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Post by VBallLife on Jan 19, 2024 7:42:25 GMT -5
Texas Volleyball's social media pages did not announce her (or Binney/Ramirez) on National Signing Day in November 2023, which has become the best indicator that we common folks have as to who is on scholarship versus who is not. For reference, we only posted on signing day for Halter, Singletary, and Kahahawai in November of 2021 for our class of 2022 when we also had Kenna Miller and Marina Crownover in that class. By that reasoning, the Texas Volleyball account's only posting on NSD '23 of Ames indicated that the rest of our '24 class (Emerick, Binney, and Ramirez) are all walk-ons. Maybe. But i also wouldn't trust the Volleyball social media team. I think they announced rutherford but not lauenstein or Carlson. are both of them walk-ons? They also already announced Harvey, which they definitely shouldn't have done yet. On instagram at least. they all were announced ,Lauenstein with her family and Carlson .
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Post by VBallLife on Jan 19, 2024 7:43:57 GMT -5
Y’all gotta stop sleeping on my girl Reese. She’s ranked #33 NATIONALLY OVERALL. Not in Texas. Not for Liberos. She’s considered in the top 40 best players in the nation for all positions. For context Halter was ranked 60 her senior year. Im not saying Reese is Emma cause obviously everyone is different. But don’t sleep on my girl. She’s not your average walk on DS. is that in PrepDig or PrepVolleyball?
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Post by horns1 on Jan 19, 2024 8:01:31 GMT -5
Do we know she's a walk-on? Texas Volleyball's social media pages did not announce her (or Binney/Ramirez) on National Signing Day in November 2023, which has become the best indicator that we common folks have as to who is on scholarship versus who is not. For reference, we only posted on signing day for Halter, Singletary, and Kahahawai in November of 2021 for our class of 2022 when we also had Kenna Miller and Marina Crownover in that class. By that reasoning, the Texas Volleyball account's only posting on NSD '23 of Ames indicated that the rest of our '24 class (Emerick, Binney, and Ramirez) are all walk-ons. I tend to go by what our official website TexasSports.com posts. In November, they issued an official announcement of 2024 signee, Ayden Ames; that was it. So, as most speculated, Ramirez, Emerick, and Binney will be walk-ons for the first year at least. For Emerick, she probably falls into similar situations as former local walk-ons Autumn Rounsaville and Clair Hahn. Some posters mentioned in the past that in-state walk-ons receive some type of aid.
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Post by stevehorn on Jan 19, 2024 9:42:57 GMT -5
Texas Volleyball's social media pages did not announce her (or Binney/Ramirez) on National Signing Day in November 2023, which has become the best indicator that we common folks have as to who is on scholarship versus who is not. For reference, we only posted on signing day for Halter, Singletary, and Kahahawai in November of 2021 for our class of 2022 when we also had Kenna Miller and Marina Crownover in that class. By that reasoning, the Texas Volleyball account's only posting on NSD '23 of Ames indicated that the rest of our '24 class (Emerick, Binney, and Ramirez) are all walk-ons. Maybe. But i also wouldn't trust the Volleyball social media team. I think they announced rutherford but not lauenstein or Carlson. are both of them walk-ons? They also already announced Harvey, which they definitely shouldn't have done yet. On instagram at least. As mentioned above, Texassports' signing day announcement was also just Ames. Because women's volleyball only has 12 ships, most teams appear to restrict the number of ships for backrow players to one or two. It is assumed that Halter and Akana are on a ship, so very doubtful that Elliott would bring in another scholarship L/DS this year. Also it is common in volleyball for a recruit to be offered what is called a "2/2 ship" as was mentioned above. In this arrangement, typically the recruit starts as a non-scholarship player the first two years, but then receives a ship the last two years. When you look at our current roster, it is quite possible that any of Rutherford, Lauenstein, or Carlson (or two or all three) are not on a ship.
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Post by hgc159 on Jan 19, 2024 9:44:25 GMT -5
Maybe they announce when the student athlete is officially admitted, registered, and enrolled?
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Post by stevehorn on Jan 19, 2024 9:44:26 GMT -5
Maybe. But i also wouldn't trust the Volleyball social media team. I think they announced rutherford but not lauenstein or Carlson. are both of them walk-ons? They also already announced Harvey, which they definitely shouldn't have done yet. On instagram at least. they all were announced ,Lauenstein with her family and Carlson . IIRC those announcements were by their private accounts or some other non-school accounts, not by an account associated with the school.
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Post by hornfanaustin on Jan 19, 2024 10:59:10 GMT -5
Maybe they announce when the student athlete is officially admitted, registered, and enrolled? Volleyball, for HS players, signs in November and shortly afterwards they are listed on the texassports.com as well as social media. And only then, will JE talk about them.
And then for the walkons......they are not mentioned in social media, but players then put it up on their personal social media and do a fake signing at their schools with the rest of their classmates. And until these walkons register and confirmed they are attending Texas will JE talk about them.
