Five 2028 East Atlantic Girls Basketball Prospects To Watch

The Class of 2028 continues to develop across the East and Atlantic regions, with prospects beginning to establish their identities as guards, wings, forwards, and versatile multi-position players. 

This group features five athletes with different physical profiles and positional possibilities, ranging from lead guards capable of handling primary ball-handling responsibilities to bigger wings and hybrid forwards who can potentially impact multiple areas of the floor. 

At this stage of the recruiting process, development remains extremely important. 

College coaches are evaluating more than current production; they are watching skill progression, decision-making, versatility, competitiveness, physical development, and how players perform against stronger competition. 

Meso Nwobu, Kayla Dunlap, Korryn Dixon, Jordynn Elijah, and Meghan McCarthy are five Class of 2028 prospects worth following as their games continue to mature.

 

Meso Nwobu 5'8" CG/Lead Guard  Masters International, New Jersey

Meso Nwobu brings intriguing size to the lead guard and combo guard positions at 5-foot-8.

Her profile gives her an opportunity to develop as a player who can initiate offense while also playing away from the basketball.

For Nwobu, continued development as a decision-maker could become an important part of her progression.

Creating advantages off the dribble, recognizing defensive rotations, delivering the basketball on time, and becoming a consistent perimeter scoring threat would strengthen her overall offensive profile.

Defensively, her size at the guard position could provide versatility against multiple backcourt matchups.

The next stage is demonstrating consistent production and command against increasingly competitive opposition.

X: @meso_nwobu

 

Kayla Dunlap 5'11" Hybrid Forward Natick, Massachusetts

Kayla Dunlap's 5-foot-11 frame immediately creates interesting possibilities as a hybrid forward. 

Players with her size can become particularly valuable when they develop enough skill to operate both around the basket and farther away from it.

Dunlap's long-term development should center on versatility: handling the basketball comfortably, making decisions in space, finishing around the rim, rebounding, defending multiple positions, and developing dependable perimeter range. 

The ability to transition between forward and wing responsibilities could expand her eventual college projection. 

Rather than becoming locked into one position, Dunlap has an opportunity to build a multidimensional game. 

Her progression over the next several seasons will determine just how versatile that profile becomes.

X: @KaylaDunla55135

 

Korryn Dixon 5'5" PG/CG Wakefield, North Carolina

Korryn Dixon is a 5-foot-5 point guard/combo guard from Wakefield in North Carolina whose development will revolve heavily around guard skills and decision-making. 

 

At her size, separation, pace, ball security, shooting consistency, defensive pressure, and the ability to create opportunities for teammates become especially important. 

Dixon can strengthen her profile by showing that she can control possessions instead of simply playing fast. 

Changing speeds, reading ball-screen coverages, getting paint touches, making accurate passes and knocking down open perimeter shots are areas that can increase her effectiveness. 

Defensively, activity and point-of-attack pressure can help distinguish her. 

Continued development as both a facilitator and scorer would make Dixon a guard worth tracking throughout the 2028 recruiting cycle.

X: @DixonKorryn

 

Jordynn Elijah 6'0" SF/W Kimball Union, New Hampshire

Jordynn Elijah possesses one of the more intriguing physical profiles in this group because of her 6-foot frame at the small forward/wing position. 

Size on the perimeter becomes particularly valuable when accompanied by ball skills, shooting, defensive versatility and the ability to attack mismatches. 

 

Elijah's development should focus on becoming comfortable operating in multiple areas of the floor. 

If she can consistently handle against pressure, attack closeouts, finish through contact and stretch defenses from the perimeter, her size could become an important advantage. 

Defensively, a 6-foot wing potentially offers lineup flexibility against different offensive matchups. 

Rebounding from the perimeter could add another dimension. 

Elijah's combination of positional size and developmental possibilities makes her an interesting 2028 prospect to monitor.

X: @jordynnelijah

 

Meghan McCarthy 5'9" SG/W Merrimack, New Hampshire

Meghan McCarthy is a 5-foot-9 shooting guard/wing from Merrimack in New Hampshire with the size to develop into a versatile perimeter option. 

For McCarthy, expanding beyond one-dimensional perimeter play will be important.

 

Shooting can create immediate value, but combining that ability with attacking closeouts, making secondary passes, finishing through contact, defending effectively and contributing on the glass can produce a much more complete prospect. 

At 5-foot-9, she has enough size to potentially work across multiple perimeter positions depending on her continued physical and skill development. 

Becoming dependable without the basketball will also matter. 

Movement, spacing, defensive positioning and quick decisions can increase her impact even when she isn't directly involved in the primary action.

X: @MegMcCarthy28

 

Al Woods Evaluation

What stands out about this group is the variety of developmental paths available. Nwobu and Dixon represent two different guard profiles, while McCarthy provides additional perimeter size. Elijah brings legitimate wing dimensions at 6-foot, and Dunlap's 5-foot-11 hybrid-forward profile creates potential positional versatility. 

None of these players should be viewed as finished products, which is exactly why following the Class of 2028 is so interesting. 

The next two years will reveal which prospects improve their weaknesses, expand their positional versatility and consistently perform against stronger competition.

For college coaches, development matters as much as early visibility. 

Size can attract attention, but skill development, basketball IQ, competitiveness, consistency and production ultimately provide the evidence coaches need when determining how seriously to recruit a prospect.

 

Final Evaluation

The Class of 2028 recruiting picture remains a developing one, and these five East and Atlantic prospects offer different attributes worth monitoring. 

Nwobu and Dixon provide backcourt possibilities, McCarthy adds shooting guard/wing size, Elijah brings a bigger perimeter frame, and Dunlap offers hybrid-forward potential. 

The important question is not simply where these players are today. 

It is where their games will be two years from now. 

Continued improvement, stronger competition and consistent production will help determine how their recruiting profiles develop.