No. 1 WBB prospect Aaliyah Chavez reacts to her 7th-grade team's tournament victory 

Aaliyah Chavez, the No. 1 player in the 2025 class, has excelled for Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas. Chavez was selected in the final list for the Naismith Girls High School Player of the Year Award.

When she is not playing, Chavez coaches a seventh and eighth-grade girls' team named NBA. NBA won the Winter Classic Tournament held on Saturday and Sunday with an unbeaten record.

Chavez took to Instagram to react to the news. She shared a recording of a TV anchor discussing the team's victory.

No. 1 WBB prospect Aaliyah Chavez reacts to the tournament victory by a 7th-grade team she coaches (Image: IG/__the_aaliyah_chavez)

The tournament was hosted by SW Prime and JWE and was played at the Apex Event Center. It involved pool play and a bracket format, guaranteeing each team three games.

The category Aaliyah Chavez's team featured in consisted of six teams named Hub City Warriors, No Ceilings, JWE, Red Storm, Lamesa Girlz and NBA. Chavez's team defeated Lamesa Girlz by a blowout 87-3 scoreline and Red Storm 41-22 in Pool A to move to Game 3 where they faced No Ceilings.

While they received tough competition from No Ceilings, they secured a one-point victory, winning 35-34. In the final of the Winter Classic Tournament, Aaliyah Chavez's team recorded a 34-17 win against JWE.

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Aaliyah Chavez talks about her motivation

The 25-minute documentary titled, 'Day in The Life #1 Aaliyah Chavez: Lubbock Monterey An Original Documentary,' was posted on YouTube by Theo Udome. In it, the 5-foot-9 guard talked about her basketball beginnings and the factors that keep her motivated.

She said kids are a major source of motivation:

"My motivation always is to keep going. It's the little kids, they just look up to me and just seeing them after the game or seeing them during the game, calling out my name like that. It's kind of crazy because like I was that little girl looking up to somebody and now they're looking up to me," she said (22:05-22:25).

"I just don't want to, like, fail them. If I stop now, then what would they think about me, what would they think they can do, so I just keep on going for them." (22:25-22:43)

Chavez is yet to decide on her collegiate career.