Here’s a quick-hitting list of transfers that will impact this year’s boys basketball state rankings. It’s been a hectic off-season and we offer a rundown of where some of California’s elite players ended up, including some who left the state, and some who just transferred as recently as last week. Look for our preseason Cal-Hi Sports state rankings on November 14. The 2024-25 season officially begins November 18. The CIF state basketball championships are scheduled to take place March 14-15, 2025.
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CLASS OF 2025
*Kaerym Araiza (6-3) from Mexico to Victory Christian Academy (Chula Vista)
*Solo Bailey (6-1) from Crossroads (Santa Monica) to St. Monica (Santa Monica)
*Chris Baudreau (6-9) from Clovis West (Fresno) to Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.)
*Brandon Benjamin (6-5) from Mater Dei (Santa Ana) to Canyon (Anaheim)
*O.J. Blankson (6-6) from Burbank to Coronado (Henderson, Nev.)
*Dominic Bolton (6-3) from Laguna Hills (Laguna Beach) to JSerra (San Juan Capistrano)
*Kade Bonam (6-7) from St. John Bosco (Bellflower) to Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth)
*Elijah Bragg (6-6) from Mater Dei (Chula Vista) to Victory Christian Academy (Chula Vista)
*Tariq Bridges (6-4) from St. Pius-St. Matthias (Downey) to Millikan (Long Beach)
*Semetri Carr (6-0) from Branson (Ross) to Redwood (Sequoia)
*Trevon Carter-Givens (6-7) from Templeton to SoCal Academy (Valencia)
*Marc Cherfan (6-6) from Granada Hills to Alemany (Mission Hills)
*Blake Colbert (6-6) from Mountain House to Modesto Christian
*Preston Cole (6-8) from DNA Academy (Chatsworth) to Crespi (Encino)
*B.J. Davis-Ray (6-6) from Duncanville (Texas) to JSerra (San Juan Capistrano)
*Ely Ellis (6-5) from Whitney (Rocklin) to Rocklin
*Jaden Erami (6-2) from Don Bosco Tech (Rosemead) to. St. Pius X-St. Matthias (Downey)
*Preston Ezewiro (6-7) from Mira Costa (Manhattan Beach) to Serra (Gardena)
*Riley Hale (6-0) from Sonora (La Habra) to Mater Dei (Santa Ana)
*Kellen Hampton (6-5) from SoCal Academy (Valencia) to Moreau Catholic (Hayward)
*Gavin Hightower (6-0) from Windward (Los Angeles) to Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth)
*Darius Hueitt (6-0) from Stony Point (Round Rock, Texas) to Mater Dei (Chula Vista)
*Davaughn Hueitt (6-9) from Stony Point (Round Rock, Texas) to Mater Dei (Chula Vista)
*Parker Jefferson (6-7) from Waxahachie (Texas) to Inglewood
*Chad Johnson (6-2) from Destiny Christian (Sacramento) to Sheldon (Sacramento)
*Demarco Johnson (6-3) from Santa Margarita (Rancho SM) to Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.)
*Mark Jones (6-2) from Hesperia to Oak Hills (Hesperia)
*Jaison Joyce (6-8) from St. John Bosco (Bellflower) to Gahr (Cerritos)
*Bryan Lopez-Wood (5-9) from Alemany (Mission Hills) to Maranatha (Pasadena)
*Trent McLean (6-9) from Thousand Oaks to SoCal Academy (Valencia)
*Ashton McCullough (6-3) from Rosemary Anderson Prep (Portland, Ore.) to Oak Hills (Hesperia)
*Mazi Mosely (6-4) from St. Francis (La Canada) to Montverde Academy (Fla.)
*Kwazi Moses (6-1) from Edison (Stockton) to Venture Academy (Sacramento)
*Chris Nwuli (6-8) from Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant, Utah) to Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth)
*Angel Ochoa (5-10) from St. Joseph Academy (San Marcos) to Victory Christian Academy (Chula Vista)
*John Odiambo (6-9) from Aquinas (San Bernardino) to Rancho Christian (Temecula)
*Travis Paleo (6-2) from Foothill (Tustin) to Veritas Prep (Corona)
*Darryn Peterson (6-5) from Huntington Prep (Huntington, W.Va.) to Prolific Prep (Napa)
*Nate Ruff (6-8) from Pleasant Grove (Elk Grove) to Sheldon (Sacramento)
*Kirby Seals (6-5) from Santa Cruz to Riordan (San Francisco)
*McKel Shedrick (6-2) from Hillcrest (Riverside) to Rancho Cucamonga
*Legend Smiley (6-5) from Garfield (Seattle, Wash.) to SoCal Academy (Valencia)
*Jaden Spears (6-4) from Sheldon (Sacramento) to Phhoenix Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.)
