With Candace Parker at the helm, adidas demonstrates its commitment to elevating women's basketball from the ground up.

Adidas announced Thursday it has signed 16-year-old Kaleena Smith, a five-star recruit from Ontario Christian High School, to its first NIL deal for a high school women's basketball player. Smith becomes the company's first signing under three-time WNBA champion Candace Parker,

Southern California teen Kaleena Smith became the first women's basketball student-athlete to sign an NIL deal with adidas.