Iowa WBB Class of 2026 Recruiting Thread
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Maybe if Jan can get one that she wants, then another one or two may follow soon after.
Actually need to give credit where credit is due.
We are talking about recruiting here. What is known before their college career even begins.
Think recruiting McDonald's All-Americans are very high on a coach's list (Most years only 24 players can claim this).
If you can't get them, McDonald's All-American Nominees are next in line (~350-500 in this group a year).
Believe being drafted at the end of career gives them some clout as well that they had talent.
As stated, someone could argue the opposite of what you're claiming. Our PGs may have over produced based on other team players around them.
I only included Scott's recent list + up until now and not back 25 years.
Kamille Whalin (2008-2011)
McDonald's All-American Nominee (2007) <---
Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2008)
Kamille Wahlin - Women's Basketball 2010-11
Kamille Wahlin - Women's Basketball 2010-11hawkeyesports.com
Samantha Logic (2012-2015)
McDonald's All-American (2011) <---
Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2012)
Big Ten All-Tournament Team (2014)
Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List Finalist (2014)
2× First-team All-Big Ten (2014, 2015)
Third-team All-American – AP (2015)
All-American – USBWA (2015)
WBCA Coaches' All-American (2015)
First-team All-American by the United States Basketball Writers Association (2015)
WNBA draft 1st round, 10th overall pick - Selected by the Atlanta Dream (2015)
Nancy Lieberman Award Finalist (2015)
John R. Wooden Award Ballot (2015)
2015 Naismith Trophy Midseason 30 List (2015)
Dawn Staley Award Watch List (2015)
Samantha Logic - Women's Basketball 2011-12
Samantha Logic - Women's Basketball 2011-12hawkeyesports.comSamantha Logic - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Tania Davis (2015-2018)
ESPN Top 40 guard (ranked No. 36) <---
ESPN HoopGurlz Top 100 recruit, ranked as the 36th-best prospect nationally and the 12th-best point guard
"[Davis:] I want to win Miss Basketball my senior year, win a state championship and hopefully play in the McDonald's All-American game," Davis told The Flint Journal earlier this summer. "This is my last year, so I'm just trying to go hard and make the best of it." <---
ESPN Top 40 guard Tania Davis of Goodrich commits to Iowa
Goodrich’s top-ranked floor general Tania Davis has finally made her college decision.www.mlive.com
Kathleen Doyle (2017-2020)
McDonald’s All-American nominee (2016) <---
Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2017)
2x First-team All-Big Ten (2019, 2020)
Third-team All-American – AP, USBWA (2020)
WBCA Coaches' All-American (2020)
Big Ten Player of the Year (2020)
WNBA draft 2nd round, 14th overall pick - Selected by the Indiana Fever (2020)
Kathleen Doyle - Women's Basketball 2016-17
Kathleen Doyle - Women's Basketball 2016-17hawkeyesports.comKathleen Doyle - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Next is CC (2020-2023) and we you know her long list of accolades including McDonald's All-American. <---
WNBA draft 1st round, 1st overall pick - Selected by the Indiana Fever (2024)
Aaliyah Guyton (2024-?) McDonald’s All-American nominee. <---
Addie Deal (2025-?) McDonald's All-American. <---
Think you're skating on thin ice here. Basketball is a team sport. The PG certainly matters a lot. Think we can all agree on that. However, you still need points from others, defense, rebounds and other high IQ intangibles that don't show up in a box score from multiple players that are on the same page to make deep tournament runs.
Yes, CC is an outlier and she covered up a lot of sins for the rest of the team because she has highly exceptional skills and IQ to match it. There's no one close to CC before and after that can carry a team like she did. Let's try to come back to reality here because that's a haystack needle.
When you look at what this current team is doing in comparison and the way we've played against a Top #2, #4 and #8 team, we're not doing too bad without a generational McDonald’s All-American PG. What you see in our recruiting over these years is its been above average to the point of ~Top 30 or better. It's why we get in the tournament every year. I don't see any abnormal patterns with our PG recruiting or anything that says it's a glaring weakness in past years.
I would argue that if we had a Megan G type on this current team, we might have the same record as last year or even better yet, undefeated. There's no uber PG needed. The point is that it's a team effort and production can come from all 5 spots.
