest | Clemson Tigers | 5 |
| Nate Ferguson | Lemont | Drake Bulldogs | 11 |
| Emily Fisher | Libertyville | Maryland Terrapins | 4 |
| Jamie Qualley | Lincolnshire | Nova Southeastern Sharks | 1 |
| Greta Kampschroeder | Naperville | Michigan Wolverines | 6 |
| John Poulakidas | Naperville | Yale Bulldogs | 13 |
| Jayson Kent | Oak Forest | Texas Longhorns | 11 |
| Justin Cross | Oak Park | Kansas Jayhawks | 7 |
| Haleigh Timmer | Rapids City | South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 10 |
| JaMir Price | Rock Island | Minnesota State–Moorhead Dragons | 2 |
| AJ Storr | Rockford | Kansas Jayhawks | 7 |
| Chris Hodges | Schaumburg | Wisconsin Badgers | 3 |
| Arnas Sakenis | Tinley Park | SIU Edwardsville Cougars | 16 |
| Sarah Cernugel | Westmont | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 3 |
| Kendall Moriarty | Wheaton | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 10 |
| Troy Glover II | Wheaton | UMSL Tritons | 4 |
