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Iowa Hawkeyes signee Addie Deal finished her season at Mater Dei Catholic in an impressive manner. The 6-foot shooting guard's performances on the court led her to win Orange County Register's Girls Basketball Player of the Year for 2024-25.
This is the second time Deal has won this award, having also won it last season. On Thursday, the official page of Mater Dei Girls Basketball shared the news on its Instagram page.
"Congratulations to @addie.deal on being named @ocregister Girls Basketball Player of the Year!! This is Addie’s 2nd year winning this award, Congrats Addie!!!" the post was captioned.
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In her junior year, Addie Deal suffered an ankle injury that kept her out for a significant period. The McDonald's All-American averaged 19.9 points, 7.0 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 3.4 steals in her senior season. Deal is ranked at the 15th spot nationally, sixth in the shooting guard position and second in California, as per the On3 Industry Rankings.
She led her school to a 29-4 overall and an unbeaten 6-0 record in the California Southern Section Trinity Basketball League, where it sits above JSerra Catholic, Orange Lutheran and Santa Margarita.
At the 2025 CIF State Girls Basketball Championships, Mater Dei faced Bishop Montgomery in the first round on March 5 and won 76-40. However, the Monarchs were knocked out in the second round by the eventual champions, Etiwanda, after suffering a 67-57 loss. The Eagles went on to win the state championship after a 75-59 win against Archbishop Mitty on March 15.
In the McDonald's All-American Game, Deal was on the winning team that had some of the nation's top prospects, like No. 1 recruit and Oklahoma Sooners commit Aaliyah Chavez, No. 2 recruit and USC signee Jazzy Davidson and No. 3 recruit and UCLA signee Sienna Betts.
"She's so dedicated to Iowa" - Addie Deal on her new coach, Jan Jensen
With Addie Deal choosing Iowa after considering offers from top programs, including LSU, USC, UCLA, Stanford, Iowa State, Indiana, Arizona and Oregon, among others, she was full of praise for Hawkeyes coach Jan Jensen.
“The amazing thing is that she hasn’t changed,” said Deal of her soon to be head coach. “She is so dedicated to Iowa and Iowa basketball. It’s infectious. Coach Jan is amazing with the X’s and O’s and incredible at assessing talent. Obviously as the head coach, she is being interviewed, and press conferenced more, and I think she’s done an amazing job.”
Addie Deal is not the only player Jensen has signed from the 2025 class. Four-star power forward Layla Hays signed on Oct. 12, and unranked combo guard Journey Houston committed to the program on Aug. 22, 2023.
