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Post by Longhorn20 on Jan 6, 2024 10:34:50 GMT -5
Henley sounds like she wants to be a Longhorn to me lol . I thought the same thing! lol When the interviewer brought up recruiting, distance was the first thing she said. And even said she felt like she was leaning toward staying in Texas. Also I think it bodes well for us that she mentioned multiple times that she likes being in competitive gyms where she is pushed to get better rather than being the star.
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Jan 6, 2024 10:37:52 GMT -5
Henley sounds like she wants to be a Longhorn to me lol . I thought the same thing! lol When the interviewer brought up recruiting, distance was the first thing she said. And even said she felt like she was leaning toward staying in Texas. Also I think it bodes well for us that she mentioned multiple times that she likes being in competitive gyms where she is pushed to get better rather than being the star. Loved hearing that from Harvey too
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Post by hookem1 on Jan 6, 2024 13:30:32 GMT -5
Recruits across different sports mention one of the appeals of Texas is the city of Austin and having a life outside of your sport. Most notably, Arch Manning but it’s echoed again in Harvey’s interview. It’s a great aspect that really resonates with young people. (In addition to the athletic and academic achievements)
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Post by hornshouse23 on Jan 6, 2024 14:44:40 GMT -5
She said I want to be the slide/ace queen when I grow up!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2024 21:47:46 GMT -5
Looks like Sarah Hickman (2026 6’5 OH), Mallory Matheny (2026 5’11 S/RS), Marissa Jones (2027 6’ S) and Olivia Henry (2027 6’4 OH) all caught CJ’s attention at NTDP
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Jan 8, 2024 9:23:07 GMT -5
I wonder if our 2025 class isn’t done. Logan Parks has yet to commit. She follows Texas and Cursty and Cursty follows back. 2025/2026 would be the year we’d need another top level setter too Re: Logan Parks, it says in her Gatorade summary that she verbally committed to Stanford - obviously not gospel, but I imagine they would not have that information unless she provided it playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/winner/logan-parks/40021
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Jan 8, 2024 9:25:50 GMT -5
Also, here is the write up on Ayden Ames: playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/winner/ayden-ames/40048Can somebody explain this sentence to me - " Taking advantage of NCAA early signing rules, Ames inked a financial-aid agreement that paved the way for her to enroll at the University of Texas, where she will play volleyball." 1) Is she not on a four-year scholarship? 2) What does early signing have to do with financial aid?
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Post by slxpress on Jan 8, 2024 9:28:43 GMT -5
Also, here is the write up on Ayden Ames: playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/winner/ayden-ames/40048Can somebody explain this sentence to me - "Taking advantage of NCAA early signing rules, Ames inked a financial-aid agreement that paved the way for her to enroll at the University of Texas, where she will play volleyball." That’s just another way of saying scholarship, usually. Might mean something different here, but I doubt it.
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Post by eotexas5 on Jan 8, 2024 9:49:00 GMT -5
omg how adorable! lol that look back at the parents, haha, i know that view all too well!
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Post by horns1 on Jan 8, 2024 11:45:53 GMT -5
Also, here is the write up on Ayden Ames: playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/winner/ayden-ames/40048Can somebody explain this sentence to me - " Taking advantage of NCAA early signing rules, Ames inked a financial-aid agreement that paved the way for her to enroll at the University of Texas, where she will play volleyball." 1) Is she not on a four-year scholarship? 2) What does early signing have to do with financial aid? This has been the way I thought things worked, but maybe it's false or only partially accurate. When a student-athlete signs their National Letter of Intent during one of the designated signing periods, the agreement/expectation is that they will enroll in college after the typical academic year is complete (so like summer or Fall sessions). When they decide to be an early enrollee, their scholarship isn't inclusive of a semester earlier than the scholarship agreement they signed; perhaps that scholarship has a specific start date (that would actually make sense as it is sort of a contract). So, perhaps the "financial aid agreement" is to supplement the semester which was not technically/legally specified in the National Letter of Intent? Either way, all indications are that she will be receiving her financial assistance starting this month.
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Post by hornfanaustin on Jan 8, 2024 12:07:45 GMT -5
I wonder if our 2025 class isn’t done. Logan Parks has yet to commit. She follows Texas and Cursty and Cursty follows back. 2025/2026 would be the year we’d need another top level setter too Re: Logan Parks, it says in her Gatorade summary that she verbally committed to Stanford - obviously not gospel, but I imagine they would not have that information unless she provided it playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/winner/logan-parks/40021Gatorade still using the picture of Lexi Sun in the banner. How long are you going to troll us Gatorade!?!
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Post by stevehorn on Jan 8, 2024 12:27:34 GMT -5
Also, here is the write up on Ayden Ames: playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/winner/ayden-ames/40048Can somebody explain this sentence to me - " Taking advantage of NCAA early signing rules, Ames inked a financial-aid agreement that paved the way for her to enroll at the University of Texas, where she will play volleyball." 1) Is she not on a four-year scholarship? 2) What does early signing have to do with financial aid? This has been the way I thought things worked, but maybe it's false or only partially accurate. When a student-athlete signs their National Letter of Intent during one of the designated signing periods, the agreement/expectation is that they will enroll in college after the typical academic year is complete (so like summer or Fall sessions). When they decide to be an early enrollee, their scholarship isn't inclusive of a semester earlier than the scholarship agreement they signed; perhaps that scholarship has a specific start date (that would actually make sense as it is sort of a contract). So, perhaps the "financial aid agreement" is to supplement the semester which was not technically/legally specified in the National Letter of Intent? Either way, all indications are that she will be receiving her financial assistance starting this month. When a scholarship recruit "signs" with their school, they typically sign two documents. One is the NLI and the other is a financial aid agreement (that is the official name, not scholarship agreement). So signing a financial aid agreement is typical. I suspect the person writing that article isn't very familiar with recruiting or perhaps recent changes. They say "early signing", not "early enrollee". They may still think that volleyball still has two signing periods and not aware that it is one long period now.
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Post by stanfordvb on Jan 8, 2024 13:10:20 GMT -5
I wonder if our 2025 class isn’t done. Logan Parks has yet to commit. She follows Texas and Cursty and Cursty follows back. 2025/2026 would be the year we’d need another top level setter too Re: Logan Parks, it says in her Gatorade summary that she verbally committed to Stanford - obviously not gospel, but I imagine they would not have that information unless she provided it playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/winner/logan-parks/40021yes, she verbally committed to the stanford staff a few months ago but obviously waiting for admissions to announce publicly
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Post by stevehorn on Jan 8, 2024 13:15:18 GMT -5
yes, she verbally committed to the stanford staff a few months ago but obviously waiting for admissions to announce publicly No one from Stanford can "announce" her until she signs a NLI with Stanford which would be November at the earliest.
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Post by stanfordvb on Jan 8, 2024 13:20:27 GMT -5
yes, she verbally committed to the stanford staff a few months ago but obviously waiting for admissions to announce publicly No one from Stanford can "announce" her until she signs a NLI with Stanford which would be November at the earliest. from I what recall our recruits usually make social media posts at the end of their junior year / summer going into senior year, which is before NLI's are signed I thought? just checked and yu posted in May of her junior year, Andrew posted in July before her senior year
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