Rather have upgraded potential in the 4 other spots, than expect an exceptional PG is always going to commit to IA and they're going to magically supercharge the rest of the team. Now hopefully we get to that point where we can have that top talented PG or 2 on the squad every year, but we're not there yet. 2026 recruiting is a pivotal key to see if we can keep on elevating our starters/bench with more 4 or 5 stars like the last 2 years of Top 10 and Top 15 classes or do we fall back to normal with ~Top 30 recruiting classes again.
Hell the coach's system even plays a vital part. You can have all the great players starting and also on the bench, but if that coach doesn't have innovative plays to match the players strengths, they can make a Final Four looking team look like a play-in team.
The key is there are many pieces to the puzzle here. PG is not something you can point to and say that it's most definitely a weak link over the years. It's more like Scott said in that it's been hard for IA to get top talent at all or most positions at the same time. When we don't have these other positions with top talent, then opponents can pick on our weak links to keep us at above average instead of us having something around the elite level.
Think of it this way. Top talent wants to play with top talent if their goals are NATTY runs. They want to stack the deck in their favor. We need to fill in more pieces at the other spots as well as PG if we want that top talent to keep on coming back. At that point, hopefully we start to see Top 5 classes as well.
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We offered 2028 Payton Caudle and Easton McCollough who are both from Arkansas. I believe Easton has visited. Possibly one of these two.
What makes this one somewhat interesting is that she flew into Little Rock and both Caudle and McCullough are both from the Fayetteville area. I used to live in the area and have flown in and out of Drake field (Fayetteville) numerous times and never had a connecting flight in Little Rock. Also neither player has a game today.
You're correct!
Easton McCollough and Payton Caudle high schools are ~6 miles apart. Depending on how long she stays in that area, suspect she's probably going to watch Easton play tomorrow for sure as she does have an IA offer. Most likely just meet with Payton today instead if she has an IA offer. Only watch Payton if she has an extended stay and if she has an offer. But you would think Raina comes back for our game on the 26th with Michigan.
Easton McCollough plays for Farmington High School (23-1 record) and their next game is tomorrow (2/25) @ 6pm.
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Payton Caudle plays for Fayetteville High School (14-11 record) and it also shows a game for tomorrow (2/25) @ 5pm.
However this is an away game 60 miles away. Unfortunately no way Raina can watch both games with only 1 hour difference in starting times.
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Fayetteville High School does play later in the week (2/28) which is a home game for Payton. Think Raina comes back for our game on the 26th instead.
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Also I'm not 100% sure Payton Caudle has an offer from IA. She has a visit but I can't confirm an offer for her yet.
Can someone confirm Payton Caudle's IA offer anywhere? I'm still missing it in my notes. Please provide the link if you find it. TIA
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You're correct!
Easton McCollough and Payton Caudle high schools are ~6 miles apart. Depending on how long she stays in that area, suspect she's probably going to watch Easton play tomorrow for sure as she does have an IA offer. Most likely just meet with Payton today instead if she has an IA offer. Only watch Payton if she has an extended stay and if she has an offer. But you would think Raina comes back for our game on the 26th with Michigan.
Easton McCollough plays for Farmington High School (23-1 record) and their next game is tomorrow (2/25) @ 6pm.
Farmington Cardinals Girls Basketball (Farmington, AR) Schedule
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Payton Caudle plays for Fayetteville High School (14-11 record) and it also shows a game for tomorrow (2/25) @ 5pm.
However this is an away game 60 miles away. Unfortunately no way Raina can watch both games with only 1 hour difference in starting times.
Fayetteville Bulldogs Girls Basketball (Fayetteville, AR) Schedule
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Fayetteville High School does play later in the week (2/28) which is a home game for Payton. Think Raina comes back for our game on the 26th instead.
Schedule - Fayetteville Bulldogs (Fayetteville, AR) Girls Varsity Basketball 24-25
View the 24-25 Fayetteville girls varsity basketball team schedule.www.maxpreps.com
Also I'm not 100% sure Payton Caudle has an offer from IA. She has a visit but I can't confirm an offer for her yet.
