
Vitals:
Name: Kayla Cleaveland
Height: 6’0″
HS Grad Year: 2025
Position: PF
School / Hometown: River Ridge (Woodstock, Georgia)

Player Evaluations:
Date: January 10, 2023
Location: She Got Game (Suwanee, GA)
Evaluator: Brandon Clay
Much like Vince’s eval below, Cleaveland’s skill is tailor made for the modern game. She can shoot the midrange and the 3-pointer as well as make plays around the rim. A left-hand dominant shooter, Cleaveland has the ability to make things happen on both ends of the floor. She was matched up with Leah Brooks (Alabama commit / 2024) and played her even.
Date: December 10, 2022
Location: Sandy’s Spiel Showcase (Grayson, GA)
Evaluator: Vince Smith
Cleaveland is a tough matchup. She came out of the gate on fire with 11 of her team’s first 19 points. Cleaveland’s versatility and skill helped River Ridge pull away from Grayson early en route to a big road win over a Grayson roster that is one of the Peach State’s best.
Social Media Updates:
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars 🖤🤍❤️ @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) September 12, 2023
EVERYONE IS FOLLOWING SAS 👀👀
Auburn and Georgia Tech were on campus at River Ridge (GA) for ‘25 Kayla Cleaveland and ‘27 Finley Parker. pic.twitter.com/SwrKlSYzWl
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars ❤️🖤🤍 @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) August 30, 2023
ALL FALL WE’RE GOING TO WORK!
‘25 Kayla Cleaveland of River Ridge (GA) was on campus at Mississippi State. pic.twitter.com/tRD4KfC0JZ
Brandon Clay Showcases
— ProspectsNation.com (@ProspectsNation) August 20, 2023
Aug 26 ATL (‘24-29)
Sep 9-10 OKC (‘24-29)
Sep 16 Charlotte (‘24-29)
Sept 23-24 Indy (‘24-29)
“Training gives me ELITE evals”
‘25 Kayla Cleaveland of Southeast All Stars / River Ridge has a new eval from ATL.
JOIN https://t.co/cnQbEjXqq5 #BClayRecruiting pic.twitter.com/BPHtzZ5Fw4
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) August 12, 2023
WE WERE OUTSIDE ALL SUMMER!!🔥
‘25 Kayla Cleaveland of River Ridge (GA) put in work on both ends of the hardwood.
Multiple scholarship offers as a result.
She’s visiting East Tennessee St today. pic.twitter.com/fqnoTd9816
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) August 3, 2023
WE WERE OUTSIDE ALL SUMMER!!! 🔥
‘25 Kayla Cleaveland of River Ridge (GA) will visit Western Carolina this weekend.
Cleaveland’s versatility was on full display at the NCAA Academy in Memphis. pic.twitter.com/rsnftKsTqT
Brandon Clay x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) July 29, 2023
PSA: WE’RE OUTSIDE ALL SUMMER 🔥
Been a MAJOR weekend so far for ‘25’s Ava Andrews of North Paulding & Kayla Cleaveland of River Ridge.
Lots of new interest & 👀 on their games.
July 28-31: NCAA 🏀 Academy pic.twitter.com/fTdjtSSXMM
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) July 8, 2023
PSA: WE’RE OUTSIDE ALL SUMMER 🔥
SAS Black is goin’ CRAZY in Chicago
Abdus-Salaam
Andrews
Cleaveland
Harpring
Kitts
Ledford
Parker
Thompson
Tuthill
July 21-24: Summer Invite / Elite 32 ATL pic.twitter.com/AJLTzyk8Xe
Brandon Clay x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) June 27, 2023
PSA: WE’RE OUTSIDE ALL SUMMER 🔥
Multiple All Stars pulled up to Mercer:
Milanni Abdus-Salaam
Ava Andrews
Kayla Cleaveland
Grace Ridley
July 7-10: Champions League CHI
July 21-24: Summer Invite / E32 ATL pic.twitter.com/MQ8AZd6Y9J
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) June 20, 2023
PSA: WE’RE OUTSIDE ALL SUMMER 🔥
It’s definitely the SAS shirt for us as ‘25 Kayla Cleaveland visited Davidson today
❤️🖤🤍 x @kkcleav41 / @CoachGCF / @Coach_JJenkins / @_CoachMetz https://t.co/X3Ig6ucfjS
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) June 20, 2023
PSA: WE’RE OUTSIDE ALL SUMMER 🔥
‘25 F Kayla Cleaveland of River Ridge (GA) has a scholarship offer from Presbyterian.
