Committed: Thalia Almaraz

For Thalia Almaraz, basketball was part of her life from the very beginning. She first started playing when she was eight years old, but even before that, her dad said she always had a ball in her hand. He introduced her to the sport and she quickly fell in love with it.

A four-year varsity athlete for Niwot High School, Almaraz finished her senior season with 230 points and was named the Cougars'...