High school girls basketball: Every team that has appeared in the final MaxPreps Top 25 since 2009

Incarnate Word Academy leads list of 228 schools that have earned a spot in the final rankings over the past 18 years.

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Apr 17, 2026, 11:00am
MaxPreps crowned its first high school girls basketball national champion in 2009 after Ben Davis (Indianapolis) capped a 30-0 season with a 71-69 win over four-time consecutive state finalist South Bend Washington in Indiana's Class 4A championship game before almost 14,000 fans at Lucas Oil Stadium. Since that time, over 200 schools in 41 states have etched their place in history by earning a spot in the final MaxPreps Top 25 rankings. See the complete list below.

Incarnate Word Academy (St. Louis, Mo.) now leads the way with 10 finishes in the MaxPreps Top 25 after coming in at No. 7 in 2026. The Red Knights passed Texas and California heavyweights Duncanville (Texas) and Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), who each have nine MaxPreps Top 25 finishes each in 18 years. The Pantherettes were crowned national champions in 2016 while the California power was the 2011 national champion.

Texas had two first-time entrants to keep the Lone Star State ahead of California with 24 different schools represented. California trails by two with 22. Florida (11), Ohio (11), Maryland (11), Georgia (10), Indiana (10) and New Jersey (10) are the only other states with double digits.

FINAL MAXPREPS TOP 25: 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026
Incarnate Word Academy of Missouri celebrates after winning a tournament in title in Hawaii in 2022. The Red Knights now lead the list of 228 schools who have finished in the MaxPreps Top 25 final rankings since 2009. Incarnate Word has 10 Top 25 finishes, passing girls basketball heavyweights Duncanville and Mater Dei, each with nine. (FILE PHOTO: Brian Bautista)
Incarnate Word Academy of Missouri celebrates after winning a tournament in title in Hawaii in 2022. The Red Knights now lead the list of 228 schools who have finished in the MaxPreps Top 25 final rankings since 2009. Incarnate Word has 10 Top 25 finishes, passing girls basketball heavyweights Duncanville and Mater Dei, each with nine. (FILE PHOTO: Brian Bautista)
MaxPreps Top 25 finishes 2009-24

Alabama
Hazel Green — 2021 (21), 2022 (13), 2023 (10)
Hoover — 2010 (8), 2012 (12), 2013 (14), 2019 (23), 2022 (18), 2026 (12)
LeFlore (Mobile) — 2016 (22)

Alaska
Dimond (Anchorage) — 2018 (24)

Arizona
Desert Vista (Phoenix) — 2023 (17)
Seton Catholic (Chandler) — 2017 (14)
St. Mary's (Phoenix) — 2012 (1), 2013 (6)

Arkansas
Conway — 2022 (20)
Fayetteville — 2009 (22), 2011 (16), 2017 (10)
North Little Rock — 2010 (16)

California
Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) — 2017 (9), 2018 (3), 2023 (7), 2024 (2), 2025 (7), 2026 (3)
Berkeley — 2011 (8)
Bishop O'Dowd (Oakland) — 2013 (7)
Brea Olinda (Brea) — 2009 (3), 2010 (5), 2011 (9)
Cajon (San Bernardino) — 2009 (14)
Chaminade (West Hills) — 2016 (9)
Clovis West (Fresno) — 2017 (5), 2023 (21)
Etiwanda — 2022 (5), 2023 (3), 2024 (1), 2025 (3), 2026 (10)
Harvard-Westlake (Studio City) — 2010 (25)
La Jolla Country Day (La Jolla) — 2012 (9), 2020 (1), 2022 (9), 2023 (12)
Long Beach Poly (Long Beach) — 2009 (15), 2010 (10), 2011 (10), 2014 (4), 2017 (18)
Mater Dei (Santa Ana) — 2009 (4), 2010 (2), 2011 (1), 2012 (6), 2013 (17), 2014 (14), 2015 (11), 2020 (25), 2025 (8)
Miramonte (Orinda) — 2016 (12)
Ontario Christian (Ontario) — 2025 (5), 2026 (1)
Pinewood (Los Altos Hills) — 2018 (18)
Salesian College Preparatory (Richmond) — 2014 (22)
Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth) — 2014 (24), 2019 (12), 2022 (3), 2023 (4), 2024 (9), 2025 (15), 2026 (9)
St. Mary's (Stockton) — 2009 (6), 2010 (1), 2011 (14), 2015 (3), 2016 (2)
Windward (Los Angeles) — 2013 (8), 2014 (13), 2018 (14), 2020 (18)