Can someone confirm Payton Caudle's IA offer anywhere? I'm still missing it in my notes. Please provide the link if you find it. TIA
I have not seen anything on Iowa offering Caudle either. I obviously have no idea what Raina’s schedule is but as busy as the coaches are this time of year I just don’t see her spending an extended amount of time in Arkansas unless she is evaluating multiple recruits in different parts of the state. She could have flown out tomorrow morning and had time to get to a game in Fayetteville. I honestly am not sure how much contact coaches are allowed to have with recruits as young as Caudle and McCullough either. I know when Raina went to see Harpring play she could only watch and not have direct contact with Harpring, Her parents or coaches.
This prospect is an hour and half from Little Rock:
Please, enlighten me with your illustrious reading comprehension & acumen to indicate where I suggested third-team all-american status is not an extremely good player. Hold on, I lost any usual benefit of the doubt so I'll explain it for you. I DID, however, suggest that only having two third team all American years across 25 years represents of a pattern of relatively poor recruiting outcomes for that position. All this in the context of the caliber of recruit necessary for *MY* personal ambition and hopes for this program. I hope you understand what the word relative means here but unfortunately for me the evidence heavily suggests otherwise. It's incredibly crucial as that word does a lot of heavy lifting to allow the reader (that's you ad-hawk) to understand both what I'm saying and what I'm NOT saying.
Here's a list of AP All-American point guards since 2015 (Logic's last year). I was fairly liberal with my definition of PG, so Kelsey Mitchell from Ohio State makes the list for 4 years and Paige Bueckers makes it last year even though she really wasn't the PG.
2015- California, UConn, Ohio State, Maryland, Iowa
2016- UConn, Ohio State, Washington
2017- Washington, Ohio State, Syracuse, Duke, Notre Dame, Oregon State
2018- Oregon, Ohio State, Duke, UCLA
2019- Oregon, Notre Dame
2020- Oregon, Louisville, Arizona, Iowa, South Carolina
2021- UConn, Louisville, Iowa, Arizona, Maryland, Stanford
2022- Iowa, LSU, Northwestern
2023- Iowa, Notre Dame, South Carolina
2024- Iowa, UConn, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Syracuse
Iowa has the most years with an All-American PG at 6, followed by Ohio State's 5. Interestingly, Notre Dame had an All-American in 4 of the 10 years and each was a different player.
My point with this is that Iowa has done very well at PG the last 10 years. That would be true even if you exclude Clark. From a quick count, only 19 schools had an All-American PG the past 10 years.
2015- California, UConn, Ohio State, Maryland, Iowa
2016- UConn, Ohio State, Washington
2017- Washington, Ohio State, Syracuse, Duke, Notre Dame, Oregon State
2018- Oregon, Ohio State, Duke, UCLA
2019- Oregon, Notre Dame
2020- Oregon, Louisville, Arizona, Iowa, South Carolina
2021- UConn, Louisville, Iowa, Arizona, Maryland, Stanford
2022- Iowa, LSU, Northwestern
2023- Iowa, Notre Dame, South Carolina
2024- Iowa, UConn, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Syracuse
Iowa has the most years with an All-American PG at 6, followed by Ohio State's 5. Interestingly, Notre Dame had an All-American in 4 of the 10 years and each was a different player.
My point with this is that Iowa has done very well at PG the last 10 years. That would be true even if you exclude Clark. From a quick count, only 19 schools had an All-American PG the past 10 years.
Just ran across this on the-boneyard from yesterday. Thought it to be remarkable that someone from UConn recalled our guards from that time period. A McDonald's All-American and a nominee in 2011 and 2016 respectively.
"But even with Clark to Iowa, Bluder was a proven coach who had recently coached a National Player of the Year, multiple Big Ten players of the year, and hadn't missed the NCAA tournament since the 2016-17. In fact, before Caitlin, Iowa had a fantastic Guard in Kathleen Doyle who was a do everything guard for Bluder. Even a little further back in the history, they had Sam Logic. So, Bluder has evidence of developing talented guards and team success."
I believe there are approximately 65 Power Five teams in the US, so I would say Iowa has had their share of All American PGs, pretty impressive actually.