July 7-10: Champions League CHI
July 21-24: Summer Invite / Elite 32 ATL pic.twitter.com/c1N0kHhfdv
Brandon Clay x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) June 17, 2023
PSA: WE’RE OUTSIDE ALL SUMMER 🔥
Game winner for ‘25 @kkcleav41 / @coachtaylor_rr1
New schools watching 👀
July 7-10: Champions League CHI
July 21-24: Summer Invite / Elite 32 ATLpic.twitter.com/3iyRahtOEv
Brandon Clay x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) June 13, 2023
PSA: WE’RE OUTSIDE ALL SUMMER 🔥
SAS Alum Aubrey Blankenship & ‘25 F Kayla Cleaveland (GA) on campus at Aubrey’s new home Samford.
July 7-10: Champions League CHI
July 21-24: Summer Invite / Elite 32 ATL pic.twitter.com/9oWibYfqNr
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) June 11, 2023
PSA: WE’RE OUTSIDE ALL SUMMER 🔥
‘25 Kayla Cleaveland of River Ridge (GA) was on campus at Ole Miss.
July 7-10: Champions League x Chicago
July 21-24: Summer Invite / Elite 32 ATL @YolettMcCuin pic.twitter.com/jPFPwYzXHt
Brandon Clay x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) May 27, 2023
PSA: WE’RE OUTSIDE ALL SUMMER 🔥
‘25 Kayla Cleaveland of River Ridge (GA) / SAS Black has a scholarship offer from Columbus State.
July 7-10: Champions League x CHI
July 21-24: Summer Invite / Elite 32 ATL pic.twitter.com/Fqg9GCl6iN
Brandon Clay Events
— Brandon Clay Team Events (@BClayTourneys) May 19, 2023
May 19-21: Power 48
Georgia Media Guru, Kyle Sandy will be with us at GA Highlands College Cartersville.
T25 🍑 State #BClayRecruiting Kids Playing
Andrews
Barrett
Cleaveland
Grooms
Harpring
Hood
Jones
Ledford
Staten
Ta. Thompson
Ti. Thompson
Warren
Wilson pic.twitter.com/s0g2qjAEVh
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) April 25, 2023
EVERYONE IS FOLLOWING SAS 👀📝
‘25s Sarah Gordon & Kayla Cleaveland were both on the phones yesterday after their play in Virginia.
Two prospects to watch closely in May.
MAY EVAL: Power 48 ATL pic.twitter.com/hmg4HmNRPa
Southeast All Stars x Brandon Clay Recruiting #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) April 24, 2023
Southeast All Stars Black was on fire this weekend in Virginia. They’re just heating up!
Andrews
Cleaveland
Harpring
Kitts
Ledford
Parker
Salaam
Thompson
Tuthill pic.twitter.com/ZyeP8MI8Eo
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) April 19, 2023
WHERE ELITE PLAYERS PLAY 🔥🔥🔥
Big weekend ahead for the All Stars.
Four to Know
Kayla Cleaveland
Finley Parker
Skyla Tuthill
Grace Ridley
APRIL EVAL: Champions League @ Boo @coachtaylor_rr1 pic.twitter.com/SPTknrkdmg
Brandon Clay x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) April 17, 2023
WHERE ELITE PLAYERS PLAY 🔥
SAS Black went OFF:@AvaAAndrews15@kkcleav41@milannis2134@Skylatuthill@Lydia_Ledford21@Taryn2026 @FinHoops_0
Coached By: @Kate_Harpring26
APRIL: Champions League @ Boo pic.twitter.com/TbtZy9wUOe
Brandon Clay Summer Showcase
— Brandon Clay Showcases (@BClayTraining) April 8, 2023
🗓️ June 3
📍 ATL
Elite 6 months for ‘25 #BClayRecruiting Kayla Cleaveland of River Ridge / Southeast All Stars
All State ✔️
State Champ ✔️
GA Southern offer ✔️
Who’s Next?@kylacantey3@ashlynn2025@elliep2025
REGISTER https://t.co/EKjqDSbrO7 pic.twitter.com/ueKF4dT9j0
Brandon Clay x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) March 21, 2023
WHERE ELITE PLAYERS PLAY 🔥
‘25 Notes
So @SarahGordon3306 is a 3-Point SNIPER.