Colorado
Grandview (Aurora) — 2017 (7), 2025 (14)
Highlands Ranch — 2016 (23)
Regis Jesuit (Aurora) — 2009 (19), 2013 (25), 2014 (3)
ThunderRidge (Highlands Ranch) — 2016 (15)
Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch) — 2021 (14)

Connecticut
Capital Prep (Hartford) — 2015 (18)

Delaware
Ursuline Academy (Wilmington) — 2017 (15)

District of Columbia
Sidwell Friends — 2022 (1), 2023 (5), 2024 (18), 2025 (6)
St. John's — 2011 (13), 2013 (3), 2017 (2), 2018 (4), 2019 (2)

Florida
American Heritage (Plantation) — 2021 (20)
Dillard (Fort Lauderdale) — 2015 (12)
DME Academy (Daytona Beach) — 2022 (14)
Dr. Phillips (Orlando) — 2012 (16), 2013 (22), 2023 (20)
IMG Academy (Bradenton) — 2024 (5)
Lake Highland Prep (Orlando) — 2020 (16), 2021 (10), 2022 (15), 2024 (14)
Montverde Academy (Montverde) — 2021 (18), 2022 (8), 2023 (1), 2024 (3)
Miami Country Day (Miami) — 2015 (7), 2017 (6), 2019 (4), 2026 (15)
Potter's House Christian (Jacksonville) — 2011 (4), 2015 (24)
Ribault (Jacksonville) — 2016 (5)
Winter Haven — 2018 (12)

Georgia
Grayson (Loganville) — 2024 (6)
Hebron Christian (Dacula) — 2024 (10), 2025 (18), 2026 (19)
McEachern (Powder Springs) — 2012 (3), 2014 (15)
Norcross — 2010 (19), 2013 (15), 2017 (22)
North Gwinnett (Suwanee) — 2013 (19)
St. Francis (Alpharetta) — 2016 (13)
Westlake (Atlanta) — 2018 (15), 2019 (22), 2020 (14), 2021 (1)
Woodward Academy (College Park) — 2022 (17)

Hawaii
Konawaena (Kealakekua) — 2011 (22), 2015 (17), 2016 (21)

Illinois
Benet Academy (Lisle) — 2016 (25)
Bolingbrook (Bolingbrook) — 2009 (8), 2010 (6), 2011 (3), 2012 (7)
Loyola Academy (Wilmette) — 2024 (19)
Maine West (Des Plaines) — 2019 (9)
Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights) — 2013 (16)
Montini Catholic (Lombard) — 2014 (20)
Quincy Notre Dame (Quincy) — 2013 (20)
Whitney Young (Chicago) — 2009 (10), 2010 (11), 2012 (2), 2014 (8), 2015 (14)

Indiana
Bedford North Lawrence (Bedford) — 2013 (10), 2014 (9)
Ben Davis (Indianapolis) — 2009 (1), 2019 (3)
Columbus North (Columbus) — 2015 (5)
Crown Point — 2021 (23)
Hamilton Southeastern (Fishers) — 2019 (24)
Heritage Christian (Dyer) — 2009 (9), 2015 (15)
Homestead (Fort Wayne) — 2017 (17)
Lawrence Central (Indianapolis) — 2024 (17)
South Bend Washington (South Bend) — 2009 (2)

Iowa
Des Moines East (Des Moines) — 2011 (21)
Harlan — 2015 (25)
Johnston — 2022 (16), 2024 (12), 2025 (10), 2026 (11)

Kansas
Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park) — 2011 (24)
Heights (Wichita) — 2011 (7), 2012 (18)
Shawnee Mission Northwest (Shawnee Mission) — 2021 (25)
South (Wichita) — 2014 (23), 2016 (19)

Kentucky
DuPont Manual (Louisville) — 2012 (11)
Elizabethtown (Elizabethtown) — 2015 (21)
Marion County (Lebanon) — 2013 (5)
Mercer County (Harrodsburg) — 2018 (10)
Sacred Heart (Louisville) — 2023 (15), 2025 (21)

Louisiana
Destrehan (Destrehan) — 2017 (20)
Warren Easton (New Orleans) — 2015 (20)
Salmen (Slidell) — 2014 (17)

