Long Island Lutheran High School Guard Kayleigh Heckel’s collegiate team the USC Trojans were invited to the NCAA tournament as a 1 seed.
The USC Trojans ended the regular season with a 28-3 record. They are paired against the UNC Greensboro Spartans who are a 16 seed. The game will take place on Saturday, March 22 in Los Angeles, California.
The table below shows other former New York basketball players currently on rosters competing for the 2025 National Championship.
| Name | Hometown | College Team | Seed in tournament |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Davis | Bay Shore | Bryant Bulldogs | 15 |
| Alexia Mousouroulis | Bayside | NYU Violets | |
| Boogie Fland | Bronx | Arkansas Razorbacks | 10 |
| Ian Jackson | Bronx | North Carolina Tar Heels | 11 |
| Shawn Fulcher | Brooklyn | Alabama State Hornets | 16 |
| Andrene Thomas | Brooklyn | Bentley Falcons | 1 |
| Keyshawn Mitchell | Brooklyn | Bryant Bulldogs | 15 |
| Zahra King | Brooklyn | California Golden Bears | 8 |
| Rebecca Osei-Owusu | Brooklyn | Fairleigh Dickinson Knights | 15 |
| Josh Gray | Brooklyn | Missouri Tigers | 6 |
| Jaiden Glover | Brooklyn | St. John’s Red Storm | 2 |
| Natalya Muchinsky | Brooklyn | Vermont Catamounts | 15 |
| Luke Michalski | Campbell Hall | Assumption Greyhounds | 6 |
| Nick Townsend | Chappaqua | Yale Bulldogs | 13 |
| Anthony Daley | Deer Park | St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans | 5 |
| Sonia Citron | Eastchester | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 3 |
| Kaylene Smikle | Farmingdale | Maryland Terrapins | 4 |
| Nick Boyd | Garnerville | San Diego State Aztecs | 11 |
| Riley Weiss | Hewlett | Columbia Lions | 11 |
| Tobe Awaka | Hyde Park | Arizona Wildcats | 4 |
| Zakai Zeigler | Long Island | Tennessee Volunteers | 2 |
| Uta Nakamura | Manhattan | Smith Pioneers | |
| Dani Carnegie | Mount Vernon | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 9 |
| Ant Abraham | Mount Vernon | UNC Pembroke Braves | 5 |
| Harrison Hochberg | New York | Michigan Wolverines | 5 |
| Howard Eisley Jr. | New York | Michigan Wolverines | 5 |
| Reyna Scott | New York | Oklahoma Sooners | 3 |
| Cha Gardner | Newark Valley | Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks | 14 |
| Roddy Gayle Jr. | Niagara Falls | Michigan Wolverines | 5 |
| Jakai Robinson | Ossining | Bryant Bulldogs | 15 |
| Aubrey Griffin | Ossining | UConn Huskies | 2 |
| Lauren Kingsley | Pavilion | Gannon Golden Knights | 2 |
| Lena Lipani | Penfield | Smith Pioneers | |
| Kayleigh Heckel | Port Chester | USC Trojans | 1 |
| Eric Michaels | Poughkeepsie | American Eagles | 16 |
| Kate Peek | Poughkeepsie | NYU Violets | |
| Mouhamed Dioubate | Queens | Alabama Crimson Tide | 2 |
| Ziare Wells | Queens | Lenoir-Rhyne Bears | 3 |
| Hassan Diarra | Queens | UConn Huskies | 7 |
| Jaden Bradley | Rochester | Arizona Wildcats | 4 |
| Markus Robinson | Rochester | Gannon Golden Knights | 2 |
| Damarius Owens | Rochester | Marquette Golden Eagles | 7 |
| Annie Kiernan | Rockville Centre | Bentley Falcons | 1 |
| Dylan Goodman | Syosset | Lenoir-Rhyne Bears | 3 |
| Koby Brea | Washington Heights | Kentucky Wildcats | 3 |
| RJ Davis | White Plains | North Carolina Tar Heels | 11 |
| Amari DeBerry | Williamsville | Maryland Terrapins | 4 |
| Caitlin Kenney | Williston Park | NYU Violets | |
| Ace Talbert | Wyandanch | Saint Francis Red Flash | 16 |
| Chris Whyte-Luciano | Yorktown Heights | St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans | 5 |
