Top recruits' second choice

[BeiBei]

Someone asked in another thread which other schools did Hooker and Engle considered?
I am wondering who are the schools that just missed out on the top players, these are some that I know but they may not be accurate. Alix Klineman came up with 5 finalists does anyone know who was her second choice?

Ashley Engle - UCLA
Christal Morrison - Arizona
Logan Tom - Penn State
Ogonna Nnamani - Penn state? or is it Minnesota?
Whitney Dosty - Texas?
Nicole Fawcett - Minnesota?
Megan Hodge - Washington?
Jessica Gysin - Texas?
Sarah Pavan - Minnesota? or is it Stanford?
Kim Glass/Jen Abernathy - UCLA?

I read an article about Jordan Larson briefly entertained the idea of playing for UCLA but UCLA is probably a distant second in this case

[ersatzhusker]

Sarah Pavan's 2nd choice was Minnesota from what I've read. She considered Stanford until she actually visited and "came away with a bad feeling." -- whatever that is.

I haven't read anything about Jordan Larson's 2nd choice. She committed to NU around the beginning of her Jr year, IIRC.

From what Anne-Marie Anderson said during the AVCA Showcase, NU was the only school to offer Christina Houghtelling a scholarship. Apparently, no school outside of the state of Nebraska knew anything about her.

[Orpheus]

I think both Marcie Hampton and Nicole McCray considered Texas. Same with Mishka Levy and Kristee Porter.

[Wolfgang]

This first choice, second choice business is really complicated. We are, after all, talking about the mindset of a female athlete.

Some (perhaps most) girls do not end up in their first choice school. Possibly, most of them end up in their second, third, fourth, or lower school. So, when you ask us what were the second choice schools for the top recruits, I think it's safe to say some of them are currently playing for their second choice school. Think about it. Stanford only has roughly 2-4 scholies available each year. When those fill up, all the girls who had Stanford as #1 now has to resort to their #2 schools. When the scholies for the #2 schools fill up, the remaining girls must look to school #3. And so on as the domino effect continues.

I suspect it may even be more complicated than this. Some girls know they're not in a school's radar so they don't even consider that school at all, even though they would place it at #1 or #2 if the school showed any interest. So, in Sally Striker's case, in her mind, Stanford is #1, but Stanford isn't interested, so she rationalizes that she's REALLY interested in Minnesota, which HAS shown interest.