How highly recruited were Doocy and Shaw? Which Iowa player was most highly regarded coming out of high school? Also, is Rozier injured, if not, why is she not in the regular lineup? Thanks for the info.
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The biggest mistake Looper made was avoiding Iowa kids early on. Even now, there are enough kids just in the Iowa Premier program to have Iowa in the top 25 every year. Just took the staff too long to realize it, unfortunately.
I'm guessing that unless it was Doocy (I'd never heard of her before she got here), we don't have anyone now that was highly regarded coming out of high school.
I don't know, but I would guess Rozier has been battling a string of injuries since she arrived, otherwise there's no explanation for some of DP's we've seen.
I just realized today we have 8 seniors, going to be a very different looking roster next year, regardless of what happens with coaching.
I don't know, but I would guess Rozier has been battling a string of injuries since she arrived, otherwise there's no explanation for some of DP's we've seen.
I just realized today we have 8 seniors, going to be a very different looking roster next year, regardless of what happens with coaching.
Going off memory but I think the highly regarded pitcher from Doocy's class in Iowa was Amber Fiser (Benton Community). She committed to Northwestern but ended up at Minnesota. Her Minnesota teammate Kendal Lindaman (Ankeny) was probably the highest regarded recruit in that class.
DM Register Article about Doocy committing to Iowa.
Doocy commits to play for Hawkeyes
Dan Holm, dholm@dmreg.comPublished 3:06 p.m. CT Sept. 19, 2015 | Updated 4:19 p.m. CT Sept. 19, 2015
Ankeny pitcher Allison Doocy has committed to play softball at Iowa.
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A few months ago, Ankeny pitcher Allison Doocy wasn’t even sure if she wanted to play college softball.
A scholarship offer from the University of Iowa changed her mind.
Doocy verbally committed last week to join the Hawkeyes’ program, beginning in the fall of 2016.
“I didn’t really think that I wanted to play and then when Iowa talked about wanting me, that’s when I thought that I might want to do this,” Doocy said. “It kind of just started from there.”
Doocy knew that she wanted to stay close to home. She picked the Hawkeyes over Iowa State and Northern Iowa.
“My parents both went there, so I just grew up loving Iowa,” she said. “I got on campus and just loved the teaching program, so I just knew that’s where I wanted to be.”
Doocy led Ankeny to a seventh-place finish in the Class 5-A state tournament as a junior. She compiled a 19-11 record with a 1.56 ERA and 267 strikeouts, which broke the school record from the 43-foot distance.
Doocy also set a Class 5-A record with 34 strikeouts in the three-game tournament. She was named to the all-state second team by the Iowa Girls’ Coaches Association.
Doocy will be following in the footsteps of former Ankeny star Shayla Starkenburg, who is a redshirt junior on the Hawkeyes’ squad. Starkenburg went 17-23 with a 4.96 ERA last season.
“I never got to play with Shayla in high school, but (Ankeny coach Dave) Bingham set up a meeting for me with her,” Doocy said. “She went over everything and was very honest with me about everything with their program, and having that talk with her was really good. She got me excited to be at Iowa.”
Doocy commits to play for Hawkeyes
Dan Holm, dholm@dmreg.comPublished 3:06 p.m. CT Sept. 19, 2015 | Updated 4:19 p.m. CT Sept. 19, 2015
Ankeny pitcher Allison Doocy has committed to play softball at Iowa.
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A few months ago, Ankeny pitcher Allison Doocy wasn’t even sure if she wanted to play college softball.
A scholarship offer from the University of Iowa changed her mind.
Doocy verbally committed last week to join the Hawkeyes’ program, beginning in the fall of 2016.
“I didn’t really think that I wanted to play and then when Iowa talked about wanting me, that’s when I thought that I might want to do this,” Doocy said. “It kind of just started from there.”
Doocy knew that she wanted to stay close to home. She picked the Hawkeyes over Iowa State and Northern Iowa.
