Angel Reese (born May 6, 2002) is an American college basketball player for the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). She attended St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, Maryland, where she was awarded with McDonald's All-American honors in 2020 and was ranked the number two player in her class by ESPN. Reese joined Maryland as the best recruit in program history but her freshman season in 2020–21 was interrupted by a fractured right foot. She was named a Third Team All-American by the Associated Press as a sophomore before transferring to LSU.