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Post by stevehorn on Nov 10, 2021 16:36:35 GMT -5
Third picture, she's signing. Yes, I know it's symbolic and just a piece of paper. I remember Jhenna's pictures signing just a piece of paper.
Hmmmm, implies that Halter has a scholarship.
I've seen it mentioned a few times that it's one of the newer recruiting ideas to send preferred walk-ons a nice looking document to "sign" during these signing ceremonies. For years it's been assumed that they were signing a blank piece of paper so Jhenna wasn't alone. Have to agree that it appears Halter has a ship. Wonder if she had one before Cabello decided to transfer? |
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Post by nellynel on Nov 10, 2021 16:39:42 GMT -5
Congratulations to all these young women, scholarship or not welcome to UT! I’m looking forward to cheering for them all!
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Post by uncommitted on Nov 10, 2021 16:42:30 GMT -5
Third picture, she's signing. Yes, I know it's symbolic and just a piece of paper. I remember Jhenna's pictures signing just a piece of paper.
Hmmmm, implies that Halter has a scholarship.
I've seen it mentioned a few times that it's one of the newer recruiting ideas to send preferred walk-ons a nice looking document to "sign" during these signing ceremonies. For years it's been assumed that they were signing a blank piece of paper so Jhenna wasn't alone. Have to agree that it appears Halter has a ship. Wonder if she had one before Cabello decided to transfer? It may also mean a scholarship but not for all four years. A lot of power 5 programs now send recruits NLIs that spell out money for each of the four years, as opposed to just one year at a time like they used to (I assume to give athletes more protection). Not uncommon for a Libero/ds to be walk on first 2 but have money on the back end. |
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Post by stevehorn on Nov 10, 2021 16:44:50 GMT -5
In November 2020 Reilly Heinrich was included with the three scholarship players in the commitment day release of the signings. What would be different with Kenna Miller? I would assume that Miller has not completed the entire process of officially accepting her offer of admission to UT. Usually the last step is making a deposit on the first year's tuition. Just speculating on Heinrich, but she was the valedictorian of her high school class. That also meant she had a full academic scholarship to UT (or any state school) for at least her freshman year. Perhaps her academic record got her through the admissions process faster than the normal applicant so that she had officially accepted her admissions offer by signing day. It is more typical for the school not to be able to comment on preferred walk-ons on the November signing day. |
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Post by stevehorn on Nov 10, 2021 16:48:18 GMT -5
Congratulations to all these young women, scholarship or not welcome to UT! I’m looking forward to cheering for them all! For our athletes that aren't on scholarship, you can be assured that they are exceptional students. They have to be admitted to UT much like the normal applicant and the UT admissions office doesn't give much of a break to the non-scholarship athletes in the process. |
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Post by hornfanaustin on Nov 10, 2021 16:53:06 GMT -5
I would assume that Miller has not completed the entire process of officially accepting her offer of admission to UT. Usually the last step is making a deposit on the first year's tuition. Just speculating on Heinrich, but she was the valedictorian of her high school class. That also meant she had a full academic scholarship to UT (or any state school) for at least her freshman year. Perhaps her academic record got her through the admissions process faster than the normal applicant so that she had officially accepted her admissions offer by signing day. It is more typical for the school not to be able to comment on preferred walk-ons on the November signing day. Good points. My daughter graduated HS May 2021. She put her application in to various universities June 2020. She wasn't told about her UT acceptance result until Dec 2020.
If you then consider the recruits like Kahahawai, who only committed in September, obviously her "application" was fast-tracked by the school.
So if Miller is a walk-on, then I'm not sure she gets the special handling that others get. In other words she's waiting until Dec to get her acceptance letter from UT.
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Post by hardballer on Nov 10, 2021 16:54:06 GMT -5
Kenna Miller must really want to be a Longhorn - with that arm I'm sure she had plenty of D1 scholarship offers.