So back to Raina being in Arkansas. It appears Easton McCullough’s team was supposed to play at Russellville on Friday, Looks like the game got cancelled because of bad weather and the makeup game was played last night. Russellville is approx an hour west of Little Rock so Raina flying into L.Rock makes sense now.
Haven't had a lot of '26 activity lately. Thought I'd share a couple of post I ran across on other forums yesterday regarding Kate Harpring and Iowa. Nothing earth scattering, but it's the thought that we are relevant for this kind of talent outside of Iowa. Others are taking notice that we are in the conversation in and around their turf.
Start with the short one 1st. This person must be living under a rock. Hello... can you say CHA + the culture!
This one has more meat to it and explains the problem with one of our major contenders for her (her Dad's alma mater). Contains several of our engaging fan posts as well.
Start with the short one 1st. This person must be living under a rock. Hello... can you say CHA + the culture!
2026 recruiting
I want her in Orange so bad! Sis can put the ball in the basket! We need a high IQ scorer, and I think she fits the bill! Absolutely
www.volnation.com
This one has more meat to it and explains the problem with one of our major contenders for her (her Dad's alma mater). Contains several of our engaging fan posts as well.
Haven't had a lot of '26 activity lately. Thought I'd share a couple of post I ran across on other forums yesterday regarding Kate Harpring and Iowa. Nothing earth scattering, but it's the thought that we are relevant for this kind of talent outside of Iowa. Others are taking notice that we are in the conversation in and around their turf.
Start with the short one 1st. This person must be living under a rock. Hello... can you say CHA + the culture!
2026 recruiting
I want her in Orange so bad! Sis can put the ball in the basket! We need a high IQ scorer, and I think she fits the bill! Absolutelywww.volnation.com
This one has more meat to it and explains the problem with one of our major contenders for her (her Dad's alma mater). Contains several of our engaging fan posts as
It is interesting to see fans from other schools, keep mentioning Iowa in Kate's recruitment. Hawks could make her final five. Watching her video reminds me alot of Caitlin. Not as tall buy she plays at another gear. She could really make our fastbreak go.Haven't had a lot of '26 activity lately. Thought I'd share a couple of post I ran across on other forums yesterday regarding Kate Harpring and Iowa. Nothing earth scattering, but it's the thought that we are relevant for this kind of talent outside of Iowa. Others are taking notice that we are in the conversation in and around their turf.
Start with the short one 1st. This person must be living under a rock. Hello... can you say CHA + the culture!
2026 recruiting
I want her in Orange so bad! Sis can put the ball in the basket! We need a high IQ scorer, and I think she fits the bill! Absolutelywww.volnation.com
This one has more meat to it and explains the problem with one of our major contenders for her (her Dad's alma mater). Contains several of our engaging fan posts as well.
Yeah, well almost all of us are guilty of this. The majority of us visit these pages with our hearts and not our heads. I'm sure we're completely clueless as to the advantages of many other schools. What matters is what the prospects think and not the posters.
Would be an amazing and wonderful thing to see the names Deal and Harpring together like that many times in the near future .💥
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Watching this Iowa team play, how do we not start seeing some commitments from the 2026 class soon? They are so much fun to watch and I think Jan has proven she can coach at a high level. Go Hawks!
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Man.... some of you folks have a lot of time on your hands. But keep it up... pleaseActually need to give credit where credit is due.
We are talking about recruiting here. What is known before their college career even begins.
Think recruiting McDonald's All-Americans are very high on a coach's list (Most years only 24 players can claim this).
If you can't get them, McDonald's All-American Nominees are next in line (~350-500 in this group a year).
Believe being drafted at the end of career gives them some clout as well that they had talent.
As stated, someone could argue the opposite of what you're claiming. Our PGs may have over produced based on other team players around them.
I only included Scott's recent list + up until now and not back 25 years.
