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Post by B1Gminnesotafan on Jul 28, 2023 8:01:41 GMT -5
As much as I and many other Gopher fans would love to see this Turkish Libero become a Gopher, I cannot wrap my head around the scholarship count and see how this is even possible. There are 12 total for each Div 1 team and if all have been given out to the present team, that leaves two players without scholarships for this upcoming season already. Murr will be gone in 2024 and sure hers could go to Zeynep next year. But where would they be coming from for the Swenson Twins? I cannot imagine these players like Grote. McGhie, Davis and Awoleye transferring here without scholarships being offered to them either. Then again, maybe I am wrong on the latter. I assume Mghie is not on a scholarship since she’s a back up setter… she became the back up to Turner on her Kansas team so I think the transfer was more of a lateral move to a better program… but I could be wrong as well Or she was offered one year. That reminds me last year, or was it two years ago, someone said the Big 10 coaches were offering a lot of 2 and 3 year scholarships to the recruits. I wonder if this is still true.
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Post by GoGophs on Jul 28, 2023 9:33:47 GMT -5
…so? It’s practice. Just be happy USA volleyball is giving us content. I guess...but I'd hardly call this "content". These are supposedly the best 17's and 16's players in the country to represent us in the U19 tournament... I dunno if that's the clip I'd be putting out as "content" on the socials... Sounds like an issue you should take up with USAV and the U19 coaches. Meanwhile, I’ll keep cheering on these young players and every touch on the ball they get to make themselves better.
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Post by vollem on Aug 22, 2023 22:24:21 GMT -5
All I'm here to say is Kinney, while limited PT in U21, showed some great moxie and quickness in the backcourt. She got a bunch of points in a row late in an otherwise kinda deflated set 3.
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Post by forvolley on Aug 22, 2023 22:27:05 GMT -5
All I'm here to say is Kinney, while limited PT in U21, showed some great moxie and quickness in the backcourt. She got a bunch of points in a row late in an otherwise kinda deflated set 3. She did really well. Served a couple aces too!
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Post by GoGophs on Aug 27, 2023 12:49:16 GMT -5
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Post by skyspy on Aug 28, 2023 6:45:40 GMT -5
All I'm here to say is Kinney, while limited PT in U21, showed some great moxie and quickness in the backcourt. She got a bunch of points in a row late in an otherwise kinda deflated set 3. Kinney is a very good player and will do well for the Gophers.
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Aug 28, 2023 8:21:48 GMT -5
As much as I and many other Gopher fans would love to see this Turkish Libero become a Gopher, I cannot wrap my head around the scholarship count and see how this is even possible. There are 12 total for each Div 1 team and if all have been given out to the present team, that leaves two players without scholarships for this upcoming season already. Murr will be gone in 2024 and sure hers could go to Zeynep next year. But where would they be coming from for the Swenson Twins? I cannot imagine these players like Grote. McGhie, Davis and Awoleye transferring here without scholarships being offered to them either. Then again, maybe I am wrong on the latter. I'd be surprised if both twins got a scholarship. Perhaps NIL will come into play.
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Post by BigDigEnergy on Aug 28, 2023 8:28:38 GMT -5
As much as I and many other Gopher fans would love to see this Turkish Libero become a Gopher, I cannot wrap my head around the scholarship count and see how this is even possible. There are 12 total for each Div 1 team and if all have been given out to the present team, that leaves two players without scholarships for this upcoming season already. Murr will be gone in 2024 and sure hers could go to Zeynep next year. But where would they be coming from for the Swenson Twins? I cannot imagine these players like Grote. McGhie, Davis and Awoleye transferring here without scholarships being offered to them either. Then again, maybe I am wrong on the latter. I'd be surprised if both twins got a scholarship. Perhaps NIL will come into play. Me too! I think Stella will/should for sure get the full scholarship and that might be coming from one of the current setters (most likely McGhie if she is on one right now) or from Murr.
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Aug 28, 2023 8:33:22 GMT -5
I'd be surprised if both twins got a scholarship. Perhaps NIL will come into play. Me too! I think Stella will/should for sure get the full scholarship and that might be coming from one of the current setters (most likely McGhie if she is on one right now) or from Murr. I would be shocked if Stella wasn't offered a full scholarship. Especially at the time they committed. Olivia's commitment came sometime after Stella's. I'm guessing if both were offered, they would've committed at the same time. All speculation, of course.
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Post by BigDigEnergy on Sept 19, 2023 17:00:28 GMT -5
This is a pretty thorough interview of our 25's OH recruit Kelly Kinney. She seems so so down to earth! Also if you just want to watch/listen the recruiting part, it starts at 19:22. It shows the moment and conversation she had with Kelsay and then another call with Cook. Apparently McKenna helped seal the deal
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Post by douglass9 on Sept 19, 2023 17:21:58 GMT -5
It was reported that a high value recruit was at the Creighton game. Anyone know who it was?
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Post by comet on Sept 19, 2023 18:35:14 GMT -5
It was reported that a high value recruit was at the Creighton game. Anyone know who it was? I think that visit fell through for unknown reasons per JT
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Post by JT on Sept 19, 2023 19:19:38 GMT -5
It was reported that a high value recruit was at the Creighton game. Anyone know who it was? I think that visit fell through for unknown reasons per JTNot per me. I saw the posts, but didn’t make them, and don’t recall who did. I *sometimes* figure out - at the match - that there’s a recruit visiting. Never before the match.
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Post by BigDigEnergy on Sept 19, 2023 19:25:21 GMT -5
It was reported that a high value recruit was at the Creighton game. Anyone know who it was? I think that visit fell through for unknown reasons per JT It was me lol. And I unfortunately will not disclose who that recruit is.
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Post by GoGophs on Oct 16, 2023 7:16:21 GMT -5
Wanted to lay this out just for my own visual. Next years team if everyone stays:
Setter: Shaffmaster Mghie Stella* Ng
OPP: Crowl* Schnichles* Grote Hansen*
OH: Landfair* Wucherer* Olivia*
DS: Zeynep* Gray
MB: Minatee* Davis* Awoleye
* scholarship player (my guess)
Thats 16 players total and 10 scholarships. Shaffmaster, Awoleye, Grote and Mghie will all be covid seniors so I'm assuming they'll use NIL money to stay... not sure how MN is managing that. But if my guesses are correct then next years math is mathing and we'll have 2 available scholarships for transfers/Covid seniors. In 2025 Shaffmaster, Awoleye, Grote, Crowl, Davis, Mghie and Gray will all be gone so lots of roster to fill and at least 4 available scholarships. It wouldn't surprise me if Garr isn't on a schollie so that may leave at least one more scholarship to give. Definitely going to need a middle... but Mullen would be a fantastic get. She's a strong server and blocker so she fits the mold for what KCook has said he wants to build.
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