Maryland
Archbishop Spalding (Severn) — 2013 (24)
Bishop McNamara (Forestville) — 2019 (6), 2020 (7), 2024 (6), 2025 (2), 2026 (2)
Bullis (Potomac) — 2026 (6)
Eleanor Roosevelt (Greenbelt) — 2014 (21)
Forestville — 2016 (8)
McDonogh (Owings Mills) — 2023 (25)
New Hope Academy (Landover Hills) — 2019 (1), 2021 (17), 2022 (12)
Our Lady of Good Counsel (Olney) — 2011 (19), 2012 (24)
Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro) — 2009 (24), 2011 (12), 2012 (5), 2014 (7), 2016 (6), 2020 (20)
Roland Park Country (Baltimore) — 2019 (16)
St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) — 2017 (13), 2018 (16), 2019 (17), 2020 (15)

Massachusetts
Braintree — 2015 (19)

Michigan
Detroit Country Day (Beverly Hills) — 2009 (21), 2017 (21)
Edison Academy (Detroit) — 2018 (22), 2019 (7), 2020 (8), 2021 (5)
Goodrich — 2012 (19)
Marian (Bloomfield Hills) — 2015 (16)
West Bloomfield — 2022 (25)

Minnesota
Chaska — 2021 (6)
Eastview (Apple Valley) — 2018 (23)
Elk River — 2017 (19)
Hopkins (Minnetonka) — 2011 (25), 2012 (25), 2015 (10), 2019 (13), 2020 (4), 2021 (9), 2022 (6)

Mississippi
Olive Branch — 2017 (25)

Missouri
Burroughs (St. Louis) — 2024 (22)
Incarnate Word Academy (St. Louis) — 2010 (15), 2011 (23), 2013 (9), 2014 (2), 2021 (4), 2022 (10), 2023 (6), 2024 (13), 2025 (22), 2026 (7)
Staley (Kansas City) — 2026 (25)

Nebraska
Pius X (Lincoln) — 2021 (22)

Nevada
Centennial (Las Vegas) — 2016 (7), 2017 (4), 2018 (9), 2019 (5), 2023 (18)

New Jersey
Franklin (Somerset)  — 2019 (14)
Manasquan — 2015 (8), 2018 (13)
Morris Catholic (Denville) — 2023 (8), 2024 (8), 2025 (1)
Neptune — 2010 (14)
Paul VI (Haddonfield) — 2023 (14), 2025 (25)
Rutgers Prep (Somerset) — 2021 (19)
Shabazz (Newark) — 2013 (21), 2014 (10)
St. John-Vianney (Holmdel) — 2016 (10), 2020 (19), 2021 (8), 2022 (4), 2023 (9), 2026 (17)
Trenton Catholic Academy (Trenton) — 2020 (10)

New York
Baldwin — 2018 (5)
Cicero-North Syracuse (Cicero) — 2012 (10)
Christ the King (Middle Village) — 2018 (6), 2019 (11)
Long Island Lutheran (Brookville) — 2015 (23), 2020 (6), 2023 (2), 2024 (4)
Nazareth (Brooklyn) — 2011 (15)
St. Michael Academy (New York) — 2009 (25)

North Carolina
Millbrook (Raleigh) — 2013 (11)
Myers Park (Charlotte) — 2014 (6), 2015 (6)
New Hope Christian Academy (Thomasville) — 2014 (16)
Northwest Guilford (Greensboro) — 2017 (24), 2018 (25)
Southeast Raleigh (Raleigh) — 2020 (17)
Chambers (Charlotte) (Formerly Zebulon B. Vance) — 2021 (24)

Ohio
Africentric Early College (Columbus) — 2019 (3)
Centerville — 2013 (18)
Fairmont (Kettering) — 2013 (4), 2020 (22), 2026 (24)
Mount Notre Dame (Cincinnati) — 2009 (5), 2019 (8), 2020 (3), 2021 (2)
Newark — 2021 (13)
Pickerington Central (Pickerington) — 2019 (20)
Princeton (Cincinnati) — 2014 (18), 2023 (23)
Purcell Marian (Cincinnati) — 2024 (15)
Reynoldsburg — 2012 (23)
Twinsburg — 2011 (5), 2012 (13)
Wadsworth — 2016 (20)

Oklahoma
Classen SAS (Oklahoma City) — 2022 (7)
Edmond North (Edmond) — 2023 (22)
Edmond Santa Fe (Edmond) — 2012 (20)
Midwest City — 2010 (12)
Norman — 2020 (24), 2021 (7)
Putnam City North (Oklahoma City) — 2025 (13). 2026 (16)
Putnam City West (Oklahoma City) — 2024 (24)

Oregon
Clackamas — 2025 (17)
Jesuit (Portland) — 2011 (20)
Southridge (Beaverton) — 2010 (22), 2018 (20)
South Medford (Medford) — 2012 (15)

