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No. 1 WCBB Recruit Juju Watkins Commits to USC over South Carolina, Stanford

Juju Watkins, the top-ranked women's high school player in the class of 2023, announced her intention to play at USC on Tuesday.

Luca Evans

The celebration at Sierra Canyon as Juju Watkins revels her college choice: USC women’s basketball. <a href="https://t.co/ySinOmHmS2">pic.twitter.com/ySinOmHmS2</a>

The Sierra Canyon guard is California's Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year and the top player in her class, per ESPN. She chose the Trojans over fellow finalists Stanford and South Carolina.

"I didn't want to rush this process," Watkins said, per Charlotte Gibson of ESPN. "A lot of people in my class had already committed before me, and I definitely was taking my time.