“My parents both went there, so I just grew up loving Iowa,” she said. “I got on campus and just loved the teaching program, so I just knew that’s where I wanted to be.”
Doocy led Ankeny to a seventh-place finish in the Class 5-A state tournament as a junior. She compiled a 19-11 record with a 1.56 ERA and 267 strikeouts, which broke the school record from the 43-foot distance.
Doocy also set a Class 5-A record with 34 strikeouts in the three-game tournament. She was named to the all-state second team by the Iowa Girls’ Coaches Association.
Doocy will be following in the footsteps of former Ankeny star Shayla Starkenburg, who is a redshirt junior on the Hawkeyes’ squad. Starkenburg went 17-23 with a 4.96 ERA last season.
“I never got to play with Shayla in high school, but (Ankeny coach Dave) Bingham set up a meeting for me with her,” Doocy said. “She went over everything and was very honest with me about everything with their program, and having that talk with her was really good. She got me excited to be at Iowa.”
There were lots of good Iowa girls that could have went to Iowa and Contributed, as mentioned Fiser and Lindaman, but others like Alyssa Weibler, from Benton, Jacklyn Spencer, Brooke Craig are both at UNI could have helped, Other Iowa pitchers are Kelsey Aikey, who plays for W Kentucky, Sarah Schafer at Michigan. Just alot of misses.. And of course I realize you cannot take them all, but you add even a couple of the girls listed here the Hawks are a better team. Last year she missed on Nicole Timmerman she pitching for Drake and missed on Kaylinn Kinney Pitcher/power hitter who is going to Nebraska. Most of these girls were right in Iowas back yard or very close. Could have built a top 20 team out of these girls alone.
Did Iowa recruit Timmerman?
Minnesota also has the younger Lowery sister on their pitching staff as well. I think she is a freshman and is from Grimes.
Minnesota also has the younger Lowery sister on their pitching staff as well. I think she is a freshman and is from Grimes.
I know Looper hasn't done a great job recruiting Iowa girls, but it is a 2 way street also. I'm sure Looper did recruit some of the Iowa kids at other programs and they just chose not to come to Iowa for whatever reason.
Are their any known commitments for next year, with 8 seniors, will be a lot of new players coming in.
Are their any known commitments for next year, with 8 seniors, will be a lot of new players coming in.
I've been wondering that also. Anyone paying attention knows this is the final year of Looper's contract; OTOH we still ended up with Doocy & Bogar, so there are clearly at least a few kids willing to come on board for what the school as a whole has to offer.
https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2017/11/9/softball-iowa-inks-five-in-signing-class.aspx?path=softball
Hawkeyesports article. In addition to the four mentioned above there are two other signed recruits.
Hawkeyesports article. In addition to the four mentioned above there are two other signed recruits.
D Rae will help a little with power but there is a big Difference batting against Juco pitchers some of which are really bad and then jumping up to D1 Big Ten. Look at Nearad at ISU, she was arguably one of the best hitters in the Juco ranks for Kirkwood and she is just now catching up on the hitting side at ISU.. Her Ave going up but she struggled. Looper did make offers to some of these Iowa girls, but she has not had alot of success and that matters to them. Plus you have to put Effort into targets for recruiting you cant just throw the offer to them and expect since it was Iowa they would want it. They need to know they are really wanted. ISU head coach came right to Nearads door right after she was hired and told her She wanted Taylor to come to ISU. You gotta show them they are wanted. I know this sounds they are babys but you have to massage them sometimes, and convince the parents too. Ive Met Marla a few times and she seems nice.. I know when she had Kinney come to her camp she treated her just like every other camper and so her family didnt get a good vibe and they went to Nebraska. Little story about Lindaman at minn.. A friend of mine coach club up in minnesota and saw her playing for Primer, he is also friends with the Coach at U of Oregon (White) Told him, hey you really need to check out this Lindaman kid she is legit, he tells my buddy oh ok just get her to come to our Camp. He tells White, NO you seriously need to come to Iowa to check her out. He just kept saying just tell her coach to get her out to our elite camp. Well after she commited to Minnesota and tore it up her freshman year he calls my buddy and says.. Dang you didnt say she was that good!... So the moral of the story is you have to put work in to recruit talent..