Jhenna Gabriel had her "signing" on a table with white tablecloth from what it seems her parents' house. I can't find that picture on the internet anymore. I'm sure someone here will dig it up. And yes, she was a walkon until JE put her on scholarship after taking over the setter job.
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Post by outlaw on Jan 19, 2024 11:23:17 GMT -5
Texas Volleyball's social media pages did not announce her (or Binney/Ramirez) on National Signing Day in November 2023, which has become the best indicator that we common folks have as to who is on scholarship versus who is not. For reference, we only posted on signing day for Halter, Singletary, and Kahahawai in November of 2021 for our class of 2022 when we also had Kenna Miller and Marina Crownover in that class. By that reasoning, the Texas Volleyball account's only posting on NSD '23 of Ames indicated that the rest of our '24 class (Emerick, Binney, and Ramirez) are all walk-ons. Maybe. But i also wouldn't trust the Volleyball social media team. I think they announced rutherford but not lauenstein or Carlson. are both of them walk-ons? They also already announced Harvey, which they definitely shouldn't have done yet. On instagram at least. While I concede that our social media team has its ways about things (Lol), I have come to trust them with this sort of announcement as it has remained consistent over the last couple years. I also think a large part of understanding the significance of the posts has to do with their nuance and nature, as Harvey, Lauenstein, and Rutherford's posts were their own, and then they "collaborated" with @ texasvolleyball to include them on the team's feed. As opposed to Ames' signing day post, which was curated and posted by Texas Volleyball. They do a similar video edit post for each class' scholarship signee's (as I have come to understand it). It is also common for the Texas Volleyball page to "repost" a player's commitment post on the team's story, which I have come to understand is different from a real post made and shared by our team. Ames' NSD Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/Czb-OVDONzk Notice that our page did not make similar posts for Emerick, Binney, or Ramirez. And, like horns1 stated above, our social media activity matches what is posted on texassports.com Here is the release from signing day 2022 which announces all 5 of our 2023 class, I didn't feel like scrolling through our instagram page to November of 2022 but the account did posts for the same 5 athletes. texassports.com/news/2022/11/9/no-1-volleyball-announces-2023-signing-class
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Post by outlaw on Jan 19, 2024 11:26:58 GMT -5
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Post by outlaw on Jan 19, 2024 11:28:05 GMT -5
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Post by outlaw on Jan 19, 2024 11:28:27 GMT -5
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Post by stevehorn on Jan 19, 2024 11:37:30 GMT -5
Maybe. But i also wouldn't trust the Volleyball social media team. I think they announced rutherford but not lauenstein or Carlson. are both of them walk-ons? They also already announced Harvey, which they definitely shouldn't have done yet. On instagram at least. While I concede that our social media team has its ways about things (Lol), I have come to trust them with this sort of announcement as it has remained consistent over the last couple years. I also think a large part of understanding the significance of the posts has to do with their nuance and nature, as Harvey, Lauenstein, and Rutherford's posts were their own, and then they "collaborated" with @ texasvolleyball to include them on the team's feed. As opposed to Ames' signing day post, which was curated and posted by Texas Volleyball. They do a similar video edit post for each class' scholarship signee's (as I have come to understand it). It is also common for the Texas Volleyball page to "repost" a player's commitment post on the team's story, which I have come to understand is different from a real post made and shared by our team. Ames' NSD Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/Czb-OVDONzk Notice that our page did not make similar posts for Emerick, Binney, or Ramirez. And, like horns1 stated above, our social media activity matches what is posted on texassports.com Here is the release from signing day 2022 which announces all 5 of our 2023 class, I didn't feel like scrolling through our instagram page to November of 2022 but the account did posts for the same 5 athletes. texassports.com/news/2022/11/9/no-1-volleyball-announces-2023-signing-classSchools can repost, like, etc. a social media post made by a recruit even if the recruit's status doesn't allow them to announce the recruit. Just confirmation of your comment above.
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Post by g4lvolley on Jan 19, 2024 12:39:17 GMT -5
New to Volleytalk but whoever said when Texas volleyball post the signing announcements of players that they’re on scholarship is correct. If you noticed when we got Kayla Caffey her didn’t say signed, it said committed. On signing day, they sign their NLI which is pretty much financial aid aka scholarship money for the athletes. Walk ons do not sign their NLI. Our scholarship athletes are Skinner, Wenaas, Akana, Kahahawai, Halter, Singletary, Swindle, Helmers, Byrd, Bunton, Tomkinson, and Ames.
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Post by hookem1 on Jan 19, 2024 12:48:48 GMT -5
Sark and Elliott really tryna fight rn to have the better portal class this cycle and i love it
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Post by austinhorn21 on Jan 19, 2024 12:51:18 GMT -5
Ames is the only one on scholarship for the incoming freshman. I don’t think JE cares whether the scholarship box is checked or not when he is filling out the lineup card. These are all really talented girls that will be competing for playing time on the court. This staff has made this the most competitive gym in the country and you better bring it if you want to be on the court. Which is great news for us fans because it means we have a good chance to see a few for more national championships come back to Austin in the near future.
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