Versatility & shot blocking…@AvaAAndrews15 has both.
Heck of a start to ‘23 for @kkcleav41.
Huge skill leap from @IvonaDj2. pic.twitter.com/U8AAuttw3h
Brandon Clay Evals x @prospectsnation
— ProspectsNation.com (@ProspectsNation) March 12, 2023
Newest Eval from the 💻 of @brandonclaypsb:
‘25 Kayla Cleaveland of River Ridge / Southeast All Stars had a MAJOR 48-hour run:
Elite 100 Showcase ✔️
Georgia Southern offer ✔️
State 🏆
GET YOUR EVAL https://t.co/NidGFe3WTt #BClayRecruiting pic.twitter.com/TNSk2n00T2
Brandon Clay High School Summer Showcase x @brandonclaypsb
— Brandon Clay Showcases (@BClayTraining) March 12, 2023
🗓️ June 3
📍 Atlanta
State 🏆 Winners x @XavierSoHoops
‘25 Kayla Cleaveland (BClay Member)
‘25 Isabella Ramirez
‘25 Kitali Youmans
REGISTER https://t.co/EKjqDSbrO7 #BClayRecruiting pic.twitter.com/jPFZjIO3F8
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) March 12, 2023
EVERYONE IS FOLLOWING SAS 👀📝
Georgia Southern has offered ‘25 F Kayla Cleaveland of River Ridge (GA) after her 15-point outing in the state finals Friday.
APRIL EVAL: Virginia Beach Inv. pic.twitter.com/4MCg4qingp
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) March 11, 2023
WHERE ELITE PLAYERS PLAY 🔥🔥🔥
Big night for ‘23 Mataya Gayle & ‘25 Kayla Cleaveland as they take home a state 🏆.
Gayle: 25 pts
Cleaveland: 15 pts
APRIL EVAL: Virginia Beach Invitational pic.twitter.com/PatHHt788L
Brandon Clay x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) March 5, 2023
WHERE ELITE PLAYERS PLAY 🔥🔥🔥
Championship Week is here:
Aubrey Blankenship
Kayla Cleaveland
Diana Collins
Aaiyanna Dunbar
Averie Jones
Emily Monson
Taryn Thompson
Tianna Thompson
all playing for a 🏆 pic.twitter.com/wjgYNog0PR
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) March 4, 2023
WHERE ELITE PLAYERS PLAY 🔥🔥
Cherokee County is officially All Stars Country
6-6A POY: Mataya Gayle 🏆
5-7A POY: Toni Warren 🏆
All-Region Picks
Elle Blatchford
Kayla Cleaveland
Milanni Salaam pic.twitter.com/nrAM56OMO3
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) March 4, 2023
WHERE ELITE PLAYERS PLAY 🔥🔥
Vince Smith will be out to see ‘25 F Kayla Cleaveland of River Ridge again in the Final 4 tomorrow.@VinceSmithPSB | @kkcleav41 | @rrknightsbball | @coachtaylor_rr1 https://t.co/1JCF9EcjYL
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) March 1, 2023
WHERE ELITE PLAYERS PLAY 🔥🔥🔥
You heard it here first on ‘25 Kayla Cleaveland @kkcleav41 of @coachtaylor_rr1’s @rrknightsbball.
Assist ⬇️ @KyleSandy355
APRIL EVAL: Virginia Beach Invitational https://t.co/FkfpfAGxjm
Brandon Clay x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) March 1, 2023
WHERE ELITE PLAYERS PLAY 🔥🔥🔥
Kyle Sandy was on hand to watch some All Stars play tonight.