*Jalen Stokes (6-5) from Dublin to Dougherty Valley (San Ramon)
*Elijah Sykes (5-9) from Pleasant Grove (Elk Grove) to Sheldon (Sacramento)
*Christian Taylor (6-5) from Beverly Hills to Skyline Prep (Phoenix, Ariz.)
*Donald Thompson (6-3) from King-Drew (Los Angeles) to Washington Prep (Los Angeles)
*Jagger Topp (5-10) from Burroughs (Burbank) to Maranatha (Pasadena)
*Dominique Trotter (6-4) from St. Patrick-St. Vincent (Vallejo) to Oakland
*Brandon Woodards (6-2) from Riordan (San Francisco) to Oakland Tech
*Moses Wright (6-4) from Paraclete (Lancaster) to St. Paul (Santa Fe Springs)
*Shawn Underwood (6-0) from Christian Brothers (Sacramento) to Sacramento
*Jaden Xu (6-7) from Santa Monica to Crespi (Encino)
CLASS OF 2026
*Maximo Adams (6-8) from Serra (Gardena) to Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth)
*D.J. Armstrong (6-3) from Branson (Ross) to Riordan (San Francisco)
*Tajh Ariza (6-7) from St. Bernard (Playa del Rey) to Westchester (Los Angeles)
*Kaiden Bailey (6-3) from Crean Lutheran (Irvine) to Santa Margarita (Rancho SM)
*Tyler Bailey (6-3) from Moreau Catholic (Hayward) to Serra (San Mateo)
*Jordan Ballard (6-4) from Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks) to Westchester (Los Angeles)
*Orie Benjamin (6-8) from Grand Terrace to Roosevelt (Eastvale)
*Roy Bishop (6-0) from Berkeley to Fremont (Oakland)
*Chris Blakely (6-7) from Bishop Amat (La Puente) to St. Pius-St. Matthias (Downey)
*Gage Blakemore (6-2) from Tri-City Christian (Vista) to Poway
*Wyatt Cann (5-11) from Oceanside to (El Camino) Oceanside
*Jachai Cantave (6-1) from Atascocita (Humble, Texas) to SoCal Academy (Valencia)
*Demarcus Cobb (6-4) from Edison (Stockton) to Weston Ranch (Stockton)
*Christian Collins (6-8) from St. Bernard (Playa del Rey) to St. John Bosco (Bellflower)
*Rashad Cotton Jr. (6-1) from Modesto Christian to Dougherty Valley (Danville)
*Jason Crowe Jr. (6-4) from Lynwood to Inglewood
*Braeden Davidson (6-3) from Crean Lutheran (Irvine) to Foothill (Tustin)
*Jasen Davis (6-2) from Riordan (San Francisco) to Oakland Tech
*Tim Dorn (6-7) from Mililani (Hawaii) to Mira Mesa (San Diego)
*A.J. Dybansta (6-7) from Prolific Prep (Napa) to Utah Prep (Hurricane, Utah)
*Maseyo Elliott (6-2) from Mater Dei (Chula Vista) to Mission Bay (San Diego)
*Xander Grayson (6-2) from St. Ignatius (San Francisco) to Serra (San Mateo)
*Justice Griffith (5-11) from Centennial (Corona) to St. Monica (Santa Monica)
*Lincoln Grogan (6-3) from Mater Dei (Chula Vista) to St. Augustine (San Diego)
*Kellen Hampton (6-6) from SoCal Academy (Valencia) to Moreau Catholic (Hayward)
*Sirmister Harriel (6-4) from Antelope to Destiny Christian (Sacramento)
*Chace Holley (6-1) from Lynwood to Redondo Union (Redondo Beach)
*Josiah Johnson (6-3) from Orangewood Academy (Garden Grove) to Mayfair (Lakewood)
*Ty Ingram (6-3) from Cathedral Catholic (San Diego) to Westchester (Los Angeles)
*Yeshua Kessa-Beda (6-7) from Rancho Christian (Temecula) to CATS Academy (Boston, Mass.)
