Allie Ziebell
Allie Ziebell is an American college basketball player for the UConn Huskies of the Big East Conference. She was a five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2024 class.
Early life and high school career
Ziebell was born to Mark and Stephanie Ziebell and has two older brothers, Alex and Austin. She attended Neenah High School in Neenah, Wisconsin. During her junior year, she averaged 25.5 points, 8.6 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, and was named the Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year.During her senior year, she averaged 27.5 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.6 steals per game, and was named the Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. She helped lead Neenah to the WIAA Division 1 state championship game where she scored 35 points in a 59–69 loss to Arrowhead High School. She was also named Wisconsin Miss Basketball, the Associated Press state player of the year and a unanimous first-team all-state selection.
She finished her high school career with 2,819 points, and 859 rebounds. She set a Neenah High School program record, and ranked fourth overall in the state of Wisconsin for career points. She was selected to play in the 2024 McDonald's All-American Girls Game, where she scored eight points, including two three-point field goals. She was rated a five-star recruit, and the No. 7 overall player in the class of 2024 by ESPN. On December 3, 2022, she committed to play college basketball for UConn.
College career
During the 2024–25 season, in her freshman year, she appeared in 33 games off the bench and averaged 2.8 points in 8.2 minutes per game. She made her collegiate debut during the season opener on November 7, 2024, against Boston University and scored six points. She helped UConn win their record 12th national championship.On November 30, 2025, in a game against Xavier, she scored a then career-high 16 points, including five three pointers, in 16 minutes off the bench. On January 28, 2026, in a game against Xavier, she scored a career-high 34 points in 29 minutes off the bench, setting a program record for points off the bench. She recorded ten three-pointers, tying a single-game program record. She became the first UConn player to make ten three-pointers in a game since Katie Lou Samuelson in 2017.