By R.L. Bynum

North Carolina has made the final five list of five-star 6–1 shooting guard Jordan Speiser of Warrenton, Mo., who was the Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior last season.

Speiser is No. 20 on ESPN’s Class of 2025 rankings.

Speiser told On3 that she had narrowed her possible college destinations to UNC, Ohio State, TCU, Iowa and Kansas State. She has taken official visits to Kansas State and TCU and plays to visit UNC, Ohio State and Iowa this fall.

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Speiser, who has a 3.54 GPA and plays AAU ball for All Iowa Attack, averaged 22.9 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.8 steals last season, leading St. Charles County High School to the Class 5 state championship game. She earned Class 5 First Team All-State honors as sophomore.

Three other members of the Class of 2025 who have scholarship offers from Coach Courtney Banghart will be playing with incoming freshman Lanie Grant on the United States team at the U17 World Cup in Mexico beginning Saturday night: 6–2 forward McKenna Woliczko, 6–2 guard Addison Bjorn and 6–2 wing Lola Lampley.

Speiser was one of 42 players to try out for that team but didn’t make the 12-player roster.

Year	No.	Players	Pos.	Height
Freshman	11	Kate Harpring	PG	5–10
Freshman	52	Noelle Bofia	F	6–4
Sophomore	3	Gabby White — W	G	5–10
Sophomore	7	Nyla Brooks	W	6–1
Sophomore	26	Taissa Queiroz	G	6–1
Junior	34	Blanca Thomas	C	6–5
Junior	1	Jordan Zubich	G	5–11
Senior	21	Ciera Toomey	F	6–4
Senior	4	Laila Hull	W	6–1
Senior	5	Sophie Burrows — X	G	6–2
Senior	8	Achol Akot — Y	F	6–1
Senior	10	Reniya Kelly	G	5–7
Senior	15	Sydney Barker	G	5–6
Senior	13	Chloe Clardy — Z	G	5–9

W — Virginia transfer; X — Syracuse transfer; Y — Oklahoma State transfer; Z — Stanford transfer

Former players transferred

Player	Class next season	Pos.	Hgt	Next school
Elina Aarnisalo	Junior	G	5–10	UCLA
Lanie Grant	Junior	G	5–9	TCU
Taliyah Henderson	Sophomore	W	6–1	Clemson
Liza Astakhova	Sophomore	G	6–2	BYU

Date	Day/ month	Times/ scores	Opponent/event (current rank)	TV
	October		Exhibitions
18	Sunday	W, 76–66	vs. Davidson
24	Saturday	L, 72–68	at No. 20 Maryland
	November		Regular season
2	Monday	2:30 ET	Oui-Play in Paris vs. No. 21 Oklahoma	ESPN2
8	Sunday	5:30	Ally Tipoff in Charlotte vs. No. 1 South Carolina	ESPN
11	Wednesday	7 p.m.	vs. N.C. Central	ACCNE
14	Saturday	4 p.m.	at Penn in Palestra	ESPN+
		WBCA Showcase	Orlando
19	Thursday	6 p.m.	vs. Texas Tech	ESPN2
21	Saturday	5 p.m.	vs. Alabama	ESPN+
		———
24	Tuesday	7 p.m.	vs. Gardner-Webb	ACCNE
27	Friday	7 p.m.	vs. Army	ACCNE
29	Sunday	4 p.m.	vs. Brown	ACCN
	December
2	Wednesday	7:15	ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge vs. No. 9 LSU	ESPN2
6	Sunday	2 p.m.	vs. Elon	ACCN
9	Wednesday	11 a.m.	vs. Winthrop	ACCNE
13	Sunday	6 p.m.	vs. No. 25 N.C. State	ESPN
17	Thursday	6 p.m.	vs. Georgia Tech	ACCN
21	Monday	7 p.m.	vs. Norfolk State	ACCN
28	Monday	8 p.m.	vs. UNCW	ACCN
31	Thursday	6 p.m.	at Syracuse	ACCN
	January
3	Sunday	2 p.m.	at Clemson	The CW
7	Thursday	8 p.m.	vs. Wake Forest	ACCN
10	Sunday	3 p.m.	at No. 7 Louisville	ESPN or ESPN2
17	Sunday	4 p.m.	vs. Boston College	ACCN
21	Thursday	8 p.m. ET	at California	ACCN
24	Sunday	2 p.m. ET	at Stanford	ESPN, 2 or U
28	Thursday	6 p.m.	vs. No. 13 Notre Dame	ESPN
31	Sunday	5 p.m.	vs. No. 4 Duke	ESPN
	February
4	Thursday	7 p.m.	at Miami	ACCNE
7	Sunday	6 p.m.	vs. Virginia Tech	ACCN
14	Sunday	2 p.m.	at SMU	ACCNE
18	Thursday	6 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	ACCN
21	Sunday	Noon	vs. Florida State	The CW
25	Thursday	8 p.m.	vs. Virginia	ACCN
28	Sunday	4 p.m.	at No. 4 Duke	ESPN
	March
3–7	Wed.-Sun.	ACC tournament	Spectrum Center, Charlotte