Jazzy Davidson, 5-star recruit in 2025 class, commits to USC: What she brings to resurgent Trojans

Five-star recruit Jazzy Davidson, a top player in the women’s 2025 high school class, has committed to play for the University of Southern California, she told The Athletic on Tuesday.

The commitment is a major pickup for the Trojans, with the 6-foot-2 guard out of Clackamas, Ore., becoming their first 2025 commitment. Davidson will enter USC ahead of All-American star JuJu Watkins’ junior season, giving her a two-season overlap with Watkins, who enters this season as one of the best college players (if not the best) player in the country.

Five-star recruit Jazzy Davidson – a top player in women’s 2025 high school class out of Clackamas, Oregon – has committed to play for the USC Trojans, she tells @TheAthletic. Davidson, a 6-foot-2 guard, joins All-American star JuJu Watkins at USC. pic.twitter.com/jZNUJhRu2w

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Davidson is a versatile leftie with an ability to score at all three levels. She can create off the dribble and is rangy enough on the defensive end to help create in transition, too. She told On3 this summer that she had narrowed her top six programs to UCLA, USC, TCU, Texas, UConn and Duke.

A commitment this early is impressive work for coach Lindsay Gottlieb, who has completely turned around the USC program over the past few seasons. When she took over at USC in 2021, the Trojans hadn’t had a winning record in conference play in nearly a decade. In her second season, she guided USC to an 11-7 Pac-12 record, secured a commitment from Watkins and led USC to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2014.

Last season, in just her third year, USC went 29-6 and made it to the Elite Eight.

In the offseason, USC landed Kiki Iriafen (Stanford) and Talia von Oelhoffen (Oregon State) out of the transfer portal, which gave the Trojans an experienced core around Watkins and Rayah Marshall — a necessity considering USC welcomed seven first-year players onto its roster this year.

But with Gottlieb proving herself as not just a program builder but an elite recruiter, the potential for the USC program to return to its national title-contending self feels right around the corner.

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