*Jashawn Kibble (6-0) from King-Drew (Los Angeles) to St. Anthony (Long Beach)
*Keegan Ladines (5-11) from Folsom to Granite Bay
*Ty Landers (6-7) from Branson (Ross) to St. Ignatius (San Francisco)
*Brannon Martinsen (6-7) from Mater Dei (Santa Ana) to JSerra (San Juan Capistrano)
*R.J. Miller (6-2) from Scripps Ranch (San Diego) to Madison (San Diego)
*Darius Montgomery (6-1) from Mar Vista (Imperial Beach) to Montgomery (San Diego)
*Chase Robertson (6-3) from Clayton Valley (Concord) to Branson (Ross)
*Aaron Rollins (6-2) from St. Genevieve (Panorama City) to Taft (Woodland Hills)
*Jackson Scarborough (6-9) from Clovis to San Joaquin Memorial (Fresno)
*Grayson Sinek (6-2) from La Habra to JSerra (San Juan Capistrano)
*Mohammed Singleton (5-4) from Sheldon (Sacramento) to Fairfax (Los Angeles)
*Coen Sponsel (6-2) from Cathedral Catholic (San Diego) to Santa Fe Christian (Solana Beach)
*Joe Sterling (6-3) from Crespi (Encino) to Harvard-Westlake (Westlake)
*Tyran Stokes (6-6) from Prolific Prep (Napa) to Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks)
*Noah Trammell (6-6) from Prolific Prep (Napa) to Oaklandd Tech
*Jett Tran (5-11) from Lowell (San Francisco) to Clayton Valley (Concord)
*Dominique Trotter (6-3) from St.Patrick-St.Vincent (Vallejo) to Oakland
*Romyn Waughn (6-4) from Pinole Valley (Pinole) to Oakland
*Dante Ventura (6-0) from Mitty (San Jose) to Amador Valley (Pleasanton)
*Ezekiel Walker (5-10) from Maranatha Christian (San Diego) to Francis Parker (San Diego)
*JoJo Wicker (6-1) from St. Anthony (Long Beach) to Millikan (Long Beach)
*Ross Widemon (6-1) from Modesto Christian to Turlock
*Esten Wilson (6-5) from Jordan (Fulshear, Texas) to St. Anthony (Long Beach)
*Markee White Jr. (6-6) from Centennial (Corona) to Williams Field (Gilbert, Ariz.)
*Brandon Woodards (5-11) from Riordan (San Francisco) to Oakland Tech
*Jahaz Wright (6-1) from Lynwood to St. Pius-St. Matthias (Downey)
*Nico Wright (6-9) from Ben Franklin (Mesa, Ariz.) to Bishop O’Dowd (Oakland)
CLASS OF 2027
*Jaden Bain (6-2) from Firebaugh (Lynwood) to Bishop Montgomery (Torrance)
*Christian Benjamin (6-7) from Grand Terrace to Roosevelt (Eastvale)
*Hunter Caplan (6-2) from Brentwood (Los Angeles) to Crean Lutheran (Irvine)
*David Conerly (6-5) from Westchester (Los Angeles) to Inglewood
*Joe Dixon Jr. (5-11) from Sylmar to Taft (Woodland Hills)
*Jackson Duffy (6-4) from Roosevelt (Eastvale) to Poly (Riverside)
*James Evans (5-9) from West Ranch (Valencia) to Taft (Woodland Hills)
*Heath French (6-4) from St.Patrick-St.Vincent (Vallejo) to Branson
*Gary Ferguson (6-2) from St. Bernard (Playa to Rey) to Westchester (Los Angeles)
*Djordan Hall (6-1) from Heritage Christian (Northridge) to Windward (Los Angeles)
*Demarcus Henry (6-6) from Withrow (Cincinnati, Ohio) to Mater Dei (Santa Ana)
*Jason Hughes Jr. (6-4) from Mt. Miguel (Spring Valley) to Bonita Vista (Chula Vista)
*Alejandro Gonzalez (6-6) from Escondido Charter to La Jolla Country Day
*Josiah Nance (6-4) from Heritage Christian (Northridge) to Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks)
*Chase Othick (5-10) from Torrey Pines (Del Mar) to Santa Fe Christian (Solana Beach)
*Kannon Seals (5-6) from Mater Dei (Chula Vista) to Coronado
*Ron Selleaze Jr. (6-3) from Mexico to Salesian (Richmond)
*T.J. Wansa (6-2) from Cleveland (Reseda) to Alemany (Mission Hills)
*Daniel Wol (6-7) from Aquinas (San Bernardino) to Rancho Christian (Temecula)
Ronnie Flores is the managing editor of CalHiSports.com. He can be reached at ronlocc1977@gmail.com. Don’t forget to follow him on Twitter: @RonMFlores
