161 basketball players from California to play in NCAA women’s tournament

Princeton Tigers' Ashley Chea and UCLA Bruins' Avary Cain

By Golden State Today

Mar 18, 2025

California is being represented by 161 players in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.

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

San Diego is the most popular hometown for NCAA players from California in the tournament with 15 players.

California Players in 2024 NCAA Tournament

Name	Team	Height	Position	Hometown
Maddie Mersch	Point Loma Sea Lions	5′11″	Forward	Alameda
Alexis Woodson	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	5′10″	Guard	American Canyon
Serena Ileleji	Colorado Mesa Mavericks	5′6″	Guard	Anaheim
Kamil Reid	Chico State Wildcats	5′8″	Guard	Antioch
Andrea Stajic	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	6′0″	Guard	Arroyo Grande
Damilola Sule	UC San Diego Tritons	6′0″	Forward	Bakersfield
Makayla Harding	California Lutheran Regals	5′11″	Forward	Beaumont
Amanda Muse	UCLA Bruins	6′4″	Forward	Brentwood
Karlee White	Harvard Crimson	5′9″	Guard	Burbank
Gabriela Jaquez	UCLA Bruins	6′0″	Guard	Camarillo
Alexa Mileska	William & Mary Tribe	5′8″	Guard	Carlsbad
Brooklyn Shamblin	USC Trojans	5′9″	Guard	Carpinteria
Jane Nwaba	Vanderbilt Commodores	5′10″	Forward	Carson
Kennedy Smith	USC Trojans	6′1″	Guard	Chino
Jordy DeMott	Central Washington Wildcats	6′1″	Forward	Claremont
Kalaya Buggs	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	5′8″	Guard	Compton
Keshia Vitalicio	Lehigh Mountain Hawks	5′7″	Guard	Concord
Jayda Curry	Louisville Cardinals	5′6″	Guard	Corona
Jadence Clifton	Chico State Wildcats	5′7″	Guard	Crescent City
Cristina Oliva	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	5′11″	Guard and Forward	Davis
Alli McDonald	Point Loma Sea Lions	5′10″	Forward	Diamond Springs
Sydney Nelson	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	6′0″	Forward	Eastvale
Ugonne (Michelle) Onyiah	California Golden Bears	6′3″	Center	Eastvale
Makayla Timpson	Florida State Seminoles	6′2″	Forward	Edison
Alyssa Jackson	San Diego State Aztecs	5′11″	Guard	Fairfield
Kamryn Mafua	California Golden Bears	6′1″	Forward and Guard	Folsom
Amaya Bonner	Florida State Seminoles	6′0″	Guard	Fremont
Asha Sra	Grand Canyon Antelopes	5′7″	Guard	Fresno
Amaya Snowden	UCCS Mountain Lions	6′2″	Forward	Fresno
Meaali‘i Amosa	UC San Diego Tritons	6′1″	Forward	Garden Grove
Audrey Sayoc	Azusa Pacific Cougars	5′5″	Guard	Glendale
Maryah Anderson	Azusa Pacific Cougars	5′11″	Guard	Glendora
Natalie Villamor	California Lutheran Regals	5′8″	Guard	Granada Hills
Mydrea Moore	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	6′0″	Forward	Hawthorne
Aaliyah Wright	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	5′10″	Guard	Hesperia
Kylee Edgar	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	5′8″	Guard	Hesperia
A’moree Ferrel	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	6′0″	Guard and Forward	Indio
Clarice Akunwafo	USC Trojans	6′6″	Center	Inglewood
Lilyahna Carson	California Lutheran Regals	6′0″	Forward	Ione
Malia Goldsmith	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	5′7″	Guard	Irvine
Sara Mills	California Lutheran Regals	5′4″	Guard	Joshua Tree
Kylie Ray	Utah Utes	5′8″	Guard	LA Crescenta
Kaila Woo	Chico State Wildcats	5′5″	Guard	LA Palma
Emma Svoboda	UC San Diego Tritons	6′3″	Center	LA Quinta
Hosanna Walker	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	5′11″	Guard	Ladera Ranch
Asia Jordan	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	6′0″	Forward	Lakewood
Amia Tate	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′7″	Point Guard	Lancaster