Pennsylvania
Archbishop Carroll (Radnor) — 2009 (13)
Chartiers Valley (Bridgeville) — 2020 (21)
Cumberland Valley (Mechanicsburg) — 2015 (22), 2016 (18)
Germantown Academy (Fort Washington) — 2009 (18), 2019 (18)
Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh) — 2009 (23), 2010 (7)
Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia) — 2015 (1), 2016 (11)
Plymouth Whitemarsh (Plymouth Meeting) — 2022 (23)

South Carolina
Spring Valley (Columbia) — 2011 (2)

Tennessee
Blackman (Murfreesboro) — 2014 (1), 2015 (2)
Bradley Central (Cleveland) — 2019 (25), 2024 (20), 2025 (4)
Brentwood Academy (Brentwood) — 2018 (21)
Ensworth (Nashville) — 2022 (24)
Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (Chattanooga) — 2017 (12), 2018 (8), 2020 (2)
Riverdale (Murfreesboro) — 2012 (8), 2013 (1), 2016 (24), 2017 (1), 2018 (2)
Science Hill (Johnson City) — 2012 (17), 2013 (23)
The Webb School (Bell Buckle) — 2023 (11)

Texas
Amarillo — 2018 (17)
Argyle — 2016 (16)
Boswell (Fort Worth) — 2025 (16)
Canyon — 2011 (18), 2017 (16)
Cedar Park — 2022 (11)
Clark (San Antonio) — 2023 (24)
Cy-Fair (Cypress) — 2010 (4)
Cypress Creek (Houston) — 2020 (12), 2021 (16)
Cypress Woods (Cypress) — 2015 (4)
Dekaney (Houston) — 2016 (14)
DeSoto — 2020 (23), 2021 (11), 2022 (2), 2024 (23)
Duncanville — 2012 (4), 2013 (2), 2014 (12), 2016 (1), 2017 (11), 2018 (19), 2020 (5), 2022 (19), 2024 (11)
Judson (Converse) — 2019 (19)
Lincoln (Dallas) — 2025 (24)
MacArthur (Irving) — 2010 (13), 2011 (17), 2012 (14)
Mansfield Timberview (Arlington) — 2010 (9), 2019 (15), 2024 (21)
Manvel — 2014 (11)
Monterey (Lubbock) — 2025 (19)
Nimitz (Houston) — 2009 (17)
Ryan (Denton) — 2026 (18)
Westbury Christian (Houston) — 2009 (11), 2011 (11)

Utah
Fremont (Plain City) — 2021 (12)
Lone Peak (Highland) — 2022 (22), 2023 (16)
Pleasant Grove — 2926 (14)
Ridgeline (Millville) — 2025 (11)

Virginia
Cosby (Midlothian) — 2014 (19)
Lake Taylor (Norfolk) — 2010 (21)
Manchester (Midlothian) — 2024 (25)
Monacan (Richmond) — 2017 (8)
Oakton (Vienna) — 2012 (21)
Paul VI (Chantilly) — 2014 (25), 2015 (9), 2016 (3), 2017 (3), 2018 (7), 2020 (11), 2021 (3)
Princess Anne (Virginia Beach) — 2010 (23), 2011 (6), 2016 (17), 2018 (11), 2019 (21), 2021 (15), 2025 (9), 2026 (4)

Washington
Auburn Riverside (Auburn) — 2010 (17)
Bellevue — 2016 (4)
Central Valley (Spokane Valley) — 2018 (1)
Kentwood (Covington) — 2009 (12)
Garfield (Seattle) — 2022 (21)
Gonzaga Prep (Spokane) — 2015 (13)
Mead (Spokane) — 2013 (13)

West Virginia
St. Joseph Central (Huntington) — 2020 (13)

Wisconsin
Appleton North (Appleton) — 2017 (23)
Beaver Dam — 2019 (10)
Oostburg — 2026 (20)

Past MaxPreps National Champions
2009 — Ben Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.)
2010 — St. Mary's (Stockton, Calif.)
2011 — Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.)
2012 — St. Mary's (Phoenix)
2013 — Riverdale (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
2014 — Blackman (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
2015 — Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia)
2016 — Duncanville (Texas)
2017 — Riverdale
2018 — Central Valley (Spokane Valley, Wash.)
2019 — New Hope Academy (Landover Hills, Md.)
2020 — La Jolla Country Day (La Jolla, Calif.)
2021 — Westlake (Atlanta)
2022 — Sidwell Friends (Washington, D.C.)
2023 — Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.)

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