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Post by diatx on Nov 10, 2021 16:56:30 GMT -5
If she is going to be a non-scholarship player, school likely can't comment on her yet. That makes sense. Did they do this for other past players? I feel like they did this for Autumn's class? Also, McKenna got Third Team All American. I'm excited for her to challenge for the spot. I am really excited to see her play. She’s got a quick arm! She might surprise some folks. |
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Post by horns1 on Nov 10, 2021 17:26:34 GMT -5
Also, I doubt that Emma Halter would have committed at 16 years old without the guarantee of a scholarship. Exactly. It makes sense that she would be taking over the scholarship having been used by Sydney Petersen these last 4 seasons. |
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Post by stevehorn on Nov 10, 2021 19:11:36 GMT -5
I've seen it mentioned a few times that it's one of the newer recruiting ideas to send preferred walk-ons a nice looking document to "sign" during these signing ceremonies. For years it's been assumed that they were signing a blank piece of paper so Jhenna wasn't alone. Have to agree that it appears Halter has a ship. Wonder if she had one before Cabello decided to transfer? It may also mean a scholarship but not for all four years. A lot of power 5 programs now send recruits NLIs that spell out money for each of the four years, as opposed to just one year at a time like they used to (I assume to give athletes more protection). Not uncommon for a Libero/ds to be walk on first 2 but have money on the back end. Yes, it is quite possible that she was offered a scholarship for some or all of her non-freshman years. With that in mind, it is her scholarship status in her first year only which dictates how and when the school can comment on her as a recruit. I suspect it's a financial aid agreement that a first-year non-scholarship would receive. Without the first year ship, the NLI would be an useless document as it only applies to the first year. Realistically the NLI is for the protection of the program (ties you to the program for the first year) and the financial aid agreement obligates the school to provide the recruit with the scholarship. A scholarship recruit will receive and sign both. |
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Post by stevehorn on Nov 10, 2021 19:17:28 GMT -5
I would assume that Miller has not completed the entire process of officially accepting her offer of admission to UT. Usually the last step is making a deposit on the first year's tuition. Just speculating on Heinrich, but she was the valedictorian of her high school class. That also meant she had a full academic scholarship to UT (or any state school) for at least her freshman year. Perhaps her academic record got her through the admissions process faster than the normal applicant so that she had officially accepted her admissions offer by signing day. It is more typical for the school not to be able to comment on preferred walk-ons on the November signing day. Good points. My daughter graduated HS May 2021. She put her application in to various universities June 2020. She wasn't told about her UT acceptance result until Dec 2020.
If you then consider the recruits like Kahahawai, who only committed in September, obviously her "application" was fast-tracked by the school.
So if Miller is a walk-on, then I'm not sure she gets the special handling that others get. In other words she's waiting until Dec to get her acceptance letter from UT.
When Herman took over as the head football coach, there was a lot of talk about how the admissions department was a roadblock to an effective walk-on program. Supposedly there was basically no special handling of possible preferred walk-on applications at the time. It was reported that they became a bit more flexible in handling these applications, but are still quite a bit more rigid than most schools. Miller may possibly have received assurances that she will be admitted, but has yet to receive the official offer. |
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Post by texashorns on Nov 10, 2021 19:38:55 GMT -5
Hopefully we can get Maggie Mendelson fingers crossed
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Post by damienn on Nov 10, 2021 19:42:29 GMT -5
Im pretty sure it’s not a deposit that is needed… many schools don’t even start asking for the money until a month before the start of classes… and that would be pretty late, I think it’s just she needs to be accepted by admissions. Also people are saying Jhenna was a walk on but she said she was offered?? If she was a walk on what was she offered? Extra gear? More financial aid?💀
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Post by stevehorn on Nov 10, 2021 20:32:41 GMT -5
Im pretty sure it’s not a deposit that is needed… many schools don’t even start asking for the money until a month before the start of classes… and that would be pretty late, I think it’s just she needs to be accepted by admissions. Also people are saying Jhenna was a walk on but she said she was offered?? If she was a walk on what was she offered? Extra gear? More financial aid?💀 The purpose behind the restriction on a school commenting on recruits is that it is not allowable until the recruit has taken a formal step to accept the offer of admissions by the school. For a scholarship athlete, this is by signing the NLI/financial aid agreement. For a non-scholarship athlete, I suspect this is a school specified step that can vary by school with a deposit being one of the methods. I cannot swear this is correct, but I've read more than once that the method for UT is a deposit. It's been a few years to back in the 90s, but my recall is that I paid a deposit (not a huge one) when both of my girls were accepted to "lock down" their acceptance. If Jhenna made that statement, I suspect what she was offered was a preferred walk-on spot on the team. |
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Post by hornfanaustin on Nov 10, 2021 23:45:36 GMT -5
Im pretty sure it’s not a deposit that is needed… many schools don’t even start asking for the money until a month before the start of classes… and that would be pretty late, I think it’s just she needs to be accepted by admissions. Also people are saying Jhenna was a walk on but she said she was offered?? If she was a walk on what was she offered? Extra gear? More financial aid?💀 Yes, Jhenna was initially a walk-on. This is how it goes, "Jhenna, we don't have a scholarship for you, but we'd like you to play for us"
It means that if she's willing to walk-on, she doesn't have to try out to get a spot on the team. She doesn't have to enroll at a school and then after enrolling go through tryouts to make the team.
Jhenna was awarded a scholarship in her 3rd year.
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