Cassidy Bartolotto	Point Loma Sea Lions	5′10″	Forward	Livermore
Cristina Jones	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	5′10″	Guard and Forward	Long Beach
Nala Williams	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	5′8″	Guard	Long Beach
Emily Shaw	Central Washington Wildcats	5′7″	Guard	Long Beach
Khylee Pepe	San Diego State Aztecs	5′11″	Guard	Long Beach
Tash Thompson	Vassar Brewers	5′7″	Guard	Los Altos Hills
Brielle Minor	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	5′9″	Guard	Los Angeles
Tiara Jones	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	6′0″	Forward	Los Angeles
Delilah Kimble-Gray	California Lutheran Regals	5′6″	Point Guard	Los Angeles
Catherine Or	Carnegie Mellon Tartans	5′8″	Guard	Los Angeles
Mackenly Randolph	Louisville Cardinals	6′0″	Forward	Los Angeles
Jocelyn Pascual	Point Loma Sea Lions	5′6″	Guard	Los Angeles
Skye Belker	Princeton Tigers	5′9″	Guard	Los Angeles
Kim Villalobos	San Diego State Aztecs	6′0″	Forward	Los Angeles
Jazmyn Washington	Smith Pioneers	5′9″	Forward	Los Angeles
JuJu Watkins	USC Trojans	6′2″	Guard	Los Angeles
Kiki Iriafen	USC Trojans	6′3″	Forward	Los Angeles
Rayah Marshall	USC Trojans	6′4″	Center and Forward	Los Angeles
Sabrina Belquist	Azusa Pacific Cougars	5′11″	Guard	Los Gatos
Aleah Rafat	Brooklyn Bulldogs	5′11″	Forward	Los Gatos
Belle Bramer	Lehigh Mountain Hawks	6′1″	Forward and Guard	Los Gatos
Camryn Brunner	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops	5′9″		Manhattan Beach
Jordan Allred	Chico State Wildcats	5′9″	Guard	Martinez
Sydney Woodley	West Virginia Mountaineers	5′8″	Guard	Menifee
Ashley Chea	Princeton Tigers	5′8″	Guard	Montebello
Deanna Broughton	California Lutheran Regals	5′11″	Forward	Moreno Valley
Ari Long	Oregon Ducks	6′0″	Guard	Moreno Valley
Destiny Agubata	West Virginia Mountaineers	5′11″	Guard	Moreno Valley
Meadow Aragon	Chico State Wildcats	5′11″	Forward	Nevada City
Madison Parry	Chico State Wildcats	5′10″	Forward	Newcastle
Elyse Mitchell	Azusa Pacific Cougars	5′8″	Guard	Newhall
Alyssa Durazo-Frescas	Grand Canyon Antelopes	5′7″	Guard	Newport Beach
Emily Eadie	Princeton Tigers	6′0″	Forward	Newport Beach
Hannah Golan	Point Loma Sea Lions	5′11″	Guard	Novato
Kya Pearson	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	5′9″	Guard	Oakland
Milan Tuttle	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	5′7″	Guard	Oakland
Trinity Zamora	San Diego State Aztecs	6′0″	Guard	Oakland
Chloe Briggs	Washington Huskies	5′11″	Guard	Ontario
Jenessa Cotton	Duke Blue Devils	6′2″	Forward	Orange
Skylar Dillon	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	5′6″	Guard	Oxnard
Hunter Hudson	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	5′10″	Forward	Palmdale
Jamie Yue	Bowdoin Polar Bears	5′3″	Point Guard	Pasadena
Makiah Asidanya	UNC Greensboro Spartans	5′7″	Guard	Pittsburg
Izela Arenas	Louisville Cardinals	5′9″	Guard	Porter Ranch
Parker Montgomery	UC San Diego Tritons	5′7″	Guard	Porter Ranch
Breanne Ha	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	5′7″	Guard	Rancho Cucamonga
Jada Sanders	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	6′0″	Guard and Forward	Rancho Cucamonga
Khamiyah Anderson	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	6′2″	Center	Rialto
Kaylie Edge	Chico State Wildcats	5′10″	Guard	Richmond
Londynn Jones	UCLA Bruins	5′4″	Guard	Riverside
Keke Scott	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	5′9″	Forward	Rocklin
Cookie Marques	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	5′8″	Guard	Sacramento
Joe'l Benoit	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	5′11″	Forward and Guard	Sacramento
Simone Johnson	Miles Golden Bears	5′8″	Guard	Sacramento
