Aaliyah Chavez, Lubbock Monterey’s five-star senior, is the nation’s No. 1 girls high school basketball recruit in the Class of 2025. After leading her team to a 31-6 record last year, she took it to another level this year as she’s single-handedly racked up more than five entire teams on Monterey’s schedule.
Chavez was named the 2025 Naismith Award winner. She was also named first team All-American for the second consecutive year. With all of these wild accomplishments coming her way, now, her NIL is soaring.
Aaliyah Chavez’s NIL Value Is Already $1.5M
Her senior season was impressive, as she averaged 34.9 points, 9.1 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 3.7 steals per game. She led Monterey to a 37-5 record and finished her career leading her team to its first state title in 44 years in the Class 5A Division II finals.
In this year’s playoffs, she averaged 29.3 points per game, including outstanding games of 50 and 45 points, outscoring other teams they’ve played. These are outlandish numbers for any high school basketball player, regardless of gender.
Chavez has seen her NIL value now reach over $1.5M for the first-time. The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners are the frontrunners to recruit her, with fellow finalists being South Carolina Gamecocks, Texas Tech Red Raiders, and UCLA Bruins. While it won’t come cheap, any of these teams could more than afford her.
Here is what 247Sports said about her game:
“Rated as the No. 1 player in the class, Chavez is a prolific yet efficient scoring option at the guard position. She can play on the basketball or off though she might be best suited to be a primary lead guard in college. Chavez gets her shot off as easily as any high school guard I can remember dating back to the days of Kelsey Mitchell as a prep prospect. A five-star guard, Chavez has legitimate shooting range to 25 feet with the ability to get into the teeth of the defense on a consistent basis to make a shot or find a corner shooter. Chavez has been busy getting buckets all over the country the past 12 months participating in the USA Basketball 3-on-3 trials in Memphis, putting up an MVP-esque performance at the Nike World Basketball Festival in front of Travis Scott in New York and being named a captain in the new Overtime Select league in Atlanta.”
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The 5-foot-9 floor general has to commit somewhere by March 25th. While the date is looming closer, we could see a decision coming sooner than later, but her NIL money is soaring above $1.5M and could see it go even higher.
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