California High School Star Alanna Neale Signs with Huskers

Nebraska added its third newcomer to its 2025-26 women's basketball roster this week with the signing of current high school senior Alanna Neale on Wednesday, April 16.

Neale, a 5-10 guard out of national high school power Ontario Christian in California, averaged 12.1 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 2.2 steals over 32 games as a senior in 2024-25 to earn All-California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section honors.

"We are beyond excited to make things official with the signing of Alanna Neale," Nebraska Coach Amy Williams said. "She joins us from one of the winningest and most successful high school programs in the country and is coming off a stellar senior season. We have seen Alanna use her skillset to impact the game on both sides of the ball and as a rebounding guard. There is so much excitement knowing that her best basketball is still in front of her. We can't wait to get her to Lincoln."

Ontario Christian entered California's Open Division state championship ranked No. 1 nationally, before falling in the semifinal to the nation's No. 6 team. The Lady Knights finished the season with a 30-2 overall record.

As a junior in 2023-24, Neale was named the MVP of the Olympic League and a first-team all-conference pick at Village Christian High School in Sun Valley, Calif., after averaging 18.2 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 2.1 steals over 25 games for the Crusaders.

Neale spent her sophomore season at Chaminade High School in West Hills, Calif., where she was a second-team All-CIF selection and a first-team All-Mission League pick. She was also rated as one of the top 15 sophomores in the CIF Southern Section. In the first round of the CIF state playoffs, Neale erupted for 21 points against Ontario Christian.

She committed to Nebraska at the end of February after also receiving offers from UNLV, Hawaii, Grand Canyon, Cal Poly, UC Riverside and Morgan State.

Neale is the first player from the Los Angeles area to sign with the Huskers since Tear'a Laudermill (Moreno Valley/Canyon Springs High School) in 2011. Laudermill was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and ranks among the top-25 players in scoring all-time at Nebraska. She was a member of four NCAA Tournament teams and part of the most successful four-year span in school history.