So was I.
‘25 Kayla Cleaveland 17 pts, 9 rbs
‘23 Mataya Gayle 9 pts, 6 asts
‘26 Kate Harpring 23 pts, 7 rbs pic.twitter.com/bgnwLIdlTq
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) February 22, 2023
EVERYONE IS FOLLOWING SAS 👀📝
‘25 Kayla Cleaveland of River Ridge visited Chattanooga on Saturday.
She was named All-Region last week.
APRIL EVAL: Virginia Beach Invitational @coachtaylor_rr1 pic.twitter.com/0hbhqqybS1
Brandon Clay x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— Southeast All Stars (@SoutheastAStars) February 18, 2023
WHERE ELITE PLAYERS PLAY 🔥🔥🔥
The River Ridge pipeline is full of All Stars
‘23 Mataya Gayle & ‘25 Kayla Cleaveland led them to a Region 🏆 last night.
‘22 REVIEW https://t.co/WcXtv0lps9 @coachtaylor_rr1 pic.twitter.com/LCoF4NEkgu
Brandon Clay x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) February 16, 2023
EVERYONE IS FOLLOWING SAS 👀📝
‘25 Kayla Cleaveland of River Ridge (GA) is going to have a BIGTIME club season.
She’ll visit Chattanooga on Saturday.
2022 REVIEW https://t.co/u7Qjd7qMAw @coachtaylor_rr1 pic.twitter.com/Mw1S2x6Erz
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) February 9, 2023
WHERE ELITE PLAYERS PLAY 🔥🔥🔥
Congrats to SAS members:
‘23 Mataya Gayle (UPenn signee): POY
‘23 Elle Blatchford (Southern Miss)
‘25 Kayla Cleaveland
2022 REVIEW https://t.co/u7Qjd7qMAw pic.twitter.com/4cqeGfTsAh
Brandon Clay Recruiting x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) January 19, 2023
Next: Winter Workouts (Invite-Only)
‘25 F Kayla Cleaveland of River Ridge (GA) helped her team to a W last night.
Southern Miss was on hand.
2022 REVIEW https://t.co/u7Qjd7qMAw @coachtaylor_rr1 pic.twitter.com/u9EgEgfKnn
Brandon Clay x Southeast All Stars x #BClayRecruiting
— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) January 13, 2023
Next: Winter Workouts (Invite-Only)
‘25 F Kayla Cleaveland @kkcleav41 of River Ridge (GA) @coachtaylor_rr1 / @SoutheastAStars can really hoop.
Inside / Outside game. Range to 3.
🎥 @KyleSandy355pic.twitter.com/XSlKUAiIWs
Brandon Clay x Southeast All Stars @southeastastars x #BClayRecruiting
— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) January 10, 2023
Next: Winter Workouts (Invite-Only)
Welcome ‘25 F Kayla Cleaveland of River Ridge (GA) to the Program.
She’s a bigtime prospect in the 🍑 State.
2022 REVIEW https://t.co/u7Qjd7qMAw @coachtaylor_rr1 pic.twitter.com/gZgvfnV0N6
Brandon Clay Scouting
— B r a n d o n C l a y (@BrandonClayPSB) January 8, 2023
She Got Game ATL Stars
‘24 Leah Brooks
‘25 Kayla Cleaveland
‘23 Emma Risch
‘24 Brooke Suttle
‘24 Tianna Thompson
‘25 Skyla Tuthill
‘24 Trinity Vance
‘24 CJ Wilson pic.twitter.com/TTyNwIbuih
Brandon Clay is the owner of the Brandon Clay Scouting Report, Peach State Basketball, Inc., and ProspectsNation.com. Brandon Clay Scouting is utilized by more than 200 colleges and universities nationwide. Clay serves as the Executive Camp Director for the Brandon Clay Recruiting National Training Academies. He is a McDonald’s All-American Game Selection Committee member. Clay serves on the Naismith Trophy Men’s / Women’s College Player of the Year Academy and is the National Coordinator of Voting for the Boys / Girls All-American Teams. He has been involved in the community since 2001. You can reach Clay at [email protected]
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