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Yeah and Iowa was not her first choice. She was originally verballed to Minnesota. Maybe with the coaching change things changed but once again Iowa was second Fiddle. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...-ketcham-dowling-catholic-softball/103487110/
Dmacc has Avery Guy and Molly Jacobsen and both could be playing here right now. Jacobsen also swings a bat better than most of our current players.
Guy's father is Willie Guy. If you can't get a legacy from CR then you may have some problems.
Barta was at a game in the Wisconsin series. Iowa was playing horribly and he left before a comeback win.
Coach Looper's parents have relocated to Iowa. I wouldn't think that they would do that unless they had some assurance she would be back another year. But, who knows.
Coach Looper's parents have relocated to Iowa. I wouldn't think that they would do that unless they had some assurance she would be back another year. But, who knows.
Word is Looper really likes Iowa City, so she could stay even she isn't coach. I think Barta really likes her. (You know, she doesn't yell at her players like SOME women's team coaches have.) He would probably find a spot for her in the administration.
Word around the campus is she is a really great person and well liked by the other coaches in other sports. So if they start winning I would guess she will get extended. Its hard on a program to start over with a new coach but really she needs to go and get a true winner in here. Seems even the local press is pretty hard on Iowa Softball. Kinda Brutal.. http://cedarrapidsgazette.ia.newsmemory.com/publink.php?shareid=2feeeeab6
Being a wonderful person is a great virtue and something we should all strive to become. (Sincere congrats to Lopper if she has that down.) However, it is not a quality which makes one entitled to be a head softball coach at a Big Ten University. Heck, she can sit by me and watch every home game... i am always looking for quality people to spend time with! I would like to see a winning team for a change and I assume there are many young women growing up in Iowa who would like to be recruited to play for a winning Hawkeye team, for example, check out the Minnesota roster later this afternoon! I question Barta's commitment to a successful non-revenue sport, so I am not sure he will be aggressive on this assignment. An obvious candidate for the job is literally just down the road... another nice person, I understand.
Stayed for all of both games today.
Iowa was outclassed in every facet. We may have 1 player who would start for Minnesota. Possibly Bogar? Minnesota's SS hits the ball harder and is only a sophomore. Better fielder, but not as fast. Boigar may have a higher upside.
Doocy would be 2a or 2b for pitching. I think she is an excellent pitcher and did win BT pitcher of the week for the Wisconsin series.
The rest of the team wouldn't start. Kilian and Wood would play. I think a healthy Lea Thompson would too. Many others wouldn't see the field.
The bad thing is that we are leaps and bounds better this year than the past 3.
Iowa was outclassed in every facet. We may have 1 player who would start for Minnesota. Possibly Bogar? Minnesota's SS hits the ball harder and is only a sophomore. Better fielder, but not as fast. Boigar may have a higher upside.
Doocy would be 2a or 2b for pitching. I think she is an excellent pitcher and did win BT pitcher of the week for the Wisconsin series.
The rest of the team wouldn't start. Kilian and Wood would play. I think a healthy Lea Thompson would too. Many others wouldn't see the field.
The bad thing is that we are leaps and bounds better this year than the past 3.
God-love our team, but the only reason our record is improved over last season is... (drum-roll, here) ; Doocy! Think where we would be without her continuing improvement! Our hitting skills are flat out awful. Shaw has done nicely, but has gotten no run support all season. I completely agree with Bum Leer in her comments immediately above. I hope our players keep the faith and continue to improve. I wish them all the success they can get! (I appreciate the upperclass players sticking with it and hope the younger players hang in there.) I do, however, believe the program needs to go in a different direction in terms of coaching! Maybe then, "those that stay will be champions". I would be excited, however, if those that stay COMPETE to be champions!!!
