North Carolina · High School
Hickory Ridge High
97 athletes. 5 years. 20 colleges.
Every athlete Hickory Ridge High has sent to college football, basketball, and track over the last 5 years. Verified against live NCAA rosters. Located in Harrisburg, NC.
Elite
W. Basketball
D2
18
5yr
Strong
Football
FCS
29
5yr
Strong
Football
D2
16
5yr
Emerging
Football
D3
8
5yr
Emerging
M. Track
D1
6
5yr
Emerging
W. Track
D2
6
5yr
Emerging
W. Track
D1
5
5yr
Emerging
M. Track
D2
4
5yr
How feeder tiers work
Tiers are percentile rankings across every U.S. high school for a given sport and college division, measured over the last 5 years.
Elite
Top 2% of U.S. high schools in this sport and division.
Strong
Top 10% (excluding elite schools).
Rising
Top 25% (excluding elite and strong schools).
Emerging
At least one verified placement in the 5-year window.
Football is ranked separately for FBS (top-level D1) and FCS (D1-AA). Every other sport uses a single D1 tier. Tiers recompute weekly as new college roster data lands.
Pipeline scoreboard
97
Total placements
verified college athletes
20
Unique colleges
programs recruited from
5
Sports represented
Led by football
5yr
Rolling window
2021 to 2025
Destinations
Which colleges have recruited the most players from Hickory Ridge High?
These are the programs actually pulling athletes from this roster. Ranked by verified placements over the last 5 years. Click any college to see your fit score against that program.
Football
→FCSStrong feeder29
total placements
Hickory Ridge High is ranked as a strong feeder for football FCS. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Hickory Ridge High over the last 5 years.
Women's Basketball
→D2Elite feeder18
total placements
Hickory Ridge High is ranked as an elite feeder for women's basketball D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Hickory Ridge High over the last 5 years.
Football
→D2Strong feeder16
total placements
Hickory Ridge High is ranked as a strong feeder for football D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Hickory Ridge High over the last 5 years.
Football
→D3Emerging feeder8
total placements
Hickory Ridge High is ranked as an emerging feeder for football D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Hickory Ridge High over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D1Emerging feeder6
total placements
Hickory Ridge High is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's track D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Hickory Ridge High over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→D2Emerging feeder6
total placements
Hickory Ridge High is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's track D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Hickory Ridge High over the last 5 years.
Women's Track
→D1Emerging feeder5
total placements
Hickory Ridge High is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's track D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Hickory Ridge High over the last 5 years.
Men's Track
→D2Emerging feeder4
total placements
Hickory Ridge High is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's track D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Hickory Ridge High over the last 5 years.
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Men's Basketball
→D2Emerging feeder2
total placements
Hickory Ridge High is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's basketball D2. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Hickory Ridge High over the last 5 years.
Women's Basketball
→D1Emerging feeder2
total placements
Hickory Ridge High is ranked as an emerging feeder for women's basketball D1. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Hickory Ridge High over the last 5 years.
Men's Basketball
→D3Emerging feeder1
total placements
Hickory Ridge High is ranked as an emerging feeder for men's basketball D3. The colleges below have actually received athletes from Hickory Ridge High over the last 5 years.
Notable Alumni
Who are the current Hickory Ridge High alumni on college rosters?
Real athletes playing right now. Scraped from live college rosters this week. Not self-reported, not seven years old, not fabricated.
Jordan Wilkes
Football · LB · 2025
Richmond
40 Nick Ciccone
Football · TE · 2024
Guilford
Luke Gilbertson
Football · LB · 2024
Gardner-Webb
32 Sheree Gidney
Women's Basketball · F · 2024
Catawba
5 Amya Leathers
Women's Basketball · G · 2024
Clark Atlanta
29 more Hickory Ridge High alumni are on college rosters right now.
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Frequently Asked
Questions we get about Hickory Ridge High
What is Hickory Ridge High's college recruiting track record?
Hickory Ridge High in Harrisburg, NC has sent 97 athletes to college programs across football, basketball, and track in the last 5 years. Pipeline data is verified against 1,597 NCAA and NAIA athletic rosters.
Does Hickory Ridge High send players to FCS football programs?
Yes. Hickory Ridge High has sent 29 players to FCS football programs in the last 5 years, earning a strong FCS feeder rating. FCS (formerly Division I-AA) is the sub-tier of Division I football below FBS.
Where does this Hickory Ridge High recruiting data come from?
RawRecruit aggregates data from first-party scraping of 1,597 college athletic rosters across football, basketball, and track. Each athlete's high school is matched against the NCES federal high school database using a state-disambiguated fuzzy matching algorithm. Tier badges are computed from percentile rankings over a rolling 5-year window.
How can athletes from Hickory Ridge High get recruited by college programs?
Athletes from Hickory Ridge High can use RawRecruit's Fit Score algorithm to find personalized matches across 1,597 college programs. RawRecruit analyzes athletic fit, academic fit, positional need, geographic proximity, and cultural fit -- plus the HS pipeline data shown here -- to recommend realistic targets and identify recruiting opportunities.
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