Kamille Whalin (2008-2011)
McDonald's All-American Nominee (2007) <---
Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2008)
Kamille Wahlin - Women's Basketball 2010-11
Kamille Wahlin - Women's Basketball 2010-11hawkeyesports.com
Samantha Logic (2012-2015)
McDonald's All-American (2011) <---
Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2012)
Big Ten All-Tournament Team (2014)
Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List Finalist (2014)
2× First-team All-Big Ten (2014, 2015)
Third-team All-American – AP (2015)
All-American – USBWA (2015)
WBCA Coaches' All-American (2015)
First-team All-American by the United States Basketball Writers Association (2015)
WNBA draft 1st round, 10th overall pick - Selected by the Atlanta Dream (2015)
Nancy Lieberman Award Finalist (2015)
John R. Wooden Award Ballot (2015)
2015 Naismith Trophy Midseason 30 List (2015)
Dawn Staley Award Watch List (2015)
Samantha Logic - Women's Basketball 2011-12
Samantha Logic - Women's Basketball 2011-12hawkeyesports.comSamantha Logic - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Tania Davis (2015-2018)
ESPN Top 40 guard (ranked No. 36) <---
ESPN HoopGurlz Top 100 recruit, ranked as the 36th-best prospect nationally and the 12th-best point guard
"[Davis:] I want to win Miss Basketball my senior year, win a state championship and hopefully play in the McDonald's All-American game," Davis told The Flint Journal earlier this summer. "This is my last year, so I'm just trying to go hard and make the best of it." <---
ESPN Top 40 guard Tania Davis of Goodrich commits to Iowa
Goodrich’s top-ranked floor general Tania Davis has finally made her college decision.www.mlive.com
Kathleen Doyle (2017-2020)
McDonald’s All-American nominee (2016) <---
Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2017)
2x First-team All-Big Ten (2019, 2020)
Third-team All-American – AP, USBWA (2020)
WBCA Coaches' All-American (2020)
Big Ten Player of the Year (2020)
WNBA draft 2nd round, 14th overall pick - Selected by the Indiana Fever (2020)
Kathleen Doyle - Women's Basketball 2016-17
Kathleen Doyle - Women's Basketball 2016-17hawkeyesports.comKathleen Doyle - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Next is CC (2020-2023) and we you know her long list of accolades including McDonald's All-American. <---
WNBA draft 1st round, 1st overall pick - Selected by the Indiana Fever (2024)
Aaliyah Guyton (2024-?) McDonald’s All-American nominee. <---
Addie Deal (2025-?) McDonald's All-American. <---
Think you're skating on thin ice here. Basketball is a team sport. The PG certainly matters a lot. Think we can all agree on that. However, you still need points from others, defense, rebounds and other high IQ intangibles that don't show up in a box score from multiple players that are on the same page to make deep tournament runs.
Yes, CC is an outlier and she covered up a lot of sins for the rest of the team because she has highly exceptional skills and IQ to match it. There's no one close to CC before and after that can carry a team like she did. Let's try to come back to reality here because that's a haystack needle.
When you look at what this current team is doing in comparison and the way we've played against a Top #2, #4 and #8 team, we're not doing too bad without a generational McDonald’s All-American PG. What you see in our recruiting over these years is its been above average to the point of ~Top 30 or better. It's why we get in the tournament every year. I don't see any abnormal patterns with our PG recruiting or anything that says it's a glaring weakness in past years.
I would argue that if we had a Megan G type on this current team, we might have the same record as last year or even better yet, undefeated. There's no uber PG needed. The point is that it's a team effort and production can come from all 5 spots.
Rather have upgraded potential in the 4 other spots, than expect an exceptional PG is always going to commit to IA and they're going to magically supercharge the rest of the team. Now hopefully we get to that point where we can have that top talented PG or 2 on the squad every year, but we're not there yet. 2026 recruiting is a pivotal key to see if we can keep on elevating our starters/bench with more 4 or 5 stars like the last 2 years of Top 10 and Top 15 classes or do we fall back to normal with ~Top 30 recruiting classes again.
Hell the coach's system even plays a vital part. You can have all the great players starting and also on the bench, but if that coach doesn't have innovative plays to match the players strengths, they can make a Final Four looking team look like a play-in team.
The key is there are many pieces to the puzzle here. PG is not something you can point to and say that it's most definitely a weak link over the years. It's more like Scott said in that it's been hard for IA to get top talent at all or most positions at the same time. When we don't have these other positions with top talent, then opponents can pick on our weak links to keep us at above average instead of us having something around the elite level.
