Norwayne High School Power Forward Andrea Maibach’s collegiate team the Gannon Golden Knights were invited to the NCAA tournament as a 2 seed.
The Gannon Golden Knights ended the regular season with a 28-5 record. They are paired against the Grand Valley State Lakers who are a 1 seed. The game will take place on Monday, March 24 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The table below shows other former Ohio basketball players currently on rosters competing for the 2025 National Championship.
| Name | Hometown | College Team | Seed in tournament |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyler D’Augustino | Albany | West Liberty Hilltoppers | 1 |
| Shyanne Sellers | Aurora | Maryland Terrapins | 4 |
| Grant Huffman | Aurora | Vanderbilt Commodores | 10 |
| Kate Ratliff | Canal Winchester | Gannon Golden Knights | 2 |
| Grant Darbyshire | Cincinnati | Kentucky Wildcats | 3 |
| KK Bransford | Cincinnati | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 3 |
| Alex Mangold | Cincinnati | Nova Southeastern Sharks | 1 |
| Raleigh Burgess | Cincinnati | Purdue Boilermakers | 4 |
| Zachary Jones | Cincinnati | Saint Francis Red Flash | 16 |
| Deshawne Crim | Cincinnati | St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans | 5 |
| Laila Phelia | Cincinnati | Texas Longhorns | 1 |
| Megan Zimmerman | Cincinnati | Vermont Catamounts | 15 |
| Sarah Zimmerman | Cincinnati | Vermont Catamounts | 15 |
| Helen Holley | Cleveland | Michigan State Spartans | 7 |
| Jesse McCulloch | Cleveland | Michigan State Spartans | 2 |
| Amarion Dickerson | Cleveland | Robert Morris Colonials | 15 |
| Sean Jones | Columbus | Marquette Golden Eagles | 7 |
| Javohn Garcia | Columbus | McNeese State Cowboys | 12 |
| Nevaeh Tot | Columbus | Oklahoma Sooners | 3 |
| Sakima Walker | Columbus | South Carolina Gamecocks | 1 |
| Derrick James | Columbus | St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans | 5 |
| Madison Greene | Columbus | Vanderbilt Commodores | 7 |
| Dailyn Swain | Columbus | Xavier Musketeers | 11 |
| Jerome Hunter | Columbus | Xavier Musketeers | 11 |
| Andrea Maibach | Creston | Gannon Golden Knights | 2 |
| Daniel Nauseef | Dayton | Clemson Tigers | 5 |
| Juan Cranford Jr. | Dayton | Saint Francis Red Flash | 16 |
| Bree Hall | Dayton | South Carolina Gamecocks | 1 |
| Emma Shumate | Dresden | Michigan State Spartans | 7 |
| Will Cordonnier | Findlay | Colorado Mines Orediggers | 2 |
| Joshua Corbin | Gahanna | UNC Wilmington Seahawks | 14 |
| Cooper Kent | Galion | West Liberty Hilltoppers | 1 |
| Mary Meng | Grafton | Michigan State Spartans | 7 |
| Ryan Walsh | Grafton | Nova Southeastern Sharks | 1 |
| K.J. Swain Jr. | Hamilton | Saint Francis Red Flash | 16 |
| Ian Sabourin | Hamilton | Xavier Musketeers | 11 |
| Madison Bartley | Kettering | Baylor Lady Bears | 4 |
| Maddy Westbeld | Kettering | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 3 |
| Tommy Sala | Lakewood | Nova Southeastern Sharks | 1 |
| John Dragas | Madison | West Liberty Hilltoppers | 1 |
| Layne Sarver | New Madison | Gannon Golden Knights | 2 |
| Grace Kingery | North Ridgeville | Ball State Cardinals | 12 |
| Jocelyn Tate | Pickerington | Michigan State Spartans | 7 |
| Nora Saffell | Somerset | Union Bulldogs | 1 |
| Bri Claxon | South Webster | Gannon Golden Knights | 2 |
| Jordan Hobbs | Springboro | Michigan Wolverines | 6 |
| Tyler Eberhart | Springfield | Nova Southeastern Sharks | 1 |
| Sinai Douglas | Toledo | Michigan State Spartans | 7 |
