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Women’s college basketball: At least 21 San Antonio area athletes in NCAA Division I

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Mia Hammonds. The UTSA women's basketball team beat St. Mary's 90-38 in an exhibition game on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at the Convocation Center. - Photo by Joe Alexander

Mia Hammonds, a 6-3 UTSA sophomore from Steele High School, is expected to play a leading role for the defending champions in the American Conference. – File photo by Joe Alexander

By Jerry Briggs
Special for The JB Replay

At least 21 athletes from the San Antonio area are expected to suit up this season in NCAA Division I women’s basketball.

Out of those 21, nine will play for teams in power conferences, including headliners such as redshirt junior Carleigh Wenzel at Virginia Tech, senior Sidney Love at Texas Tech, sophomore Rian Forestier at Southern Cal and redshirt freshman Arianna Roberson at Duke.

Love is a transfer from UTSA in her first year at Texas Tech of the Big 12.

With full disclosure, this list might not be complete with names of every women’s basketball player from the city in Division I. We might have missed a few. At the same time, we feel like we’ve identified most of them, while promising to add names as new information comes to light:

San Antonio area women in NCAA Division I basketball:
2025-26 season

Averi Aaron, Louisiana Tech, 6-1 sophomore forward from Boerne HS

Hailey Adams, Rice, 6-1 redshirt junior guard from Clark HS

Rian Forestier, Southern Cal, 5-11 sophomore guard from Brandeis HS

Mia Hammonds, UTSA, 6-3 sophomore guard from Steele HS

Natalie Huff, Southeastern Louisiana, 5-7 redshirt freshman guard from Clark HS; transfer from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Madison Hurta, Houston Baptist, 5-9 sophomore guard from New Braunfels (homeschool)

Christeen Iwuala, Ole Miss, 6-3 senior forward from Reagan HS, also, Waco Midway; transfer from UCLA

Vivian Iwuchukwu, Southern Cal, 6-2 sophomore forward from Cole HS, also from Montverde, Fla.

Sidney Love, Texas Tech, 5-8 senior guard from Steele HS, transfer from UTSA

Amira Mabry, Tulane, 6-0 senior forward from Judson HS

Kalysta ‘Bird’ Martin, Texas Tech, 6-2 sophomore guard from Providence Catholic School

Mia Ramos, Southeastern Louisiana, 5-7 freshman guard from Brandeis HS

Alexis Parker, Lamar, 5-9 senior guard from Brandeis HS; transfer from UTSA

Aysia Proctor, North Texas, 5-8 junior guard from Clemens HS; transfer from UTSA

Aaliyah Roberson, TCU, 6-2 junior forward from Clark HS

Arianna Roberson, Duke, 6-4 redshirt freshman from Clark HS

Taylor Ross, UTSA, 6-0 sophomore forward from Brennan HS

Jordyn Weaver, Tulane, 5-11 graduate student forward from Wagner; transfer from Queens University (N.C.)

Sedelia Wilson-Larkin, Incarnate Word, freshman forward from Saint Mary’s Hall

Sammie Wagner, Oregon, 6-1 redshirt junior guard-forward from Reagan HS

Carleigh Wenzel, Virginia Tech, 6-0 redshirt junior guard from O’Connor HS and Antonian HS

Men’s college basketball: Identifying San Antonio-area athletes in NCAA Division I

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By Jerry Briggs
Special for The JB Replay

With the college basketball season set to tip off Monday, it’s time to roll out the annual list of San Antonio-area athletes in NCAA Division I.

Zach Clemence

Zach Clemence, a San Antonio native, scored 20 points in Texas A&M’s 95-88 exhibition victory over Arizona State.

First, we’ll take a look at the men, noting as usual that we likely don’t have everyone from San Antonio on this list. At the same time, we feel like we’ve identified most of them, while promising to add names as new information comes to light:

San Antonio area men in NCAA Division I basketball
2025-26 season

L.J. Brown, UTSA, a 6-2 redshirt senior guard from Johnson HS

Jaylen Crocker-Johnson, Minnesota, a 6-8 junior forward from Warren HS, a transfer from Colorado State; previously at Arkansas-Little Rock

Kendrick De Luna, Cal State-Fullerton, a 6-10 junior forward from TMI Episcopal

Damarion Dennis, Wyoming, a 6-1 sophomore guard from Veterans Memorial High School, a transfer from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Kingston Flemings, Houston, a 6-4 freshman guard from Brennan HS

Caleb Gaston, Houston Christian, a 6-7 junior forward from MacArthur HS

Christian Green, Stephen F. Austin, a 6-6 guard/forward from Veterans Memorial; transfer from Trinity University

Kaden Gumbs, Texas State, a 6-2 junior guard from San Marcos High School

LaTrell Hoover, Texas Tech, a 7-0 freshman forward from Clemens HS

Vincent Iwuchukwu, Georgetown, a 7-1 senior center, formerly of Cole HS, La Lumiere, Ind., Montverde Academy, Fla., Southern California Academy, a transfer from St. John’s; previously Southern Cal.

Langston Love, Georgetown, a 6-5 grad student guard from Steele HS, Montverde Academy, Fla.; a transfer from Baylor

Jordan Mason, Temple, a 6-3 senior guard from Clark HS, a transfer from Illinois-Chicago; previously at Texas State

Former Cole High School standout Vincent Iwuchukwu is playing for the Georgetown Hoyas.

Austin Nunez, UTSA, a 6-2 senior guard from Wagner HS, a transfer from Arizona State; previously Mississippi and Arizona State

Juan Reyna, Santa Clara, a 6-3 graduate senior guard from Antonian; also Duncanville HS; a transfer from Jackson State; formerly of Alabama State, Campbell and UTSA

Aidan Richard, Holy Cross, a 6-6 sophomore forward from Reagan HS

Athletes from San Antonio who played in high school out of the area

Zach Clemence, Texas A&M, a 6-11 grad student forward, San Antonio native, from Sunrise Christian (Kan.), a transfer from the University of Kansas