Breakout High School Basketball Star Jazelle “GG” Banks has committed to play for South Carolina under coach Dawn Staley, Teen Vogue reported after a new interview with the 17-year-old about her decision and next move.
Banks told Teen Vogue she chose South Carolina and discussed how style and mindset help her on the court, and the piece frames the commitment as the next step in her rising profile. The Teen Vogue feature profiles Banks as a 17-year-old rising guard and centers on her decision to join Dawn Staley’s program.
Independent coverage reported Banks picked South Carolina over finalists LSU and Texas, noting she is ranked No. 4 in ESPN’s SC Next 100 for the 2027 class. Boxing And Basketball wrote that South Carolina landed Banks after an official visit to Columbia and that she chose the Gamecocks instead of her other finalists.
Boxing And Basketball also placed Banks among the top recruits in the nation and summarized her recent on-court production and youth-level success: she was the 2024–25 Gatorade Delaware Girls Basketball Player of the Year and helped USA Basketball win gold at the 2026 FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup, the site reported.
What led to Banks’s choice, according to the reporting, was South Carolina’s recruiting pitch that emphasized development “as a person as well as a player,” and the program’s direct plan for how she could reach her goals.
For fans tracking the next wave of college talent, Banks’s decision gives South Carolina an elite lead-guard prospect for the 2027 class and continues coach Dawn Staley’s run of high-level recruiting, reporters say. The articles note she visited Columbia in September before making her choice.
Breakout High School Basketball Star Jazelle “GG” Banks on Her Next Big Move also explores how Banks handles negativity and uses personal style to build confidence on-court — an angle Teen Vogue highlights in its profile of the recruit.
Sources
- Teen Vogue — interview and profile of Jazelle “GG” Banks confirming her commitment to South Carolina and her age and personal perspective.
- Boxing And Basketball — reported Banks chose South Carolina over LSU and Texas, cited her No. 4 ranking in ESPN’s SC Next 100, and summarized her Gatorade POY award and FIBA U18 AmeriCup performance.
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