Imagine a team with Californians JuJu Watkins, Gabriela Jaquez, Kaitlyn Chen, Kiki Iriafen and Te-Hina Paopao.

Every year, we see players come out from nowhere to have their big moments. But we also see star players simply take over the lead their teams to victory. However, we have also seen plenty of college stars don't pan out at the next level.

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