Kim Mulkey, LSU, set to host No. 1 player in 2025 class
LSU women’s basketball is set to host Aaliyah Chavez, the No. 1 ranked player in the 2025 class, on the weekend of Oct. 14, sources tell The Bengal Tiger On3.
The 5-foot-9 point guard from Lubbock, Texas, put out her top 10 schools on Sunday night, a list that included LSU alongside Texas Tech, USC, Arizona, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Ohio State, UCLA, Texas, and Tennessee. The national contest to get the top player in the country features several powerhouse programs, which is no surprise. LSU has made it clear it looks to be in the top tier of national recruiting on a yearly basis.
Chavez is a dynamic scorer at the guard position. As a sophomore at Lubbock Monterey, Chavez averaged 30 points on 55.9% shooting. She made 140 3-pointers at a 47.9% clip. Chavez also posted 7.2 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 3.1 steals and 0.7 blocks per game. Her team finished the year 32-4 overall with an appearance in the region final. As a freshman she averaged 27 points per game and as a sophomore she became the school’s all time leading scorer.
LSU is currently in recruiting battles for several of the top players in the country in the 2024 class, but has already shown intrigue in a number of the top prospects in the 2025 class as well. As the reigning champs and the team that just hauled in the No. 1 freshman class along with the top two players in the transfer portal, there’s a ton of momentum in the program that the coaching staff hopes to keep on full display throughout the fall with the season about a month away.
LSU head coach Kim Mulkey always has her ties to Texas after coaching at Baylor for two decades and those recruiting connections have made Texas as the second most important state to her in her time at LSU, behind Louisiana. Forward S’Myah Smith was a key player in her first full recruiting class and as a freshman played a significant role in helping the Tigers win a national championship. Now, with the top player in 2025 coming out of the Lone Star State, Mulkey appears intent on making a push to further sink her teeth in the state, by pulling its best talent.
