March had already been quite the month for Bradley Central High School’s Kimora Fields when it came to basketball.
She put a bow on it Sunday afternoon.
Fields, a 6-foot junior who is ranked as one of the nation’s top prospects in the 2026 recruiting cycle, announced her college commitment to Clemson, doing so a couple weeks after leading the Bearettes to the TSSAA Class 4A title — their ninth state championship overall and first three-peat — and being named the classification’s Miss Basketball winner for the 2024-25 season.
“Thank you God for this sport and all the highs and lows that come with it,” Fields wrote on X in her post sharing her commitment to the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Tigers. “Without God’s grace, I would not be who I am today. Thank you to my mom for all the sacrifices and for being my No. 1 supporter always. Thank you to everyone who has invested in me as a person and as a player. I am so excited to continue my career at Clemson University. Go Tigers!”
Fields is listed as the No. 32 overall recruit for the class of 2026 in espnW.com’s HoopGurlz rankings, which also has the versatile playmaker as the nation’s No. 7 wing player.
The Tigers recently wrapped up their first season under Shawn Poppie, who coached the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to back-to-back Southern Conference tournament titles in his two seasons with the Mocs before heading to Clemson. Poppie first offered a scholarship to Fields on Jan. 14, 2023, during his first season in Chattanooga. Poppie has a 62-35 overall record in three seasons as a head coach, including going 14-17 in his debut campaign at Clemson.
Bradley Central coach Jason Reuter has a career winning rate of better than 91% and four state titles in his 15 seasons leading the Bearettes, so there have been plenty of talented players to come through the program. That includes the only other Miss Basketball winners in Bearettes history: Brittany Jackson Tucker (Class AAA in 2001), who went on to play for Pat Summitt’s Tennessee Lady Volunteers, and Rhyne Howard (Class AAA in 2018), who starred at Kentucky and was the WNBA’s No. 1 draft pick and rookie of the year in 2022.
“I have never had a girl quite like Kimora,” Reuter said. “She has starred on the biggest stage of high school since she was a freshman against 6-foot-3 and 6-foot-4 girls. She is one of the best players I have ever coached, and she holds the TSSAA single-season field-goal percentage record for a reason. She is one of the strongest post players in the state.”
Fields will enter her final prep season with 2,055 career points after shooting 68.1%, 69.2% and 66.1% her first three seasons with the Bearettes, who are 104-3 overall during that time. Bradley Central’s three-peat produced one of the most dominant seasons in TSSAA girls’ basketball history — Reuter’s squad defeated its opposition 77.4-30.9 on average — and Fields capped it by being named MVP of the state tournament. She won that same honor as a freshman.
Fields’ career-high single-game marks include 41 points, 17 rebounds, nine assists and nine steals. She had a dominant performance in the Bearettes’ comeback win against Bearden in the state semifinals on March 14, scoring 27 points on 11-of-15 shooting with 13 rebounds and a block.
She averaged 19.9 points, 7.1 rebounds (3.5 offensive), 3.3 steals and 2.3 assists in 21.4 minutes per game during her junior campaign, and Field also extended her range as she shot 12-of-36 from behind the 3-point arc.
Fields set the TSSAA single-season record for field-goal percentage as a sophomore at better than 69%, and she shot 71.4% at the state tournament during her freshman and junior seasons.
Kimora has excelled off the court, too, as she has a 4.0 GPA in the classroom.
Contact Patrick MacCoon at pmaccoon@timesfreepress.com.