Makenzi Laporte	Chico State Wildcats	5′10″	Forward	Salinas
Zanna Hurst	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	5′9″	Guard	San Diego
Alana Brackett	California Lutheran Regals	5′4″	Guard	San Diego
Genessa Ong	California Lutheran Regals	5′5″	Point Guard	San Diego
Sydney Heyn	California Lutheran Regals	6′0″	Forward	San Diego
Tiffany Bickford	ETBU Tigers	5′10″	Guard	San Diego
Asia Boone	Liberty Lady Flames	5′8″	Guard	San Diego
Emmy Stout	Liberty Lady Flames	6′3″	Center	San Diego
Tajianna Roberts	Louisville Cardinals	5′10″	Guard	San Diego
Bailey Barnhard	San Diego State Aztecs	6′1″	Forward	San Diego
Naomi Panganiban	San Diego State Aztecs	5′7″	Guard	San Diego
Jillian Nowicki	Smith Pioneers	5′8″	Guard	San Diego
Kayanna Spriggs	UC San Diego Tritons	6′2″	Forward	San Diego
Sumayah Sugapong	UC San Diego Tritons	5′7″	Guard	San Diego
Ice Brady	UConn Huskies	6′3″	Forward	San Diego
Jazalyn Anousinh	Union Bulldogs	5′5″	Guard	San Diego
Deonna Mayfield	Chico State Wildcats	5′6″	Guard	San Francisco
Sabrina Ma	UC San Diego Tritons	5′10″	Guard	San Francisco
Kelly Heimburger	Azusa Pacific Cougars	6′0″	Forward	San Jose
Sophia Williams	Columbus State Cougars	5′8″	Guard	San Jose
Elle Hanson	Point Loma Sea Lions	6′1″	Forward	San Jose
Morgan Cheli	UConn Huskies	6′2″	Guard	San Jose
Kaella Peters	Whitman Blues	5′3″	Guard	San Jose
Nat Martinez	San Diego State Aztecs	5′7″	Guard	San Leandro
Kaitlyn Chen	UConn Huskies	5′9″	Guard	San Marino
Alexa Greenwood	California Lutheran Regals	5′9″	Forward	San Rafael
Gracyn Lovette	Lehigh Mountain Hawks	5′10″	Guard	San Rafael
Sofia Bowes	California Golden Bears	5′10″	Guard	San Ramon
Justine Katz	Carnegie Mellon Tartans	5′11″	Guard	Santa Barbara
Una Jovanovic	TCU Horned Frogs	5′9″	Guard	Santa Clara
Aaliyah Garcia	Azusa Pacific Cougars	5′4″	Guard	Santa Clarita
Ruth Kempler	Southern Virginia Knights		Center	Santa Clarita
Avary Cain	UCLA Bruins	6′1″	Guard	Santa Maria
Ashleigh Barr	Chico State Wildcats	6′2″	Forward	Santa Rosa
Ciarah Michalik	Chico State Wildcats	5′5″	Guard	Santa Rosa
Jane Loo	Smith Pioneers	5′7″	Guard	Saratoga
Aliya DiMuro	California Lutheran Regals	6′2″	Center	Simi Valley
Quinn ODonnell	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays	5′6″	Guard	Solana Beach
Ellie Chen	San Diego State Aztecs	5′5″	Guard	South Pasadena
Jordan Lee	Texas Longhorns	6′0″	Guard	Stockton
Junae Mahan	UC San Diego Tritons	5′8″	Guard	Stockton
Natalija Grizelj	San Diego State Aztecs	5′9″	Guard	Sunnyvale
Eiley Tippins	Point Loma Sea Lions	6′2″	Center	Tahoe Vista
Teagan Thurman	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	6′2″	Forward	Tehachapi
Mya Williams	Smith Pioneers	6′0″	Forward	Temple City
Kate Hackney	Smith Pioneers	5′10″	Guard	Thousand Oaks
Annika Thayer	Point Loma Sea Lions	6′1″	Forward	Truckee
Devon Lewis	Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros	5′6″	Guard	Vacaville
Jiana Creswell	Chico State Wildcats	5′10″	Guard	Vacaville
Vanessa De Jesus	Duke Blue Devils	5′8″	Guard	Valencia
Tameiya Sadler	Ole Miss Rebels	5′8″	Guard	Vallejo
Rome Falcocchia	Azusa Pacific Cougars	5′11″	Forward	Ventura
Gabrielle Abigor	California Golden Bears	6′3″	Center	Walnut Creek
Natalia Ackerman	California Golden Bears	6′1″	Forward	Watsonville
Isabella Favazzo	California Lutheran Regals	5′9″	Guard	West Hills
Alexis Whitfield	Oregon Ducks	6′2″	Forward	West Hills
Sunny Huerta	Central Washington Wildcats	5′4″	Guard	Whittier
Kiera Schroeder	Wisconsin Lutheran Warriors	5′5″	Guard	Wildomar
Devyn Berry	California Lutheran Regals	6′1″	Forward	Winnetka
Janna Holley	California Lutheran Regals	5′4″	Point Guard	Winnetka

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