KU, UConn, Iowa (& others) make cut for Park Hill South standout Addison Bjorn
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- Addison Bjorn named KU, UConn, Iowa and four others in final school choices.
- Bjorn averaged 22.1 points and won gold at 2025 FIBA U19 World Cup with Team USA.
- KU women's basketball lands top local recruits and ranks No. 7 in 2025 class.
Addison Bjorn, the No. 11-ranked prospect in the high school women’s basketball recruiting class of 2026 by 247Sports and No. 13 by ESPNW, has included Kansas on her list of seven schools.
Bjorn, a 6-foot-2 senior small forward from Park Hill South High School, also is considering Iowa, UConn, Notre Dame, North Carolina, Duke and Texas.
In January, she released a list had also included Kansas State, Tennessee, Oklahoma, UCLA, Stanford and Louisville.
Bjorn has visited North Carolina and Notre Dame with visits set up to Iowa (Friday through Sunday), Duke (Oct. 2-5), UConn (Oct. 16-19), Texas (Oct. 30-Nov. 2) and KU (Nov. 6-9).
As a junior, Bjorn averaged 22.1 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 3.4 steals per game for Park Hill South. She hit 56.7% of her shots including 34.8% from 3.
Bjorn has extensive USA Basketball experience. She has won gold medals representing the U.S. at the 2025 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, 2024 FIBA Under-17 World Cup and 2023 FIBA Under-16 Americas event. She averaged 6.0 points, 4.3 rebounds in 12 minutes played per game as the U.S. went 7-0 at the U19 World Cup in Brno, Czechia.
“Bjorn’s game is built on a combination of conditioning and versatility. Bjorn never appears to be winded and can defend multiple positions on the floor,” wrote Brandon Clay, director of scouting for 247Sports. “Bjorn is battle-tested as she’s already won gold medals with USA Basketball. She has room to continue improving as a perimeter shot maker. That’s another piece to her developmental puzzle that can help Bjorn grow into a role that’s similar to the one played by UCLA starter Gabriela Jaquez.”
Of her game, Bjorn told Rivals: “I’m kind of just the glue piece. I feel like whatever coach needs, I find a way to do it. … I can guard whatever position depending on the 5, which is a little questionable. I think I see the court really well, and I get other people involved. Without having the ball in my hand, I think I slash and cut really well and I move off the ball.”
Bjorn is a former high school teammate of 6-3 KU sophomore forward Regan Williams, who earned all-Big 12 freshman team honors last season.
“The biggest thing with me is, who am I going to be able to lean on on my tough days?” Bjorn told Rivals. “Who do I have the strongest relationship with? Because these are people that I’m going to be around for four years and obviously I’m going to need to vibe with them somewhat, right? Obviously, I want to win a national championship. So, whatever that consists of, and then I also want to play with other really good players.”
She said of KU: “I think I’ve always grown up a Kansas fan. I had that in my blood, and just having my friends that are going there … I played high school basketball with a player up there and one of my other teammates is also going there, so just girls that I’d love to play with.”
Bjorn is the latest blue-chip player from the Kansas City area to consider KU.
Jaliya Davis, a 6-2 freshman small forward from Blue Valley North, chose KU over Baylor, South Carolina, Texas and Oklahoma. Ranked No. 19 in the recruiting class of 2025 by ESPNW and No. 24 by 247Sports, Davis is the highest-ranked recruit signed by KU since ESPNW began rankings in 2007.
S’Mya Nichols, a 6-0 junior guard out of Shawnee Mission West, arrived at KU as the No. 21 recruit nationally in the class of 2023 by ESPNW. She chose KU over Tennessee, Arizona, Oklahoma, Missouri and others.
Keeley Parks, a 5-11 freshman guard from Norman, Oklahoma, joins Brandon Schneider’s KU program this season as the No. 31-rated player nationally by ESPNW. She chose KU over Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, North Carolina and others.
Libby Fandel, a 6-1 freshman guard from Xavier High in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, arrives ranked No. 43 nationally by ESPNW. She chose KU over TCU, Wisconsin, Creighton, Virginia Tech and others. Also, senior guard Sania Copeland, who spent two seasons at Wisconsin, is a former standout at Olathe North
KU’s incoming freshman class of Davis, Parks, Fandel and unranked four-star Tatyonna Brown (6-2 small forward, Air Academy High, Colorado Springs, Colorado) is ranked seventh nationally by ESPNW.
Of the class, ESPN’s Shane Laflin wrote: “Davis is one of the best forwards in the 2025 class. She is an elite operator in the paint and extremely hard to keep off of the glass with an advanced face-up game and soft touch around the rim.
“Parks is an accomplished big guard with a strong frame. She has long range on her shot and finishes well around the rim with contact. Fandel is a multi-sport athlete with an all-around game. She can catch fire from the perimeter and moves well without the ball. She has that glue-like quality about her that impacts winning.
“Brown is a 6-2 lefty forward who is active in the paint and on the glass. She brings a physical presence to the floor and has upside potential with flashes of the perimeter shot.”
This story was originally published September 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM with the headline "KU, UConn, Iowa (& others) make cut for Park Hill South standout Addison Bjorn."