I am a man. Wanna arm wrestle?
i agree. My concern is that they have a win limit in place to keep her. If they have a losing record again, I don't know how they can keep her. 3 winning seasons out of 8 is not good enough for anyone to keep their job. Under 17 wins/season the last 4 years. These seasons were the ones that had all her players and no leftovers. She's 64 games under .500 for her career starting the year.
I see at least 6 more wins, maybe 7, and that will get them close to .500 for the year. At least 2 against Purdue and wins against a horrible Western Illinois team and 1 each against NW and Illinois. Possible wins in the UNI makeup and at ISU.
UNI's midweek schedule includes conference game in Des Moines one week and CF another, so unless they are willing to do multiple midweek games (and maybe they are but their pitching is thin at the moment), it's possible that one won't be made up.
ISU has had a tough conference season so far, but looks to me like they have pop in their bats. We would have to pitch Doocy against them I'd think, or risk being thumped.
ISU has had a tough conference season so far, but looks to me like they have pop in their bats. We would have to pitch Doocy against them I'd think, or risk being thumped.
Ok, I know this is not about Hawkeye softball but I post here alot and follow softball as I have coached and just love the game so I wanted to Brag a little on my Own Kid... She is a Freshman at St Cloud State.D2. Just had an amazing week. And earned Conf Player of the week. I know I know.. Sorry but Its really cool when your kid does well. Cool part is both POW and Pitcher of the week are from Iowa. To Top it off she just hit another Grannie Today. Hitting the ball well. http://www.northernsun.org/news/2018/4/16/2018-nsic-softball-weekly-release-no-11.aspx
You should be proud! Well done! My wife is a former Hawkeye softballer and I understand the importance of it. My heart sits in Mankato but SCSU softball and baseball always prove tough.
Iowa lost 2-1 at home to a bad (14-22) Western Illinois team last night.
The winning pitcher for Western was from Solon. She threw a no hitter against the Hawks until 2 strikes and 2 outs in the 7th inning. The radar was showing she threw as hard as Doocy (63) and she hit 67 when I looked one time. She is also left handed. Her ERA is about 3.5 for the year. She would definitely have a place on the Hawks this year.
The woman who hit the HR was from Pleasant Valley. She was hitting .369 before last night and went 1-2 against Doocy. Even if she hit 75 points lower, she would still be close to the best on Iowa. She was 1st team all conference for them her sophomore season.
I'm not saying the would or wouldn't be difference makers at Iowa, only that they definitely would be better than some playing now.
The winning pitcher for Western was from Solon. She threw a no hitter against the Hawks until 2 strikes and 2 outs in the 7th inning. The radar was showing she threw as hard as Doocy (63) and she hit 67 when I looked one time. She is also left handed. Her ERA is about 3.5 for the year. She would definitely have a place on the Hawks this year.
The woman who hit the HR was from Pleasant Valley. She was hitting .369 before last night and went 1-2 against Doocy. Even if she hit 75 points lower, she would still be close to the best on Iowa. She was 1st team all conference for them her sophomore season.
I'm not saying the would or wouldn't be difference makers at Iowa, only that they definitely would be better than some playing now.
That this W. Ill pitcher was one strike from a no-hitter says very little. This Hawkeye lineup makes just about any pitcher look good. A 3.5 ERA in a weak conference is not great, which makes last night's offensive display truly embarrassing.
Iowa's problem is NOT pitching. Our pitching staff is one of the best in the B1G.
Glad to see she is back playing the Hawks need her! Sad that the Hawks cant beat a team like this, but what I am finding out with my own daughters team is that its College and most all of these girls were stars at their respective HS or clubs, so they can all pretty much play, it comes down to coaching decisions and making a play here and there that determines most games. Don't get me wrong there is a definite advantage having stud athletes and alot of times teams just out talent the other. That being said.. Iowa should out talent the likes of Western Illinois. Everyday.. Even then sometimes its just not your day and the other team pulls out the win.
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