West Branch’s Audrey Eaton dribbles against Shaker Heights Laurel’s Saniyah Hall in a 2024 Division II district final. Hall is the No. 1-ranked player in the Class of 2026. (Morning Journal/Ron Firth)

GENEVA — Saniyah Hall, the nation’s No. 1-ranked girls basketball player in the Class of 2026, is returning home to Ohio.

The 6-foot-2 guard announced last week she is transferring from Montverde (Florida) Academy to SPIRE Academy in Northeast Ohio.

Hall has received offers from all of the top college basketball teams in the country, but has not yet committed.

Hall averaged a team-high 20.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 2.8 steals and 1.4 blocks a game last season in leading Montverde to a 26-2 record. The Eagles lost to IMG Academy, 70-68, in the Chipotle High School Nationals championship game.

Hall played her freshmen and sophomore seasons at Laurel High School in Shaker Heights. She was a two-time finalist for Ohio Ms. Basketball at Laurel.

She led Laurel to the 2024 Ohio Division II state championship game, including a 51-39 win over West Branch in the district final.

Hall joins a SPIRE Academy team that went 7-13 last season, but recently added Ariyana Cradle from Westerville South.

Hall will join the USA Basketball for the 2025 FIBA Under-19 Women’s World Cup at the Czech Republic from July 12-20.