Think of it this way. Top talent wants to play with top talent if their goals are NATTY runs. They want to stack the deck in their favor. We need to fill in more pieces at the other spots as well as PG if we want that top talent to keep on coming back. At that point, hopefully we start to see Top 5 classes as well.
If they watch Lucy Olsen in absolute amazement every interview she does and wants to pass on Iowa then they are crazy!!
Quote pulled from the-boneyard yesterday, a UConn forum:
"Based on what i have “heard” from AAU coaches Harpring will not be headed to Storrs."
Iirc, she wanted to take a couple more visits. Just don't know where they are yet.
Hopefully it's one less big dawg to contend with.
She did get an offer from them and have a note saying: UConn to lose
Since I have no note saying where it came from, probably assumed UConn to lose when the offer came out...
"Based on what i have “heard” from AAU coaches Harpring will not be headed to Storrs."
Iirc, she wanted to take a couple more visits. Just don't know where they are yet.
Hopefully it's one less big dawg to contend with.
She did get an offer from them and have a note saying: UConn to lose
Since I have no note saying where it came from, probably assumed UConn to lose when the offer came out...
In this interview with Jan a question was asked that evolved out of a NIL response. It was really a shocking reply and it could provide insight on what kids are thinking about nowadays.
@40:13 "[Q:] Well and for the last five years leading up to it. How much things have changed and what your recruiting pitch to players and their parents and different things and that's.
[A:] If it's any indication I haven't had a question about academics in about six months ... well six months!
Women's Basketball | Hawk Talk with Jan Jensen | 02.11.2025
With that as a backdrop, if NIL is a primary factor in recruit decisions today, then I don't think Jan or her staff can say for sure how much NIL/Rev Share a player can get yet until the dust settles with a ruling that is coming down the pike.
According to this article, the main date for that Rev Share ruling is...
"After all, a final approval hearing of the House settlement is not scheduled until April 7."
With non-football early signing period upon us, we're about to see how messy college sports is going to get
In a way, college athletics enters the next phase of its evolution into a more professionalized entity this week as the early signing period opens up.
sports.yahoo.com
It may be that these recruits will wait until this ruling comes out and then college programs can figure out what their NIL/Rev Share package could be for them. Then I'm sure if NIL is a big line item for them, they'll shop it around to where they got their offers.
It may be another month or so before these recruits get numbers back from their offer programs before they decide where to commit.
I know it doesn't sound like the IA way with it's culture based recruiting. However, when recruits haven't asked Jan about academics in the last 6 months, then you know NIL/Rev Share is high on their list to examine as well.
Brad touches on how everything changes with this coming year because of this Rev Share kicking in.
HawkCast - BRAD HEINRICHS: CEO of SWARM Talks Transfer Portal, Changing NIL Landscape
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In this interview with Jan a question was asked that evolved out of a NIL response. It was really a shocking reply and it could provide insight on what kids are thinking about nowadays.
@40:13 "[Q:] Well and for the last five years leading up to it. How much things have changed and what your recruiting pitch to players and their parents and different things and that's.
[A:] If it's any indication I haven't had a question about academics in about six months ... well six months!
Women's Basketball | Hawk Talk with Jan Jensen | 02.11.2025
With that as a backdrop, if NIL is a primary factor in recruit decisions today, then I don't think Jan or her staff can say for sure how much NIL/Rev Share a player can get yet until the dust settles with a ruling that is coming down the pike.
According to this article, the main date for that Rev Share ruling is...
"After all, a final approval hearing of the House settlement is not scheduled until April 7."
With non-football early signing period upon us, we're about to see how messy college sports is going to get
In a way, college athletics enters the next phase of its evolution into a more professionalized entity this week as the early signing period opens up.sports.yahoo.com
It may be that these recruits will wait until this ruling comes out and then college programs can figure out what their NIL/Rev Share package could be for them. Then I'm sure if NIL is a big line item on the program they choose, they'll shop it around to where they got their offers.
It may be another month or so before these recruits get numbers back from their offer programs before they decide where to commit.
I know it doesn't sound like the IA way with it's culture based recruiting. However, when recruits haven't asked Jan about academics in the last 6 months, then you know NIL/Rev Share is high on their list to examine as well.
Back when I saw Jan’s comment about not getting asked about academics in 6 months McKenna Woliczko was the player that popped in my head. Obviously have no idea if accurate it was just who I thought it may have been.
Also while I don’t remember the exact comments I remember feeling NIL wasn’t going to be the deciding factor after Kate Harpring talked about her LSU visit and how LSU’s program was all about NIL.
Money is money, but Kate's family not hurting financially.
Not sure I understand your comment. My point is that Kate probably doesn't care at all about NIL.
I've said that how this team plays could be the crucial factor for future recruits. If they had a bad season, people could have the impression that the Hawks were only good because CC. But this late run, and hopefully a good showing the NCAAT will help convince recruits that Iowa is still a top destination.
Already posted this in the 'Girls HS State Tournament this week' thread, but was surprised no one responded yet. Thinking maybe there are some who read this thread, might not read that thread. Hence, since this is about a 2026 recruit, thought it was worth posting it here also.
Over on the other board, someone stated that during the Johnston semi-final game a TV announcer brought up Jenica Lewis's recruitment. They said that ND was her fav currently. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
Jeff Linder also put out an article just a few days ago. He didn't dig into David Eickholt's crystal ball prediction with her or at least didn't report on it here.
Article Title: Johnston blue-chipper Jenica Lewis is in no rush to announce a college choice
"I don’t really have a list yet,” the highly ranked recruit from Johnston High School said ...
It’s going to come down to style of play; where I can see myself playing. How do the players handle the coach? How does the coach handle the players?"
Over on the other board, someone stated that during the Johnston semi-final game a TV announcer brought up Jenica Lewis's recruitment. They said that ND was her fav currently. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
Jeff Linder also put out an article just a few days ago. He didn't dig into David Eickholt's crystal ball prediction with her or at least didn't report on it here.
Article Title: Johnston blue-chipper Jenica Lewis is in no rush to announce a college choice
"I don’t really have a list yet,” the highly ranked recruit from Johnston High School said ...
It’s going to come down to style of play; where I can see myself playing. How do the players handle the coach? How does the coach handle the players?"
Johnston blue-chipper Jenica Lewis is in no rush to announce a college choice
Girls state basketball notes: Where will Johnston blue-chip recruit Jenica Lewis land? ‘It’s going to come down to style of play; where I can see myself playing.’
www.thegazette.com
Jenica Lewis and Addison Bjorn are good friends. They visited ND together so I would not be surprised to see them both going there.Already posted this in the 'Girls HS State Tournament this week' thread, but was surprised no one responded yet. Thinking maybe there are some who read this thread, might not read that thread. Hence, since this is about a 2026 recruit, thought it was worth posting it here also.
Over on the other board, someone stated that during the Johnston semi-final game a TV announcer brought up Jenica Lewis's recruitment. They said that ND was her fav currently. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
Jeff Linder also put out an article just a few days ago. He didn't dig into David Eickholt's crystal ball prediction with her or at least didn't report on it here.
Article Title: Johnston blue-chipper Jenica Lewis is in no rush to announce a college choice
"I don’t really have a list yet,” the highly ranked recruit from Johnston High School said ...
It’s going to come down to style of play; where I can see myself playing. How do the players handle the coach? How does the coach handle the players?"
Johnston blue-chipper Jenica Lewis is in no rush to announce a college choice
Girls state basketball notes: Where will Johnston blue-chip recruit Jenica Lewis land? ‘It’s going to come down to style of play; where I can see myself playing.’www.thegazette.com
I don't post often post but I do watch recruiting pretty closely and after creeping a ton of Instagram posts from our players to prospects and prospects to prospects...I have come to some conclusions. I know things are fluid and can change overnight but I think Harpring is coming and if she does so will Bjorn and Woliczko with Trinity Jones and Bella Ragone maybe in play. I have no clue about Lewis and she could head out of state. I think Bjorn is closer to us than she lets on.
From your lips to God’s ears
I will hold you to this..
I don’t know how it will all play out but there does seem to be a good connection amongst the recruits Iowa is after, Hopefully if Iowa can get the first domino to fall others will follow.
If what I was told by a 5A coach who is pretty connected is correct, Lewis will not be going to Iowa.
