By Jerry Briggs
Special for The JB Replay
L.A. Sneed, a University of Utah freshman from Wagner High School, scored 16 points and passed for six assists last Thursday in a 70-58 road victory at Colorado State.
Her season high in scoring came in first career start for the Utes.
Sneed is one of at least 25 athletes from the San Antonio area this season in NCAA Division I women’s basketball. Moreover, at least 11 play for teams in power conferences.
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
A’Maya Holton, Oral Roberts, 6-0 freshman forward from East Central
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.
Deja Jones, Texas State, 5-9 graduate student guard from East Central HS, transfer from Indiana State, previously at UTSA
Kayla King, Houston, 5-10 freshman guard from Judson HS
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
LA Sneed, Utah, 5-6 freshman guard from Wagner 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
Notable
With full disclosure, this list might not be complete with names of every women’s basketball player from the area 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: