
Alijah Arenas of Chatsworth is one of the best scoring guards in the country. He now checks in at No. 3 in the 2025 Hot 100 after reclassification and will likely do something his father, Gilbert Arenas, didn’t accomplish in high school by making the McDonald’s All-American Game. Photo: Willie Eashman / Cal-Hi Sports.
We continue our boys basketball coverage for the 2024-25 school year for Gold Club VIPs with a look at the state’s top college prospects in each class, beginning with seniors (2025). Our Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 has plenty of change and a whopping 22 newcomers since our last update to close out 2023-24, including three of the top four players. We’ll come back and publish our final rankings for this class in early summer 2025.
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The first 2025 Cal-Hi Sports Hot 100 for the 2024-25 school year is based on evaluations from non-viewing showcases since August, various fall leagues and through the MLK day showcases. These rankings are based on college potential, not high school performance, although the baseline of where we begin with each prospect begins with high school basketball.
We’ll follow this report over the next week with our post-summer player rankings for the 2026 (Hot 100) and 2027 (Top 65) classes, in addition to introducing the Class of 2028 (Top 25). In the coming months, we’ll continue publishing our archived Hot 100s as part of the most comprehensive California state player rankings you’ll find on the internet that you can sort through using the easy-to-use dropdown menu below. We’ll continue to roll out more enhanced features on the Hot 100 players where you’ll be able to search through our vast profiles and evaluations. We’ll highlight California’s individual players — past, present, and future — better than it’s ever been done before.
The previous rankings in the 2025 post-summer Hot 100 refers to the player’s position in the previous list we published in May 2024 after the high school season and spring evaluation period in conjunction with the Hoop Scoop, our partner for boys basketball national player rankings.