STrib: Crump thriving at elite school

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Former Minnetonka basketball star Aaliyah Crump is thriving for nation’s No. 1 girls high school team

Basketball Across Minnesota: Aaliyah Crump, who committed to the University of Texas, is spending her senior year at Montverde Academy in Florida on a team filled with Division I recruits.

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Aaliyah Crump remembers looking up to local legends-in-the-making like Paige Bueckers, Jalen Suggs and Chet Holmgren, but now she’s next up when it comes to Minnesota basketball royalty.

As a top-five prospect in the 2025 class, Crump’s the highest-ranked Minnesota native since Bueckers was the top girls player nationally going from Hopkins to UConn four years ago.

Crump’s path to college stardom will look different. She transferred from Minnetonka to finish her high school career 1,500 miles away in Florida at Montverde Academy, the nation’s No. 1 girls hoops team.

“Here we’re all going to play at a Power Five school, and we all want to win national championships here and in college,” Crump said. “That’s the biggest piece for me.”